The Blue Jays introduced that lefty reliever Ryan Borucki has been outrighted to Triple-A Buffalo. He went unclaimed on waivers after being designated for project on Monday.
Borucki had adequate service time to say no a minor league project. He most likely would’ve remained unsigned for the remainder of the season had he chosen free company. Supervisor John Schneider stated Monday that Borucki hoped to stay with the group (relayed by Arden Zwelling of Sportsnet). That’ll come to fruition after he accepted the outright project.
Toronto signed Borucki to a minor league contract late final month after he was launched by the Pirates. The Jays chosen his contract just a little over every week later. Borucki managed 4 1/3 scoreless frames throughout 4 appearances, although he walked 4 of the 19 hitters he confronted. The southpaw tossed 30 2/3 innings for the Bucs earlier within the season, working to a 5.28 earned run common. He had middling strikeout and stroll numbers however obtained ground-balls at a 55% clip.
The Jays are conversant in Borucki, whom they drafted out of highschool greater than a decade in the past. That got here underneath a earlier entrance workplace, however he spent his first 4 and a half MLB seasons with Toronto underneath the present regime. Brendon Little and Eric Lauer are the 2 southpaws in John Schneider’s bullpen. Mason Fluharty, Justin Bruihl and Easton Lucas are on the 40-man roster and on optionally available project. Borucki now not carries a 40-man spot however that’s largely as a result of he couldn’t be optioned. The Jays would possibly nonetheless view him as their third-best lefty reliever and will carry him again if Little or Lauer endure an damage.
