Blue Jays pick Matt Gage

Blue Jays are relief pitchers Matt Gage For the quota, the club announced.The move opens up a 40-man roster spot Chad Greenofficially signed his two-year contract.

Gage, who turns 30 next month, played eight seasons in the minor leagues after turning pro in 2014 as the Giants’ 10th-round pick. Triple A Buffalo. He worked on his 2.34 ERA in his 42 1/3 innings for the Bisons, and with a 47% ground ball percentage he beat his opponents 27.4%. Gage’s 9.5% walk his percentage was the only yellow flag, but it was a slightly higher number than average.

That work earned him his first major league call last June. He participated in his 11 MLB games and played his 4-run ball of 13 innings. Gage induced a ground ball on half of the batted balls he allowed. The 6-foot-3-inch Hurler caused his strikes to swing in more than 14 percent of his pitches, although he had a modest 12:6 strikeout-to-base ratio in his league time restricted. rice field. He relied on an early-’90s four-seam and a mid-’80s cutter during his stint in the big leagues.

Gage held left-handed hitters to a laughable .086/.149/.111 line in 88 Triple-A at-bats last year. He has a .271 right arm batting average, a .363 on-base percentage, and a .355 slugging percentage. This could appeal to clubs looking to stockpile left-handed relief depth. Gage has two years left in the minor leagues, so teams looking to keep him on his 40-man roster can keep him in Triple-A for the time being. . Jays has a week to deal with him or run a waver.