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Second, they acquired infielder Tyler Fitzgerald from the San Francisco Giants for cash considerations and optioned him to Buffalo. Fitzgerald had a good major league season in 2024, hitting .280/.334/.497. The underlying stat suggested that was way over his head, though, and he hasn’t produced like that before or since. He projects as more of a low .600s OPS guy. He played mostly shortstop in San Francisco, grading out below average there, but he’s also a solid second baseman and centre fielder, and has some time in third and left. He’ll slot into the depth utility infielder role until recently occupied by Leo Jimenez.

Last, they finally decided to send Brendon Little down after a brutal start to the season. His meltdown on Saturday raised his ERA to 24.55 on the season, and it hasn’t looked like anything at all is working for him. I don’t want to give up on him, it’s nasty stuff and he was excellent in the first half last season, but a reset is sorely needed. Lazaro Estrada also went back down. He came up for Cody Ponce and gave the Jays four desperately needed shutout innings, but they need a fresh arm and so he heads back to Buffalo. Such is live on the 40-man options shuttle. Lefty specialist Joe Mantiply and journeyman swing man Austin Voth come up in their place. Mantiply has been an effective lefty specialist for a long time with the Arizona Diamondbacks but declining velocity and poor MLB results got him sent down and then released last season before the Jays picked him up. Voth spent all of last season starting effectively for the NBP’s Chiba Lotte Marines after a decent 2024 spent as a conventional reliever in the Seattle Mariners’ bullpen. Both appeared in yesterday’s game. Voth went 2.2 innings, allowing one earned run (plus allowing an inherited runner to score) on three hits and a walk with one strikeout. Mantiply relieved him and worked one and a third, with a trio of strikeouts.