Zach Pop

The Toronto Blue Jays are close to a deal for Miami Marlins right-handed relievers Zach Pop and Anthony Bass, Sportsnet's Shi Davidi reports.

Baseball America ranked him as the club’s No. 3 prospect in their mid-season rankings. He’s done it throwing a slider with a 40.7-per-cent whiff rate. That pitch, used 56.8 per cent of the time, is complemented by a sinker that sits at 95.3 m.p.h. and a four-seamer at 95.1. The 34-year-old also has a seldom used splitter. Bass is making $3 million this season and has a $3 million team option or $1 million buyout for next season. The 25-year-old from Brampton, Ont., features a sinker that averages 96.5 m.p.h. and has helped him generate 63.6 per cent groundball rate. Bass, a set-up man and part-time closer for the 2020 Blue Jays team that reached the playoffs, is in the midst of a big season with a 1.41 ERA in 44.2 innings over 45 outings, striking out 45 while walking just 10 batters.

TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays have solidified their bullpen hours before the Major League Baseball trade deadline, acquiring relievers Anthony Bass and ...

TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays have solidified their bullpen hours before the Major League Baseball trade deadline, acquiring relievers Anthony Bass and Zach Pop from the Miami Marlins for shortstop prospect Jordan Groshans. The Toronto Blue Jays have solidified their bullpen hours before the Major League Baseball trade deadline, acquiring relievers Anthony Bass and Zach Pop from the Miami Marlins for shortstop prospect Jordan Groshans. The 25-year-old Pop, from Brampton, Ont., has a 2-0 record with a 3.60 earned-run average in 18 appearances with the Marlins this season, his second in the majors.

Pop, on the other hand, is just 25 years old, turning 26 next month. He was originally drafted by the Dodgers but went to the Orioles in the Manny Machado trade ...

He got back into a groove with a fine season in 2021, hitting seven home runs and slashing .291/.367/.450 in 75 Double-A games. Groshans had played mostly shortstop thus far in his career but has gradually spent more time at third, with many prospect evaluators expecting him to eventually settle in at the hot corner. For the Blue Jays, they’ve added a couple of interesting pieces to a middling bullpen as they gear up for a stretch run. In the 2020 Rule 5 draft, he was selected by the Diamondbacks, who flipped him to the Marlins. A ground ball specialist, Pop stuck with the Marlins for the entire 2021 season, throwing 54 2/3 innings out of their bullpen with a 4.12 ERA, 57.6% ground ball rate, 20.7% strikeout rate and 9.8% walk rate. That means the Jays will be able to keep him around for five more seasons beyond this one, with Pop also capable of being optioned between the majors and the minors in the future. He logged a full year of service time last year but will fall short of the two-year mark this season because of that time spent in the minors. He was limited by injuries to just 23 games in 2019 and then saw the minor league wiped out in 2020. In 44 2/3 frames this year, he has a miniscule 1.41 ERA with a 26% strikeout rate that’s a career high. Selected by the Jays with the 12th overall pick in the 2018 draft, he was considered one of the top 100 prospects in the sport by Baseball America from 2019 to 2021. That year, Bass threw 25 2/3 innings out of the Toronto bullpen, putting up an ERA of 3.51 along with a 62.3% ground ball rate, 21% strikeout rate and 9% walk rate. He reached free agency at the end of that campaign and signed with the Marlins on a two-year deal with a club option for 2023. He’s making a $3MM salary this year, with around $1MM left to be paid out, and has a $3MM club option for next year.

TORONTO -- The Blue Jays have doubled up on bullpen additions, agreeing to a deal to acquire right-handed relievers Zach Pop and Anthony Bass plus a player ...

He’ll now have a greater opportunity in the Marlins’ organization. Bass, of course, will be a familiar name for Blue Jays fans. Pop is an interesting fit in this bullpen, too, not necessarily representing the swing-and-miss reliever many expected the Blue Jays to target. The 34-year-old comes with a $3 million club option for 2023 that includes a $1 million buyout. This mirrors the Adam Cimber acquisition by the Blue Jays last summer from this same Marlins club, when they targeted a long-term bullpen piece. There, the 22-year-old has hit .250, and while his .348 on-base percentage shows an improved plate approach, Groshans has hit just one home run over 67 games.

In exchange, the Blue Jays are sending back prospect shortstop Jordan Groshans. The deal was first reported by Sportsnet's Shi Davidi. Advertisement - Continue ...

Pop, 25, is a native of nearby Brampton and has appeared in 74.2 innings so far in his career in the bigs. He’s slashed a .250/.348/.296 line in 67 games for Triple-A Buffalo this season. PointsBet is live in Ontario. Get started here POINTSBET IS LIVE IN ONTARIO Jordan Groshans believed to be headed to Miami. Other pieces expected to be involved.

(Les Blue Jays de Toronto ont obtenu des renforts en relève lors de la date limite des transactions, obtenant les releveurs Anthony Bass et Zach Pop des ...

Pour sa part, Pop est natif de Brampton, en Ontario, et âgé de 25 ans. Bass, qui est âgé de 34 ans, a affiché une moyenne de 1,41 en 44 manches et deux tiers avec les Marlins cette saison. Il évoluait au niveau AAA cette saison.

GM Ross Atkins made his first move on deadline day, bolstering the Blue Jays' back end.

His 1.41 ERA is currently the lowest of any season and his 9.1 K/9 rate is the highest to date. In order to get, you have to give and the Blue Jays part ways with No. 4 prospect Groshans. The shortstop has batted .250 in 67 games so far at the AAA level. Bass adds a righty arm, and if his name sounds familiar to Blue Jays fans, that's because he suited up for the squad during the shortened 2020 season. Pop is a young lefty that has emerged as a reliable arm for the Marlins in his second year of action in the big leagues. The Blue Jays did have to give up Groshans, a prospect currently playing in AAA that is suited for shortstop or third base. Both Pop and Bass are in the middle of good seasons, working as relievers in the Marlins' bullpen.

Pop, de Brampton en Ontario, dispute sa deuxième saison dans les Ligues majeures.

Pop, de Brampton en Ontario, dispute sa deuxième saison dans les Ligues majeures. Les Blue Jays sacrifient Jordan Groshans pour Anthony Bass et Zach PopMLB mardi, 2 août 2022. 13:56 mardi, 2 août 2022.

The Toronto Blue Jays solidified their bullpen hours before Tuesday's Major League Baseball trade deadline, acquiring relievers Anthony Bass and Zach Pop ...

Zach Pop discusses the #Marlins #BlueJays trade. @KeeganMatheson pic.twitter.com/JBAa5mcoaY— @CDeNicola13 He will finally pitch for Toronto in Toronto (2020 was the Buffalo year).

Bass’ fish Slider and the tank will stay behind in Miami. @KeeganMatheson pic.twitter.com/SFmRJ7Sdja— @CDeNicola13 Bass will get the chance to pitch in meaningful games in front of Blue Jays fans, which he didn't have the opportunity to do in his first stint with the club. Part of what Anthony Bass had to say about the #Marlins #BlueJays trade. "You're going to a team that has a chance of going to the post-season, which as players is what we always want to do," Bass told reporters in Miami before the Marlins hosted the Cincinnati Reds on Tuesday.

In a tweet, the Blue Jays announced they have traded Pop and Anthony Bass from the Miami Marlins in exchange for Jordan Groshans.

Pop was Canada’s top high school pitching prospect in 2014, when the Blue Jays drafted him in the 23rd round. But he didn’t sign and honoured his commitment to Kentucky. In a tweet, the Blue Jays announced they have traded Pop and Anthony Bass from the Miami Marlins in exchange for Jordan Groshans.