Blue Jays trade

The other reason was that a day prior to Stripling signing with the Giants, the Jays signed free agent Chris Bassitt to a three-year, $63 million deal. Despite ...

This was originally going to be posted on Friday afternoon, but as I was writing it, the Daulton Varsho trade happened. Hopefully, he does fantastic with the Giants, opts out, and then cashes in on an even bigger deal. Should they have given him an opt-out clause and let him pitch as the fifth starter? The trade was worth it for this one season alone. Was he the best player on the team? While this is a relatively small sample size he showed what he was capable of, and it all came to fruition in 2022. In his first 25 innings pitched, he had a 7.20 ERA and 5.45 FIP in 25 innings pitched. The Jays traded for Ross Stripling on August 31st, 2020 at the plague year deadline. Ad Advertisement Despite getting their #3 in the rotation, the Jays still had an interest in re-signing Stripling. The biggest reason was that the Giants were willing to give him an opt-out after one year, which gives the player a ton of leverage.