The Blue Jays designated Danner for assignment Friday, Ben Nicholson-Smith of Sportsnet.ca reports. The move makes room on the 40-man roster for left-hander Josh Walker, who signed with the Blue Jays in a corresponding move. Danner spent the entire 2024 regular season with Triple-A Buffalo, and across 33 appearances he posted a 3.15 ERA and 1.32 WHIP over 34.1 innings.
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The Blue Jays designated Danner for assignment Friday, Ben Nicholson-Smith of Sportsnet.ca reports. The move makes room on the 40-man roster for left-hander Josh Walker, who signed with the Blue Jays in a corresponding move. Danner spent the entire 2024 regular season with Triple-A Buffalo, and across 33 appearances he posted a 3.15 ERA and 1.32 WHIP over 34.1 innings.
The Blue Jays signed Walker to a one-year, $760,000 contract, Ben Nicholson-Smith of Sportsnet.ca reports. Walker, 30, has put up a 6.45 ERA and 23:12 K:BB over 22.1 innings at the major-league level the last two seasons. The lefty will compete for a spot in the Toronto bullpen.
The Blue Jays re-signed Pardinho to a minor-league contract Friday that includes an invitation to spring training. Pardinho split time between Double-A New Hampshire and Triple-A Buffalo in 2024, collecting a 3.25 ERA and 66:28 K:BB across 55.1 frames. Slated to turn 24 in January, Pardinho is likely to return to Buffalo to begin 2025.
The Blue Jays signed Sanchez to a minor-league contract Monday that includes an invitation to spring training, Shi Davidi of Sportsnet.ca reports. Sanchez began the 2024 regular season with the Cubs in Triple-A, but he was dealt to the Marlins in mid-June in exchange for cash considerations. He ended up appearing in 31 games for Miami and posted a slash line of .167/.211/.190 with two stolen bases and four RBI across 96 plate appearances. Sanchez will have an opportunity in Toronto to compete for a major-league roster spot for the 2025 campaign.
The Blue Jays designated Raposo for assignment Friday, Shi Davidi of Sportsnet.ca reports. The Blue Jays claimed Raposo off waivers from St. Louis in early August, and he went on to slash .246/.361/.311 with five RBI over 20 games with Triple-A Buffalo. He'll be stripped of his 40-man roster spot to create room for Yimi Garcia, who officially signed a two-year deal with Toronto on Friday, though Raposo will likely remain with the club as organizational depth behind the plate.
The Blue Jays signed Lauer to a minor-league contract on Friday that includes an invitation to spring training, Mark Feinsand of MLB.com reports. Lauer split the 2024 season between the Triple-A level (where he had a 5.26 ERA in 75.1 innings) and the Korea Baseball Organization (where he held a 4.93 ERA in 34.2 frames). The 29-year-old lefty will likely begin the 2025 season as rotation depth at Triple-A Buffalo.
The Guardians traded Sandlin to the Blue Jays on Tuesday, Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic reports. Spencer Horwitz and Nick Mitchell were sent to the Guardians in return for Sandlin and Andres Gimenez. Sandlin departs Cleveland after playing for the Guardians for the first four seasons of his career, finishing his tenure with a 3.27 ERA across 195.1 innings, including a 3.75 ERA across 68 appearances in 2024.
The Guardians traded Gimenez to the Blue Jays on Tuesday alongside Nick Sandlin in exchange for Spencer Horwitz and Nick Mitchell, Jeff Passan of ESPN.com reports. Gimenez had a down year offensively in 2024, slashing just .252/.298/.340 with 63 RBI in 152 games. However, the 26-year-old infielder is coming off his second consecutive 30-steal campaign and has developed into one of the game's best defenders. His glove will almost certainly keep him in the lineup everyday for Toronto, and he still has potential to bounce back at the plate after posting an .837 OPS just two seasons ago.
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