Blue Jays Transactions Thread

[Switch Pitcher Coach]

Win-win for my two favorite teams in the MLB. Now can we get Halliday back from the Phillies?

[DaaBoTownSox]

Blue Jays purchased the contract of C-1B Yan Gomes from Triple-A Las Vegas.

Gomes was hitting .359 with a .956 OPS, five home runs and 22 RBI in 33 games this season at the Triple-A level. The 24-year-old former 10th-round pick should see a good amount of playing time behind the plate and at first base, and may be worth grabbing in deeper mixed fantasy leagues. He's the first Brazilian-born player in MLB history.

[astrosfanatic]

DUNEDIN, Fla. -- In a move that nobody could have predicted a year ago, the Blue Jays optioned left-hander Ricky Romero to Class A Dunedin on Tuesday evening.

Romero goes from being the club's Opening Day starter in 2012 to not cracking its 25-man roster the following spring. It's a shocking twist in an otherwise uneventful Spring Training for a team that entered camp with its roster basically set in stone.

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?...s_mlb&c_id=mlb


Wow. How do you go from Opening Day starter to Single A??? I guess they moved him so far down so that he can work on mechanics without getting blown up by hitters? That would at least allow him to retain some confidence. Still, this is a bit shocking. I guess JA Happ having such a great Spring allowed them to make this move.

[RickD]

That's a hit on your ego no matter how you look at it.

[Old Sweater]

Wow, must be dating the managers daughter or something like that.

[yankeebiscuitfan]

Remember Dontrelle Willis? He was never the same again after being demoted.

[OutfieldGrass]

I have a feeling he was sent all the way to Single-A due to location and weather since their Triple-A team is no longer in Las Vegas and Double-A is in New Hampshire. Likely would have headed to Las Vegas if they were still an affiliate. Still surprising though. Figure he would at least take the last spot in the rotation or a long relief role.

[yankeebiscuitfan]

I have a feeling he was sent all the way to Single-A due to location and weather since their Triple-A team is no longer in Las Vegas and Double-A is in New Hampshire. Likely would have headed to Las Vegas if they were still an affiliate. Still surprising though. Figure he would at least take the last spot in the rotation or a long relief role.

Do you mean to say that they wanted him as far away as possible from Toronto?

[OutfieldGrass]

Do you mean to say that they wanted him as far away as possible from Toronto?

That is another possibility lol

[yankeebiscuitfan]

I have a feeling he was sent all the way to Single-A due to location and weather since their Triple-A team is no longer in Las Vegas and Double-A is in New Hampshire. Likely would have headed to Las Vegas if they were still an affiliate. Still surprising though. Figure he would at least take the last spot in the rotation or a long relief role.

Well in that case they better ship him towards a California, Arizona, Florida or Texas.