From pitching to depth off of the bench, NickAshbourne looks at some players that could fit the Blue Jays' needs at the trade deadline.
“The market is not clearly defined yet” and “there's still more to learn on teams and exactly what they will be doing, exactly who will be available and just how available they are”, he isn’t spouting vagaries for the sake of it. Even this close to the deadline, uncertainty abounds.
He’s not as good as his 2.86 ERA suggests, but he commands the ball extremely well, limits hard contact, and this season he added a cutter to what’s now a dizzying six-pitch mix. The 3.58 xERA and 3.62 FIP the right-hander has put up are probably more indicative of where he’s at, but those are still excellent numbers.
The left-hander started the season pitching out of the pen and has given the Diamondbacks 45 innings of 5.20 ERA ball since joining the rotation full time. That number is marred by one horrendous start , though, and in his other eight starts his ERA has been 3.48. Smith has an ability to miss bats , and a track record as a solid back-of-the-rotation starter with the Miami Marlins .
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