Toronto Blue Jays announce signing of right handed pitcher

The move showed up in the club's transaction log , with Moreta joining on a minor league contract.

Moreta is listed as a right-handed pitcher, and the first thing that jumps out is the frame.

MLB has him at 6-foot and 222 pounds, which is already a grown-man build for a player who's still just getting started.

He also arrives with a blank stat page, and that's not a knock.

On MLB's player profile, there are no Minor League numbers yet, which is exactly what you expect from a fresh international addition.

Toronto's international strategy has leaned into volume lately, and a recent transaction scroll makes that obvious.

When you sign a bunch of teenagers at once, you're basically admitting you want more lottery tickets than your rivals.

The real impact is organizational, not immediate. Pitching depth disappears fast over a season, and having extra right-handers developing behind the scenes is how you avoid overpaying for the seventh starter in July.

There's also a roster-building angle that fans sometimes miss.

If even one international arm becomes a usable big leaguer, it frees payroll for the lineup or for that midseason bullpen strike every contender eventually needs.

My take is this is a smart kind of boring, the best compliment I can give a developmental signing.

Ross Atkins has clearly taken matters into his own hands to make sure that the Blue Jays farm system continues to improve after a difficult couple of seasons in the early 2020's.