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Toronto Blue Jays pitcher has decided to leave the organization
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The Toronto Blue Jays announced that one of their pitchers, Jacob Barnes has cleared waivers and elected free agency.
The Blue Jays are still having quite some trouble when it comes to their bullpen as they still have multiple injuries with Nick Sandlin being the latest to be placed on Il while Erik Swanson and Ryan Burr are still there as well.
Blue Jays pitcher Jacob Barnes has elected free agency
The Blue Jays announced last week that they decided to DFA reliever Jacob Barnes after a few rough outings which resulted in him being placed on waivers for any team to pick up.
According to the latest reports, Barnes ended up clearing waivers and instead of going to the minor leagues, he has decided to elect for free agency where he will try to land a new contract.
#BlueJays announce that Jacob Barnes cleared waivers and elected free agency.
Jacob Barnes has cleared waivers and elected free agency, the #BlueJays announce.
Jays have already used 12 relievers in 23 games. Expect that end of the bullpen churn to continue, at least until Erik Swanson is back up.
Jays have already used 12 relievers in 23 games. Expect that end of the bullpen churn to continue, at least until Erik Swanson is back up.
The Blue Jays signed Barnes to a minor league deal with a Spring Training invitation during the off-season and despite being assigned to the Buffalo Bisons, he started the season off with the Blue Jays due to injuries.
Barnes in 8 innings for the Blue Jays this season finishing with a rough 9.00 ERA in those games with only 5 strikeouts across 6 games which is why it is no surprise he was DFA'd.
It will be interesting to see if another team ends up giving him a chance of a major league deal or if he will end up in the minors.
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