I’ll be interested to see what the Jays do with Mitch White. He looked like a potential quality arm in his last few outings in triple A. They’ve invested trade capital and development capital in him but they’d need to add him to the roster to avoid the rule 5 draft.
If he can be that swing guy that can eat innings in the pen or pick up the odd start, that would be really useful considering how thin the starting depth has been beyond the rotation.
We really haven’t had a 6-7 starter in a few years and, with an aging Gausman, Bassitt, and Kikuchi, they are going to need guys who can come in and make spot starts.
As unlikely as it seemed a few months ago, I think they should add him to the roster.
For Jordan Hicks, I’d love to keep him but the Atkin Jays are notoriously frugal in spending on their bullpen. They treat their bullpen arms like a lot of football teams treat their kickers…get cheap guys who they can maximize value and with the unpredictability of bullpen arms, then move on from them. It makes some sense because long term bullpen arms are quite rare. Guys like Anthony Bass catch lightning in the bottle and then turn into pumpkins. I expect Green’s option will be the biggest bullpen contract that they sign this offseason.
Hicks’ stuff is just sick. His lack of command needs to be addressed because a team can find 100mph under rocks these days. He’ll get a handsome contract for sure this off season but I don’t know if he’ll ever truly be a guy teams will fully trust to come in the highest leverage situations.
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