The Blue Jays announced that they have designated Preston Guilmet for assignment. The right-hander has been removed from the 40-man roster in order to help make room for infielder/outfielder Steve Tolleson.
Guilmet, 28 in July, pitched 10 1/3 innings out of the Orioles’ bullpen in 2014, allowing six runs on eight hits with 12 strikeouts against two walks. The former ninth-round pick has a nice track record at Triple-A and notched a 3.91 ERA there in 2014 with an impressive 10.1 K/9 against just 1.9 BB/9. This season, Guilmet pitched to a 1.26 ERA with 7.5 K/9 and 1.9 BB/9 in ten appearances for Triple-A Buffalo.
This is really random but I’m only asking for fantasy purposes, but is there a chance Encarnacion plays outfield in interleague games? I have the biggest logjam right now with him, Abreu and Ortiz only being able to play first and I’m trying to figure out if I could just keep all 3 if he gets OF eligibility or Abreu gets 3B.
Highly unlikely. We’ve seen a scenario the last few days where DH has been blocked because Bautista needs it while he nurses an injury, and Edwin has been at first with Smoak sitting. That same scenario is likely during road interleague games.