TODAY: Floyd has undergone yet another surgery, this one to repair his rotator cuff, per Shi Davidi of Sportsnet.ca tweets. The unfortunate news seemingly helps explain yesterday’s move.
YESTERDAY: The Blue Jays have released right-hander Gavin Floyd, according to Baseball America’s Matt Eddy. Floyd inked a minor league deal to return to Toronto this winter but didn’t pitch in big league camp. His 2016 season came to a close in June due to a strained shoulder capsule.
When he’s been healthy in recent years, Floyd has generally pitched well. Across his past 98 2/3 innings, he’s logged a 3.10 ERA with 7.5 K/9 against 2.3 BB/9. However, unfortunately for Floyd, his stretches of good health have been few and far between. After undergoing Tommy John surgery in 2013, most of Floyd’s 2014 season was wiped out by a fractured olecranon bone in his right elbow. Somewhat remarkably, he suffered the very same injury the next spring and subsequently missed the first five months of the 2015 season. Last year, he tallied 31 innings out of the Toronto bullpen with a 4.06 ERA and a 30-to-8 K/BB ratio before incurring his shoulder injury.
Floyd in 2018
MLB level
GS: 33
IP: 228
ERA: 2.04
WHIP: 0.99
W: 21
L: 5
Bold prediction cotton.
Send me your paypal. I’ll pay you $5,000 if those are true. Even if you drop the W-L
assuming that’s the era his pitchers will have in mlb the show 2018 while playing from home.
It’s sarcasm Ethan
Writing about Gavin Floyd’s release = waste of time and space.
then you write something. these guys have a job to do and they do it. well, in fact. if it was a waste of time, why did you leave a comment?
I agree MBLTR does a great job, love the blogs, articles, boards, the site in general. Perhpas I should hvae written my comment differently, and nothing personal to Gavin Floyd, but how about, “reading about Gavin Floyd’s release is 2 min I will never get back in my life, and a waste of time and space.”.
He’s afraid the internet will run out of paper.
He was released by the team when they are playing a team in his home state. I smell minor league contract with the O’s. Last stop before retirement.
He’d make a great follow up to the Pelfrey signing by the Pale hose.
Or a new Ace for the Padres.
Braves could use him in pen and designate Chaz Roe
$6 million arm. Fitty cent noggin.
Wow. Rotator cuff surgery now? Poor guy just can’t catch a break.
It’s too bad he has to go through all this. But as a career choice…he’s played a great sport at the highest level, had a five year stretch where he was a solid contributor, made $35M from it….that’s pretty darn good. .
I was thinking the same! He might not ever retire another batter, but he’ll retire w/ millions in the bank.
This guy’s arms are being held together with tape and superglue, no way he will ever pitch a full season ever again. Time to hang it up bro.