The Blue Jays have announced that they’ve designated righty Mike Bolsinger for assignment. The move clears roster space for righty Taylor Cole, whose contract they’ve selected from Triple-A Buffalo.
The 29-year-old Bolsinger made five starts and six relief appearances for the Jays this season, posting a 6.31 ERA, 8.5 K/9 and 5.9 BB/9 while allowing nine home runs in 41 1/3 innings. This is the third time he’s been designated for assignment this year. The soft-tosser had allowed runs in all of his previous five appearances, including four yesterday against the Astros. He’s also pitched for the Diamondbacks and Dodgers in a big-league career that spans parts of four seasons.
The 27-year-old Cole has missed most of the season to injury, but hasn’t yet allowed a run in 12 2/3 innings spanning three minor-league levels. The 2011 29th-round pick has moved through the Jays’ minor-league system slowly despite generally good performances, including a 2014 season in which he whiffed 181 batters in 144 1/3 innings at Class A+ and Double-A. He has never pitched in the big leagues.
The Padres, Angels and Blue Jays have fallen into calling up The Show default characters.
Didn’t you comment the same thing in an article yesterday?
It was a legitimate case of that, any other team would be calling up players even modestly relevant.
You’re an idiot
Speaking of the Padres they should put a claim in on Bolsinger. He was really good in the NL West a few years back with the Dodgers, he actually had a couple complete game shut outs against the Pads if I remember correctly, I know he has one atleast. But I would love to see what he could do given more starts at Petco, a guy like Chacin has showed this year that you can still pitch really effectively there even if you aren’t as good on the road.
Hopefully this guy can stick. Was hoping for the same with Dermody. However, his outing last night was not the best.
Hopefully Dodger fans see reality finally kicked. AAA Pitcher at best.
I was hoping Bolsinger would work out as a long man and occasional spot starter.
Still, Bolsinger as an option is better than when the Jays gave Brad Raske and Roberto Hernandez minor league contracts a couple springs ago. I wrote to my godson that if those two made a combined number of MLB starts over… 1 …then the Jays would not make the playoffs.
Bolsinger is not a major league starting pitcher. He hasn’t got the stuff to do it over and over. He can barely get hitters out once they figure out his fast ball is meat and his curve is his mainstay. Adrenaline wll get this guy a win every-once-in-a-while but not on a regular basis. He would serve better as a mop up guy. National league might be better. Al East gonna eat him alive.