The Blue Jays have acquired right-hander Sam Gaviglio from the Royals for cash considerations or a player to be named later, according to an announcement from Toronto. To make room for Gaviglio, the Blue Jays designated left-hander Matt Dermody for assignment, Shi Davidi of Sportsnet tweets.
The 27-year-old Gaviglio lost his spot on the Royals last weekend, when they designated him to make room for newly signed reliever Justin Grimm. Gaviglio came to the Royals via waivers from the Mariners last September and closed the year by throwing 12 innings of four-run ball with KC. Between the two teams, Gaviglio racked up 74 1/3 innings across 16 appearances (13 starts) in 2017 – his rookie year – and posted a 4.36 ERA/5.81 FIP with 5.93 K/9, 3.15 BB/9 and a 49.4 percent groundball rate. With two options remaining, he figures to begin his Blue Jays tenure by serving as minor league depth.
Dermody, also 27, has been a member of the Toronto organization since it used a 28th-round pick on him in 2013. He debuted in the majors two seasons ago, throwing three innings, and is coming off a 22 1/3-frame campaign. The results haven’t been great for Dermody, who has logged a 5.33 ERA/6.12 FIP despite playable strikeout and walk rates (7.11 K/9, 1.78 BB/9). A low grounder rate (37.3 percent) and a propensity for giving up home runs (2.49 per nine) have hurt his cause in the majors, though he has been considerably better at preventing runs at the Triple-A level (3.34 ERA, 6.8 K/9 and 2.4 BB/9 in 59 1/3 innings).
Alright pick up.
GAviglio is a spare part. More AAA depth. Arranging deck chairs on the Blue Jays titanic.
overreaction, but depth is never a bad thing
> the Blue Jays titanic
How wins for the Jays this year, Jimmertee?
Given the rotation issues and age/injury issues of the Donaldson’s Tulo’s etc, I would say 75-79 wins this year.
Just need as many bullpen pieces as possible so they don’t overwork axford, Oh, Tepera and osuna. But damn jays need a good lefty in the pen. To many players that might be really bad in that pen
Using Clippard as a lefty even though he throws right. His splits against lefty hitters for his career are actually better than against righties apparently. Also still have Loup and a few AAA guys have shown well during spring.
This guy just keeps floating around the MLB
He’s an OK pitcher, why don’t you just give him a chance