The Blue Jays have claimed right-handed reliever Ryan Dull off waivers from the Yankees, per announcements from both teams. Lefty Tim Mayza, who suffered a torn ulnar collateral ligament over the weekend, was transferred to the 60-day injured list in a corresponding roster move.
Dull, 29, has bounced from the A’s, to the Giants, to the Yankees and now to the Blue Jays via waivers in the past six weeks alone. The righty hasn’t had success in the Majors or in Triple-A this season, but he’s only a few seasons removed from looking like a quality bullpen piece in Oakland. While Dull has been tagged for 17 earned runs through just 11 1/3 innings in the big leagues this year and also has a 5.29 ERA across three Triple-A affiliates, he was one of Oakland’s best relievers back in 2016. That year, he tossed 74 1/3 innings of 2.42 ERA ball with nearly a strikeout per frame and just 1.8 BB/9.
Injuries have hit Dull rather hard since that breakout campaign. A knee injury limited him to a total of 45 2/3 innings in 2017, and shoulder trouble hindered him in 2018. Multiple clubs have been willing to dedicate a roster spot to taking a shot at getting Dull back into form, though, and the Jays will now try their hand. Dull does have a minor league option remaining beyond the current season, so the Jays could certainly carry that experiment over to the 2020 campaign if they’re willing to carry Dull on the roster all winter. He’ll be arbitration-eligible this offseason but played the 2019 season on just an $860K salary, so his price tag wouldn’t be prohibitive.
The picture is of him in Toronto, ha
More dumpster diving by Atkins. When does it end?
what would you suggest?
Can’t complain that way
Look at it this way.
There will be plenty of Dull moments in the Toronto bullpen.
He wanted sloppy seconds from Cashman.
Another Dull day around here.
What a boring transaction… Yawn
I’ve always wondered if more than 50 games/innings lead to reliever breakdowns…..
17 pitchers not quite enough to finish out the season? Didn’t want to bring any current healthy arm on the 40-man to Toronto? I guess when the great Ryan Dull is available you do whatever it takes to pick him up.
This is nonsense and not necessary. Blah blah don’t complain….blah blah this doesn’t hurt the team….blah blah its just for a couple weeks….blah blah trust the process. No, trusting the process is bringing up a younger pitcher currently on the 40-man who isn’t hurt (Patrick Murphy or Yennsy Diaz would have been fine). Give them some time to see what major league baseball is all about. Ryan Dull knows the big leagues; knows that he isn’t good enough to be there but will gladly take that nice paycheck.
Guests, what you said.
Murphy projects to be ready by next August at the earliest. Why rush him up now? His year wasnt that good.
Same with Diaz and after a solid workload theres no chance they’d bring him up now.
To give them a glimpse into their future? Maybe learn from top professionals? Maybe to see what life is like at the top for a couple weeks? On the job training? Maybe the kids end their season and say, “I want to be here. I’m going all out this offseason.”
But nope, let’s go with Coldbeer’s idea of a crud pitcher like Dull rather than motivating a young pitcher in the organization. They did not have to be Diaz or Murphy; they are currently on the 40-man so I used them as examples. Could have added Bergen who’s a lefty and has MLB experience. Could have been someone else. Either way, a STUPID move by the Jays. Again.
Did anyone catch the Shapiro interview on TIm&Sid. A must see.
He didn’t answer all the questions, deflected some but he did answer others.
There was one telltale sign of why things are being run as they are. When pressed about signing free agents, Shapiro said it was “dangerous” to operate in free agent waters. There it is folks. He is terrified of screwing up in the free agent waters [despite saying he wants to win ], that he only bottom feeds – as has been shown buy his behaviour.
He out and out lied at one point saying they “tried” to keep the playoff run going- [by signing bottom feeders and also rands]. Please don’t let Shapiro off the hook with this crap.
In cleveland he made some good free agent acquisitions[Robbie Alomar], but also screwed up royally[Bourne, Swisher etc].
Shapiro should not be credited for Roberto Alomar. Shapiro was Assistant GM when Alomar signed. Let’s not forget the near-miss on the Justin Masterson extension. The Cleveland Indians would be in shambles if Masterson had not declined Cleveland’s offer.
Trust the process…
Shapiro didn’t lie. He tried to compete under the budget limitations set by ownership. We fans might not like that constraint, but if Shapiro had his way, he would have started the rebuild earlier, giving us two or three 100-loss seasons. That would have sucked, but we also might, today, have more top prospects (thinking the outfield and pitching).
Shapiro isn’t using his personal wealth, he is using Rogers’ money. If you don’t like the spending, blame ownership. That would be entirely fair.
Okay Terry, I’ll agree it was about ownership being frugal. But why lie about it? I suggest Shapiro knew something he Jays weren’t going to compete but spewed that stuff anyways back in2017.
Remember the days when Gillick could have all the money he wanted? Brenton would go get it for him. Didn’t the ‘93 Jays have the highest payroll in baseball?
*Beeston, Apple auto correct.
Jeez, two or three 100 loss seasons?? LMAO. I’m a die hard Toronto fan, understand a rebuild takes time. But as you can read from EVERY single Jays articles’ comment section, most Toronto fans don’t have the patience for ONE! The same chowder heads that bashed AA and Rogers for being so cheap for years are now praising AA for what he did for the franchise…and now bashing Shapiro and Aikens. To try to talk sense into them is like trying to tell your oven to be a fridge.
Been a life long fan of Jays and Leafs, but HATE most Jays fans.
“Shapiro didn’t lie”.
He did. Yes, ownership made him.
There’s no 60 day IL in the offseason right? Does that mean Mayza is basically guaranteed to be released?
No Il in the offseason. They can keep him on the 40-man but, you’re right, there’s no point. They can always offer him a minors deal to rehab but…