The Blue Jays have selected the contract of right-hander Ryan Dull and recalled right-hander Yennsy Diaz for the final few games of the season, tweets Shi Davidi of Sportsnet. Dull and Diaz will give the Blue Jays some extra arms to serve as reinforcements for a bullpen that has thrown 27 innings across the past three games thanks to a 15-inning marathon Monday and a series of openers being utilized. In order to make room for Dull on the 40-man roster, the Jays put Lourdes Gurriel Jr. on the 60-day injured list. Gurriel underwent an appendectomy this week and wasn’t expected to return before Sunday’s season finale.
This marks the latest roster move for Dull in a roller coaster couple of months. The veteran righty has bounced from Oakland to San Francisco to New York to Toronto on waivers since the beginning of August and finally cleared waivers within the past week after he was designated by the Jays. Dull didn’t appear in the big leagues with Toronto before being designated for assignment and sent outright off the 40-man roster. He’ll now have a chance to suit up as a Blue Jay and log a few extra days of big league service to close out the year, though he’ll quite likely be removed from the 40-man roster once again when the season concludes.
All this Dull news is getting tedious.
This is boring.
Never a Dull moment.
Let’s just hope that Dull is sharp in his work.
Congratulations to the Jays fans who said Diaz would NEVER be brought up to the big club. He’s with the big club and should have been called last week. Even if it was just to watch and learn. This is a good thing.
And now we are back to Dull moments. Great.
Actually, Dull has some real upsides unlike the rag arms the Blue Jays currently have in their bullpen.
They have maybe three, possibly four if you count Font who should even be back next year.
Actually, Dull doesn’t have upside worth looking at. Thanks for playing.
Most of Atkins dumpster diving is a useless gritstone of time, money and people.
I would say Font belongs. But not many other dumpster dives.