The Blue Jays have released right-hander Sam Gaviglio and outrighted infielder/outfielder Brandon Drury, per Ben Nicholson-Smith of Sportsnet. The team designated both players for assignment Tuesday.
Gaviglio threw three innings for the Blue Jays this year and gave up three earned runs on three hits and five walks. The 30-year-old, also a former Royal and Mariner, was a more useful option across 293 2/3 frames from 2017-19, during which he amassed 94 appearances (37 starts) and pitched to a 4.84 ERA/4.95 FIP with 7.42 K/9, 2.64 BB/9 and a 48.5 percent groundball rate.
Drury, meanwhile, has fallen out of favor with multiple teams over the past few seasons. After spending 2015-17 as a member of the Diamondbacks, with whom he at times mixed league-average offensive production and defensive versatility, they traded him to the Yankees. Drury’s time in New York was short-lived, though, as he produced terrible results there. The Yankees dealt him to the Blue Jays during the summer of 2018 for lefty J.A. Happ, but Drury’s numbers have continued to spiral in Toronto.
Since he headed north of the border, Drury has totaled 525 plate appearances and hit a ghastly .208/.253/.353, which goes a long way in explaining why the Blue Jays cut him and why no other team claimed him. He’ll now report to the Jays’ alternate training site.
Brewers should’ve gotten Drury and dfa Sogard.
Blue Jays fan(s) disagree with that.
Classic example of you never know what you have with young players. I actually liked Drury as a budding player when the Yankees got him. Still think he can contribute as a back of the roster reserve but he needs to stop pressing and understand his role. Just my take.
Agreed, I thought he looked pretty decent right off the start with the Yanks as well. The migraine problems he had probably are what derailed his career. It really is too bad, but I guess that sort of thing happens from time to time.
Drury supposedly works hard, but I watched enough of him to know he’s not the brightest bulb out there. Regardless, Sogard brings a little more speed and versatility, although he too isn’t a sharp guy. But Drury is lost and cannot hit lefty pitching. That is his one job.
Yeah, e could use a little Eric Sogard
I agree with that %100
Why? At least Sogard has shown flashes of having an above average bat, something Drury never has.
Anyone else watching Montoyo try to tank this game against the Red Sox right now?
WTF but then nothing chuckie does surprises me anymore. I still think Charlie is a Tampa plant. or at best double dipping.
He manages against the Rays like he’s still cashing a Rays paycheck. A doubleheader 7-inning game and you let Roark continue. It’s like he purposely wants to lose.
He’s out managed almost every game. This team should have been at least 10 games above .500 right now.
Bring back Gibby, and that’s like 80% serious!
I have Bongo Chuck at -6War and counting. We are finding out why he was a minor league manager for 18 yrs whatever it was.
The interesting part is that a minor league manager is supposed to work on baseball fundamentals yet the Blue Jays lack baseball fundamentals. They must be the worst baserunning team in the majors. Vlad needs to be put on a leash. He cannot run the bases and shouldn’t run the bases like he can steal 60 bags.
I know right! Oh the irony.
Make that -7 War. Bases loaded and he let’s Mega Bat Fisher swing away and doesn’t PH Vlad. Then used him in the 7th with only one man on.
Seriously it will suck watching but in the playoffs will almost be fun to see Rival managers run circles around this clown for his apologists to wake up and see Chucky is so far over his head he’d need Jules Verne to write a part for him.
I can see Charlie Boy in his office playing his Bongos chanting at least we tried , at least we tried.
Yep. I thought the same thing. And I thought Jansen could just hit for Reese.
And last night….
Villar with another baserunning error again – this time not hustling. He should never be tossed at 2B on a ball hit off LC wall at Fenway. He is a total headcase. He makes Jose Reyes a mensa.
Tellez then tossed at 3B on a play right in-front of him. No reason for that. Tellez should know better; he cannot make mistakes because the franchise is not high on him. Tellez has been treated like a lesser-than. Any mistake hurts him more than anyone else making the exact same mistake.
Bass didn’t have it and Montoyo was in no rush to replace him.
Another W in the loss column. What is it going to take for someone in the organization to confront the discipline problem costing the Jays wins? Do they have a leader anywhere in that franchise or are they a reflection of ownership?
Someone kick Shaw in the gonads and wake him up??
He got a hit today. 3 actually. He’s done with positive contributions for this game.
Only took 20+ games to figure out Shaw shouldn’t be the 3-hole hitter. Tellez being 3-hole I can stomach.
Shaw is going to need more vitamins to wake up. He needs to be released too.
Letting Merryweather go another inning and now Boston is squaring him up. Montoyo leaving him in. Great.
Side note: Grichuk owns every AL East team occupying 5th place. That is a fun fact.
Fun fact: Gaviglio and Drury are from neighboring counties in Oregon.
Nice!
I think Drury should have been released and Giviglio should have been outrighted. Jays have enough guys who can play 1st/2nd/3rd, but u can never have enough pitchers
Rangers should of taken a chance on Drury with Odor days about over for the Rangers
You have to accept an outright so that logic doesn’t work.
Gaviglio couldn’t be outrighted. To be outrighted (not optioned), there has to be no team willing to claim the player in the waiver process — and somebody can surely use a rubber armed middle reliever. Atkins realized that and decided to be nice to the player by giving him a choice of where to go with a release (never hurts to build a good reputation).
It seems like all teams but especially the BlueJays have a carnival fibe to them.
Charlie Montoyo seems like a good carnival director. Ever watch him in close ups.? Look at his eyes? The lights are on but nobody home.
“Fisher was a good matchup and we thought he had a chance to hit that guy. That’s why we left him to hit. That’s the main reason. We were talking before the game. ‘He’s got a chance to hit a home run today.’ We had that feeling. He just didn’t do it.” Charlie Boys reply when asked about PH for Fisher- Really Charlie? This is the best excuse you have! Who is “we” him and the voices in his head or is it Jobu from the movie Major League.
When the Jay’s brass bring in a new manager in the off season will they go with a experienced manager or will they roll the dice on a CHEAPER first year guy?
There is no way they can go another year with the current manager, he is NOT a MAJOR league manager.
As much as Montoyo has no business running a major league club, he’s not going anywhere. In fact, he might be a finalist for manager of the year because of record improvement. Most likely the award will go to Rick Renteria.
If, by chance, a new manager is to be brought in I doubt they will hire the manager they need; someone who demands on-field discipline, baseball IQ and focus. It’ll be a no-name who claims to love analytics or an ex-Indians guy like Wedge.