The Blue Jays have acquired right-hander Jeremy Beasley from the Diamondbacks in exchange for cash, the team announced. Righty Tom Hatch was moved to the 60-day injured list to open a spot on the 40-man roster. Arizona designated Beasley for assignment earlier in the week. He’s been optioned to the Jays’ alternate training site for now. ESPN’s Jeff Passan reported the trade would take place shortly prior to the Jays’ announcement (Twitter link).
Beasley, 25, was a 30th-round pick of the Angels back in 2017 and landed with the D-backs by way of 2020’s Matt Andriese trade. He made an extremely brief big league debut last summer, facing three batters and striking out one of them in his lone appearance. Beasley has a generally solid minor league track record, with the exception of a rough showing in a tiny sample at the Triple-A level in 2019. Like the majority of the pitchers in the Pacific Coast League that year, he was clobbered with what most believe to be a juiced ball, surrendering a dozen runs in 13 2/3 innings.
On the whole, Beasley carries a 3.56 ERA across parts of three minor league seasons. He’s punched out 22.9 percent of his opponents against a solid 8.2 percent walk rate while managing to keep the ball on the ground at a roughly average 44.4 percent clip. He pairs a low to mid-90s heater with a splitter that FanGraphs described as a plus pitch in 2019 and that Baseball America called a legitimate out pitch in its most recent scouting report. He has all of his minor league options remaining, making him a nice depth piece with some flexibility beyond the 2021 season if the Jays choose to hang onto him.
Lightning in a bottle?
Not exactly the P trade I envisioned
Although Buck Dan and Tab keep reminding us our pitching staff is tops in ERA this season
We really need our lineup to start producing
For 2021, the Jays seem to be claiming minor league starters to use as multi-inning relievers. It’s worked remarkably well with Payamps and Castro so far.
I believe you mean blue jays closer Anthony Castro
His debut was brief, because he was put on the IL with a shoulder strain 5 days after he debuted.
Take away the PCL season and his numbers aren’t bad. Good little move.
Given the corresponding move, there is no risk.
But potential reward. A better move for a 25-year old looking for a legitimate look in the bigs rather than picking up a never-will-be pushing 30 with an ability to hit barrels.
@werealljustguestshere
The Jays seem to have a system, if it ain’t broke don’t fix it! They have seemed to do well acquiring under the radar players and turning them into decent relievers. The fact that this guy has all his minor league options left is a huge plus too! Not a bad depth pick up at all.
mrtwotone the Blue Jays have had hits and misses like any other squad. This is the same organization that brought in the likes of Petricka, Kingham and others rather than promote Romano or Murphy to build them up in the bullpen. What I will say is the Jays have been smarter about it when it comes to in-season acquisitions for the bullpen. Offseason bullpen strategy has worked very well the last few years without a doubt.
This guy is the right age with some level of success achieved in the minor leagues looking for an opportunity on a team with an injury bug. I’d rather take this risk than the power arm that couldn’t pitch in the minors or majors.
If it’s me I make him a frontline starter now!
Depth is coming in handy this year as writers had projected. You can never lose on these cash consideration trades. See if Walker can work more magic .