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Blue Jays Designate Tyler Chatwood For Assignment

By Anthony Franco | July 30, 2021 at 1:08pm CDT

The Blue Jays announced they’ve designated reliever Tyler Chatwood for assignment. The move creates roster space for José Berríos, who was acquired in a deadline blockbuster from the Twins this afternoon.

Toronto can technically trade Chatwood within the next two hours, but it seems likelier he’ll be waived and then cut loose — either via release or rejection of an outright assignment. Either way, Chatwood would be entitled to the remainder of his $3MM salary.

The Jays hoped that a bullpen conversion would help Chatwood unlock some success. He’s long intrigued teams with his quality stuff, but consistency has eluded him. That was again the case in 2021, as the righty has only managed a 5.46 ERA/4.51 SIERA across 28 innings of work.

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  1. Ted

    4 years ago

    Addition by subtraction.

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    • Taejonguy

      4 years ago

      and Stripling will take his place in the bullpen

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      • bigdaddyt

        4 years ago

        Matz

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        • Taejonguy

          4 years ago

          Stripping returns to the role he had in LA. Matt is actually pitching better than last year.

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          Reply
        • andremets

          4 years ago

          Matz had an era over 9.00 last year so that’s a very low bar to hop over.

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        • smuzqwpdmx

          4 years ago

          Matz has done well the first time through the order and has the kind of raw stuff that might make him a dominant reliever, unlike Stripling. On the other hand, there’s already a million lefties in the Blue Jays bullpen.

          Reply
    • neo

      4 years ago

      this is the deadline transaction worth the most wins of all the moves the Jays made today

      Reply
    • George Bell's purple ass

      4 years ago

      slurp

      Reply
  2. ChiSox_Fan

    4 years ago

    Cubbies will pick him up.

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    • Logjammer D"Baggagecling

      4 years ago

      White Sox will sign him first b. He’ll be your closer with hendriks getting the push back to the 7th

      Reply
  3. Deleted User

    4 years ago

    What a fall from grace after they got rid of the sticky.

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    • Taejonguy

      4 years ago

      nah, he was toast before the sticky was taken away…

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    • its_happening

      4 years ago

      He never reached Grace. Wake up.

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    • smuzqwpdmx

      4 years ago

      “Grace” is an odd way of a describing a guy whose ERA has been around 5 for the past 5 seasons.

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      Reply
  4. Darthyen

    4 years ago

    Strange thought Castro or Jansen would make more sense.

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    • goalieguy41

      4 years ago

      Huh?

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      • Darthyen

        4 years ago

        To be DFAed. Castro is injured and has not pitched that well and Jansen is a below average catcher that can’t hit. Two very obvious candidates to be DFAed. Maybe they are waiting to get Gomes before they DFA Jansen.

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        • Dustyslambchops23

          4 years ago

          They are adding an arm so wouldn’t make sense to cut Jansen now when Chatwood deserved to lose his spot

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        • Darthyen

          4 years ago

          Well Jansen need to go either way I think they are just waiting on a trade for a catcher be finalized. However Castro would seem like a more reasonable option to DFA as Chatwood has had his moments but Castro was just a guy..

          Thought the catcher would be Gomes but apparently not as the A’s seem to have a better deal. Maybe they can get Suzuki from the Angels with Iglesias
          too.

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        • smuzqwpdmx

          4 years ago

          Jansen has options. He’s out for the rest of this year probably and should spend next year at AAA rebuilding his swing. No need to give up on him yet, he’d be a useful backup if he can get his bat working just a little again.

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        • Darthyen

          4 years ago

          But he is a below average catcher too so why keep him? He hasn’t hit in over 2 years what makes you think he will change now?

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        • smuzqwpdmx

          4 years ago

          Half the players in the league are below average. Backup catchers who play good defense don’t need to hit much.

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        • Darthyen

          4 years ago

          If you took the time to read, I said he was a below average catcher, in other words a below average defender, that is a far cry from a defensive backup.

          Also those backup catchers are all hitting better than Jansen. Several have got released over the last couple weeks because they could not hit above a 200 average and again that is better than Jansen.

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        • smuzqwpdmx

          4 years ago

          If you took the time to write what you actually mean, you’d write that you mean defensively, because the rest of the universe means below average overall when they write below average catcher.

          At any rate, you seem to be living in some weird parallel universe since Danny Jansen’s defensive metrics have been excellent every reason in this universe. He’s worth half a run of dWAR this year alone despite barely playing.

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        • George Bell's purple ass

          4 years ago

          Shatkins wouldn’t DFA Jansen. Why would they get rid of what they believe is their best defensive catcher? They don’t throw any value away. Remember all the bums the have given at bats? Facecatcher etc.

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        • George Bell's purple ass

          4 years ago

          yes

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  5. Monkey’s Uncle

    4 years ago

    Chatwood. Rhymes with “not good”.

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  6. Logjammer D"Baggagecling

    4 years ago

    Hoyer is on the hunt he’ll sign Chattooga now. Lol

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  7. ShootyBabbit

    4 years ago

    Perry, bring him home to the Big A

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    • kellin

      4 years ago

      NO.

      Reply
  8. 5TUNT1N

    4 years ago

    See you in Scottsdale next year on a minor league spring training invite buddy!

    Reply
  9. Grade_1_teacher

    4 years ago

    He can take Dolis with him.

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  10. Georgiajeff

    4 years ago

    Guy has great stuff but no command of it.

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  11. jdgoat

    4 years ago

    Elite on the sticky icky. Poor man was ruined when Manfred decided cheating wasn’t allowed anymore.

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    • kellin

      4 years ago

      He was never any good.

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      • jdgoat

        4 years ago

        He was pretty dominant for a month or two to start the season and then instantly went to crap when the rules changed.

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        • smuzqwpdmx

          4 years ago

          He’s been dominant for 10 inning periods lots of other seasons too. Much like all the other guys with good stuff but inconsistent command.

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  12. C-Daddy

    4 years ago

    He was brilliant for the first six weeks of the season then fell off a cliff. Never seen a pitcher issue so many bases loaded walks in such a short time.

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  13. orange2001

    4 years ago

    I wouldn’t mind a reunion with Maddon and the Angels. I always liked his poise as a 21-year-old rookie. Angels’ pen is so bad, maybe with some minor adjustments he can help as a long reliever. Angels desperately need relief pitching.

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  14. nickmontgomery10

    4 years ago

    Cardinals will go for this guy

    Reply
  15. Lloyd Emerson

    4 years ago

    So long, Stinktown!!

    Reply
  16. jimmertee

    4 years ago

    Long overdue

    Reply
  17. mils100

    4 years ago

    Actually Chatwood is quite good most of the time. But when he is bad, it is a disaster.

    Reply
  18. jorge78

    4 years ago

    Tyler has a nice beard…..

    Reply
  19. Rww59

    4 years ago

    Piggyback Matz andStripling

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