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Blue Jays Select Breyvic Valera

By Anthony Franco | July 18, 2021 at 11:20am CDT

The Blue Jays announced they’ve selected the contract of infielder Breyvic Valera. Lefty Nick Allgeyer was designated for assignment to open 40-man roster space.

Valera will be making his first major league appearance since 2019. He tallied 138 plate appearances between 2017-19 with five different clubs, compiling a .223/.294/.298 line with one home run. Valera missed all of last season when the pandemic prevented him from being able to leave his native Venezuela to report to the team. The Jays passed him through waivers this spring and he’s spent the year at Triple-A, hitting a robust .313/.406/.460 with more walks than strikeouts over 180 trips to the plate.

Allgeyer got his first big league call in May, working a scoreless inning of relief. He’s otherwise spent the campaign at Triple-A. Across eleven appearances (six starts), the 25-year-old has tossed 45 1/3 innings of 4.37 ERA ball. While Allgeyer has struck out opposing hitters at a decent 23% clip, he’s also issued walks to an alarming 12.9% of batters faced.

The Jays will have a week to trade Allgeyer or expose him to waivers. He’s never been a premium prospect, but he has a generally solid minor league resume and still has a pair of option years remaining beyond this season. That could intrigue another team with room to stash Allgeyer on the back on the 40-man roster.

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Comments

  1. stimpyi

    1 year ago

    Showcase for a trade?

    Reply
    • jaysfan1978

      1 year ago

      I hope so!!

      Reply
    • bigguccisosa300

      1 year ago

      More likely extra guy for a doubleheader today

      Reply
      • jaysfan1978

        1 year ago

        I was hoping for Biggio, plus, plus for Jose Ramirez!!

        Reply
        • jimmertee

          1 year ago

          Biggio plus plus for a starter or closer before a ramirez deal.

        • Dustyslambchops23

          1 year ago

          Lol that plus is going to have to be Moreno and a top arm

    • jdgoat

      1 year ago

      I’m assuming it’s just because he’s an easy guy to DFA. Otherwise Kevin Smith probably could’ve got the promotion instead.

      Reply
  2. gomer33

    1 year ago

    No one can say he’s a quitter, 11 years in the minors and 121 AB’s in the majors over three years.

    Reply
    • Ron Tingley

      1 year ago

      Impressive walks to strikeout numbers, I can see why he gets his shots. 3 HRS IN his first 5 years, 5 HR overall in his first 8 minor league seasons, not so impressive.

      Reply
  3. ijusthopebothteamshadfun

    1 year ago

    Still can’t believe they DFA’d Joel Payamps.

    Reply
    • birdsfan415

      1 year ago

      yeah that one was a head scratcher to me

      Reply
  4. Golfsucks

    1 year ago

    This totally looks like a 40 man purge to bring in people by the deadline.
    Allgeyer&Payamps to bring up an extra infielder that they don’t need.
    They must have some things going.
    I think that there will be lots of changes on their active roster.

    Reply
    • jimmertee

      1 year ago

      Golfisgreat, the BlueJays mgmt hopefully have other things brewing. Big things like a closer and upgrading a couple of starters. Or it could be about a body for the double header and the busy week ahead.

      Reply
      • Golfsucks

        1 year ago

        What’s the common denominator when it comes to golf?
        It’s the thing that everyone, athletes included do when their teams get knocked out.
        Golf is the worst!

        I agree that they need a closer, one with at least an extra year of control.
        The extra 40 man drops make me think that their top guys in the system are not in play.

        Reply
  5. mrperkins

    1 year ago

    Waiting for Joel Peterson to wail about him never getting a chance in St Louis and that Mozeliak is the worst gm in history for letting him go.

    Reply
  6. jimmertee

    1 year ago

    Perhaps Valera can play left field. Gurriel Jr is a butcher out there.

    Reply
  7. Rsox

    1 year ago

    Getaway day in Buffalo today for the Rangers. Problem is they sent their bats ahead of the hitters…

    Reply
  8. Grade_1_teacher

    1 year ago

    Why don’t they DFA Dolis already? He is painful to watch.

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