The Blue Jays have released left-hander Tommy Milone, per a club announcement. He’s spent the bulk of the 2021 season on the injured list due to inflammation in his left shoulder but had gone out on a minor league rehab assignment recently.
Milone, 34, allowed 10 runs on 20 hits and three walks with 17 strikeouts through 14 innings with the Jays earlier in the season. His initial IL placement came back on May 2, and the club moved him to the 60-day IL later that month. He’s tossed 13 2/3 innings in Triple-A since beginning his rehab assignment, holding opponents to four earned runs on nine hits and five walks with nine punchouts.
It’s been a rough few seasons for Milone overall, although he got out to a strong start with the 2020 Orioles, notching a 3.99 ERA with a 24 percent strikeout rate against just a 3.1 percent walk rate in six starts (29 1/3 innings) before being traded to the Braves. Things didn’t go well in Atlanta, as Milone yielded 16 runs in three starts before heading to the injured list with inflammation in his left elbow.
Despite a rough patch in recent years, Milone is an experienced lefty with a lifetime 4.59 ERA in 927 2/3 big league innings. He’s never been a prolific strikeout pitcher (17.7 percent) and was averaging just 84-85 mph on his heater in his limited time with the Jays early in the season, but even at his best Milone only sat in the 87-88 mph range. Milone also has excellent control (5.6 percent career walk rate) and has had enough big league success that a team in need of pitching depth down the stretch could take a look on a minor league deal — assuming he’s healthy, of course. The trade deadline has passed, and elimination of revocable August trade waivers gives contending clubs very few avenues to stockpiling veteran depth at this point in the season.
Nice.
Beat me to it!
Idk how he keeps getting mlb innings… dude is awful.
Mamma, teach your young ‘uns to throw left handed…..
And not to be cowboys
Let them be doctors and lawyers and such
I’ve often wondered that about Milone and Wade LeBlanc.
he was pretty solid last year until he went to Atlanta
He pitched 9 innings total for the Braves so I’m pretty sure what we are seeing now is the real Milone.
Good he was bp
Here ya go Braves, an opportunity of a lifetime! A sure thing
Lol yeah he’s great lol
Don’t understand why he insists on throwing his 4-seamer over a sinker at this point.
It’s a fastball that is basically his changeup with no change.
Looks like the A’s are about to get a lefty
I would guess that the reason he was released is that he has a major league deal pending somewhere by August 31st
Braves…
Probably the Cardinals with LeBlanc going down. First Mikolos has to tease them by pitching 4 innings before being shut down, though.
Ill throw tommy some love. I always routed for this guy. His first 5 years were solid yet underrated. Always wanted the Angels to take a minor league chance on him, USC kid. Always felt these were the type of guys to take a chance on. The LeBlancs, Eckoff, Worley, Stailey, luchessi of the world. Reading some comments on those who watched him, seems to have lost what made him an serviceable MLB pitcher though
He’s been horrible for years. One of those guys that you wonder how they are still employed. At least Edwin Jackson is still on the outside looking in.
The Mutts will sign him they are the dumpster divers of MLB
I went down the rabbit hole on this one since I wasn’t really familiar with the guy. Checked his stats, figured I would be nosey and see if and comment on twitter and found his twitter account suspended. hmmm. Found his personal account on facebook, nothing but photos, but found his wife’s account and she had posted an anti mask photo she had made herself. So, I’m thinking that had a fair amount to do with the release.