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Brewers Acquire Tyler Jay From Mets

By Nick Deeds | July 21, 2024 at 3:05pm CDT

The Mets have dealt left-hander Tyler Jay to the Brewers in exchange for minor league right-hander TJ Shook, per a club announcement. Jay had been designated for assignment by New York last week to make room for lefty Alex Young on the club’s 40-man roster. The Brewers had an open spot for Jay on their 40-man roster after designating Joel Kuhnel for assignment earlier today.

Jay, 30, was the sixth overall pick in the 2015 draft by the Twins. Jay struggled to establish himself in the upper levels of the minors, however, and he departed affiliated ball following the canceled 2020 minor league season to pitch the 2022 campaign for the Frontier League’s Joliet Slammers. He pitched well in Indy Ball with a 3.53 ERA with 88 strikeouts in 79 innings of work between the 2022 and ’23 seasons. The lefty returned to affiliated ball on a minor league deal with the Mets partway through last year and after struggling in his Triple-A debut last year, looked solid in 41 1/3 innings of work as a multi-inning reliever at the level this year with a 2.40 ERA despite a relatively lackluster 18.6% strikeout rate.

That performance was strong enough to earn Jay his first taste of big league action with the Mets back in April. He looked good in two appearances with the Mets, allowing one run on five hits and a walk while striking out one in four innings of work, but was designated for assignment after a week in the majors to make room on the club’s roster for Michael Tonkin. Jay remained with the Mets following his outright assignment and continued to put up strong numbers at the Triple-A level, earning him another big league opportunity on July 1. That appearance went poorly, however, as Jay surrendered four runs (three earned) while recording just two outs against two hits, two walks, and two strikeouts. That was Jay’s only appearance of his second stint in New York, and his time with the organization now comes to an end with a career ERA of 7.71 at the big league level.

Now, Jay is headed to the Brewers where he figures to join a bullpen full of reclamation relief arms who have managed to put together strong results in Milwaukee. The club is currently relying on Bryan Hudson, Jared Koenig, Hoby Milner, and Rob Zastryzny as lefty relief options, and Jay figures to be the next man up behind that group from the left side while Kevin Herget acts as the top depth option behind the bullpen’s right-handed pitchers.

In exchange for Jay’s services, the Brewers are parting ways with Shook, who they signed as an undrafted free agent back in 2020. The 26-year-old right-hander worked his way through the minor league system fairly quickly in his first few years in the organization but has stalled out a bit at the Double-A level in the years since then, having pitched there since partway through the 2022 season. In 242 career innings at the level, Shook has a 5.06 ERA despite a solid 24.2% strikeout rate thanks to an elevated 10% walk rate and a tendency towards allowing home runs. Things have improved slightly for Shook this year, however, as he’s posted a 4.90 ERA with a 27.4% strikeout rate against a more manageable 8.9% walk rate with just seven home runs allowed in 64 1/3 innings of work.

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  1. KyleT

    1 year ago

    Jay should’ve gone to the Jays. At some point it has to happen.

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  2. mlb fan

    1 year ago

    Where are all those people who claimed the Brewers were “tanking” the season when they traded Corbin Burnes?

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    • Phunkzilla

      1 year ago

      Now they think they are going to win the workd series and will have their usual meltdown when it doesnt happen

      Reply
  3. Logjammer D"Baggagecling

    1 year ago

    Any relation to Jon Jay?

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  4. cwizzy6

    1 year ago

    A rare TJ for TJ transaction. Hope neither needs a TJ surgery.

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    • The Baseball Fan

      1 year ago

      We need more comments like this.

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  5. jobusrum9

    1 year ago

    This right here is what I’m talking about. Milwaukee doesn’t need a Skubal or Crochett, all they need is this guy Jay.

    At least now they can sit on all their prospects and watch them all turn out to be busts in their own system instead of someone else’s.
    It is pretty entertaining watching a team that can’t afford to sign FA’s standing pat with a top 3 farm system instead of using any of those prospects to fill obvious glaring holes they have.
    Nice work Brew Crew!

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    • MrSeptember

      1 year ago

      And rhe overreaction of the day goes to…

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    • AlBundysFanClubPresident

      1 year ago

      Did the deadline pass immediately after this deal was announced?

      No..?

      Then they still have time to make another trade if they so choose.

      And what is this about all their prospects being busts? Is that what Chourio, Mitchell, Frelick and Turang are?

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    • Chris Koch

      1 year ago

      Jay won’t be on Milwaukee within 3weeks. If even end of this upcoming week. There are players returning to Milwaukee. Pushing a player off the team shouldn’t hurt. Jay’s won’t when happens.

      Real trades can still happen. Who do you think Milw should get? Who are they trading for this player?

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  6. Cohens_Wallet

    1 year ago

    LOL

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    • jobusrum9

      1 year ago

      I’d be surprised if Jay pitches more than 2 or 3 innings with Milwaukee. Obviously I was being facetious since every other team needing pitching help has been linked to Skubal and Crochett and the only pitching Milwaukee has been in on was dfa guys.

      I do find it amusing people see posts like this and believe someone would truly assume Milwaukee was putting their postseason hopes on the acquisition of a guy like Jay.

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  7. lesterdnightfly

    1 year ago

    They need vintage Joey Jay more than Tyler Jay.

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