The Blue Jays announced that right-hander Austin Voth has been designated for assignment. Right-hander Hayden Juenger‘s contract has been selected from Triple-A, as Juenger will take Voth’s place on both the 26-man and 40-man rosters.
Toronto has now DFA’ed Voth twice this season, and the first designation in early April saw Voth elect free agency rather than an outright assignment to Triple-A, though he soon re-signed with the Jays on a new minor league deal. In both cases, Voth has been designated after eating some innings in a bullpen game — he allowed one run in 2 2/3 innings in a 3-0 loss to the White Sox on April 5, and he was hit hard for five runs in 3 1/3 innings in yesterday’s 6-5 victory over the Orioles.
It seems quite possible history will repeat itself with Voth’s latest trip through the DFA process. Assuming he isn’t claimed off waivers, he might opt for free agency and then re-sign with Toronto again, or he might just streamline things by accepting an outright assignment. Given how the Blue Jays are still struggling to patch together a rotation amidst numerous injuries to their starting pitchers, Voth might soon be called upon again to cover some innings, so he might view the Jays as his best route to another big league appearance.
More to come…
Voth was a finesse pitcher with no control last night. It was ugly.