The Blue Jays have claimed right-hander Emmanuel Ramírez off waivers from the Marlins, per bulletins from each golf equipment. The Fish had designated him for task earlier this week. The Jays introduced that Ramírez has been optioned to Triple-A Buffalo and that fellow righty José Cuas has been designated for task because the corresponding transfer.
Ramirez, 30, made his large league debut with the Marlins this season however pitched to a tough 6.97 ERA in 20 2/3 innings out of the Miami bullpen. He’s been significantly higher with their Triple-A affiliate in Jacksonville, recording a 3.76 ERA, 30.5% strikeout fee and 9.6% stroll fee in 40 2/3 frames. He posted comparable numbers in a 2023 season break up between the Yankees’ Double-A and Triple-A associates.
Ramirez has averaged 93.9 mph on his four-seamer and paired that with a splitter and lesser-used slider to spherical out a three-pitch repertoire. He has a full slate of minor league choices remaining, regardless of his age, so he might be a versatile depth arm for the Jays subsequent season in the event that they choose to maintain him on the 40-man roster. For now, he’ll get an audition within the ultimate three-plus weeks of regular-season play.
Cuas, additionally 30, was a waiver declare out of the Cubs group earlier in the summertime. He wound up pitching solely three MLB innings with the Jays and permitting three runs. The remainder of his time within the group got here in Triple-A Buffalo, the place he was roughed up for a dozen runs in 15 2/3 innings of labor.
From 2022-23, Cuas was a strong, if command-challenged reliever who notched a 3.84 ERA in 103 innings between the Royals and Cubs. Kansas Metropolis traded him to Chicago in a ’23 deadline swap that despatched designated hitter/outfielder Nelson Velazquez again to the Royals. Cuas posted good outcomes down the stretch with the Cubs regardless of a excessive stroll fee, however the glut of free passes caught as much as him this season. He’s walked not less than 12% of his opponents in all three of his large league seasons and in addition plunked an alarming 3.2% of the batters he’s confronted. In 17 1/3 innings this yr, Cuas has a 7.71 ERA.
Cuas will now head to waivers, the place all 29 different golf equipment may have the prospect to say him. He has a minor league choice remaining past the present season and has demonstrated a capability to overlook bats in bunches despite pedestrian velocity, thanks largely to a sweeper that generates enormous whiff charges.
