While the rest of us was busy celebrating the arrival of 2012 over the last few days, Blue Jays GM Alex Anthopoulos was hard at work, rebuilding the bullpen with a batch of moves that was highlighted by the return all-time Blue Jays relief appearances leader Jason Frasor.
Among the personnel acquisitions made during the last couple of days was the signing of former Indians pitcher Aaron Laffey to a minor league contract. Laffey, a soft-tossing starter-turned-reliever who spent 2011 between the Mariners and the Yankees bullpens, posting a 3.88 ERA with an unsightly 1.65 WHIP in the process.
This is mostly a depth move to bolster the AA/AAA bullpen at this point, and while Laffey hasn’t been particularly impressive to date, the lefty ground-baller will give the Blue Jays an additional left-handed arm out of the pen should they require it in 2012. Even if the bluebirds now have – on paper – a fairly solid bullpen headlined by closer Sergio Santos, with guys like Fraso...
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