Génesis Cabrera came to the Jays in a July 23rd trade with the Cardinals. Going to the Cardinals was a 19-year-old minor league catcher. Hernandez was a 14th-round draft pick in 2022.
Compels me though This is too many words about Trent Thornton. I’m sorry. It spun out of control because I find his spot on the roster confusing. True enough, he doesn’t have to be great as the fifth or sixth man on the bullpen depth chart.
Despite season-ending injuries to Robbie Ray, Marco Gonzales and Easton McGee, the Mariners boast one of the deepest rotations in baseball, and they plan on taking advantage of that.
The Toronto Blue Jays continue to be active on the player movement front as Major League Baseball approaches its 2023 trade deadline of 6:00 PM on Tuesday, August 1.
The Seattle Mariners acquired right-hander Trent Thornton in exchange for minor league infielder Mason McCoy on Wednesday. To make room on the 40-man roster for Thornton, the Mariners transferred left-hander Marco Gonzales (left forearm strain) to 60-day injured list.
TRADE ALERT! The Blue Jays have traded Trent Thornton, who led the team in innings in 2019, to the Seattle Mariners for minor league infielder Mason McCoy.
Thornton was pushed down Toronto’s depth chart by other acquisitions and has only been able to make four big league appearances this year. Daniel Kramer of MLB.com relays that Thornton will initially report to Triple-A Tacoma.
The Jays made a back-end of the bullpen move: Trent Thornton goes down to Buffalo. He pitches 1.1 innings yesterday, 37 pitches. So he wouldn’t be available today.
Blue Jays 4 Phillies 8 Until the bottom of the eighth, it looked like we had a chance. Trent Thornton, who got the last out of the sixth and then struck out the side in the seventh, ran out of gas in the eighth.
DUNEDIN, FL – Not every reliever throws 100 mph. And not everyone needs to. There’s a place in baseball for "kitchen sink" bullpen arms, which is why the Blue Jays value Trent Thornton.
Trent Thornton is a 29-year-old right-handed pitcher who came to us in a trade from the Astros for Aledmys Diaz in the winter before the 2018 season. Diaz played one season with us.
Blue Jays 2 Rays 3 Things managers do that make Tom want to drink... Trent Thornton comes into the game in to start the fifth (it wasn’t like the Rays were crushing Yusei Kikuchi, but whatever).
Trent Thornton gave the Blue Jays a chance on Tuesday. Trotting in from the Blue Jays bullpen tasked with soaking up some innings, Thornton pitched 2.2 frames, retiring all but one of the batters he faced on just 27 pitches.
I’m not sure I’ve ever felt more relieved to see Trent Thornton come into a game than I was on Thursday. The Blue Jays looked to be running away with their series finale against the White Sox as Alek Manoah rolled into the eighth inning with a 4-0 lead.
After 10 years in the Blue Jays organization, Ryan Borucki's days with Toronto could be at an end. The left-handed reliever was designated for assignment by the team on Tuesday, recalling righty Trent Thornton in his place.
Tuesday, November 30th is the amended deadline for MLB teams to tender 2022 contracts to players under team control. The Toronto Blue Jays have a large class of 12 arbitration eligibles this year, but almost all are slam dunks to be tendered so we’ll look into the few cases for whom that’s perhaps not the case leading into the deadline.
Thornton “felt kind of weird” when throwing a bullpen, but he’s not in line for an MRI at this point.
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