OFFICIAL: We’ve traded LHP Brandon Eisert to the Tampa Bay Rays in exchange for cash considerations.
Blue Jays trade Brandon Eisert to Rays for cash considerations
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Jan 23, 2025, 17:00 ESTUpdated: Jan 23, 2025, 16:46 EST
The Toronto Blue Jays made a transaction!
No, it’s not that they’ve signed Pete Alonso or any other player. Instead, they traded left-handed reliever Brandon Eisert to the Tampa Bay Rays for cash considerations. Eisert was recently designated for assignment to make room for Anthony Santander.
Eisert was selected in the 18th round of the 2019 draft, making his professional debut in 2021. With the Single-A Dunedin Blue Jays, High-A Vancouver Canadians, and the Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats, Eisert finished the season with a 3.55 ERA and a 3.30 FIP. Moreover, the soft-tossing lefty had a 30.3 K% and a 7 BB% while spending the majority of his season with the Canadians.
In 2022, Eisert got the call to pitch with the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons where he had good numbers, posting a 3.41 ERA and a 3.57 FIP in 60.2 innings pitched, with a 31 K% and a 6 BB%. With a minimum of 30 innings pitched, Eisert’s 25 K-BB% ranked fifth in the organization. Eisert pitched the entirety of the 2023 season with the Bisons, where he had a 4.17 ERA and a 4.20 FIP in 69 innings pitched, with a 26.2 K% and an 8.6 BB%.
The first appearance of Eisert’s 2024 went horribly, as he gave up seven earned runs in two-thirds of an inning pitched, giving him a 94.50 ERA. However, over the rest of the season, Eisert finished the season with a 2.72 ERA and a 3.59 FIP for a 29.8 K% and a 9.2 BB% in 54 innings pitched. As a whole, that one outing raised his season ERA to 3.86 while his FIP sat at 4.09.
Eisert had two separate stints with the Blue Jays, hence why he was added to the 40-man roster. Overall, he finished with a 4.05 ERA and a 4.37 FIP in 6.2 innings pitched, with a 7.7 K% and a 15.4 BB%.
Best of luck to the 27-year-old reliever and hopefully the Rays can help develop his career further.
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