It was announced by Shi Davidi that the Toronto Blue Jays signed left-handed reliever, Andrew Vasquez to a big-league deal.

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Lefty Andrew Vasquez signing a big-league deal with Blue Jays, per industry source.
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The 28-year-old has only pitched six-and-two-thirds innings in the big league, all as a reliever. The largest sample size, if you can call it that, came in 2018, where he pitched 5 innings for the Twins. While the ERA was inflated to 5.40, his FIP sat at a solid 3.36 and he had an impressive K/9 of 12.60.
In 2021, he pitched a measly 1.2 innings, but struck out three in that time frame.
Digging deeper into his minor league numbers, we can see that he definitely has potential. Vasquez pitched in Triple A for the majority of the season, where he posted a 3.54 ERA in 48 1/3 innings pitched, 42 1/3 of them with the Twins farm team. The 28-year-old’s FIP was an elevated 4.17 in his 42 1/3 innings pitched with the Twins’ Triple A team, but his xFIP sat at a much better 3.34.
While expected stats aren’t great to use after the season, one important stat that is used in xFIP is the HR/FB ratio. Vasquez’s ratio sat at 29.4%, which is incredibly unsustainable, especially looking at those numbers during any other season. 
The hulking 6&#8217;6, 245 lb pitcher had a 14.7 K/9 in his 2021 Triple A season. He did couple that with a 4.5 BB/9, but we have seen what pitchers can do when they work with Pete Walker.
This is a low-risk, high reward type signing, let’s see if it pays off!
Also: WELCOME TO TRANSACTION SZN LETS GOOOOOO!!!!
As always, you can follow me on Twitter @Brennan_L_D. I’ll be doing the majority of the news articles that are coming up, so hopefully, the Jays will trade for Jose Ramirez soon.

It was announced by Shi Davidi that the Toronto Blue Jays signed left-handed reliever, Andrew Vasquez to a big-league deal.



https://twitter.com/ShiDavidi/status/1502457152056827910

The 28-year-old has only pitched six-and-two-thirds innings in the big league, all as a reliever. The largest sample size, if you can call it that, came in 2018, where he pitched 5 innings for the Twins. While the ERA was inflated to 5.40, his FIP sat at a solid 3.36 and he had an impressive K/9 of 12.60.

In 2021, he pitched a measly 1.2 innings, but struck out three in that time frame.

Digging deeper into his minor league numbers, we can see that he definitely has potential. Vasquez pitched in Triple A for the majority of the season, where he posted a 3.54 ERA in 48 1/3 innings pitched, 42 1/3 of them with the Twins farm team. The 28-year-old’s FIP was an elevated 4.17 in his 42 1/3 innings pitched with the Twins’ Triple A team, but his xFIP sat at a much better 3.34.

While expected stats aren’t great to use after the season, one important stat that is used in xFIP is the HR/FB ratio. Vasquez’s ratio sat at 29.4%, which is incredibly unsustainable, especially looking at those numbers during any other season. 

The hulking 6'6, 245 lb pitcher had a 14.7 K/9 in his 2021 Triple A season. He did couple that with a 4.5 BB/9, but we have seen what pitchers can do when they work with Pete Walker.

This is a low-risk, high reward type signing, let’s see if it pays off!

Also: WELCOME TO TRANSACTION SZN LETS GOOOOOO!!!!

As always, you can follow me on Twitter @Brennan_L_D. I’ll be doing the majority of the news articles that are coming up, so hopefully, the Jays will trade for Jose Ramirez soon.

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