Toronto Blue Jays Sign Veteran Starting Pitcher to 1-Year Contract
The Blue Jays attempted to find an answer for their injury troubles in a recent deal with Patrick Corbin
Just a week into the season, the Toronto Blue Jays starting rotation has been steamrolled with injuries of varying severity. Right-handed starting pitchers Jose Berrios, Shane Bieber and Trey Yesavage all entered or suffered injuries during spring training. The Blue Jays shut down Bieber before spring truly began with right forearm fatigue.
Berrios was shut down in the spring due to a stress fracture in his throwing elbow and Trey Yesavage was shut down due to right shoulder impingement. Yesavage was recently sent on a rehab assignment to the Single-A Dunedin Blue Jays on Friday. Toronto suffered another loss to the starting rotation in a game against the Colorado Rockies on March 30 after tweaking his knee trying to field a ground ball.
It was revealed that Ponce suffered an ACL sprain and will miss significant time. Toronto Blue Jays Pitcher Expected to Miss 'Significant Time' With Knee Injury Cody Ponce will be out for an extended period of time after exiting a game against the Colorado Rockies with an ACL sprain. With all of those aforementioned pitchers out, the Blue Jays were all but forced to bring in another arm, which they did Friday.
According to a report on "X" from Sportsnet reporter Ben Nicholson-Smith, Toronto signed veteran left-handed pitcher Patrick Corbin to a one-year, $1 million deal that includes incentives for an additional $1 million. Corbin, a two-time All-Star (2013, 2018) and one-time World Series champion (2019), is coming off a one-year stint with the Texas Rangers. The 36-year-old lefty posted a 4.