Blue Jays took 'necessary risk' with All-Star and World Series champion starter
This could turn out to be an underrated move for Toronto.
Blue Jays took 'necessary risk' with All-Star and World Series champion starter originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . With injuries to Trey Yesavage, Jose Berrios, Shane Bieber, and a season-ending injury to Cody Ponce, the Toronto Blue Jays needed help in the starting rotation.
"Toronto is going to seriously need to rely on heavy workloads from their top arms while hoping and praying that the bats can wake up and nobody else gets hurt," Just Baseball's Ethan Hyatt wrote Wednesday. To lessen the workload of their healthy starters, the AL East club signed veteran left-hander Patrick Corbin to a $1 million contract earlier this week. The 36-year-old is a two-time All-Star and was a major contributor with the 2019 World Series champion Washington Nationals .
Corbin is well past his prime but made 30 starts for the Texas Rangers in 2025, posting a 4. 40 ERA with 131 strikeouts in 155. 1 innings.
His six-year, $140 million contract with the Nationals turned out to be one of the worst in recent history. Still, he will assist the Blue Jays with the depth they so desperately need. And for a cheap price tag.