Blue Jays closer Jeff Hoffman reaches new low point, leaves Toronto begging for change
It wasn't supposed to get worse, but it did.
Blue Jays closer Jeff Hoffman reaches new low point, leaves Toronto begging for change originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . It didn't seem like things could get much worse for Jeff Hoffman.
But they did. Saturday night was a new low for the Toronto Blue Jays closer. He entered in a tie game in the eighth inning against the Arizona Diamondbacks .
It didn't stay tied for long. Hoffman allowed a single, then another single, then walked a guy. In stepped Corbin Carroll, and out went the baseball.
A grand slam, and a 6-2 Diamondbacks win. Hoffman's ERA raised to 7. 71, and the calls to have him replaced at the back end of the bullpen will only increase.