Orioles, Blue Jays pull off unique trade during doubleheader

The Toronto Blue Jays have acquired one in all baseball’s premier relievers to bolster their bullpen. In a commerce with the Baltimore Orioles, Toronto is including Seranthony Dominguez to its pitching workers, in line with MLB.com’s Keegan Matheson. 

Whereas the transfer solidifies the Blue Jays’ standing as consumers, it is the timing of the transaction that stands out. The Orioles completed a 16-4 walloping of the Blue Jays simply hours earlier than the deal went down, and whereas it isn’t extraordinary to see a participant traded to a franchise his former workforce is visiting, the truth that the 2 groups will face off once more Tuesday evening at 6:35 PM EST makes this a really distinctive swap.

Dominguez could not go well with up in his first official contest as a Blue Jay, however he can be switching clubhouses earlier than the second half of the workforce’s doubleheader. It will not take lengthy for the veteran reliever to make an impression, both, as bullpen manufacturing has stood out for a Toronto workforce that has been dominating in most features of the sport.

In 43 appearances with the Orioles this season, Dominguez has posted a good 3.24 ERA over 41.2 innings. He hasn’t fairly returned to the spectacular kind he was in with the Phillies from 2018 to 2022, however the worth is clear for a workforce hoping to seize its third World Sequence in franchise historical past.

The rebuilding Orioles acquired right-handed pitching prospect Juaron Watts-Brown, who was ranked as Toronto’s Tenth-best prospect within the newest MLB Pipeline workforce Prime 30 Prospects checklist. The 23-year-old has gone 2-5 over 19 begins throughout Excessive-A and Double-A this yr, posting a mixed 3.54 ERA whereas putting out 115 over 89 innings.

As two groups heading in vastly totally different instructions this season, it is a wise transfer for either side. Dominguez is an unrestricted free agent after this season, making him a rental for Toronto down the stretch. If Watts-Brown continues to indicate promise, although, the commerce may finally be deemed a win for Baltimore.