So sell off a starting pitcher one day, buy a starting pitcher the next.
The Jays have picked up 27-year-old José Soriano from the Angels.
José Soriano is a very good pitcher, and much younger than Kevin Gausman. He has a 3.29 ERA in 22 starts this year, with a 2.7 bWAR. Batters are hitting .217/.311/.321 against him. He’s a ground ball pitcher, but has 127 strikeouts in 123 innings. He’s also leading the league with 57 walks.
And he’s under team control through the 2028 season.
It gives the Jays another
top of the rotation starter to go with Dylan Cease (and Trey Yesavage) for the next couple of years at least.
Going to the Angels are:
- Arjun Nimmala, who the Jays were talking up over the last couple of years. There was a Sportsnet profile showing him going to India. He was number 2 on our prospect list before the season and was doing well as a 20-year-old in New Hampshire, hitting .279/.355/.451, after having a poor second half of the 2025 season. It might suggest the Jays think a lot of Jo Jo Parker. Or, Nimmala is just who they needed to have in the deal to get Soriano.
- Eddie Micheletti Jr., an outfielder, who was hitting .251/.347/.454 at age 24 in New Hampshire.
- Angel Rivero, a 19-year-old pitcher, who has a 2.36 ERA in the Florida Coast League with 52 strikeouts and 23 walks in 42 innings.
Welcome to the Jays José. We hope you can win a lot of 2-1, 1-0 type games.
Jays, if you could wait a little later in the day to make these moves for us bloggers who are in western Canada, I would appreciate it. But thanks for the fun trade.
