Jays make SNEAKY good signing... This is GREAT | Toronto Blue Jays News

We have some big news to go over today as following what has been a crazy last 48 hours for this Toronto Blue Jays team. The Jays have made a sneaky under-the-radar signing, signing a pitcher. We're going to break down exactly who that is and discuss what it means going forward as we also have a big update surrounding Cody Ponce and some clarification on what his injury is and how long he's going to miss. And folks, it is very unfortunate. We're going to break that down as well. There's a few other updates that dropped last night into this morning following the game. that has fans very encouraged a ton to go over on this episode. but before we get into it quick thank you for all your guys support you guys have been unbelievable now ladies and gentlemen obviously Cody Ponce went down with an injury a couple days ago the Jays finally won again yesterday but we had some news to go over and we're gonna dive into the Cody Ponce injury in a minute here the Jays have made an under the radar signing here and they actually signed minor leaguer Austin Voth to a minor league deal the Blue Jays signed Randy Austin Voth to a minor league contract Toronto never formally announced it but he pitched three innings for the AAA club yesterday picked up a pair of strikeouts didn't walk anyone folks this kind of went under the radar and it would have been a crazy obviously you know 24 to 48 hours obviously baseball just started right the jays are rolling now Cody Ponce went down with an injury they signed Austin Voth all of a sudden has the potential to be someone they might need sooner rather than later following this Cody Ponce update and if you're unfamiliar Austin Voth is actually a decent pitcher here and he's 33 years old and spent last year in japan pitched 125 innings for a 3.96 ERA and following again the Cody Ponce injury and he's going to be out for a very long time they might need this guy and people aren't talking about this move it wasn't formally announced it did happen of course he's playing with the AAA team this man is and we're going to dive into his stats in a minute here this is a signing that they actually it's not only sneaky good he pitched over 60 games last a couple years ago in the MLB we're going to break it all down before we get into it stay tuned for this part in a minute here the stats might blow your mind to be honest we want to let you know this video is actually brought to you by our friends over at AutoPlanet folks and if you're in the Brampton or Durham region and searching for a great deal on a vehicle AutoPlanet has you covered they've got two convenient GTA locations and you can get out of the cold in Canada's largest used car showroom with more than 500 vehicles ready to explore and right now you can drive away in a new car for as low as $49 a week with zero dollars down and every vehicle comes with a standard warranty and if you're not completely sure the car is the right fit for you you're protected with a seven day 750 kilometer return policy so whether it's your first ride family upgrade or just something new to freshen your driveway there's a huge range to choose from and you can even reserve a car today for as low as $99 just for $99 you take advantage of the flexible financing and payment options that work with your budget the team at AutoPlanet keeps the process clear and stress-free from start to finish so click the link in our bio to explore the universe of cars and find your next ride today and thank you once again to AutoPlanet for sponsoring this video now folks let's dive right into the the Austin Voth stats here so last year or 2024 sorry with the Seattle Mariners he pitched 68 games good for a 3.69 ERA 61 innings pitched now again this is a minor league signing yes he's had some rough years but he has experience and this is someone who's pitched over 200 games at the major league level some successful some not and overall in 2022 even had a really solid year as well really started a bunch of games and usually right these signings i downplay them a little bit and i say okay you know he might not make a huge deal but you know every minor league signing is i love talking about the minor league moves with Cody Ponce's injury folks they uh the jays might be forced to actually make a couple minor league moves sooner rather than later and i'm not saying it's going to be Austin Voth who's going to be called up first but you know it could be Adam Macko we can see here he has pitched more in relief lately than as a starter during his stint but he has and he did You start yesterday or a couple of days ago for Buffalo folks. So given that Bieber, Savage, Brios, and now Ponce are on the injured list, both will continue to stretch out to serve as some experienced starting depth with the Jays top affiliate. So let me know below what your thoughts are on this signing, because at the end of the day here, this isn't one that is going to blow up headlines, but it's only had to talk about because we got the updates surrounding Cody Ponce that he has a right ACL sprain and that he is going to miss significant time. more doctors are going to look at the MRI to determine if surgery is needed and the Blue Jays still have slight hope that he can pitch again this year but the next doc will decide that so folks it is an ACL injury at this juncture we don't know if it's a you know an ACL tear if he's going to miss the entire year but man oh man is this absolutely devastating and there was some hope that he was only going to miss you know a few weeks with a hyperextension it is unfortunately an ACL injury which I mean it's gonna it's less common for pitchers I guess you know usually the big one is Tommy John surgery, but he's going to miss a significant amount of time. And the Jays do not have a lot of depth in the pipeline here. Yes, you have Shane Bieber, who's a ways away, but you have Brios and Savage, who are about a couple of weeks away from being able to return. Who are they going to use in the meantime? They called up Lazaro Estrada yesterday. Are they going to send down Brandon Little and maybe call up a guy like Adam Macko, Austin, both who could provide them some length that if they don't want to mess with Adam Macko's development, there's a lot of options here. But Schneider talked about Cody Ponce as well and spoke to him personally He said, I talked to him for a while last night. So there's a couple nights going out at this point was up until like one in the morning and he's got a pretty good perspective and I think he's frustrated for sure, but I think he has a pretty good perspective on it. So absolutely devastating folks at really, really unfortunate prayers up to him and his family to finally be able to make his return to the MLB got a hefty contract from the Jays look dominant in the two innings, right? Like it looked pretty good. Maybe not dominant. He looked really solid to go down with an injury that might cost him his entire year is rough. The same time, all you can do is rehab and hope that the Jays are in a playoff spot. Maybe he can come back and be kind of what Marcus Stroman was back in 2015, even though Stroman got injured like before spring training a month before the season. Let's let's hope Cody Ponce can make a similar impact to what he did. But regarding the Jays plans now going forward. So John Schneider said that they plan to keep their starters on the current schedule and not move them up around off days. Ponce's spot Ponce's spot next comes up Sunday. So they could have, I think, push like Scherzer a game ahead who looked dominant yesterday, by the way. But they don't want to do that. And I agree with that. you're way too early in the season to risk any sort of injury more injury to your starters too much wear and tear on your starters at this point there's no point also with the bullpen are they going to do a bullpen game next uh you know next go around we're going to have to wait and see it could be Austin Both it could be any of these guys but for now it is kind of a play by air situation and luckily Max Scherzer was able to give them some big big depth yesterday six innings one run four hits one walk four k's which is exactly what the jays needed and for a 41 year old to be able to do that's incredible you were able to get away with just using a couple guys out of the bullpen and obviously got Jeff Hoffman some run as well yesterday was a crucial game because if you go out and Scherzer has a rough start right and you're looking at a bullpen game again it can snowball very very quickly especially when you have a not you know exactly a healthy rotation at this point I mean you're down now Cody Ponce was projected to start like a bunch of games right and at this juncture now you have Cease, Gosman, Scherzer, Lauer as your healthy starting pitchers They're going to need to bring someone up, and we don't know exactly who that is. Spencer Miles struggled there the other day as kind of the long relief guy. Usually, Eric Lauer would be that kind of guy in the bullpen, but because of their injuries, he's unable to do so. He has to actually be a starter. So it's going to be quite the interesting next few weeks, and that's why the signing, I wanted to bring it up with Austin Both. They might need a guy like that. But yeah, let me know what your thoughts are on that. A few other things as well. Yesterday's game was fantastic. You have Max Scherzer going crazy. You have Kazuma Okamoto smoking a high-velocity fastball. But I quickly want to make this note, Kazuma Okamoto has faced the second best stuff in baseball. So best stuff plus, which is basically just a number to evaluate pitchers, how good a stuff is, right? He has went up against the toughest pitches and pitchers in the MLB outside of Kyle Carroll. So for him to be doing what he's doing, struggled a little bit yesterday, a bit indecisive and a pretty funny challenge there. At least he finally challenged one. He looks amazing. But this team in general, that was a huge win, bounce back win yesterday. You're coming off of the bad vibes, the loss, the bad vibes of the Cody Ponce injury. You come out, Scherzer shuts them down. And then beyond that, you're able to get a string of hits going. You're able to see Jesus Sanchez, who, by the way, thank you to the Marlins for trading him. I think there's going to be an unbelievable asset to this team. He came out after the game and said how much he loves this team, that he's never been a part of a team that has the vibes that the Jays do. I'm paraphrasing a little bit, but the electric atmosphere vibes are super high. Keep Jesus Sanchez in every step of the way. Keep stacking up wins before the Dodgers in a couple of weeks. folks that'll wrap it up let me know down below if you heard about the awesome both signing and also make sure to check us out um on spotify and everything like that but check out also autopilot down below thank you once again for uh thank you to them once again sorry for sponsoring the video you guys are the best cheers