James Paxton On Blue Jays Radar
4 years agoThe Toronto Blue Jays continue to look for a starting pitcher and have free-agent left-hander James Paxton on their radar. Toronto continues to shop despite signing center fielder George Springer and closer Kirby Yates this week. Paxton is a Canada native but had back surgery last February and suffered a strained flexor tendon in his left forearm during the 2020 season. The southpaw had a rough 6.64 ERA and made just five starts (20 1/3 innings) while showing diminished velocity. He's never made more than 29 starts or thrown more than 160 1/3 innings in a season, but the 32-year-old does have a 3.58 career ERA and a 9.9 K/9. Paxton is likely to receive an incentive-laden contract and could be a nice bounce-back candidate with a strong strikeout rate for fantasy managers if he can stay on the field. Toronto isn't a very pitcher-friendly environment, but his fantasy price would likely drop even more if he were to land with the Blue Jays.
Source: MLB Network - Jon Heyman
Source: MLB Network - Jon Heyman