According to MLBTradeRumors.com, the Blue Jays, fresh after losing lefty Brett Cecil to a 4-year/$30.5 million deal to the St. Louis Cardinals, are interested in signing Mets’ free agent lefty Jerry Blevins.
With Brett Cecil gone, #BlueJays have interest in Jerry Blevins per source. LHP had 11.1 K/9 this year (2nd among FA lefties after Chapman).
— Ben Nicholson-Smith (@bnicholsonsmith) November 21, 2016
From the article:
Blevins, who turned 33 in September, has spent the past two years with the Mets. A pair of fractures to his non-throwing arm cost him most of the 2015 season, but he rebounded quite nicely in 2016, returning to log a 2.79 ERA with 11.1 K/9, 3.2 BB/9 and a 45.8 percent ground-ball rate in 42 innings of work. The Mets used Blevins sparingly against right-handed hitters this past season, though he held his own against them quite well, yielding just a .182/.266/.345 slash line to opponents that held the platoon advantage.
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Blevins is likely a goner with guys like Josh Smoker, Josh Edgin and others in the fold. The Mets would like to invest that money elsewhere, although I am sure they’d love to have him back. Only time will tell.
