"Plassmeyer, 29, has a very small major league résumé. He made two appearances for the Phillies in 2022 and one more the following year. In total, he has 11 innings in the show. Unfortunately, he allowed 12 earned runs in that time, so he currently sports an unsightly 9.82 ERA. That's obviously a tiny sample of work and the Jays are presumably looking past that to the larger sample size of his minor league history."
"Over the past five years, he has appeared in 125 minor league games, including 89 starts. In 489 1/3 innings, he struck out 24.7% of batters faced while only giving out walks 7% of the time, both of those figures being slightly better than average. However, a tendency to give up home runs push his ERA to 4.97 in that span."
"The Jays have been loading up on pitching so far this offseason. They have added Dylan Cease and to a rotation that already featured Kevin Gausman, Shane Bieber, Trey Yesavage, José Berríos, and others. They have also bolstered the bullpen by agreeing to a deal with Tyler Rogers, acquiring from the Tigers and selecting Spencer Miles from the Giants in the Rule 5 draft. It's a crowded picture right now but a big league team needs dozens of arms over the course of a long season."
Michael Plassmeyer, 29, signed a minor-league deal with the Blue Jays and was assigned to Triple-A Buffalo, with a likely spring-training invite. He has three major-league appearances totaling 11 innings and has allowed 12 earned runs for a 9.82 ERA. Over five minor-league seasons he appeared in 125 games (89 starts), throwing 489 1/3 innings with a 24.7% strikeout rate and a 7% walk rate, but home runs pushed his minor-league ERA to 4.97. The Blue Jays have added multiple pitchers this offseason, creating deep but crowded pitching depth while Plassmeyer retains an option and minimal service time.
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