TORONTO – The Toronto Blue Jays addressed an urgent need in the bullpen and added a power left-handed bat by acquiring right-hander Adam Cimber and outfielder Corey Dickerson from the Miami Marlins for infielder Joe Panik and minor-leaguer Andrew McInvale, according to multiple industry sources.
Craig Mish of Sports Grid and the Miami Herald and MLB Network’s Jon Heyman were first to report the major-league portions of the deal.
Cimber, 30, who has three years of club control remaining after this season, is the key piece for a Blue Jays team that’s struggled to close out games.
While by no means is he a conventional high-velocity leverage type, the sidearmer with a funky delivery and an 86.9 m.p.h. fastball routinely induces weak contact, sitting in the 96th percentile for limiting barrelled balls and 81st percentile in exit velocity.
Cimber mixes a fastball, sinker and slider nearly equally, generating a groundball rate of 73.8 per cent with his sinker. He’ll give manager Charlie Montoyo another option to help get leads to closer Jordan Romano, strengthening a leverage group that right now also includes Tim Mayza and Tyler Chatwood.
Dickerson, currently on the injured list with what the Marlins called a foot contusion, is an intriguing add once he’s healthy, which may not be until after the all-star break. The 32-year-old, in the second year of a $17.5-million, two-year deal, has pop, plays Gold Glove calibre defence (he won one in 2018) and can be worked in against tougher righties.
Montoyo was the third base coach with the Rays when Dickerson was an all-star there in 2017.
Once healthy and assuming no one else gets hurt, he creates a major glut in the Blue Jays outfield and that surplus may offer them other opportunities from which to trade.
Lourdes Gurriel Jr. has come up in trade talks the past two winters and is one possibility, while Randal Grichuk may be tougher to trade given his ability to cover for George Springer in centre field, if needed.
Panik did a nice job for the Blue Jays as the extra infielder after joining the club last spring but Santiago Espinal’s consistent contributions and strong defence had increasingly made him redundant.
McInvale, a right-hander pitching at double-A New Hampshire, was a 37th round pick in 2019. In 20.2 innings over 13 games, he had a 2.18 ERA and 28 strikeouts with a 1.21 WHIP.
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