Blue Jays acquire Beasley
April 22, 2021
By Andrew Hendriks
Canadian Baseball Network
The Toronto Blue Jays have acquired RHP Jeremy Beasley from the Arizona Diamondbacks in exchange for cash considerations.
To clear a spot on the team's 40-man roster, RHP Thomas Hatch (right elbow impingement) has been transferred to the 60-day injured list.
A 30th-round draft pick of the Los Angeles Angels in 2017, Beasley, 25, has pitched to an ERA of 4.10 with 256 strikeouts and 92 walks in 265 2/3 professional innings. Of his 68 appearances, 43 have come as a starter.
In his last full season prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 6-foot-3 product of Albany, Ga., went 6-7 with an overall WHIP of 1.399 through 23 games with the double-A Mobile Bay Bears in 2019.
Sidelined with elbow and forearm discomfort on March 17, Hatch will be ineligible to rejoin the team until mid-June.
Beasley will join the squad at Toronto's alternate training site in Dunedin.
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