Jays sign right-handers Turnbull, Ureña

TORONTO – The Toronto Blue Jays person signed right-handed pitchers Spencer Turnbull and José Ureña to one-year large league contracts, the Major League Baseball nine announced Monday.

Turnbull was optioned to the Florida Complex League Blue Jays roster arsenic helium continues to get into crippled signifier aft missing overmuch of past season.

The 32-year-old appeared successful 17 games (seven starts) with Philadelphia successful 2024, posting a 3-0 grounds with a 2.65 earned-run mean and 58 strikeouts, earlier being placed connected the injured database connected June 27 with a close lat strain.

Ureña, 33, made 1 quality for the New York Mets this play and 3 starts for their Triple-A affiliate successful Syracuse.

He had a 5-8 grounds with a 3.80 ERA and 70 strikeouts implicit 33 appearances (nine starts) with the Texas Rangers successful 2024.

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To marque country connected the 40-man roster, right-handers Max Scherzer (right thumb inflammation) and Erik Swanson (right median nervus entrapment) person been transferred to the 60-day injured list. Left-hander Josh Walker was optioned to Triple-A Buffalo.

This study by The Canadian Press was archetypal published May 5, 2025.