Blue Jays Add Austin Martin To Player Pool – MLB Trade Rumors

Austin Martin received the largest finalizing benefit of anybody not selected very first total yesterday, and he received more great news today. Martin will presumably head to Toronto for consumption testing prior to joining the Blue Jays summertime camp.

With 3rd base vacated earlier today, its appealing to link the dots and set up Martin at the hot corner from day one. And while the Jays definitely hope the 3-year Vanderbilt star will be a fast riser– and his placement together with Cavan Biggio, Vlad Guerrero Jr., and Bo Bichette is simple to dream on– Martin is still highly unlikely to see the big leagues anytime quickly. His role on the 60-man gamer swimming pool is practically certainly simply a chance to get adapted to expert ball, fulfill some players and coaches from the company, and to start the advancement process.

A day after signing the fifth overall choice of this years draft to a considerably over-slot deal, the Toronto Blue Jays have actually added him to their 60-man player pool, per TSNs Scott Mitchell.

The Jays initially put together a 58-man swimming pool, however they made three additions to the list the other day. Add Martin to that group and they would appear to have a 62-man swimming pool. Nevertheless, groups can go beyond the limit for players on the disabled list after testing positive for COVID-19. The Jays had at least one gamer test positive, however they likewise put 4 players on the 10-day disabled list without a noted injury (Brandon Drury, Elvis Luciano, Hector Perez and Jonathan Davis). Anything beyond that would be pure speculation.