Former Blue Jays Tim Mayza and Kevin Kiermaier seem to be doing surprisingly well
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Two former Blue Jays are doing surprisingly well in the playoffs as Tom Mayza and Kevin Kiermaier are both still in while their former team sits at home.
The Blue Jays traded Kiermaier to the Dodgers at the deadline to give him one last shot at a World Series since he announced he would be retiring after this awful season as he seems to be doing well as the Dodgers only have use for him on the defensive side while his bat continued to struggle in LA.
Kevin Kiermaier, 34, is retiring at season's end and is getting one last shot at a World Series ring before he hangs it up. He's one of the best defensive center fielders the game has ever seen and was only just traded to the Dodgers at this year's deadline. This year, he's hitting a combined .197 with just five home runs and a 56 OPS+ through 116 games. The Dodgers keep him around strictly for his defensive prowess in center field. -treuden
Mayza was the longest tenured player on the Toronto roster when they decided to DFA him earlier this year which came as no surprise since he had a 8.03 ERA at the time. Since arriving in New York, Mayza has turned things around with a 4.00 ERA in 18 innings pitched for the Yankees.
At the time of his release and eventual signing with the Yankees, Tim Mayza was the longest-tenured member of the Blue Jays' roster. The left-hander was as durable and reliable as they come through the vast majority of his time on the Jays, but this year the wheels completely fell off. With the Jays feeling like they could turn things around before the end of the year, they cut him rather than give him more time to figure things out. He went on to make 15 regular-season outings for the Yankees, posting a 4.00 ERA in 18 innings which is much better than the 8.03 mark he had in 24.2 innings for the Jays. -treuden
While neither player is a major part of their new team's lineup, most did not expect to see them actually making a difference when the Blue Jays parted ways with them.
Source: Jays Journal
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