The Toronto Blue Jays have announced that they have decided to bring back right handed pitcher Eric Pardinho as they signed him to a new contract.
The Blue Jays have been pretty quiet in free agency so far, especially for a team with so many holes to fill will the majority of their activity being minor league signings which they officially announced a few of this afternoon.
The Blue Jays announced they have signed Eric Pardinho to a minor league deal
OFFICIAL: We've signed RHP Eric Pardinho, LHP Eric Lauer, and C Ali Sánchez to Minor League deals with invites to #SpringTraining.
Pardinho has spent been with the Blue Jays organization since 2018 where he has been playing in their minor league system but elected for free agency at the end of the year in which the Blue Jays decided to sign him and bring him back.
The Brazilian pitched made the jump from Double-A to Triple-A last season which did not go as planned as his era went from 1.01 to 5.34 but he is only 23 years old which shows he still have a lot of room to grow.
MLB insider Ben Nicholson-Smith has also stated that Pardinho, Lauer and Sanchez have all received major league Spring Training invites but only Sanchez seems to have a real chance at making the team.
Blue Jays announce minor-league deals with spring training invites for RHP Eric Pardinho, LHP Eric Lauer & catcher Ali Sánchez
While the Blue Jays seem to have made a ton of minor league moves, fans are still waiting on them to make their first big time major league signing of the off-season.