{"id":27291,"date":"2019-12-11T19:09:06","date_gmt":"2019-12-12T00:09:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/?p=27291"},"modified":"2019-12-11T19:09:06","modified_gmt":"2019-12-12T00:09:06","slug":"tanner-roark-signs-with-the-toronto-blue-jays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2019\/12\/11\/tanner-roark-signs-with-the-toronto-blue-jays\/","title":{"rendered":"Tanner Roark Signs With the Toronto Blue Jays"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Tanner Roark Signs With the Toronto Blue Jays<\/h1>\n<p>After a busy week at the Winter Meetings, the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/mlb-teams\/toronto-blue-jays\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Toronto Blue Jays<\/a> made some noise by signing starting pitcher <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/r\/roarkta01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Tanner Roark<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong> This will be a two-year deal worth $24 million. The news broke earlier today from MLB Insider Jon Heyman.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Roark agreed to Jays deal. 24M, 2 years.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JonHeyman\/status\/1204897654578147328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 11, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Who is Tanner Roark<\/h4>\n<p>Tanner Roark is a seven-year veteran. Having spent six years with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/mlb-teams\/washington-nationals\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Washington Nationals<\/a>, Roark signed with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/mlb-teams\/cincinnati-reds\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cincinnati Reds<\/a> last off-season. In July, he was traded to the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/2019\/08\/02\/the-oakland-athletics-acquire-pitcher-tanner-roark\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oakland Athletics<\/a>. In 2019 Roark had an ERA of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/r\/roarkta01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">4.35<\/a> and a WHIP of 1.345 in 165 innings pitched. The 2019 season was not his best, but hopefully, he will bounce back in 2020. Roark is a 33-year-old right-hander with a career ERA of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/r\/roarkta01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">3.71<\/a>. The Blue Jays front office is hoping he can lower his ERA over the next two seasons.<\/p>\n<h4>Blue Jays Perspective<\/h4>\n<p>As the Blue Jays have been in need of a starting pitcher, it was likely that they would sign one as soon as possible. After making a trade for Milwaukee Brewers starter <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=anderch01,anders017cha,anders019cha&amp;search=Chase+Anderson&amp;utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chase Anderson<\/a> <\/strong>the Blue Jays knew they needed to add more pitching. Having traded <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/stromma01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Marcus Stroman<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/sanchaa01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Aaron Sanchez<\/strong><\/a> in 2019, the pressure is on the front office to acquire more starting pitchers. If the Blue Jays 2020 season were to start today, their rotation would <a href=\"http:\/\/miami.marlins.mlb.com\/team\/depth_chart\/index.jsp?c_id=tor\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">look like this<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Chase Anderson<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/shoemma01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Matt Shoemaker<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Tanner Roark<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/t\/thorntr01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Trent Thornton<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/b\/borucry01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Ryan Borucki<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Whether or not the Blue Jays look into acquiring more starting pitching talent, they hope Roark can be healthy and pitch over 150 innings. While the expectations for Tanner may not be as high as other free agents, the Blue Jays hope he can be a solid middle of the rotation starter similar to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/h\/happja01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>J.A. Happ<\/strong><\/a> during the 2016 and 2017 seasons.<\/p>\n<p>Having been linked to other pitching free agents, it&#8217;s nice to see the Blue Jays have acquired someone like Tanner Roark. The contract seems to be a great value as it allows the Blue Jays to sign other free agents if need be.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tanner Roark Signs With the Toronto Blue Jays After a busy week at the Winter Meetings, the Toronto Blue Jays made some noise by signing starting pitcher Tanner Roark. This will be a two-year deal worth $24 million. The news broke earlier today from MLB Insider Jon Heyman. 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