{"id":27950,"date":"2020-01-10T20:38:38","date_gmt":"2020-01-11T01:38:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/?p=27950"},"modified":"2020-01-10T20:38:38","modified_gmt":"2020-01-11T01:38:38","slug":"toronto-blue-jays-avoid-arbitration-on-three-players","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2020\/01\/10\/toronto-blue-jays-avoid-arbitration-on-three-players\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto Blue Jays Avoid Arbitration on 3 Players"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Toronto Blue Jays Avoid Arbitration on Three Players<\/h1>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/2019\/12\/22\/hyun-jin-ryu-signs-with-the-toronto-blue-jays\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Toronto Blue Jays<\/a> avoid arbitration with reliever Ken Giles, starter Matt Shoemaker, and infielder Brandon Drury. This according to themselves on Twitter.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">OFFICIAL: We&#39;ve agreed to 2020 contracts with RHP Ken Giles, RHP Matt Shoemaker and INF Brandon Drury \u2013 avoiding arbitration.<\/p>\n<p>Welcome back! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dydC3AKgv7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/dydC3AKgv7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Toronto Blue Jays (@BlueJays) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BlueJays\/status\/1215755304660422656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 10, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Ken Giles<\/h2>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/g\/gileske01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ken Giles<\/a><\/strong> has established himself in the closer position upon being traded to Toronto in July 2018. Giles will earn <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ScottyMitchTSN\/status\/1215748017489248256?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">$9.6 million<\/a> as a member of the 2020 Toronto Blue Jays. In 2019, Giles produced an ERA of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/g\/gileske01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1.87<\/a>, a WHIP of 1.000, 14.1 Strikeouts per 9 innings and 83 punchouts in 53 innings pitched with the Blue Jays. Although there were some problems with his elbow last season, the 27 year old hopes to remain healthy in 2020. Giles will become a free agent following the 2020 season, hopefully, the Blue Jays can re-sign him.<\/p>\n<h2>Brandon Drury<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/d\/drurybr01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Brandon Drury<\/strong><\/a> will earn <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/longleysunsport\/status\/1215758544479358981?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">$2.05 million<\/a> with the Blue Jays in 2020. In 120 games Drury went <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/d\/drurybr01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">.218\/.262\/.380<\/a> with 15 Home Runs and 41 RBIs. Although Drury is classified as an infielder, he played <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/d\/drurybr01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">7 different defensive<\/a> positions in 2019. Drury will head into the 2020 season as a 27-year-old who won&#8217;t be a free agent until 2023. Drury came over from the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/2020\/01\/02\/new-york-yankees-pitcher-don-larsen-dies\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New York Yankees<\/a> in 2018 following a trade <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/baseball\/mlb\/report-blue-jays-agree-deal-j-happ-yankees\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">for starting pitcher<\/a><strong> <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\">J.A. Happ<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2>Matt Shoemaker<\/h2>\n<p>In addition to Brandon Drury and Ken Giles,<strong> <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\">Matt Shoemaker<\/a><\/strong> also avoided arbitration with the Toronto Blue Jays. Instead, Shoemaker will make <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/longleysunsport\/status\/1215758544479358981?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">$4.2 million<\/a> as a starting pitcher. In 2019, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/2019\/12\/18\/predicting-the-toronto-blue-jays-2020-starting-rotation\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Matt Shoemaker<\/a> was off to a hot start but suffered a season-ending ACL injury while pitching against the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/2019\/10\/02\/american-league-wild-card-game-preview-tampa-bay-rays-vs-oakland-athletics\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oakland Athletics<\/a>. Shoemaker will play his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/shoemma01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">33-year-old season<\/a> with the Blue Jays and become a free agent following this season. Shoemaker has missed parts of the past <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/shoemma01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">three seasons<\/a> injured, so he hopes that 2020 will be injury-free.<\/p>\n<h2>Final Thoughts<\/h2>\n<p>The Toronto Blue Jays have few veteran players that still need to go through arbitration. While it&#8217;s good to avoid arbitration, the Blue Jays perhaps gave Giles more money in the hopes he re-signs with the Blue Jays after this season. They believe Drury will remain a great option as a utility player, and Shoemaker will remain a viable option in the 2020 rotation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toronto Blue Jays Avoid Arbitration on Three Players The Toronto Blue Jays avoid arbitration with reliever Ken Giles, starter Matt Shoemaker, and infielder Brandon Drury. This according to themselves on Twitter. OFFICIAL: We&#39;ve agreed to 2020 contracts with RHP Ken Giles, RHP Matt Shoemaker and INF Brandon Drury \u2013 avoiding arbitration. Welcome back! pic.twitter.com\/dydC3AKgv7 &mdash; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3158,"featured_media":27459,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[1968,243,2143,155,36],"class_list":["post-27950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bluejays","tag-brandon-drury","tag-j-a-happ","tag-ken-giles","tag-matt-shoemaker","tag-toronto-blue-jays"],"modified_by":"Jared Cantatore","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3158"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27950"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27950\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}