TORONTO — All-Star reliever Jeff Hoffman and the Toronto Blue Jays have agreed to a $33 million, three-year contract.
The crew introduced the deal Friday night time, two days after Hoffman’s thirty second birthday.
Hoffman went 3-3 with a 2.17 ERA and 10 saves final season for the NL East champion Philadelphia Phillies, incomes his first All-Star choice in July. He set profession bests for ERA, saves and appearances (68).
The precise-hander struck out 89 and walked 16 in 66⅓ innings, holding opposing hitters to a .197 batting common and compiling a 0.96 WHIP earlier than turning into a free agent.
“We’re excited so as to add Jeff to our bullpen. His arsenal, strike throwing, and talent to overlook bats towards all kinds of hitters is elite and can undoubtedly make us higher,” Toronto common supervisor Ross Atkins stated in a information launch. “Jeff will get a chance to shut video games for us this season. His monitor document, competitiveness, and expertise make him an incredible complement to this group.”
Hoffman was chosen ninth general by the Blue Jays within the 2014 beginner draft out of East Carolina however has by no means pitched for them. He was traded the next 12 months to Colorado with three different gamers in a blockbuster deal that introduced star shortstop Troy Tulowitzki and reliever LaTroy Hawkins to Toronto.
The 6-foot-5 Hoffman made his main league debut for the Rockies in 2016. He’s 23-26 with a 4.82 ERA in 256 profession video games, together with 50 begins, over 9 seasons with Colorado, Cincinnati and Philadelphia.
Hoffman pitched six shutout innings over 5 appearances for the Phillies within the 2023 Nationwide League Championship Sequence towards Arizona. However he struggled badly in final 12 months’s playoffs versus the rival New York Mets, going 1-2 whereas permitting six runs in 1⅓ innings over three outings of their division sequence.
Hoffman will get a $5 million signing bonus from the Blue Jays and salaries of $6 million this 12 months and $11 million in every of the next two seasons. He can earn as much as $2 million yearly in efficiency bonuses for innings pitched: $500,000 every for 60, 70, 80 and 90.
In one other roster transfer, Toronto right-hander Brett de Geus was designated for project.