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Late Saturday evening, the Blue Jays announced that minor league pitcher Paxton Schultz was joining the organization as the player-to-be-named-later from the trade that sent outfielder Derek Fisher to the Milwaukee Brewers in February.
OFFICIAL: We ve received Minor League RHP Paxton Schultz from the Brewers as the player to be named later to complete the trade of OF Derek Fisher. pic.twitter.com/JRLHFin86V Toronto Blue Jays (@BlueJays) May 2, 2021
Schultz, 23, was a 14th round pick in 2019 out of Utah Valley University in his hometown of Orem. After signing for the maximum $125,000, he was assigned to a team one state over, the Brewers’ old rookie league team Rocky Mountain Vibes, who plays in Colorado Springs.
RHP Paxton Schultz from the
Milwaukee Brewers as the player to be named later to complete the February 15 trade of
OF Derek Fisher.
Schultz, 23, was selected by the Brewers in the 14th round of the 2019 First-Year Player Draft. The Utah Valley State product pitched with the Rookie-level Rocky Mountain Vibes after his draft, going 1-3 with a 3.86 ERA and a 1.41 WHIP. The 6-3, 205 lb. right-hander also played in nine games for the Brisbane Bandits of the Australian Baseball League in 2020 where he kept a 3.29 ERA with 17 strikeouts over 13.2 innings of work.
January 3, 2021
One of the “Best of 2020” articles that ran here at FanGraphs over the holidays featured an under-the-radar right-hander with a unique backstory and a knee-buckling bender. Titled Rangers Prospect Cole Uvila is a Driveline-Developed Spin Monster, the story chronicled, among things, a curveball that had spun upwards of 3,300 RPM in Arizona Fall League action. Honed with the help of technology, the pitch profiled as his ticket to Texas.
He’s no longer throwing it. Instead, Uvila is endeavoring to channel former Cleveland Indians closer Cody Allen.
“In my head, I was going to throw it until my career was over,” Uvila said of his old curveball. “Then the pandemic happened. There was a lot of time to look in the mirror, and you just don’t see big-league relievers throwing 76-mph curveballs. It’s not really a thing.”
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