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The Blue Jays are acquiring left-handed reliever
Patrick Murphy is going on the 60-day injured list to clear 40-man roster space. Arizona had designated Bergen for assignment earlier this week. The teams have since announced the move.
It’s something of a homecoming for Bergen, who entered pro ball as a seventh-round pick of the Jays back in 2015. The Giants selected Bergen in the Rule 5 draft in advance of the 2019 season but returned him to Toronto in the middle of that year. The Blue Jays ultimately selected Bergen to the 40-man roster themselves, but they wound up flipping him to Arizona last summer for
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Luis Frias, who has been reinstated from the Covid-19 list.
Bergen, 27, was acquired from the Blue Jays last summer in the trade that sent
Robbie Ray to Toronto. He tossed 6 2/3 innings with the Snakes and yielded just three runs, though he also issued eight walks in that brief time. Bergen, a former Rule 5 pick, has pitched 28 innings in the Majors with three different clubs, logging a combined 4.82 ERA with a 24 percent strikeout rate and an unsightly 14.9 percent walk rate.
It’s surely a disappointing outcome for the D-backs to ultimately receive little in the way of a return for one of the organization’s better arms in recent years. But Ray struggled immensely with Arizona in 2020, and his $9.43MM salary (prorated to about $3.4MM in 2020) only further weighed down his trade value. The Blue Jays did take on the majority of the $1.42MM that remained on Ray’s contract at the time of the trade.
Brazil was to play in Cali, Colombia. FIBA said the team was denied entry to that country “due to restrictions imposed by the national health authorities.” Brazil was scheduled to play Panama and Paraguay this weekend.
Cuba was to play in San Juan, Puerto Rico. No reason was given for why the Cubans did not make it. Cuba was to play three games - two against Canada and one against the Dominican Republic.
The events in Colombia and Puerto Rico are being staged in bubbles, with no outside guests including fans and media permitted, because of the protocols put in place to play during a pandemic.
Feb. 17, 2021
Catcher Stephen Vogt (right) is one of two Arizona Diamondbacks players that tested positive for COVID-19 and didn’t start practice with the team’s pitchers and catchers Wednesday. Pitching prospect Luis Frias tested positive a few days earlier. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
PHOENIX – The Arizona Diamondbacks opened spring training on Wednesday morning when pitchers and catchers reported to Salt River Fields amid news that two players tested positive for COVID-19.
Catcher Stephen Vogt and pitcher Luis Frías both tested positive for the coronavirus and were absent from workouts. Vogt’s positive test came during the team’s intake testing, while Frías’ test was several days before, Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said.
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