MLB trade deadline: Seranthony Domínguez begins Tuesday with Orioles, ends it pitching against them
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MLB trade deadline: Seranthony Domínguez begins Tuesday with Orioles, ends it pitching against them
Seranthony Domínguez was traded from the Baltimore Orioles to the Toronto Blue Jays. He pitched a scoreless inning against his new team. The Orioles traded him in exchange for a pitching prospect, Juaron Watts-Brown. The Blue Jays are in first place in the American League East, while the Orioles are last in the AL East. The deadline for all MLB teams to make trades is 6 p.m. ET Thursday, March 31. The Baltimore Orioles were buyers last season, but this year has been a slog.
Domínguez began the day in his second season with the Baltimore Orioles, who acquired him at the trade deadline last season. One trade later, he was a member of the Toronto Blue Jays, pitching a scoreless inning against their opponent, the Baltimore Orioles.
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Baltimore sent him to Toronto in exchange for pitching prospect Juaron Watts-Brown in between games of a doubleheader.
Domínguez pitched the bottom of the seventh inning, striking out Colton Cowser, hitting Dylan Carlson with a pitch, then picking him off and striking out Jackson Holliday.
It’s easier for traded players to jump in for their new team in baseball than in other sports, due to the individualized nature of the sport (no playbooks to learn, just pitching signals), but this trade was made so quickly that at least one mistake was made.
Eagle-eyed observers noticed the “8” on the back of Domínguez’s jersey was upside down.
Domínguez, who spent the first six innings of his career with the Philadelphia Phillies, loomed as a no-brainer trade chip at the deadline for the Orioles. They were buyers last season, but this year has been a slog, with their record sitting at 50-58 through Tuesday. They are in last in the AL East.
Seranthony Domínguez is the top left player, after spending a game in the bottom bullpen earlier Tuesday. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough) (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
It has been a better year for Domínguez, who held a 3.24 ERA and 54 strikeouts in 41 2/3 innings for Baltimore. He’s still prone to wildness but was effective enough to garner interest at a second straight deadline.
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He folds into a Toronto bullpen that entered Tuesday ranked eighth in MLB in ERA. The team’s surprise surge to first place left it in need of bullpen reinforcements, and that might not be the only thing the Blue Jays do between now and the 6 p.m. ET Thursday deadline.