Blue Jays Option Pitcher Following Disastrous Outing

It was an ugly outing for him on Tuesday night. 

Now, the Toronto Blue Jays have optioned pitcher Julian Merryweather to Triple-A Buffalo. 

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🔹 LHP Foster Griffin recalled from Triple-A, who will wear number 60 and be active tonight

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Merryweather was lit up for five earned runs, allowing three hits and two walks over 0.2 innings of work against the Philadelphia Phillies on Tuesday night. 

The thirty-year-old's ERA wasn't great before the outing, but it really got inflated following it, now up to 6.75, with a 1.43 WHIP and 23 strikeouts over 26.2 innings this season. 

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Merryweather has been back and forth between the majors and minors all season long. In the minors, he's been pretty much perfect this season, posting a 0.00 ERA, a 0.71 WHIP, and 20 strikeouts over 14 innings pitched. He has a 3-0 record. 

Merryweather has made appearances in the majors each of the last three seasons, all with the Blue Jays. He holds a career 5.64 ERA over 52.2 innings of work. 

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