Bill Madden of the New York Daily News is reporting that the Blue Jays have signed LH reliever B.J. Ryan to a five year, $47 million contract.
Originally, Sportsnet published a denial from J.P. Ricciardi that the deal had been done, however they are now confirming the signing, but not the money.
Meet the new closer:
B.J. Ryan
Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 6", Weight 230 lb.
Born December 28, 1975 in Bossier City, LA
Year Tm Lg W L G GS CG GF SV IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WP BFP ERA
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+
1999 CIN NL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 4 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 9 4.50
BAL AL 1 0 13 0 0 3 0 18.3 9 6 6 0 12 28 0 1 73 2.95
TOT 1 0 14 0 0 3 0 20.3 13 7 7 0 13 29 0 1 82 3.10
2000 BAL AL 2 3 42 0 0 9 0 42.7 36 29 28 7 31 41 0 2 193 5.91
2001 BAL AL 2 4 61 0 0 9 2 53.0 47 31 25 6 30 54 2 0 237 4.25
2002 BAL AL 2 1 67 0 0 13 1 57.7 51 31 30 7 33 56 4 4 252 4.68
2003 BAL AL 4 1 76 0 0 17 0 50.3 42 19 19 1 27 63 3 2 219 3.40
2004 BAL AL 4 6 76 0 0 19 3 87.0 64 24 22 4 35 122 1 0 361 2.28
2005 BAL AL 1 4 69 0 0 61 36 70.3 54 20 19 4 26 100 2 5 290 2.43
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+
7 Yr 16 19 405 0 0 131 42 381.3 307 161 150 29 195 465 12 14 1634 3.54
And whither Miguel?
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