The Blue Jays have acquired pitcher Dana Eveland from the Oakland A’s for cash considerations. Eveland was recently designated for assignment by the A’s.
When I saw that Oakland has designated Eveland, I wrote a couple of paragraphs on how I thought he might not be a bad pick-up for the team, as he's a start who could eat some innings in the case of injuries or should Cecil and Rzepczynski need more time in the minors. Then I deleted it, as I figured there’s no way the Blue Jays needed to add another back-of-the-rotation starter. I should have trusted my first instinct. It’s not a bad pickup as long as the team doesn’t ship anything of significance to Oakland or make a poor decision as to who to remove from the 40-man roster. It’s the best pitcher acquisition this week, in any case.
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