{"id":711494,"date":"2026-06-03T00:47:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T00:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/711494\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T00:47:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T00:47:19","slug":"austin-voth-elects-free-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/711494\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin Voth Elects Free Agency"},"content":{"rendered":"

Right-hander Austin Voth<\/a> has elected free agency, according to his transactions tracker<\/a> at MLB.com. That indicates he cleared waivers after being designated for assignment a few days ago. Players with at least three years of service time or a previous career outright have the right to reject further outright assignments in favor of the open market. Voth qualifies on both counts.<\/p>\n

Voth, 34 this month, has been on Toronto\u2019s roster a couple of times this year as an emergency arm. In both cases, he was quickly bumped off the roster after one appearance. Back in April, he gave them 2 2\/3 innings against the White Sox, allowing one earned run. He was designated for assignment, elected free agency, then signed a new minor league deal. He was called up again last week, then tossed 3 1\/3 innings against the Orioles, allowing five earned runs this time.<\/p>\n

In these situations, it\u2019s common for the player and club to reunite, so it wouldn\u2019t be a surprise if Voth and the Jays quickly worked out a new pact. That\u2019s especially true since the Jays are still scrambling to deal with a big injury problem. Each of Jos\u00e9 Berr\u00edos<\/a>, Shane Bieber<\/a>, Dylan Cease<\/a>, Max Scherzer<\/a>, Cody Ponce<\/a>, Lazaro Estrada<\/a> and Bowden Francis<\/a> are on the IL right now. Jake Bloss<\/a> is on the minor league IL. Berr\u00edos, Ponce and Francis are done for the year.<\/p>\n

For now, the Jays have Kevin Gausman<\/a>, Trey Yesavage<\/a> and Patrick Corbin<\/a> in three rotation spots. Around those three, they are patching things together with bullpen games. Many of those have seen the Jays lean hard on Rule 5 pick Spencer Miles<\/a>, who came into the year with less than 15 professional innings, none higher than the Single-A level.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s possible that Cease, Scherzer, Bieber, Estrada and Bloss will be back in the mix in the coming weeks but the rotation depth is going to be flimsy for the near term, so the Jays would probably be open to bringing Voth back.<\/p>\n

For his career, Voth has a 4.77 earned run average in 366 1\/3 innings, working both as a starter and a reliever. He pitched for the Chiba Lotte Marines in Japan last year, posting a 3.96 ERA over 22 starts for that club. He has spent most of this year with Triple-A Buffalo, posting a 2.90 ERA over eight starts there. That\u2019s surely a misleading figure, as his .274 batting average on balls in play and 84.8% strand rate have both been on the lucky side, which is why his FIP is 5.00. Regardless, the Jays probably want him back for depth, though he now has the chance to consider some other opportunities.<\/p>\n

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