{"id":952101,"date":"2026-10-30T16:36:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T16:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/952101\/"},"modified":"2026-10-30T16:36:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T16:36:08","slug":"blue-jays-outright-rudy-martin-jr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/952101\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Jays Outright Rudy Martin Jr."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Blue Jays announced that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/m\/martiru02.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.mlbtraderumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-10-30_br\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rudy Martin Jr.<\/a> has been outrighted to Triple-A Buffalo after clearing waivers.\u00a0 Since Martin has been outrighted in the past, he has the ability to reject the assignment and opt for free agency.<\/p>\n<p>It hadn\u2019t been made public that Martin had been designated for assignment, but the outfielder has now been removed from the Jays\u2019 40-man roster.\u00a0 This drops Toronto\u2019s roster down to 38 players, which gives the Blue Jays some extra space to make some acquisitions in advance of Monday\u2019s deadline for 40-man roster compliance.\u00a0 Some other teams have way more than 40 players, leaving the Jays in position to swing some trades or make some waiver claims.<\/p>\n<p>Martin is a veteran of 11 pro seasons, spent mostly in the Royals\u2019 farm system but also with stints in the Nationals\u2019 minor league ranks, and stops in independent ball and the Mexican League.\u00a0 He was also briefly a member of the Orioles\u2019 organization after being acquired from Kansas City in July, but Martin never actually played for the O\u2019s, as he was quickly DFA\u2019ed and then claimed by the Jays within a week of leaving the Royals.<\/p>\n<p>The 30-year-old was then again designated and outrighted off Toronto\u2019s 40-man after clearing waivers, but Martin\u2019s time finally came in September.\u00a0 The Blue Jays selected his contract to the active roster and Martin appeared in two games in a Toronto uniform, finally making him a Major League player.\u00a0 After debuting as a late-game pinch-runner, Martin started in left field the next day and drew a walk in his three plate appearances.<\/p>\n<p>Martin has hit .246\/.342\/.406 over 411 plate appearances at the Triple-A level, with 32 steals in 37 attempts plus 14 home runs.\u00a0 Speed and his ability to play all three outfield positions has been Martin\u2019s calling card over his career, so whether he stays with Triple-A Buffalo or opts for free agency, he\u2019s an interesting depth piece for teams (like the Jays) looking for outfield help this winter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Blue Jays announced that Rudy Martin Jr. has been outrighted to Triple-A Buffalo after clearing waivers.\u00a0 Since&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":952102,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,462,284152,82],"class_list":["post-952101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-mlb","tag-rudy-martin-jr","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/952101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=952101"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/952101\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/952102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=952101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=952101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=952101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}