RHP Mike Bolsinger was acquired by the Toronto Blue Jays from the Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for RHP Jesse Chavez and cash.
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The addition of veteran pitcher Francisco Liriano assures that all-star Aaron Sanchez will be heading to the Blue Jays bullpen.
Correa who now has helped the Astros to win five times this season via walk-off’s credited knowing Feldman so well, as a factor helping him get the game-winning hit. He is 1-0 this season with the Blue Jays and has spent most of the year in Triple-A. Although he is not listed as one of the team’s top prospects, he does boast a 1.69 ERA in 6 starts at rookie ball.
Chavez has a 4.57 ERA in 39 games in relief this season, with 42 strikeouts and just 10 walks in 41⅓ innings.
Marcus Stroman kept the Blue Jays close with seven innings of one-run baseball and struck out 13 Astros. Atkins believes that Liriano’s experience outweighs this season’s numbers.
Bolsinger has made a handful of starts with the Dodgers in 2015 and 2016.
On the bright side, his velocity is up and Los Angeles could use him as a starting pitcher like he was with the Athletics past year or as a reliever out of the bullpen.
Pittsburgh enters the final two months of the season with just one starter remaining from the opening day rotation: Gerrit Cole. In 13 games (two starts) with Oklahoma (PCL) Bolsinger is 2-1 with a 3.41 ERA over 29 innings. Since his move to the bullpen at the end of April, the Kailua, HI, native has recorded a 2.41 ERA over 37.1 innings.
He was coming off one of his worst starts of the season, giving up six runs and nine hits in 4 2/3 innings on July 26 against the New York Yankees.
For Altuve, who leads the majors in batting average and on-base percentage and is arguably the leading threat to unseat Donaldson as American League MVP, it was his 19th homer of the season to go along with his AL-leading 25 stolen bases.
Chavez was owed $4 million this year and becomes a free agent after the season.
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Jose Altuve started things off in the 14th with single on the third pitch he saw, and Correa then followed on the very next pitch with a double to drive him in and secure the win. He is 69-76 with 4.35 ERA in 11-plus big-league campaigns.
