Toronto Blue Jays right-hander Marco Estrada was claimed on revocable waivers by an unknown team, according to MLB Network’s Jon Morosi.
The Blue Jays now face a decision on the impending free agent. Toronto can trade him to the mystery team, allow the team to assume Estrada’s contract or pull him off waivers entirely.
Estrada is scheduled to take the mound for Toronto in Tuesday’s game against the Tampa Bay Rays and doesn’t appear to be scratched from the start.
There were rumours surrounding the 34-year-old leading up to the July 31 trade deadline, but the Blue Jays ultimately decided to hang onto him.
“We’re in the business of making this organization better and if a deal doesn’t present itself to do so, then we’re happy to keep Marco Estrada a Toronto Blue Jay and we’ll start thinking about not only how he impacts us now, but how he can potentially impact us beyond 2017,” said Toronto general manager Ross Atkins about Estrada on July 31.
In his three outings since the deadline passed Estrada has been dominant, allowing just four runs on 14 hits over 21 innings.
The Houston Astros, Seattle Mariners and Kansas City Royals have been linked to Estrada in recent weeks.
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