The sailors completely replaced the left-handed Joe Jacques According to the Transactions login on his MLB.com profile page, I was going to Triple-A yesterday. Jacques was designated as a mission by the club earlier this week Jose Castillo Asked to exempt Mets from waivers.
Jacques, 30, has been the 33rd round pick for the Buccaneers in 2018. He climbed the minor league ladder with Pittsburgh but eventually left the group after the 2022 season without entering the major leagues. He signed with the Red Sox and made his club debut in 2023, but performed a great 5.06 ERA in the 26 2/3 innings. He stayed in Boston’s 40-man roster throughout the 2023-24 offseason, but eventually made a appearance at the Big League level in 2024 before he was assigned as a mission and evacuated by the Rattlers. He also only appeared with Arizona before reappearing with DFA.
He elected minor league free agents in the offseason and landed with the Dodgers in a non-stock deal last November. He had a lot left in the 6.04 ERA in 22 1/3 innings with the club’s triple A branch in Oklahoma City and stopped him from entering the major leagues in Los Angeles, but the Mariners were tempted by his solid foundation metrics, and he took a step forward in June and got along with the miscellaneous trade in his small deals. With Tacoma moving, his performance in the third-level A has not improved as he struggled with 6.93 ERA in 24 games with Rainiers this year. Seattle added him to their 40-man roster a month later, but he never recalled from Tacoma that he made his debut before being DFA earlier this week.
If Jacques takes his direct mission, he will stay in Tacoma as a non-warehouse depth clip for Seattle before having another chance to elect a minor league free agent after the season is over, if he doesn’t join Seattle in Seattle’s 40-man roster. If he decides to elect a minor league free agent, maybe he can be somewhere as an extension of depth option, although he may also want to start the market ahead in the offseason and start looking for a 2026 game venue.
As for the sailors, they now have Castillo joining Gabe Speier and Caleb Ferguson As a left-handed choice for a major league-level bullpen. Tayler Saucedo In the triple A, already in the 40-man lineup, it may make him the club’s highest depth choice, but if Jacques are still in the organization, he can compete with him Austin Kitchen Become the next man after the quartet.
