Blue Jays complete trade with Pirates for catcher Tyler Heineman

Baseball
Published 30.04.2023
Blue Jays complete trade with Pirates for catcher Tyler Heineman

The Toronto Blue Jays made a commerce on Sunday, acquiring catcher Tyler Heineman for infielder Vinny Capra.

It’s a return for the 31-year-old Heineman, who signed as a free agent with Toronto a 12 months in the past and performed in 10 video games for the Blue Jays earlier than the Pirates grabbed him off waivers on May 16.

Heineman has solely performed three MLB video games this season for the Pirates, with six extra at Triple-A Indianapolis. He was optioned to Triple-A Buffalo after being added to the Jays’ 40-man roster. Outfielder Jordan Luplow was assigned outright to Triple-A Buffalo.

Heineman has a MLB profession slash line of .210/.276/.269.

Capra, 26, a Twentieth-round choose by the Blue Jays in 2018, had solely appeared in eight video games with the massive membership, which all got here in 2022. He was slashing .167/.357/.222 this season in 17 video games with Buffalo.