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Milwaukee Brewers designate former Toronto Blue Jays pitcher for assignment


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Nelson Anderson
September 20, 2025  (4:11 PM)
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Former Toronto Blue jays relief pitcher Joel Payamps
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The Milwaukee Brewers have designated former Toronto Blue Jays relief pitcher Joel Payamps for assignment.

This is the second time Payamps has been DFA'ed this season, and his first designation resulted in Milwaukee outrighting the reliever off the 40-man roster and down to Triple-A Nashville.
The Brewers selected Payamps' contract back up to the big league roster at the start of September, and while he posted a 3.38 ERA over 5 1/3 innings after his return, it wasn't enough to keep Payamps from being sent back to the waiver wire.
Payamps was one of the more underrated relief arms in baseball in 2023-24, recording a 2.78 ERA and 48 holes over 129 2/3 innings out of Milwaukee's bullpen.
Payamps appeared in 137 games over those two seasons plus three more appearances in the playoffs, and it is possible this workload simply caught up to the righty in 2025.

Former Blue Jays reliever Joel Payamps will probably clear waivers and become a free agent

Over 23 2/3 frames and 28 games this year, Payamps struggled to a 7.23 ERA, 20.4% strikeout rate, and 8.3% walk rate.
A 4.24 SIERA is a more flattering look at Payamps' performance, as he received some bad luck on both the strand rate (58.7%) and batted-ball luck (.361 BABIP) fronts.
However, these caveats weren't enough for the Brewers to keep him around, and Payamps' status is complicated by his lack of minor league options.
The Brew Crew have therefore been forced to DFA the reliever rather than just send him to Triple-A, and because Payamps has been outrighted once, he can now elect to reject any future outright assignments in favor of free agency.
Should he clear waivers after this DFA period, Payamps could leave the Brewers organization altogether.
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Milwaukee Brewers designate former Toronto Blue Jays pitcher for assignment

Do you think that former Blue Jays reliever Joel Payamps will clear waivers and become a free agent?

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