Blue Jays' Dominguez dominates old team, shares thoughts on new club: 'It's been like, kind of crazy'
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Toronto Blue Jays new bullpen addition Seranthony Dominguez had a very awkward start to his Blue Jays career.
Toronto's new reliever Seranthony Dominguez strolled by security in the tunnel under Camden Yards.
Flanked by Blue Jays staff, he ducked under a black curtain between the games of Tuesday's doubleheader, sliding into the road clubhouse.
Hours before Baltimore and Toronto began the day's second contest, the Orioles traded Dominguez and cash to the Blue Jays.
Dominguez joined a relief group in need of immediate aid ahead of Thursday's trade deadline and became one piece of the Jays' larger bullpen plan.
«It's been kind of crazy,» Dominguez said. «I woke up today and came to play for the Orioles. After the first game, I was just sitting there hanging out with the guys. Then they called me.»
The Jays arrived in Baltimore with MLB's seventh-best bullpen ERA (3.66). The relief group is much improved after a disastrous 2024, with the addition of Jeff Hoffman and breakouts from Brendon Little, Yariel Rodriguez and Braydon Fisher.
However after back-to-back beatdowns in Baltimore, that mark fell to 17th (3.94). Toronto relievers allowed 17 earned runs across the series' first two contests. In the third contest, Hoffman allowed one more.
Blue Jays DFA Chad Green following the acquisition of high-leverage reliever Seranthony Dominguez
After the Blue Jays acquired Dominguez, they immediately designated Chad Green for assignment.
Green threw an inning for Toronto in Game 1 of Tuesday's doubleheader in Baltimore, allowing four runs and two long balls in the loss.
The poor performance brought his ERA to 5.56 on the season and shot him into the lead among major-league relievers for home runs allowed.
Dominguez marched out to the Blue Jays bullpen in the third inning. He was forced to walk directly past his former squad.
His old teammates laughed and waved as he joined Toronto's relievers. Baltimore's Andrew Kittredge ran over for a hug.
«They were just yelling at me a little bit,» Dominguez said. «'What you doing? Where you going?' Stuff like that. It made me laugh. But I felt sad at the same time too, because you create relationships with the people you are around.»
Dominguez shows why the Toronto Blue Jays traded for him with a great debut against his former team
Toronto's introduction to the righty reliever perfectly encapsulated the Dominguez experience.
He pounded Baltimore batters with a 98 mph fastball, peppering it around the zone and missing at times.
He struck out Colton Cowser, hit Dylan Carlson with a pitch, gave up a stolen base and then worked out of the jam with a successful pickoff and another strikeout. It was controlled chaos. At his best, that's Dominguez.
In a post game presser John Schneider had nothing but great things to say about Dominguez.
«He's got really, really good stuff,» manager John Schneider said. «He can miss bats. Great fastball, great splitter and good inside move at second, we found out.»
Dominguez's addition certainly helps solidify Toronto's bullpen. He's a proven arm with swing-and-miss stuff.
It will be very interesting to see who else Ross Atkins gets to bolster this bullpen.
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