Toronto Blue Jays sign former New York Yankees outfielder
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The Toronto Blue Jays have signed former New York Yankees outfielder Ismael Munguia to a Minor league contract.
According to Spanish MLB Insider Fernando Rayo, the Blue Jays have signed Ismael Munguia to a Minor league contract.
According to Yusseff Diaz, Nicaraguan outfielder Ismael Munguia will sign a Minor League contract with the Toronto Blue Jays. In 2024, he was in AAA with the Yankees; he lit up Spring Training but still hasn't made his MLB debut.
Munguia isn't your prototypical slugger, and he won't be launching tape-measure shots into the bleachers anytime soon.
But what he lacks in raw power, he makes up for with elite bat-to-ball skills.
Munguia has been lighting up the Dominican Winter League hitting .341 for the Estrellas Orientales.
Nicaraguan outfielder Ismael Munguia is signing a minor league contract with the Toronto Blue Jays according to journalist Yussef Diaz. Munguia is having a solid season with the Estrellas Orientales in LIDOM, batting .341
Munguia has yet to make MLB debut, played entire career with the Yankees and Giants
Last spring with the New York Yankees triple-A affiliate, Munguia hit .390/.419/.512 across 19 games with just two strikeouts total.
That's a minuscule 4.7% strikeout rate, the kind of number that raises eyebrows in today's high-whiff environment.
Ismael Munguia RIPS a triple down the line at 100 MPH off the bat, scoring George Lombard Jr. from first, and cutting the Blue Jays lead to just 1👀
He spent his entire minor league career with the San Francisco Giants before joining the Yankees, and now he's one step away from finally getting his major league shot.
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