Toronto Blue Jays sign former Philadelphia Phillies infielder

The 26-year old has gotten into just 58 big league games during his career across the Diamondbacks, Tigers, and Phillies organizations but entered the 2025 season with no options remaining after several years of being utilized primarily as optionable infield depth.

Kennedy's .193/.287/.296 slash line across 157 major league plate appearances is hardly spectacular, though he's an adequate defender at both second and third base with a .283/.380/.441 slash line for his career at Triple-A.

That on-base ability has shown up somewhat in the majors given his 10.8% walk rate, and his 24.2% strikeout rate is hardly out of line with what's to be expected in the league's current environment.

Kennedy's biggest flaw as a hitter is that he's hit for previous little power in the majors, and even at Triple-A he's never slugged more than 13 homers in a season.

That lack of power has held him back from getting an extended big league opportunity to this point. Kennedy was immediately inserted into the Buffalo Bisons lineup upon arrival on Thursday.

In Kennedy's first game with the Bisons, he went 1 for 5 at the plate with an RBI and 1 strikeout.

This is an interesting move by the Blue Jays but after being forced to trade Will Robertson yesterday after DFA'ing him, it only makes sense that they looked for some sort of replacement.