Toronto Blue Jays sign former Tampa Bay Rays catcher

According to the Blue Jays transactions log, they have officially agreed to a minor league contract with Pinto and he has been assigned to Triple-A Buffalo.

Pinto, 28, hasn't played in the majors this season but saw big league time with the Rays in each of the past three seasons.

He's drawn solid framing grades in the majors but has struggled to control the running game and has drawn poor marks from Statcast for his ability to block pitches in the dirt.

Pinto is a career .231/.263/.404 hitter with 10 homers but a 36.7% strikeout rate in 237 major league plate appearances.

While his big league numbers aren't much to look at, Pinto has been far better in Triple-A.

He batted .268/.324/.517 with 11 round-trippers in 225 plate appearances with Reno this season and carries a career .256/.307/.493 slash with 57 homers in 1132 plate appearances at the top minor league level.

Strikeouts have been an issue in Triple-A as well, however. He's fanned in 29.9% of his career plate appearances there.

There's not much on the market for catching depth right now, so the Blue Jays snatched Pinto up.

This signing certainly gives the Blue Jays some much needed catcher depth heading into this final stretch of the season.

The Bisons only have a couple weeks of the season left so it will be interesting to see how Pinto does and if the Blue Jays end up holding onto to him next season.