Toronto Blue Jays

Blue Jays Sanchez feels he's ready despite poor rehab outings

Published Jul. 22, 2015 12:57 a.m. ET

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Toronto Blue Jays reliever-turned-starter-turned-reliever Aaron Sanchez says he's ready to return to the bigs, despite rough outings in Triple-A.

During a rehab outing in Buffalo, the flamethrowing rookie threw just 2/3 of an inning, throwing 11 of 24 pitches for a strike.

Sanchez doesn't think that the lack of success shouldn't hinder his promotion. Here's what he told reporters via Sportsnet:

“I feel like I’m ready but they’re the ones that make the ultimate decision,” he told reporters in Buffalo, adding later: “What we’re getting out of this is making sure I feel good, regardless of how I do. Yeah, you want to see results, but at the end of the day, it’s how I’m feeling. I’m on rehab, I’m not here to make every pitch a strike. I want to do it, but sometimes it doesn’t work like that.”

There's no doubt the Blue Jays want him in the bullpen, too. Here's what manager John Gibbons said regarding the addition of Sanchez to the back of the pen:

“Looking over the last couple of months, I’m the one making the decisions on who’s pitching coming out of the bullpen, I can just envision him shoring that up, simply because of what Osuna is turning out to be, what Schultzie’s done, I didn’t think Schultzie was going to be this good this fast,” said Gibbons. “Really it’s an extra piece that can make us that much stronger down there, and lock up some of those games that we haven’t been able to do to this point.”

Time will tell if the Jays want to refine him a bit more with another rehab outing, or if they will trust their youngster and bring him back up.

(h/t Sportsnet)

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