Proper-hander Cody Ponce and the Toronto Blue Jays are finalizing a three-year, $30 million contract, pending a bodily, sources informed ESPN’s Jeff Passan on Tuesday.
Ponce, 31, is a former 2015 second-round choose who performed briefly for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 2020 and 2021 earlier than signing abroad. He most lately received MVP of the Korea Baseball Group after going 17-1 with a 1.89 ERA for the Hanwha Eagles. He struck out 252 in 180⅔ innings.
Ponce is the newest addition to the pitching workers of the reigning American League champions — the Blue Jays signed right-hander Dylan Stop to a seven-year, $210 million deal final month.