Jays call up Brett Anderson, option Leonel Campos

We knew this was coming today. Brett Anderson has been officially called up by the Jays and Leonel Campos gets optioned, after being called up yesterday.

Anderson was a pretty good pitcher, until injuries derailed his career. In 133 games, 121 starts, he has a 3.99 ERA. In 707.2 innings, he’s allowed 755 hits, 195 walks, with 523 strikeouts.

He made two starts in Buffalo, and had a 0.93 ERA. In 9.2 innings, he allowed 4 hits, 2 walks and had 3 strikeouts.

We really could use someone that can pitch us deep into a game, but I don’t think anyone like that is going to pop up suddenly.

Campos has been up and down more times than I can count, but Minor League tells me he’s been optioned 7 times (which doesn’t say much for my counting skills). ML also says that Ryan Tepera was optioned 7 times last year and Mike McCoy was optioned 7 times in 2011. If it isn’t a club record it should be.

Campos has pitched in 10 games for us. 3.09 ERA, 11.2 inning, 10 hits, 2 home runs, 7 walks and 12 strikeouts. Batters have hit .227/.346/.477 off him, in 52 PA.

Good luck tonight Brett, we really could use a great start. See you soon Leonel.