The Toronto Blue Jays are among the teams interested in reliever Jonathan Loaisiga, according to Jon Heyman of the New York Post.
Heyman adds that the New York Yankees and Mets are also interested in the free-agent righty reliever.
Loaisiga, 32, spent his first eight big-league seasons with the Yankees before joining the Arizona Diamondbacks as a free agent this past January.
He had a big year in Arizona, pitching to a 2.42 ERA a 1.03 WHIP in 67.0 innings pitched spread out over 67 appearances.
While Loaisiga’s 48 strikeouts were on the low side for a high-leverage reliever, he is in the 98th percentile in average exit velocity and in the 95th percentile in his ground ball rate, meaning he was elite at inducing weak contact.
He also averaged 97.9 miles an hour on his sinker and 97.6 on his four seamer last season.
A native of Managua, Nicaragua, Loaisiga has a career ERA of 3.30 in nine MLB seasons since debuting in June of 2018.