While the focus of the baseball world is on the Roy Halladay rumors, the Jays made other news today by releasing struggling closer, B. J. Ryan.
Ryan had taken issue publicly with his work-load lately and was obviously frustrated with the situation. Similarly, the Jays were frustrated with getting a sub-par performance from the reliever, who has only 2 saves this year with a bloated 6.53 ERA.
Unfortunately for the Jays, they're still on the hook for the remainder of Ryan's contract which pays the former close $12 million this year and $10 million next year.
Despite Ryan's poor performance, I'd expect a contending team to give him a shot at the league minimum.
