By Ronald Blum
The Baltimore Orioles and Atlanta Braves backed out of agreements to sign Jeff Hoffman because of concerns about the reliever’s pitching shoulder before he finalized a $33 million, three-year contract with the Toronto Blue Jays last week.
“The stuff they saw on the MRIs, whatever they saw was what their team docs were saying,” Hoffman said Wednesday during the Blue Jays’ introductory Zoom conference. “Not any bit in line with the way I feel, though, so it’s not something that I’m really concerned about or worried about.”
A right-hander who turned 32 on Jan.