The Cubs announced Friday that they had claimed lefthanded reliever Anthony Kay on waivers from the Toronto Blue Jays.
Kay is 27 and was the Mets’ No. 1 pick (31st overall) in the 2016 Draft out of UConn. The Jays acquired him in July 2019 in the Marcus Stroman deal, so there’s a Cubs connection.
Over the last four years Kay has pitched in 28 games (seven starts) for the Blue Jays with an 5.48 ERA and 1.500 WHIP. He didn’t pitch much in 2022 between Class A Dunedin, Triple-A Buffalo and Toronto, missing most of the year with some sort of undisclosed injury.