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Blue Jays future closer quietly honing his craft in Double-A

Travis Bergen is having a season for the ages and has not surrendered a run since June 15th when he was touched up for an earned run by the Altoona Curve. Bergen currently has 16 shutout relief appearances since that date and is quickly climbing up the prospect depth chart. During that stretch of 20.2 scoreless innings, Bergen has struck out 28 batters without surrendering a run.

The 24-year old was selected in the 7th round, 212th overall in the 2015 amateur draft from Kennesaw State University. Bergen has been absolutely dominant since turning pro and sports a career 1.