The Toronto Blue Jays have promoted pitching prospect Francisco Rios from the single-A Lansing Lugnuts to the Dunedin Blue Jays after a breakout month.
Rios, a 21-year-old right-hander out of Mexico, held a 1.20 ERA over six starts and 30 innings pitched with the Lugnuts, arguably the strongest start to 2016 from any Blue Jays prospect.
Holding opponents to a .193 batting average with a whopping 43 strikeouts and just eight walks, Rios is finally turning his potential into on-field results and could be positioning himself for another step up the organizational ladder in the second half of the season.