Overview
- ESPN’s Alden Gonzalez reported that Josh Fleming agreed to a minor-league contract with a spring training invite from Toronto.
- The depth move came after reports that the Blue Jays met with Framber Valdez, who agreed to a $115 million deal with the Tigers, per ESPN’s Jeff Passan.
- Fleming, 29, was a Rays fifth-round pick who pitched for Tampa Bay from 2020 to 2023 and for the Pirates in 2024 before spending 2025 with the Mariners’ Triple-A affiliate.
- He owns a 4.77 ERA across 80 MLB appearances, highlighted by a 2.78 ERA over 32.1 innings during the shortened 2020 season.
- He is viewed as organizational depth for a staff that added Dylan Cease, Cody Ponce and Tyler Rogers, with infield changes including Kazuma Okamoto after Bo Bichette’s exit.