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26 year old, with 4 years of minor league experience, highest level attained was AA.
In 3 AA seasons started 40 of the 60 games in which he appeared, with a AA ERA of 5.06 over 242IP.
He has 259K in those 242 innings, so they must see something they can work with.
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The T J apparently stands for Franklin Todd as that's his given name.
He's a USC Gamecock*.
That's all I got.



* I believe it was former poster Jersey Shore who was a Gamecock as he once related a chant to denigrate the rival Clemson Tigers: 'Those Tigers pussies can't handle our Cocks'

Frayed Knot wrote: ↑Sun Jul 21, 2024 8:20 pm
* I believe it was former poster Jersey Shore who was a Gamecock as he once related a chant to denigrate the rival Clemson Tigers: 'Those Tigers pussies can't handle our Cocks'

When John Roche played for South Carolina in a game at North Carolina, the banner across the entire upper deck read "Tar Heels stomp on 'Cock Roche".
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Probably the first instance of an exchange of a T. Jay for a TJ.