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2023 Cubs player profiles: Anthony Kay

Anthony “Tony Buckets” Kay is a former first-round pick (by the Mets) out of the University of Connecticut (31st overall in 2016). He debuted as a Major-League pitcher September 7, 2019, and logged 70u2154 innings for the Toronto Blue Jays over a four-year period. He was traded to the Blue Jays by the Mets in 2019, along with Simeon Woods Richardson and cash, for future Cubs hurler Marcus Stroman.

His unprepossessing 5.28 ERA as a major leaguer pretty much tells the story. He walks some people, strikes out about one batter per inning, and is prone to giving up the long ball.