The Toronto Blue Jays have made a human yo-yo out of Chad Jenkins since he broke through with the big club in 2012. The right-handed pitcher has been optioned 10 separate times by the Blue Jays, but with all three of his options years now burned, Jenkins’ contract status and the organizational depth around him suggest that he’ll be facing a great opportunity in 2016.
Jenkins is a limited arm, and that’s something that has been evident since he was drafted 20th Overall out of Kennesaw State University in 2009. Perhaps “steady” is the most accurate description of Jenkins, but in a game so difficult to forecast, there’s certainly room for the predictably unspectacular.