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Jaye

Jaye was a 17th-round pick in 2010 that received a well-over slot $250,000 to sign. He’s raw, but the 6-foot-3, 170-pounder has plenty of room for projection. The 20-year-old held a 3.00 ERA, 1.22 WHIP and 49/18 K/BB ratio over 54 innings for the Blue Jays in rookie ball this past season.

The right-hander retired 25 straight batters after allowing a leadoff double in the first inning. The victory snapped a four-game winless streak for Jaye, who is now 4-6 with a 3.78 ERA over 19 appearances this year. Jaye leads the Eastern League with 112 innings pitched and is also third in the league with 95 strikeouts. Saturday’s outing was easily his longest of the season.

Jaye, who will turn 25 next month, posted a 3.95 ERA and 135/41 K/BB ratio over 161 2/3 innings between Double- and Triple-A this season. He’s now protected from the Rule 5 Draft.

Jaye was added to the Tigers’ 40-man roster back in November after posting a 3.95 ERA and 135/41 K/BB ratio over 161 2/3 innings between Double- and Triple-A. There’s not a high ceiling here, but he provides close-to-ready starting depth in the minors.

Jaye has functioned exclusively as a starter this season, posting a 3.96 ERA, 1.47 WHIP and 115/46 K/BB ratio across 131 2/3 innings in 25 starts between Double-A Erie and Triple-A Toledo. It’s unclear exactly how the rotation is going to shake out with the trade of Justin Verlander and injury to Michael Fulmer, but Jaye could be used as a long man out of the bullpen.

It was the first career major league start for Jaye and he looked completely overmatched by the red-hot Tribe, who have now won 19 straight games. Jaye gave up two walks and seven hits while striking out only two of the 23 batters he faced. The 25-year-old right-hander is not guaranteed another turn in the Tigers’ rotation.

Jaye has now been knocked around for 13 runs in just 5 1/3 innings through his first two major league starts. It’s unclear if the Tigers will keep pushing him out there, but fantasy owners shouldn’t use him even if they do.

No one from the trio was expected to sniff the big league roster, so there’s nothing really to see here. All three will continue to provide depth in the minor leagues.

Jaye, 24, isn’t really a prospect. He’s put up a 4.15 ERA and 435/225 K/BB ratio across 604 2/3 innings in the minors.

He allowed RBI-doubles to both Hanley Ramirez and J.D. Martinez in the brief outing. The 26-year-old made his major league debut with the Tigers last year and got pounded to the tune of 18 runs in 12 2/3 innings spread over two starts and three relief appearances. He will start the regular season at Triple-A.