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Burr and Tate have declined the assignments and become free agents. The 26-year-old Piña will remain in the organization. The Jays acquired him from the Marlins in June, but he pitched just once for the club and then missed the end of the year with a sprained elbow.

Piña, who had been pitching at Triple-A Buffalo since late July, will miss the rest of the season. The procedural move opens up a spot on Toronto’s 40-man roster for veteran lefty Ryan Borucki.

Piña made just one appearance in 16 days with the Jays, giving up three runs — one earned — in 1 1/3 innings against the White Sox on July 7.

Piña gets the call to join Toronto’s bullpen with veteran Yimi García hitting the injured list with a sprained ankle. The 26-year-old righty, who made one relief appearance earlier this season for the Marlins, was acquired last week in a small trade. He’ll be making his Blue Jays debut when he gets into a game.

Piña was designated for assignment by the Marlins over the weekend after posting a 3.47 ERA, 1.19 WHIP and a 54/15 K/BB ratio in 57 innings at Triple-A Jacksonville. The Blue Jays view him as a potential bulk reliever option and organizational depth and will send him to Triple-A Buffalo to start. They parted with Colby Martin, who is a 24-year-old reliever in High-A and was not on the 40-man roster.

Piña made his big-league debut on Friday night against Atlanta and winds up being removed from Miami’s 40-man roster after roughly 48 hours in the big leagues. The 26-year-old reliever figures to pass through waivers and remain with the club as organizational depth.

It’s the first trip to the big leagues for the 26-year-old right-hander. Piña has done a nice job in 13 appearances (11 starts) at Triple-A Jacksonville this season, registering a 3.47 ERA, 1.19 WHIP and a 54/15 K/BB ratio over his 57 innings of work. It’s unclear if he’ll work out of the Marlins’ rotation or function as the new long man out of the bullpen with Janson Junk transitioning to the rotation.

Piña, 25, went 13-8 with a 4.14 ERA and a 132/27 K/BB in 129 1/3 innings between Double- and Triple-A in the Phillies system last season. He’s currently sporting a 1.61 ERA and a 21/2 K/BB over 22 1/3 innings in the Dominican Winter League. Since the Marlins rotation is likely to deal with injuries once again, Piña could be a useful depth piece.

Pina, 22, scattered six hits, and issued two walks. The right-hander has struggled to throw strikes this year -- he’s walked 26 batters in 20 2/3 innings for the 66ers -- but he showed how effective he can be when he does throw strikes. Signed back in 2017 for $50,000, Pina has three pitches that can miss bats, starting with a mid 90s fastball with life and often ending with a power breaking-ball or a split-change. As you can tell from those numbers, command is still an issue, and while it’s not too late for him to figure it out, there’s a good chance he may need to move to the bullpen if it doesn’t make quick progress. If it can be even average, however, Pina has a chance to be a mid-rotation starter -- perhaps better if the velocity makes another bump up.