Blue Jays: Mike Hauschild invades Seattle after whirlwind day

The newest member of the Toronto Blue Jays signed a contract 30 minutes before the start of the Jays contest in Seattle and then proceeded to earn his first MLB victory after pitching six scoreless innings of relief.

Much to everyone’s surprise and probably even his own Mike Hauschild appeared on the lineup card for last night’s games versus the Mariners. The 28-year old hurler was released by the Houston Astros on the weekend and had just finished the physical and signing of his contract with his new team before the start of the game.

Manager John Gibbons would then summons Hauschild from the bullpen to begin the second inning after starter Tyler Clippard had surrendered two runs in the first. Prior to last night, Hauschild had only made four appearances in the majors and they were not pretty surrendering five home runs in eight innings of work in 2017.

The skipper advised the media prior to the game that he didn’t want to put too much pressure on Hauschild starting him, seeing he had just signed minutes before the start of the game.

Gibby: Hopefully we get a couple out of Clippard, then we’ll go to Hauschild. Didn’t want to rush Hauschild too much, just got here, had to take his physical. Didn’t want to put too much on him by starting him as well. #Bluejays
— Mike Wilner (@Wilnerness) August 2, 2018

Mike Hauschild, released by the #Astros over the weekend, took his physical an hour before the game, signed his contract 30 minutes beforehand. Then he throws six shutout innings. “It’s pretty of crazy, it kind of feels like a dream based off my last week." #BlueJays
— Shi Davidi (@ShiDavidi) August 3, 2018