Blue Jays: Joe Biagini optioned to the minors by Astros

The Houston Astros optioned former Blue Jays reliever Joe Biagini to the minors following their doubleheader on Tuesday.

The Blue Jays shipped Joe Biagini along with pitcher Aaron Sanchez and minor leaguer Cal Stevenson to the Houston Astros in exchange for Derek Fisher just before the trade deadline ended on July 31st.

The 29-year old undoubtedly fell victim to a numbers crunch in the Astros bullpen and was an easy choice as he has minor league options available. Biagini made four appearances for Houston before the demotion surrendering two runs in seven innings of work.

His last appearance was a three-inning outing on the back end of a doubleheader on Tuesday in which he allowed a run and fanned two. Biagini was also part of the combined no-hitter with Sanchez in their first outings as an Astro on August 03rd.

Biagini will likely be back with the big club before the end of the month but in the interim, he will have to spend some time in Triple-A with the Round Rock Express.

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J.D Takes Stro-Show Yard

In other X-files news, the Atlanta Braves hosted the New York Mets last night with Marcus Stroman on the bump for the Metropolitans. Stroman tossed 5.1 innings of four-hit ball surrendering two earned runs and fanning five Braves hitters.

One of his only blemishes came off the bat of his old friend and Blue Jays teammate Josh Donaldson who took Stroman oppo taco in the sixth inning for his 27th homer of the season. J.D. would hit another round-tripper in the ninth inning as the Mets bullpen imploded in the ninth inning.

The Mets would win the slugfest 10-8 once the dust had settled.

Sanchez Was Dealing

Since the trade to the Astros, Aaron Sanchez had allowed just one run in 11 innings of work. Sanchez had looked like his 2015 self fanning 12 hitters and collecting the wins in both starts. As mentioned above, the 27-year old combined for a no-hitter in his first start doing most of the heavy lifting for six innings.

The former Blue Jay was on the bump last night versus the Athletics and was roughed giving up six runs on four home runs and striking out just three over 5.1 innings.