Jay Groome
26-Year-Old
San Diego Padres AAA
Suspension
Est. Return 6/4/2025
2024 Stats
W-L
0-0
ERA
0.00
WHIP
0.00
K
0
SV
0
Rest-of-Season Projections
Suspended by MLB
Major League Baseball announced Tuesday that Groome (undisclosed) has been suspended one year for violating the league's gambling policy, Jared Diamond of the Wall Street Journal reports.
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MLB's investigation revealed that Groome made 24 bets on the Red Sox's major-league club while he was assigned to their High-A affiliate in Greenville. He didn't appear in any of the games on which he bet and MLB has determined that the outcomes of the games weren't compromised. Groome is currently on Triple-A El Paso's 7-day injured list due to an undisclosed issue.
MLB's investigation revealed that Groome made 24 bets on the Red Sox's major-league club while he was assigned to their High-A affiliate in Greenville. He didn't appear in any of the games on which he bet and MLB has determined that the outcomes of the games weren't compromised. Groome is currently on Triple-A El Paso's 7-day injured list due to an undisclosed issue.
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Groome has thus far been unable to meet the lofty expectations that come with being the 12th overall pick in the 2016 MLB Draft. He was at least healthy last season, logging a professional-high 144 innings between Double-A and Triple-A. That's almost as much as he compiled over the previous six years combined, as his 2018 campaign was wiped out by Tommy John surgery and 2020 was a loss due to Covid-19. Groome's 2022 surface numbers (a 3.44 ERA and 1.33 WHIP) aren't exactly eye-opening, and they came with a paltry 8.8 K/9 -- the first time as a pro he's failed to reach a strikeout per inning. A drop in velocity is largely to blame, as Groome's fastball now typically sits in the 89-92 mph range rather than in the mid-90s as was the case before the TJ surgery. A trade to San Diego will give the lefty a bit of a clean slate, but it's hard to envision him as more than a back-end starter given the diminished velocity and lack of a true plus-pitch.
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Sent down to Triple-A
Groome was optioned to Triple-A El Paso by the Padres on Saturday.
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Optioned to El Paso
Groome was optioned to Triple-A El Paso by the Padres on Monday.
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Could make team as long reliever
Padres manager Bob Melvin said Saturday that Groome has chance of making the Padres' Opening Day roster as a long reliever out of the bullpen, Sammy Levitt of 97.3 The Fan reports.
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Dealt to San Diego
The Padres acquired Groome from the Red Sox on Tuesday in exchange for Eric Hosmer, Max Ferguson and Corey Rosier, Sean McAdam of BostonSportsJournal.com reports.
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Makes Triple-A Debut
Groome allowed five hits and three walks while striking out five over six scoreless innings for Triple-A Worcester on Friday.
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Making case for No. 6 starter
AJ Cassavell of MLB.com opines that Groome is "making a solid case" for the No. 6 starter spot with the Padres.
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That doesn't necessarily mean that Groome would be on the Opening Day roster, though the Padres were talking about possibly running a six-man rotation out of the gate before Joe Musgrove went down last month with a fractured big toe. Groome, 24, worked to a 3.44 ERA with 140 strikeouts in 144 innings last season between the Double-A and Triple-A levels. He's racked up seven strikeouts through 6.2 scoreless frames this spring in the Cactus League.
That doesn't necessarily mean that Groome would be on the Opening Day roster, though the Padres were talking about possibly running a six-man rotation out of the gate before Joe Musgrove went down last month with a fractured big toe. Groome, 24, worked to a 3.44 ERA with 140 strikeouts in 144 innings last season between the Double-A and Triple-A levels. He's racked up seven strikeouts through 6.2 scoreless frames this spring in the Cactus League.