Reliever Oh gets visa, shines in Blue Jays debut against Phillies
DUNEDIN, Fla. — South Korean reliever Seung-Hwan Oh threw just seven pitches in his Blue Jays debut Wednesday.
But they were enough to impress his manager and teammates.
Oh threw all seven pitches for strikes — getting a foul out, a weak ground-ball out and a strikeout — against the Philadelphia Phillies a day after acquiring his long-awaited work visa.
“I thought he looked great,” manager John Gibbons said after the game, which ended in a 7-7 tie. “He throws a lot of different pitches. I thought he looked sharp for his first time out so that was great to see.