1. High school and college

2. Professional career
    Minor leagues  Toronto Blue Jays 

3. References

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• Toronto Blue Jays ({{mlby|2018}})

Justin Healy Shafer (born September 18, 1992) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Toronto Blue Jays organization. He made his Major League Baseball (MLB) debut with the Blue Jays in 2018.

High school and college

Shafer graduated from Lake Wales High School in his home town of Lake Wales, Florida. Undrafted out of high school, he then attended the University of Florida, where he was both a pitcher and a position player. In his freshman season, Shafer recorded a .284 batting average and 27 runs batted in (RBI), and a 4.50 earned run average (ERA) in six relief pitching appearances.^[1] As a sophomore, Shafer hit .300 with five home runs and 25 RBI, and posted a 1–1 win–loss record, 5.20 ERA, and 26 strikeouts in 27{{frac|2|3}} innings.^[1] In his final season with the Gators, he hit .211 with one home run and 10 RBI, and went 1–0 on the mound with a 4.17 ERA and 27 strikeouts in 36{{frac|2|3}} innings.^[1]

Professional career

Minor leagues

Shafer was selected in the eighth round of the 2014 Major League Baseball draft by the Toronto Blue Jays.^[2][3] He was assigned to the Short Season-A Vancouver Canadians for the remainder of the 2014 season, and went 1–3 with a 5.16 ERA and 23 strikeouts in 22{{frac|2|3}} innings pitched.^[2] Shafer was assigned to the Class-A Lansing Lugnuts to begin 2015, and was later promoted to the Advanced-A Dunedin Blue Jays. Operating as a swingman, Shafer posted an 8–9 record, 4.15 ERA, and 53 strikeouts in 95{{frac|1|3}} innings.^[2] During the offseason, Shafer pitched for the Salt River Rafters of the Arizona Fall League (AFL). He spent the entire 2016 season with Dunedin, going 4–6 with a 5.23 ERA and 62 strikeouts in a career-high 115{{frac|1|3}} innings.^[2] Shafer returned to the AFL in the offseason, appearing in seven games for the Mesa Solar Sox.^[2]

Shafer was converted to a full-time reliever to begin the 2017 campaign. After five scoreless appearances with Dunedin, he was promoted to the Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats. Shafer spent the majority of the year with New Hampshire, and earned a late-season promotion to the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons. In total, Shafer made 44 relief appearances in 2017 and went 5–2 with a 2.90 ERA and 65 strikeouts in 71{{frac|1|3}} innings.^[2] On January 24, 2018, the Blue Jays invited Shafer to spring training.^[4] He split his time in 2018 between New Hampshire and Buffalo.

Toronto Blue Jays

On August 19, Shafer was called up by the Blue Jays and made his debut the same day in relief against the New York Yankees, throwing a scoreless inning with a strikeout.^[5]

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