Kaprielian has been assigned to Triple-A Buffalo. The 30-year-old was outrighted off the Athletics roster in October and became a free agent at the end of the year, and has been recovering from shoulder surgery he underwent that August. He’ll get a chance to work in Triple-A to show if he can possibly help the Blue Jays staff before the end of the 2024 season.

Kaprielian has been jettisoned from Oakland’s 40-man roster and went unclaimed on waivers. The 29-year-old right-hander doesn’t have the ability to elect free agency at this stage of his career and is unlikely to be ready at the outset of next season after undergoing right shoulder surgery back in early August. There is no timetable for his return at the moment.

Nothing has changed in Kaprielian’s recovery timeline — he underwent season-ending shoulder surgery in early August. This was done as a procedural move to free up a spot on the team’s 40-man roster for Spencer Patton.

Kaprielian underwent arthroscopic surgery to repair a labrum injury in his right shoulder. There is no timetable for his return, so it sounds like he could wind up missing time at the outset of the 2024 campaign.