Jays bring in another whiz kid

TORONTO — Blue Jays prospect Cavan Biggio, the son of Hall of Famer Craig Biggio, was brought up by the team on Friday and made his major-league debut in a 6-3 loss to the Padres.

Biggio was in the lineup to bat eighth and play second base, the position where his father won four Gold Glove awards playing for the Astros. The elder Biggio was in Toronto to attend his son’s debut.

“As a father that’s played, I can’t tell you how excited I am for him and the accomplishments he’s been able to achieve and the hard work that he’s put into the game,” Craig Biggio said to MLB.com.

The Blue Jays last month saw the debut of the son of another Hall of Famer, in third baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Toronto became the first team to start two players with Hall of Fame fathers, and among the Blue Jays’ top minor-league prospects is Bo Bichette, whose father Dante played in the majors for 14 seasons.

A fifth-round pick in the 2016 amateur draft, Cavan Biggio hit .307 with six home runs and 26 RBIs in 42 games at Triple A.

Biggio was one of four players to join the Blue Jays on Friday. Toronto recalled infielder/outfielder Lourdes Gurriel Jr. and left-hander Thomas Pannone from Triple A, and added lefty Zac Rosscup, who was claimed on waivers from Seattle on Thursday.

Padres outfielder Hunter Renfroe hit a tiebreaking three-run home run in the eighth inning, and Greg Garcia and Austin Hedges also went deep as San Diego won its fourth straight.