2017 Toronto Blue Jays (est. 2016)
 

2016 - 79-83 - (WS - Cubs beat Yankees)

Off-Season Changes

Notable Additions

Blake Swihart (trade with BOS)
Jon Jay (FA)
Aaron Hill (FA)
Rusney Castillo (trade with BOS)

Notable Losses

Kevin Pillar (trade with BOS)
Ricky Nolasco (trade with BOS)
Erik Kratz (FA)
Ryan Flaherty (FA)
Casey Janssen (rel)
Marcus Stroman (trade with BOS)

HUGE TRADE!!!

To ANGELS

Madison Bumgarner
Blake Swihart
Rowdy Tellez
Julio Urias
Drew Ward

To BLUE JAYS

Mike Trout
C.J. Cron
Robbie Erlin
Tyler Flores
Ty Barkell

Toronto signed Danny Duffy to a 1-year $1.015m deal.

Robbie Erlin was claimed off waivers by the Rockies.

March 5th, 2017

The Jays and Astros opened Spring Training action with a 14-inning romp! It ended with a walk-off RBI single by Jason Castro to give Houston the 5-4 win.

A.J. Ellis and Jose Fernandez hit home runs.

WP - Josh Outman (1-0)
LP - Ben Rowen (0-1)

Spring Record - 0-1

March 6th, 2017

Another rough outing for a Toronto starter as the Jays fell to the Yankees 7-2.

Josh Donaldson hit a home run.

WP - Stephen Strasburg (1-0)
LP - Marco Estrada (0-1)

Spring Record - 0-2

March 7th, 2017

The Jays picked up their first spring win, beating the Rays 5-4 in a back-and-forth game.

Mark Trumbo hit his first spring homer.

WP - Jordan Jankowski (1-0)
Save - Yimi Garcia (1)
LP - Charlie Morton (0-1)

Spring Record - 1-2

March 8th, 2017

Mark Trumbo hit another home run as the Jays beat the A's 6-4.

WP - Jesse Chavez (1-0)
Save - Ben Rowen (1)
LP - Jacob Barnes (0-1)

Spring Record - 2-2

March 9th, 2017

The Jays only managed two hits against the White Sox, falling 3-1.

Mike Trout's frustration showed through and an outburst got him suspended for two games.

WP - Joe Weiland (1-0)
Save - David Robertson (1)
LP - Danny Duffy (0-1)

Spring Record - 2-3

March 10th, 2017

The Orioles crushed the Jays in spring action, beating them 9-0.

WP - C.J. Wilson (1-0)
LP - Jeff Hoffman (0-1)

Spring Record - 2-4

March 11th, 2017

The Jays continue their spring struggles, losing 10-5 to the Royals.

WP - Ian Krol (1-0)
LP - Tyler Jay (0-1)

Spring Record - 2-5

1st round of spring cuts

Sent to minor league camp:

Jeff Hoffman
Devon Travis
Andy Burns
Junior Lake


HUGE TRADE!!

To GIANTS

Jose Bautista
Adrian Gonzalez
John Stilson
Wilfredo Rodriguez

To BLUE JAYS

Chris Heston
Chris Shaw
Christian Arroyo
Gustavo Cabrera
Aramos Garcia

Bautista and Gonzalez are both into their decline phase, this trade gives us a promising starter and we save nearly $46m in budget room.

Heston joins the major league camp.

Freeing up all that money allowed us to do this...

TRADE

To MARINERS

Aaron Hill
Chandler Shepherd

To BLUE JAYS

Robinson Cano
Jodd Carter
Daniel Bakst
Lachlan Fontaine
Leurys Vargas

Cano joins the big league camp.

March 12th, 2017

The Jays counted back with an 8-5 win over the Twins.

Troy Tulowitzki knocked in 3 runs but then let the game with a foot contusion. It is expected that he will sit out the next couple of weeks of spring action.

WP - Roberto Osuna (1-0)
Save - Oliver Perez (1)
LP - Zach Phillips (0-1)

Spring Record - 3-5

Troy Tulowitzki is placed on the D.L.

Devon Travis is recalled from the minor league camp.

March 13th, 2017

The offensive surge was short lived as the Jays fell to the Rangers 5-0.

WP - Yu Darvish (1-1)
LP - Marco Estrada (0-2)

Spring Record - 3-6

March 14th, 2017

Shut out again. Today it was the Angels beating the Jays 6-0.

WP - Garrett Richards (1-0)
LP - Chad Kuhl (0-1)

Spring Record - 3-7

March 16th, 2017

Tyler Jays coughed up a 3 run lead in the top of the 9th but then Tommy Layne walked four batters in the bottom half to give the Jays a 5-4 win over the Red Sox.

WP - Tyler Jay (1-1)
LP - Tommy Layne (0-1)

Spring Record - 4-7

March 18th, 2017

Another game went sideways as the Jays couldn't hold a 9th inning lead. losing to Cleveland 6-5.

WP - Zach McCallister (1-1)
LP - Shawn Armstrong (0-1)

Spring Record - 4-8