2021 Toronto Blue Jays (est. 2013)
 

Previous Seasons

2013 - 75-87 (Atlanta Braves beat Boston Red Sox in World Series)

2014 - 83-79 (Los Angeles Angels beat the Colorado Rockies in World Series)

2015 - 85-77 (Texas Rangers beat Atlanta Braves in World Series)

2016 - 91-71 Won the AL East, Made it to the ALCS, swept by the Mariners (Dodgers beat Mariners in World Series)

2017 - 92-70 Won the AL East, lost the ALDS to Cleveland 3-1 (Dodgers beat Mariners in World Series)

2018 - 100-62 Won the AL East, lost the ALDS to Kansas City 3-1 (Cubs beat Royals in World Series)

2019 - 73-89 (Mariners beat Rockies in World Series)

2020 - 84-78 (Astros beat Dodgers in World Series)

Offseason Summary

Major Losses

Danny Espinosa (Trade to PHI)
Salvador Perez (Trade to LAD)
Albern Wilson (Trade to SA)

Major Additions

Tomas Telis (Trade from SA)
Marwin Gonzalez (FA)

Critics are mixed.

February 20th, 2021

A good outing by Anthony Bass was erased by a terrible outing by Vidal Nuno as the Jays lost the Spring opener to the Orioles, 4-3.

Leonard O'Neill homered.

WP - Dioni Dominguez (1-0)
Save - Aaron Loup (1)
LP - Vidal Nuno (0-1)

Spring Record - 0-1

February 21st, 2021

The Jays won a close one over the Angels, beating them 5-4.

WP - Dylan Bundy (1-0)
Save - Marcus Lewis (1)
LP - Brandon Beachy (0-1)

Spring Record - 1-1

February 22nd, 2021

To fully explain how the nine run 1st inning went against the newly renamed Cleveland Spiders, picture this: Casey Bauer's first at-bat of the inning was a two-run home run. His 2nd at-bat of the inning was Toronto's FIRST out of the inning.

The Jays won 12-5.

Bauer went 3 for 4 with 3 RBI. Chris Heisey hit a Grand Slam (also in the 1st.) Clayton Henning homered.

WP - Allan Taylor (1-0)
LP - Carlos Martinez (0-1)

Spring Record - 2-1

February 23rd, 2021

Rubby de la Rosa set the standard as the Jays combined to shut out the Tigers, 3-0.

Chris Heisey homered.

WP - Rubby de la Rosa (1-0)
Save - Luis Munoz (1)
LP - Desmond Perkins (0-1)

Spring Record - 3-1

February 24th, 20121

A three-run homer by Tomas Tells was the difference maker as the Jays beat the Mariners 5-2.

WP - Miles Mikolas (1-0)
Save - Jeremy Mellhuish (1)
LP - Kyle Heckathorn (0-1)

Spring Record - 4-1

February 25th, 2021

David Price pitched five scoreless as the Blue Jays beat the Racers 2-1.

WP - David Price (1-0)
Save - Terry Craig (1)
LP - Matt Boyd (0-1)

Spring Record - 5-1

February 26th, 2021

Vidal Nuno continued his spring struggles, as he turned a 1-0 Toronto lead into a 2-1 Oakland win.

WP - Alex Haines (1-0)
LP - Vidal Nuno (0-2)

Spring Record - 5-2

February 27th, 2021

Chris Heisey launched a solo shot in the 9th for a walk-off, 8-7 win over the Rays.

The Jays also saw homers from Granden Goetzman, Leon Landry, and Dusty Powers.

WP - Jeremy Melhuish (1-0)
LP - Rick Hereford (0-1)

Spring Record - 6-2

February 28th, 2021

Toronto had the long ball working as they hit five home runs in a 7-1 win over the Rangers.

Toronto got homers from Nick Longhi, Willin Rosario, Casey Bauer, Harvey Wolf, and Jose Gomez.

WP - Allan Taylor (2-0)
LP - Todd Hudson (0-1)

Spring Record - 7-2

TRADE

To GIANTS

Dexter Fowler
Vidal Nuno
Adrian Lopez
Matt Robbins
John Biben

To BLUE JAYS

Peter Mooney
Juan Soriano
Jose Rivera
Rafael Cruz


TRADE

To PHILLIES

Pablo Sandoval
Alfredo Gonzalez
Jose Rivera

To BLUE JAYS

Tony Cingrani
Ugo Ceco
Dave Butler
Greg Dickson
Antonio Cruz

Reassigned to the Minor League Camp:

Teddy Madison
Jeremy Mellhuish
Wilin Rosario
Eric Hendricks


Big trade! The Blue Jays #1 star is now a Phillie! But we have a new #1 Starter in Tony Cingrani!

March 1st, 2021

The first four pitches thrown by Brent Powers results in three home runs. By the time he finished five innings, he had given up six homers and the White Sox were on their way to a 12-3 win over the Blue Jays.

WP - Dylan Barrow (1-1)
LP - Brent Powers (0-1)

Spring Record - 7-3

March 2nd, 2021

Joey Gallo's 10th inning two run homer was the winner as the Jays beat the Astros 7-5.

Dustin Ackley also homered.

WP - Cory Gearing (1-0)
LP - Sergio Sangeado (1-2)

Spring Record - 8-3

March 3rd, 2021

A solo home run by Jose Gomez is all the offence that the Jays could manage as they fell to the Yankees, 5-1.

WP - Luis Morales (1-0)
Save - Bo-young Oak (5)
LP - Anthony Bass (0-1)

Spring Record - 8-4

March 5th, 2021

The Jays lost a tight one, falling 4-3 to the Royals.

Toronto saw home runs from Joey Gallo, Steve Bell, and Leonard O'Neill.

Marwin Gonzalez left the game with an intercostal strain. It is not believed to be serious.

WP - Ben Clark (1-0)
Save - Dave Piatt (5)
LP - Marcus Lewis (0-1)

Spring Record - 8-5

March 6th, 20121

This loss is all on the defense as FOUR Toronto errors led to a 5-2 win for the Twins.

WP - Michael Tonkin (2-0)
Save - Buddy Strong (2)
LP - Allan Taylor (2-1)

Spring Record - 8-6

March 7th, 2021

The Red Sox tied it up in the top of the 9th but it only took one batter to put the Blue Jays back on the winning side as Chris Heisey slugged a walk-off home run to beat Boston 6-5.

Dustin Ackley and Joey Gallo also homered.

WP - Marcus Lewis (1-1)
LP - Manny Parra (0-1)

Spring Record - 9-6

March 8th, 2021

Things could have gotten out of hand after Joey Gallo homered and was met in his next plate appearance with a pitch to the head by Chase Anderson. Thankfully he was okay and it just seemed to fire up the Blue Jays as they downed the Orioles 5-1.

Jose Gomez also homered.

WP- Brent Powers (1-1)
LP - Keegan Thompson (1-2)

Spring Record - 10-6

March 9th, 2021

Both Terry Craig and Jorgan Cavanerio left the game with health concerns but it seems both will be okay.

The Jays beat the Angels 6-1.

Cesar Perez homered for Toronto.

WP - Tony Cingrani (1-1)
Save - Thom Reid (1)
LP - Jimmy Nelson (1-1)

Spring Record - 11-6