2023 Toronto Blue Jays (est. 2021)

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June 18th, 2023

Kyle Freeland had a nice bounceback game after his first start went so poorly.
He pitched the Jays to a 5-3 win over the Rangers.

WP - Kyle Freeland (1-1)
Save - Jordan Hicks (14)
LP - Andre Jackson (2-7)

Record - 43-30

The Red Sox lost so the Jays only trail by a half game.

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In April we were told that Bryan Garcia was going to miss 3-4 months with shoulder inflammation.

We just got much worse news. He needs further surgery and he will be out for another eight months. He should be back for Spring Training.

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Si-ang Kim signed a minor league deal.

Players of the Week: Josh Lowe, Astros & Mookie Betts, Dodgers

The Jays slipped one spot to #5 on the Weekly Power Rankings.

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June 19th, 2023

The Marlins beat the Jays in a tight, 2-1, game.

Austin Meadows homered for the only Toronto run.

WP - John Brebbia (2-1)
Save - Brad Hand (12)
LP - Enoli Paredes (7-3)

Record - 43-31

Boston won so the deficit is back to 1.5 games.

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June 20th, 2023

The Marlins are not a good team, but not only did they beat the Jays again, his time it was by a score of 7-2.

WP - Trevor Rogers (3-10)
LP - Justin Dunn (3-5)

Record - 43-32

The Red Sox won.
The Jays have fallen back to the 2nd Wild Card spot, a game behind the Mariners (who are on a ten game winning streak).

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June 21st, 2023

It was quite pitchers duel, with the Jays only getting three hits, and the Marlins getting only two.

But the second Miami hit was a home run and they beat Toronto, 2-0.

Swept by the Marlins.

WP - Josh Roberson (2-0)
Save - Brad Hand (13)
LP - Zach Davies (6-6)

Record - 43-33

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TRADE

To PIRATES

Gary Sanchez
Bryce Blaum
Ty Coleman
Sergio Caruci

To BLUE JAYS

Jalen Miller
Jared Triolo
Kendrick Calilao
Francisco Acuna
Garrett Burhenn

All incoming player are minor leaguers.



Sent to Buffalo: Kyle Freeland

Called Up: Packy Naughton, Diego Cartaya

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June 23rd, 2023

Casey Kelly handled the Oakland hitters while the Toronto bats went to work.

Diego Cartaya homered in his second Major League plate appearance. Giancarlo Stanton and Austin Meadows hit back-to-back homers. Whit Merrifield homered. George Springer homered. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. tripled.

The Blue Jays won, 10-1.

WP - Casey Kelly (4-2)
LP - Jake Thompson (3-3)

Record - 44-33

The Jays are back to trailing the Red Sox by two games.

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Shigeru Hasegawa signed a minor league deal.

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June 24th, 2023

The A's turned it around today and beat the Blue Jays, 4-1.

WP - Jesus Luzardo (4-2)
Save - Scott Barlow (26)
LP - Enoli Paredes (7-4)

Record - 44-34

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All Star Voting Update

Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Bo Bichette, Jordan Hicks and George Springer all still lead.

Giancarlo Stanton is in 2nd (behind Luke Voit, Yankees)
Austin Meadows is in 3rd.

The only change is that Raidel Martinez has moved up to #3 among Relief Pitchers.

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June 25th, 2023

The Oakland power game was too much for the Jays today, who lost, 6-4.

WP - Patrick Sandoval (7-4)
Save - Jack Little (1)
LP - Justin Dunn (3-6)

Record - 44-35

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Sebastian Espino was named Player of the Week for the DSL.

For the Majors it was Miguel Andujar, Orioles & Freddie Freeman, Braves.

The Jays have fallen to #13 on the Weekly Power Rankings.

Clayton Richard has announced he is retiring at the end of the year.

Richard spent 11 years in the Big Leagues, but that last time was in 2019, when he started 10 games for the Blue Jays. Most of his career was with San Diego, but he also spent time with both Chicago clubs.

He signed a minor league deal with the Jays back in March, but couldn't make it back.

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June 27th, 2023

The Blue Jays (hopefully) mini-slump continues. The Giants beat them, 6-4.

Whit Merrifield, Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Willy Adames, and Brian Anderson each hit solo homers for the Toronto runs.

WP - Corey Knebel (2-1)
Save - Jace Fry (17)
LP - Zach Davies (6-7)

Record - 44-36

The Jays are no longer even in a Wild Card spot, trailing the Angels by a half game.

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June 28th, 2023

The Jays broke their mini-slump with a good game by Casey Kelly and four solo home runs to overcome the Giants, 4-3.

The homers came from George Springer, Willy Adames, Bo Bichette, and Giancarlo Stanton.

WP - Casey Kelly (5-2)
Save - Jordan Hicks (15)
LP - Ryan Pepiot (6-5)

Record - 45-36

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June 29th, 2023

The Jays lost a heartbreaker today, falling 11-9 to the Giants in 14 innings.

George Springer homered twice and Diego Cartaya, Teoscar Hernandez, Giancarlo Stanton, and Austin Meadows each went deep once.

WP - Jose Quintana (3-4)
LP - Ryan Thompson (3-3)

Record - 45-37

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BIG TRADE

To RED SOX

Brian Anderson
Jordan Hicks

To BLUE JAYS

Rafael Devers (BOS retains 40% of contract over the next four years)
Everlouis Lozada
Darel Belen
Jacob Maton

The Rogers family has been looking for us to get a Top6 3Bman. Here we go!

Devers joins the Jays.
Eduard Bazardo is called up from Buffalo.

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TRADE

To GIANTS

Trent Thornton
Ricardo Genoves

To BLUE JAYS

Joey Bart (SF pays remaining salary)
Carter Aldrete
Harrison Freed
Edison Mora
Jared Shuster

Rumour is the Jays are trying to shed further salary in order to make a bigger move.


Followed by a deal that is being lauded as a major win for us.

To CARDINALS

Teoscar Hernandez
Justin Turner
Garrett Burhenn
John Beller

To BLUE JAYS

Paul DeJong (STL retains 90% of contract over two years)
Chavez Young
Steven Gingery
Brady Whalen

Bart and DeJong join the Jays.

Willy Adames is sent to Buffalo.

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June 30th, 2023

Toronto picked up a huge win, edging the Red Sox, 3-2.

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Paul DeJong homered for the Jays.

WP - Durbin Feltman (1-0)
Save - Eduard Bazardo (1)
LP - Josh Taylor (2-1)

Record - 46-37

The Jays trail the Sox by two games.

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Jordan Nwogu of Vancouver was named the High-A West Batter of the Month for June.

JUNE AWARDS

PITCHERS - Jesus Zambrano, A's & Freddy Peralta, Brewers

HITTERS - Preston Tucker, Astros & Freddie Freeman, Braves

ROOKIES - Cole Hendry, Rangers & Robby Martin, Brewers