2023 Toronto Blue Jays (est. 2021)

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March 14th, 2023

Zach Davies had a decent outing as the Jays beat the Rays 7-5.

Evan White and Endy Rodriguez homered for Toronto.

WP - Andrew Perez (1-0)
Save - Raidel Martinez (1)
LP - Tommy Romero (0-1)

Spring Record - 11-6

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March 15th, 2023

The Astros topped the Blue Jays, 6-3 in Spring action.

WP - Dominic Leone (2-0)
Save - Jonathan Bermudez (1)
LP - Jose Leclerc (0-1)

Spring Record - 11-7

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March 16th, 2023

Trent Thornton went five as the Jays shut out the Royals, 1-0.

Yoan Moncada homered for the only run of the game.

WP - Trent Thornton (4-0)
Save - Raidel Martinez (2)
LP - Andres Sotillet (0-1)

Spring Record - 12-7

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March 17th, 2023

It took 12 innings but the Blue Jays beat the Yankees, 7-5.

Toronto saw homers from Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Teoscar Hernandez, and Evan White.

WP - Nick Mikolajchak (1-1)
Save - Ken Giles (1)
LP - Johan Oviedo (0-1)

Spring Record - 13-7

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Second round of Spring cuts

TRADE

To TWINS

Julian Merryweather

To BLUE JAYS

Sam Selman (MIN retains nearly half of his contract)
Yunior Severino

Selman joins the big camp.


TRADE

To REDS

Blake Cederlind
Ben Brecht
Juan Idrogo
Braeden Ogle

To BLUE JAYS

Riley O'Brien (CIN retains 75% of contract)
Edgar Barrios
Jared Horn
Nick Lucky
James Free

O'Brien joins the ML camp.



Sent to minor league camp:

Nick Mikolakchak
T.J. Zeuch
Shohei Ohtani
Matt Foster
Sal Frelick

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March 18th, 2023

Justin Dunn led the Blue Jays to a 3-2 win over the Rangers.

Brian Reynolds homered for Toronto.

WP - Justin Dunn (1-0)
Save - Jack Walker (2)
LP - Andre Jackson (1-2)

Spring Record - 14-7

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March 19th, 2023

Enoli Paredes pitched five shutout innings as the Jays beat the Twins, 5-1.

Evan White and Nasim Nunez homered for Toronto.

WP - Enoli Paredes (1-1)
LP - Jhoan Duran (1-1)

Spring Record - 15-7

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March 21st, 2023

The odds of Riley O'Brien making the Toronto rotation took a huge hit today as he allowed 10 runs in 2.1 innings.

The White Sox beat the Blue Jays, 11-3.

WP - Dylan Cease (1-0)
LP - Riley O'Brien (1-1)

Spring Record - 15-8

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March 22nd, 2023

How do the Jays celebrate their Manager's birthday?

Being shut out, 5-0, by the Angels.

WP - Jaime Barria (2-0)
LP - Zach Davies (0-1)

Spring Record - 15-9

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March 23rd, 2023

Giancarlo Stanton when 2 for 4 with a home run, leading the Jays to a 9-4 win over the Orioles.

Teoscar Hernandez also went deep for Toronto.

WP - Jack Walker (2-0)
LP - Adonis Medina (0-2)

Spring Record - 16-9

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March 24th, 2023

The Tigers assaulted Trent Thornton for 8 runs in 5 innings as they beat the Jays, 10-2.

Chance Sisco homered for Toronto.

WP - Matt Manning (1-1)
LP - Trent Thornton (4-1)

Spring Record - 16-10

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March 25th, 2023

The Mariners edged the Blue Jays, 7-6 in Spring action.

Jeferson Morales, Evan White, and Bo Bichette all homered for Toronto.

White is second to only Aaron Judge for the most home runs hit this Spring.

WP - Alejandro Reguena (2-0)
Save - Chris Flexen (2)
LP - Justin Dunn (1-1)

Spring Record - 16-11

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March 26th, 2023

George Springer went 2 for 3 with a home run and 3 RBI as the Jays wrapped up their Spring schedule with a 4-3, walk-off win over the Guardians.

WP - Ryan Thompson (1-1)
LP - Aaron Loup (0-1)

FINAL SPRING RECORD - 17-11

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Final Round of Spring Cuts

Sent to the Minor League Camp:

Riley O'Brien
Jack Walker
Brian Garcia
Jordan Hicks
Lars Nootbaar
Bryan Reynolds
Nick Dini

Designated for Assignment:

Max Stassi

TRADE

To TWINS

Sam Selman
Robin De Jesus

To BLUE JAYS

Justin Turner
Edwin Rios

TRADE

To MARLINS

Luis Madero
Luis Rodriguez
Wilmer De La Cruz
James Free

To BLUE JAYS

Marcus Walden
Junior Sanchez
Micah Bello
Cam Hart
Thomas Jones

TRADE

To RAYS

Ken Giles
Ethan Goforth
Breilin Ramirez
Endy Rodriguez
Enger Castellano

To BLUE JAYS

Willy Adames (TB retains a small piece of his contract)
Daiwer Castellanos
John Doxakis
Nick Schnell
Ty Coleman

TRADE

To ANGELS

Yoan Moncada
Zach Britton
Ronnier Quintero

To BLUE JAYS

Jared Walsh (LAA retains a small piece of the contract)
Jack Dashwood
Mikey Perez
Starlin Gil
Isaias Leon

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Minor League Contract Signings

Kyle Freeland
Clayton Richard
Gary Sanchez
Logan Darnell
Chris Bassitt
Bruce Maxwell

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Max Stassi has been claimed off waivers by the Brewers.

Ruben Botello has been named the #3 Prospect in all of baseball.

He is still only 17 and is in our International Complex.

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OPENING DAY ROSTER

ROTATION

Enoli Paredes
Justin Dunn
Trent Thornton
Zach Davies
Ronald Bolanos

BULLPEN

Raidel Martinez
Durbin Feltman
Jackson Rees
Jose Leclerc
Justin Wilson
Jordan Romano
Ryan Thompson
Andrew Perez

LINEUP

Bo Bichette - 2B
Austin Meadows - LF
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. - 1B
Giancarlo Stanton - DH
George Springer - CF
Brian Anderson - 3B
Chance Sisco - C
Tesoscar Hernandez - RF
Nasim Nunez - SS

BENCH

Jeferson Morales - C
Jared Walsh - IF/OF
Evan White - IF
Willy Adames - IF

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The Owner wants us to play .500 ball but we have set our sights a little higher.

The writers have us going 93-69 to win the AL East.

Predicted Division Winners

AL - Blue Jays, Royals, Athletics
Wild Cards - Red Sox, Angels

NL - Mets, Cardinals, Dodgers
Wild Cards - Padres, Braves

Top AL Hitter - Eloy Jimenez, White Sox (Guerrero Jr. is at #2, Springer is at #9, and Stanton is at #10)

Top AL Pitcher - Chris Sale, Red Sox

Top NL Hitter - Ozzie Albies, Braves

Top NL Pitcher - Lucas Giolito, Dodgers

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March 30th, 2023

The Jays started their season on the road and with a loss, dropping a 3-1 game to the Cardinals.

Worse, the Cards starter was ex-Jay, Nate Pearson.

WP - Nate Pearson (1-0)
Save - Blake Treinen (1)
LP - Justin Dunn (0-1)

Record - 0-1

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Minor League Contract signings:

Yohander Mendez
Yohan Tavarez