2018 Toronto Blue Jays (est 2013)

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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)

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Major Additions

David Phelps (Trade with PHI)
Greg Holland (FA)
Matthew Dean (Trade with SAM)

Major Losses

Dustin Pedroia (Trade with SLC)
Jared Hoying (Trade with COL)
Jon Lester (Trade with SLC)
Nick Williams (Trade with SAM)
Brett Anderson (FA)
Bobby Parnell (FA)
Moises Sierra (Trade with PHI)
David Hernandez (FA)

Some experts are predicting a big backslide.

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February 17th, 2018

The Blue Jays opened the Spring like they were on a mission! They crushed the Angels 12-4 behind a Grand Slam by Michael Antonio and three hits, including a home run, by Jason Heyward!

WP - Mat Latos (1-0)
Save - Jonathan Waddell (1)
LP - Brandon Beachy (0-1)

Spring Record - 1-0

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February 18th, 2018

Yu Darvish's first spring start was quite disappointing as the Jays fell to the Yankees 6-4.

Matthew Dean hit a home run for Toronto.

WP - Parker Markel (1-0)
Save - Mickey Storey (1)
LP - Yu Darvish (0-1)

Spring Record - 1-1

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February 19th, 2018

Everything went wrong today as the Twins destroyed Toronto 12-0.

WP - Larry Welch (1-0)
Save - Chase Johnson (1)
LP - Jose Fernandez (0-1)

Spring Record - 1-2

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February 20th, 2018

Sloppy fielding and a poor bullpen appearance negated Lance McCullers' decent outing as the Jays lost to the Rangers 6-1.

WP - Cody Buckel (1-0)
Save - Dillon Gee (1)
LP - Lance McCullers (0-1)

Spring Record - 1-3

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February 21st, 2018

Both starters were amazing... Dan Murray pitched four perfect innings for the Tigers and Dan Phelps had five near-perfect innings for the Jays (allowing only one walk).

The Toronto bullpen, on the other hand, did much better than Detroit's.

The Jays won 7-1.

WP - David Phelps (1-0)
Save - Justin Wilson (1)
LP - Preston Jamison (0-1)

Spring Record - 2-3

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February 22nd, 2018

Toronto pitching continues its early struggles as the Jays fell to the Rays 11-2.

Deivi Grullon and Chun-Hsiu Chen hit back to back solo shots.

WP - Enny Romero (1-0)
Save - Jordan Harrison (1)
LP - Michael Jensen (0-1)

Spring Record - 2-4

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February 23rd, 2018

Ryan Wiseman got a walk-off sac fly in the 11th ti give the Astros a 5-4 win over Toronto.

Nick Longhi hit a home run.

WP - Ken Dunn (1-0)
LP - Bryan Shaw (0-1)

Spring Record - 2-5

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February 24th, 2018

Yu Darvish had a nice start but a tough inning for Greg Holland proved the difference as the Red Sox beat the Jays 5-2.

Jeimar Candelario hit one out.

WP - Alejandro Leon (1-0)
LP - Greg Holland (0-1)

Spring Record - 2-6

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February 25th, 2018

Jose Fernandez came into the game with a Spring ERA over 10.

It got worse.

The Jays lost to Cleveland 7-3 and all 7 runs were given up in Fernandez' five innings.

WP - Jim Manning (1-0)
Save - Roy Morales (1)
LP - Jose Fernandez (0-2)

Spring Record - 2-7

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First Round of Cuts

Sent to minor league camp:

Bryan Shaw
Nathan DeSouza
Joe DeCarlo
Jamie Jarmon
Rio Ruiz

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February 26th, 2018

Toronto got all their runs early, but they held up, as the Jays beat the Royals 5-3.

WP - Lance McCullers (1-1)
Save - Manuel Vargas (1)
LP - Drew Smyly (0-1)

Spring Record - 3-7

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February 27th, 2018

Soem sloppy defense (4 errors) and the second straight meltdown by Greg Holland turned into a 10-6 loss in 10 innings vs the Orioles.

WP - Josh Spence (1-0)
Save - Bobby Parnell (1)
LP - Greg Holland (0-2)

Spring Record - 3-8

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February 28th, 2018

Today was a good day for the Jays as they beat Oakland 8-0.

Billy Butler collected 3 RBI, including a 2-run homer.

Mikie Mahtook also had 3 RBI.

WP - Michael Jensen (1-1)
LP - Jesus Abreau (0-2)

Spring Record - 4-8

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March 2nd, 2018

The Jays had a pretty balanced showing as they beat the Racers 5-3.

WP - Mat Latos (2-0)
Save - Addison Reed (1)
LP - Neftali Feliz (1-1)

Spring Record - 5-8

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March 3rd, 2018

Yu Darvish led the four-pitcher shut out and three unlikely home runs led the offense as the Jays beat the White Sox 6-0.

The home runs came from Kyle Parker, Dawel Lugo and Deivi Grullon.

WP - Yu Darvish (1-1)
LP - Rick Porcello (0-1)

Spring Record - 6-8

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March 4th, 2018

Jose Fernandez pitched his first solid game of the spring and then Cornell Cramer retired the first 8 batters he face din relief as the Jays beat the Mariners 2-1.

WP - Jose Fernandez (1-2)
Save - Jonathan Waddell (2)
LP - Nick Vander Tuig (0-1)

Spring Record - 7-8

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March 5th, 2018

Lance McCullers struck out 5 in 5 scoreless innings and the bullpen did much the same as the Jays beat the Angels 6-0.

WP - Lance McCullers (2-1)
LP - Mark Rogers (1-1)

Spring Record - 8-8

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March 6th, 2018

Today the Jays dropped a spring game to the Yankees, 4-2.

Pablo Sandoval hit a home run.

WP - Jose Campos (2-0)
Save - Mickey Storey (8)
LP - Dvid Phelps (1-1)

Spring Record - 8-9