2019 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)

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

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Major off-season additions

Dylan Bundy
Manny Machado
Bruce Maxwell
John Danks
Steve Lombardozzi
Vincent Tate

Major off-season losses

Lance McCullers
Mikie Mahtook
Danny Espinosa
C.J. Wilson
Zach Britton
Tom Murphy
Ryan Jackson
Jhonny Peralta
Alex Gordon
Barrett Barnes
Brian Ruah
Wilson Ramos
Justin Masterson

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February 16th, 2019

A great start as Mat Latos allowed only 2 hits in 5 scoreless innings as the Jays beat the Tigers 5-0.

Mason Williams hit Toronto's first spring home run.

WP - Mat Latos (1-0)
LP - Casey Mulholland (0-1)

Spring Record - 1-0

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February 17th, 2019

The first spring start for Jose Fernandez was disastrous. He gave up 9 runs in 5 innings as the Jays fell to the Twins 12-4.

Carlos Rodriguez hit his first spring homer.

WP - Francisco Liriano (1-0)
LP - Jose Fernandez (0-1)

Spring Record - (1-1)

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February 18th, 2019

Dylan Bundy's first spring start did not go as planned as the Jays fell to the Angels 6-2.

Nick Longhi was ejected from the game after arguing with the umpire and has been suspended for three games.

WP - Yovani Gallardo (1-0)
LP - Dylan Bundy (0-1)

Spring Record - 1-2

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February 19th, 2018

Jon Lester pitched 5 scoreless innings, allowing only 2 hits, and then the bullpen matched his feat as the Jays beat the Royals 8-0.

WP - Jon Lester (1-0)
LP - Stefan Crichton (0-1)

Spring Record - 2-2

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February 20th, 2019

It took 10 innings but the Jays beat the A's 6-4.

WP - Tim Collins (1-0)
Save - Charles Basford (1)
LP - Jody Matthews (0-1)

Spring Record - 3-2

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February 21st, 2019

Andrew Mitchell had to leave the game after 2 innings with an injury but the Jays bullpen shut the Mariners down the rest of the way while Toronto started mashing, to the tune of 12-2.

Rio Ruiz hit a grand slam. Joey DeMichele and Bruce Maxwell also hit balls out.

WP - Lucas Sims (1-0)
LP - Dominic Leone (0-1)

Spring Record - 4-2

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February 22nd, 2019

Daryl Cantrell's hopes at cracking the big league rotation were dealt a blow today as he got beat- up by the Rays. The Jays fell 9-4.

Pablo Sandoval is finally showing signs of getting going, including his first spring hit followed by his first spring home run.

Marcus Lewis left the game with injury but he is only expected to sit for a couple of games.

WP - Matt Moore (1-0)
LP - Daryl Cantrell (0-1)

Spring Record - 4-3

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February 23rd, 2019

Cory Luebke has to be considered a longshot to make the Jays' rotation but he sure made case today, pitching 5 scoreless innings as the Jays beat the Red Sox 3-0.

Jason Heyward hit his first spring home run.

WP - Cory Luebke (1-0)
Save - Louis Coleman (1)
LP - Gavin Floyd (1-1)

Spring Record - 5-3

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February 24th, 2019

The Jays fell just short in their comeback bid, losing 5-4 to the Astros.

WP - Tommy Milone (2-0)
Save - Brian Holmes (1)
LP - Allan Taylor (0-1)

Spring Record - 5-4

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First Round of Spring Cuts. There are some surprises. Some rookies are getting second looks and some vets are finding that nothing is guaranteed.

First off... BIG TRADE

To ANGELS

Jose Fernandez
Jeremy Hefner
Junior Salazar
Thatcher Blennerhassett

To BLUE JAYS

Derek Dietrich
Noel Massey
Preston Kane
Jose Martinez
Miguel Perez

But that is not all... after trading away one of our franchise pitchers, how about our big off-season acquisition?

TRADE

To PIRATES

Manny Machado

To BLUE JAYS

Andrew McCutchen
Eli Jones
Vaughan White
David Morrow

Sent to AAA:

Daryl Cantrell
Vincent Tate
Nick Longhi
Jenner Emeterio


Released:

Ryan Flaherty

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February 25th, 2019

The Racers came back to score 3 in the last two frames, beating the Jays 4-3.

Pablo Sandoval hit his 2nd spring homer.

WP - Chase DeJong (1-0)
LP - Jim Hayes (0-1)

Spring Record - 5-5

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February 26th, 2019

Dylan Bundy bounced back in his second spring start, leading the Jays to a 4-0 win over Cleveland.

Carlos Rodriguez left the game with an undisclosed injury.

WP - Dylan Bundy (1-1)
LP - Pat Moore (1-1)

Spring Record - 6-5

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February 27th, 2019

Albern Wilson hit two home runs and knocked in 7 runs, but the Jays still fell to the Orioles 10-9 in 11 innings.

WP - Brandon Kline (1-0)
LP - Marcus Stroman (0-1)

Spring Record - 6-6

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Carlos Rodriguez is heading to the DL with a fractured wrist. He is expected to miss about 5 weeks,

Called up from minor league camp: Sixto Rodriguez

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March 1st, 2019

John Danks got roughed up and the Jays fell to the White Sox 7-3.

Pablo Sandoval hit his 3rd spring home run.

WP - Chris Sale (1-2)
LP - John Danks (0-1)

Spring Record - 6-7

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March 2nd, 2019

The Jays battered Texas today, beating them 11-4.

Sixto Rodriguez collected 2 hits and a walk in 3 plate appearances. Pablo Sandoval hit a 3-run blast in his only at-bat.

WP - Allan Taylor (1-1)
LP - Jordan Zimmermann (0-1)

Spring Record - 7-7

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March 3rd, 2019

After having to leave his first start after only 2 innings due to a physical problem, Andrew Mitchell bounced back with 5 innings of 1-hit ball as the Jays beat the Yankees 5-0.

Michael Antonio and Sixto Rodriguez both hit home runs.

WP - Andrew Mitchell (1-0)
LP - Phil Hughes (0-3)

Spring Record - 8-7

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March 4th, 2019

The Toronto bats were booming today as they smacked down the Tigers 13-3.

Cory Luebke pitched 4 solid innings but had to leave with a back problem that will likely send him to the D.L.

Joey DeMichele went 3 for 4 with a home run. Derek Dietrich, Albern Wilson and Bruce Maxwell had home runs as well.

WP - Cory Luebke (2-0)
LP - Tamoaki Samurakami (1-1)

Spring Record - 9-7