On Tuesday, the Toronto Blue Jays announced that they have traded reliever David Phelps to the Chicago Cubs and that Canadian Dalton Pompey (Mississauga, Ont.) has cleared waivers and has been assigned to triple-A Buffalo.
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Coming over from the New York Mets to the Blue Jays for RHP Marcus Stroman are two strikeout artists: Baseball America’s No. 4 ranked prospect in the Mets system Anthony Kay, of Stoney Brook, NY and their No. 6 ranked Simeon Woods-Richardson of Sugar Land, Tex. The Jays obtained the Mets’ top two pitching prospects according to the highly-respected Baseball America.
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With an active roster that held 23 players when the team touched down in Kansas City late last night, the Toronto Blue Jays have called up both INF Bo Bichette and LHP Thomas Pannone ahead of their game against the Royals on Monday.
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With Major League Baseball's trade deadline looming, the Toronto Blue Jays completed a pair of transactions on Sunday, sending RHP Marcus Stroman to the New York Mets in exchange for RHP Simeon Woods-Richardson, LHP Anthony Kay and cash, while also trading UTL Eric Sogard to the Tampa Bay Rays for a pair of players to be named later.
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According to multiple reports, the Toronto Blue Jays have dealt Marcus Stroman to the New York Mets. Per The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal, the Blue Jays will receive pitching prospects Anthony Kay and Simeon Woods-Richardson in return. Baseball America ranks Kay as the fourth-best prospect in the Mets organization and Richardson as the sixth-best.
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The Toronto Blue Jays have acquired two players to be named later from the Tampa Bay Rays in exchange for INF Eric Sogard.
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Marcus Stroman likely threw his last pitch as a Toronto Blue Jay Wednesday night in the Jays’ 4-0 loss to the Cleveland Indians. Canadian Baseball Network writer Michael DiStefano looks at what could be next for Stroman with the trade deadline fast approaching, and what another team can expect from the 28-year-old hurler down the stretch.
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Canadian Baseball Network editor in chief Bob Elliott caught up with Roy Halladay’s sister who visited Rogers Centre on Monday. Halladay’s sister, Merinda, has many fond memories of his Hall of Famer brother, including how competitive he was — whether it was shooting hoops, throwing tennis balls or playing Nintendo.
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Dalton Pompey (Mississauga, Ont.) was activated by the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday and designated for assignment.
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A collection of Roy Halladay stories the Canadian Baseball Network has posted.
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Canadian Baseball Network editor-in-chief Bob Elliott shares a Toronto Blue Jays’ scouting report on Roy Halladay from April 27, 1995.
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Canadian Baseball Network editor-in-chief Bob Elliott shares some of his memories and Orlando Hudson’s memories of Roy Halladay ahead of the former Toronto Blue Jays ace’s induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday.
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Canadian Baseball Network contributor Cam Black-Araujo writes about how the Toronto Blue Jays’ decision to raise what they pay their minor leaguers by roughly 50 per cent has benefitted the players.
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Devon Teeple, of The GM’s Perspective, writes that former Toronto Blue Jays’ first-round pick Travis Snider is having an excellent season with the Arizona Diamondbacks’ triple-A Reno Aces.
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The Toronto Blue Jays have called up right-hander Jacob Waguespack from the triple-A Buffalo Bisons and have sent righty Sean-Reid Foley down.
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Canadian Baseball Network contributor Cole Shelton writes that the Toronto Blue Jays’ decision to sign shortstop Freddy Galvis has proven to be one of their best off-season moves.
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Ontario Blue Jays and Junior National Team alum Dasan Brown (Oakville, Ont.) has signed with the Toronto Blue Jays after being drafted by them in the third round of the 2019 MLB Draft.
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Jay Blue, from Blue Jays from Away, reports that right-hander Nate Pearson was the only Toronto Blue Jay minor leaguer to be named to the MLB Futures Game, to be held on July 7 in Cleveland, the day before the MLB All-Star Game.
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The Toronto Blue Jays activated first baseman Justin Smoak from the 10-day injured list on Friday and sent Billy McKinney down to triple-A Buffalo.
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Jordan Romano knows that baseball is a game of inches. Over the weekend, he was reminded that it’s a numbers game too. A slight adjustment to his mechanics helped the relief pitcher from Markham, Ont. add several miles per hour to his fastball, ushering in a dominant stretch at triple-A Buffalo that led to his promotion to the major leagues on June 12. And it was a roster crunch that resulted in Romano’s demotion 11 days later, despite impressing his manager and the Blue Jays front office during his brief but memorable stint with Toronto.
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