#toronto-blue-jays

#toronto-blue-jays

O'Hearn was an eighth-round draft choice of the Kansas City Royals in 2014, and he made his MLB debut on July 31st, 2018. He fared well in his first taste of major league action and finished the year batting .262 with 10 doubles, 12 homers, 30 RBI, and a .950 OPS. He was seen as a potential core piece for the rebuilding Royals.

According to the Fangraphs depth chart, the Blue Jays rank lower in shortstop ( 21st), centre field (18th), left field (16th), second base (15th) and third base (12th) this offseason, indicating that the team will have to bring in players who can boost their rankings to the top half by spring training, ideally. The depth chart reaffirms that not having an all-star like Bo Bichette has left a massive dent in Toronto's roster, proving that the Blue Jays can't remain complacent in bidding for well-rounded players.

Myles Straw may be suited for a role as a Major League Baseball General Manager when his playing days are over. The Toronto Blue Jays outfielder is putting in the work this offseason by trying to make the team better and he's doing it in ways that's catching the attention of many Blue Jays fans online. Over the weekend Straw was playing the role of "active recruiter" as he was trying to entice one of the biggest names on the market to join the Blue Jays.

The final date that teams can add internal players to the roster to protect them from the Rule 5 Draft is set for November 18th, just a few days away. Last year, Toronto decided to protect nobody and selected Angel Bastardo, who spent the entire season on the IL while he rehabbed from Tommy John surgery. The only casualty from the Jays' side was Garrett Spain, who was taken in the Minor League portion by the Milwaukee Brewers.

The Blue Jays' catching depth isn't quite as deep as it used to be after trading away Danny Jansen and Gabriel Moreno over the course of past few seasons. That bet ended up paying off for Toronto as the team saw its heights with a catching tandem of Alejandro Kirk and Tyler Heineman in 2025. Both catchers played well, but a large part of the Blue Jays' success on the catching side came from Kirk excellently executing every aspect of his position, from framing to offence. The fact that the Blue Jays always put Kirk in the lineup for almost the entirety of the 2025 postseason run was a testament to their faith in the main catcher.

Scouts are comparing Imai to Kodai Senga, who signed with the Mets for five years and $75 million prior to the 2023 season. Senga was an All-Star in his first year in MLB but has dealt with injuries on and off for the last two seasons. When he's been healthy, he's been very good, as he's been worth 6.7 bWAR with a 3.00 ERA, 320 strikeouts and 285 innings pitched in 52 games.

Still, the Blue Jays are certainly in the market for a high-leverage reliever, with Seranthony Domínguez reaching free agency. There'd be immense upside by signing Díaz, who's coming off another sensational performance in 2025, where he logged 28 saves in 31 attempts and pitched to a dominant 1.63 ERA (second-lowest among qualified major-league relievers) as well as a 2.28 FIP, striking out 38 per cent of his batters faced (second-highest among MLB relievers).

Another day, another awards snub. That's how the offseason has gone so far for the Toronto Blue Jays. First Ernie Clement and Alejandro Kirk were robbed of the catcher gold glove awards. And the Blue Jays as a team should have taken home that trophy as well. Now John Schneider was robbed of Manager of the Year as it was revealed he lost to Stephen Vogt of the Cleveland Guardians.

And not just for next season, but two, three, four (you see where this is going) years from now, too. The current rotation for 2026 includes Kevin Gausman, Shane Bieber, Trey Yesavage, José Berríos and Eric Lauer. But there isn't much certainty in terms of dependable depth beyond that starting five, with the likes of Bowden Francis, Adam Macko, Lazaro Estrada and Easton Lucas already on Toronto's 40-man roster as options.

"The first time in 32 years, I was hoping it would end like that this past World Series. I was ready to give up my crown, I really was. I was ready to relinquish it. I had held it for 32 years ... man, it was this close, this close," Carter said.

It's been just under a week since Shane Bieber decided he wanted to have a second shot at winning in Toronto and exercised his contract option to remain with the Blue Jays in 2026. The $16 million deal will get the 30-year-old through the 2027 season on a team friendly deal, in the hopes that he can cash in big time the following year.

The Major League Baseball season has been over for more than a week. Falling short in Game 7, the Toronto Blue Jays will surely go big in free agency. They need a pitcher, another bat, and a handful of relievers. More importantly, they need to re-sign Bo Bichette for the cornerstone shortstop (or second baseman) to remain a Blue Jay for life.

For the current offseason, the Toronto Blue Jays likely have pitching as their primary need with hopes to bolster their roster for the 2026 MLB season. Their starting pitching got some much-needed reassurance when former Cy Young Shane Bieber opted in to stay with the Blue Jays for the upcoming year. While they continue to search for another rotation arm, Toronto is also looking to strengthen their bullpen as well.

Hockey will be Canada's sport forever, but the Toronto Blue Jays have helped raise baseball's popularity in the country, evidenced by their World Series run in 2025. Coincidentally, an exposé on the Montreal Expos aired on Netflix at the end of October to rave reviews. Gonna watch this on Netflix eighty kajillion times during the off-season pic.twitter.com/YncNuukHQa- Montreal Expos (@Montreal_Expos) November 2, 2025

Many of these players reach free agency once their sixth full season in the minors is complete and they haven't been added to a 40-man roster - many of these players were drafted/signed around 2019. Others are heading back to the open market after signing MiLB deals, which run only for the course of that year. These players have already been released from other organizations or their original deals.

In recent news, MLB insider Jon Morosi indicated that the Los Angeles Angels are willing to listen to trade offers for two of their top sluggers. Those two intriguing players happen to be outfielders Taylor Ward and Jo Adell. For an organization that already hadn't had a sniff of the postseason for over a decade, it is quite surprising that they would want to deal two of their best offensive players while leaving their face of the franchise Mike Trout all alone to fight for the team.