The Chicago Cubs have found the frontline starter they spent all July searching for. Per Jeff Passan of ESPN, the Cubs are acquiring right-hander Kevin Gausman in a trade with the Toronto Blue Jays.
"The Cubs have sought a playoff-caliber starting pitcher all deadline, and now they've landed one," Passan reported. Ken Rosenthal and Mitch Bannon were first on the news.
The Blue Jays are acquiring Ty Southiesene (#21 prospect) and Brett Bateman (#13 prospect) in return.
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Less than a year after winning the American League pennant, the Toronto Blue Jays are going into selling mode ahead of the MLB trade deadline.
The Blue Jays cut ties with a pitcher who won 53 games over the previous five seasons
Toronto Blue Jays manager John Schneider dropped an honest quote regarding George Springer after losing to the St. Louis Cardinals.
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The Los Angeles Dodgers got their man, and he was the one player they were ready to aggressively target before Monday's trade deadline.
Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher Max Scherzer offered blunt comments about the team ahead of Monday’s MLB trade deadline. After losing 5-1 to the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday afternoon, the Blue Jays are now 52-60 on the season. They are 13.5 GB of the Tampa Bay Rays for the American League East crown, and […]
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On Sunday, the Chicago Cubs finished their series with the New York Yankees at Wrigley Field.The Cubs lost by a score of 2-1 (and dropped two out of three games in the series).Chicago Cubs Make Trade With Blue JaysDuring Sunday’s game, news came out that the Cubs had made a trade with the Toronto Blue […]
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Whether it be the Blue Jays preparing for a Kevin Gausman trade, or the Houston Astros trying and failing to add Tarik Skubal, the MLB trade deadline is in full force.
Cardinals 5 Blue Jays 1 Well….it was a close game until the top of the ninth. Tie game, Louis Varland comes in. He’s been so good, I’m already thinking about the bottom of the inning. Well, he wasn’t ‘so good’ today. His inning went: Max Scherzer was terrific. 6 innings, 4 hits, 1 earned, 1 […]
To say that Matthew Liberatore has struggled this season is to state the obvious. But, he tossed one of the best games of his career Sunday in Toronto as he completely shut the defending AL Champion Blue Jays down for 6 innings outdueling the Blue Jays Max Scherzer in the process. The Cardinals offense would […]
The Toronto Blue Jays have made a deal on the day before the MLB Trade Deadline, bringing on board a distressed asset in starting pitcher Jameson Taillon. OFFICIAL: We’ve acquired RHP Jameson Taillon 🇨🇦 and cash considerations from the Cubs in exchange for a player to be named later or cash considerations. Welcome to Canada’s Team 🍁 pic.twitter.com/zD5DtOkVlG — Toronto Blue Jays (@BlueJays) August 2, 2026 Taillon was designated for assignment by the Chicago Cubs last week, and the Jays h...
Earlier this week, the Cubs designated right-handed starter Jameson Taillon for assignment. Today, they completed a trade that sends Taillon to the Toronto Blue Jays for cash considerations or a player to be named later. Taillon signed a four-year, $68 million free agent deal with the Cubs before the 2023 season. He struggled in his […]
A few days after designating Jameson Taillon for assignment, the Cubs have traded him to the Blue Jays for either a player to be named later or cash considerations. It’s hard to imagine much coming of this, other than Taillon maybe getting a chance to rebuild a little value heading into free agency. The Jays …
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The Toronto Blue Jays have acquired a 10-year MLB veteran starting pitcher from the Chicago Cubs, the team announced.
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The Blue Jays have acquired Jameson Taillon from the Cubs, the team announced. Utility player Lenyn Sosa is moving to the 60-day IL to make room for the right-hander on the 40-man roster (per Sportsnet’s Shi Davidi). Toronto will send cash considerations or a player to be named later back to Chicago. The Athletic’s Mitch […]
The 34-year-old is a veteran of 10 MLB seasons
The Toronto Blue Jays made an intriguing move involving a young pitcher ahead of the August 3 MLB Trade Deadline.Toronto is expected to be sellers ahead of the deadline and could trade away some impact pitchers like Kevin Gausman, Shane Bieber, and Max Scherzer. Ahead of the trade deadline, the Blue Jays surprisingly promoted Jack […]
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Game #112 We have baseball to watch, while we wait for trade news. We can be on hug watch if nothing else. A three game win streak shouldn’t excite us so much, but we haven’t won three in a row since….well, early in July. I thought it would be longer. But if we win four […]
The St. Louis Cardinals wrap up their brief road trip to the Great White North Sunday as it’s game 3 against the Toronto Blue Jays. Matthew Liberatore will start for the Cardinals and he’ll compete with University of Mizzou alum Max Scherzer who gets the ball for the Blue Jays. First pitch is set for […]
We are about 31 hours short of the trade deadline and the Jays haven’t made a move yet. I’m expecting trades, but I will be sad to see guys leaving the team. I’ve been putting off hitting publish hoping something comes up. The Jays have been too quiet, there aren’t any rumors or anything at […]
On Sunday, the Toronto Blue Jays will finish their series with the St. Louis Cardinals (at home) in Canada.They are looking to go for the sweep after winning the first two games.Most recently, the Blue Jays won by a score of 5-1 on Saturday.Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (who started at first base) finished with two hits […]
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Former Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Eric Lauer is thriving with the Los Angeles Dodgers following an early-season trade.On May 17, the Blue Jays traded Lauer to the Dodgers for cash. Since Los Angeles acquired him, Lauer has completely turned his season around.With the Blue Jays, Lauer was 1-5 and had a 6.69 ERA in eight […]
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Little hope remains for the Toronto Blue Jays to make the playoffs this year. With more than two-thirds of the season complete, the Blue Jays (52-59) sit in last place in the AL East and could become sellers at the trade deadline. That means time may be running out in Toronto for several players on […]
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On Saturday, the Toronto Blue Jays continued their series with the St. Louis Cardinals (at home) in Canada.They won by a score of 5-1.Kevin Gausman went 5.2 innings (and allowed just one run).Arden Zwelling of Sportsnet wrote: “Kevin Gausman says he’s had dialogue with the Blue Jays front office about what could happen at the […]
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During the series against the Cardinals, Toronto Blue Jays star George Spring dropped an honest quote as the trade deadline nears.
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