TRADE

To NATIONALS

Emmanuel Bonilla
Brandon Barriera
Leo Jimenez
Jerry Huntzinger

To BLUE JAYS

Lane Thomas
Miguel Aparicio
Trey Lipscomb
Jacob Young
Wander Arias

Thomas joins the Jays.

Alejandro Kirk is sent to Buffalo.

April 13th, 2024

Kevin Gausman pitched the Jays to a 6-2 win over the Rockies.

He struck out ten in 6.2 innings.

Davis Schneider homered for Toronto.

WP - Kevin Gausman (1-1)
Save - Alek Manoah (1)
LP - Kyle Freeland (0-1)

Record - 8-6

April 14th, 2024

George Springer went 3 for 4 with a home run and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. singled home Kevin Kiermaier in the 9th to give the Jays a walk-off, 4-3 win over the Rockies.

Davis Schneider also hit his AL leading 6th home run.

The bad news was Chris Bassitt leaving with elbow pain in the 2nd inning.

WP - Jordan Romano (2-0)
LP - Jalen Beeks (0-1)

Record - 9-6

April 15th, 2024

The Rockies threatened but the Jays managed to hold them off for a 9-6 win and a series sweep.

Danny Jansen hit a grand slam. Bo Bichette also homered.

WP - Chad Green (2-0)
Save - Yimi Garcia (6)
LP - Bryse Wilson (1-1)

Record - 10-6

Players of the Week: Josh Jung, Rangers & Jazz Chisholm, Marlins

The Jays have climbed to #5 on the Weekly Power Rankings.

The trail the Orioles in the division by 1.5 games.

Oh my. Chris Bassitt has a stretched elbow ligament. Surgery time.

He is out for the next year.

Ricky Tiedemann is being called up. He hasn't blown the doors off in AAA. We'll see.

April 16th, 2023

Jose Berrios pitched six scoreless in kings, leading the Jays to a 6-1 win over the Yankees.

That is six wins in a row for Toronto.

Danny Jansen and George Springer homered for the Jays.

WP - Jose Berrios (2-1)
LP - Eric Jokisch (1-2)

Record - 11-6

April 17th, 2024

The Jays took advantage of a couple of Yankee errors to beat them, 6-3.

Danny Jansen homered for the third straight day.

That is seven wins in a row for Toronto and nine losses in a row for New York.

WP - Brenden Little (2-0)
Save - Tim Mayza (1)
LP - Carlos Rodon (1-2)

Record - 12-6

Juan Hillman signed a minor league contract.

April 18th, 2024

The Toronto winning streak and the New York losing streak both ended as the Yankees beat the Blue Jays, 6-1.

WP - Marcus Stroman (3-0)
LP - Kevin Gausman (1-2)

Record - 12-7

The Jay trail the Orioles by 1.5 games for the AL East lead.

TRADE

To MARINERS

Avisail Garcia (TOR retains 25% of salary)
T.J. Brock
Juaron Watts-Brown
Sebastian Espino
Tucker Toman

To BLUE JAYS

Sam Haggerty
Dawel Joseph
Kelvin Alcantara
Blake Hunt
Elijah Dale

Ernie Clement is called up from Buffalo.

April 20th, 2024

Bowden Francis got behind early but never gave up and allowed the Jays to come back and beat the Padres, 3-2.

Bo Bichette homered for Toronto.

WP - Chad Green (3-0)
Save - Yimi Garcia (7)
LP - Ryan Borucki (1-1)

Record - 13-7

Austin Cox signed a minor league deal.

April 21st, 2024

Led by Daniel Vogelbach's monster home run, the Jays came from behind again and beat the Padres, 8-7.

George Springer and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. also went deep for Toronto.

Kevin Kiermeier left the game but it seems like he will not need IL time.

WP - Jordan Romano (3-0)
Save - Yimi Garcia (8)
LP - Woo-suk Go (2-1)

Record - 14-7

April 22nd, 2024

Vaunted prospect, Ricky Tiedemann, made his debut. It did not go well.

He gave up seven runs in 2.1 innings.

The Padres beat the Jays, 9-3

WP - Michael King (1-2)
LP - Rick Tiedemann (0-1)

Record - 14-8

Jose Altuve, Astros & Matt Olson, Braves were named Players of the Week

The Blue Jays climbed to #3 on the Weekly Power Rankings - the highest AL team.

April 23rd, 2024

The Jays lost a close one, falling 3-2 to the Royals.

Justin Turner hit his 4th homer of the season.

WP - Michael Wacha (3-1)
Save - Will Smith (8)
LP - Kevin Gausman (1-3)

Record - 14-9

April 24th, 2024

After a close loss yesterday, the Blue Jays were crushed today.

The Royals beat them, 8-0.

WP - Alec Marsh (1-1)
LP - Yusei Kikuchi (1-2)

Record - 14-10

April 25th, 2024

One rough inning will do it as the Royals beat the Blue Jays, 7-5.

Vladimir Guerrero Jr hit home run #4.

WP - Angel Zerpa (1-0)
Save - Will Smith (9)
LP - Bowden Francis (0-2)

Record - 14-11

TRADE

To ATHLETICS

Damiano Palmegiani
Adam Macko
Eric Pardinho

To BLUE JAYS

Seth Brown (OAK retains small piece of contract)
Henry Bolte
Hunter Breault
Jeremy Denaud
Moises Castillo

Brown joins the Jays.

Ernie Clement is sent back to Buffalo.