2020 Toronto Blue Jays season

The 2020 Toronto Blue Jays season is the 44th season of the Toronto Blue Jays franchise.

2020 Toronto Blue Jays
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Rogers, CEO Mark Shapiro
General manager(s)Ross Atkins
Manager(s)Charlie Montoyo
Local televisionSportsnet
Sportsnet One
(Buck Martinez, Pat Tabler, Dan Shulman)
Local radioBlue Jays Radio Network
Sportsnet 590 the FAN
(Ben Wagner, Mike Wilner, Kevin Barker)
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On March 12, 2020, MLB announced that because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the start of the regular season would be delayed by at least two weeks in addition to the remainder of spring training being cancelled.[1] Four days later, it was announced that the start of the season would be pushed back indefinitely due to the recommendation made by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to restrict events of more than 50 people for eight weeks.[2]

On June 23, commissioner Rob Manfred unilaterally implemented a 60-game season. Players will report to training camps on July 1 in order to resume spring training and prepare for a July 23 or 24 Opening Day.[3]

On July 18, the Canadian government denied approval for the Blue Jays to play their home games at Rogers Centre in Toronto, since the team is scheduled to play in areas of the United States hit hard by the coronavirus.[4] With the Blue Jays denied permission to play in Toronto, this will be the first season since 1968 (the year before the Montreal Expos were founded) to feature no regular season games played in Canada. After authorities in Pennsylvania rejected the Blue Jays' request to share PNC Park with the Pittsburgh Pirates, the Blue Jays struck an agreement to use Sahlen Field, home of their AAA affiliate Buffalo Bisons, for their home games. The first game in Buffalo is scheduled to be played August 11; the Jays' interim "home" games were scheduled to be played in their opponents' stadiums[5] (though some of these were later postponed). Under New York's coronavirus restrictions, all Blue Jays home games will be held without fans in attendance.[6] This will be the first major league baseball team to play its home games in Buffalo, New York since the Buffalo Blues of the Federal League ceased operations in 1915.

Offseason

October 2019

November 2019

  • On November 4, the Blue Jays acquired RHP Chase Anderson for 1B Chad Spanberger.[10] RHP Ryan Tepera was designated for assignment and Devon Travis was out righted to Triple-A.[11]
  • On November 7, Devon Travis became a free agent.[12]
  • On November 11, Ryan Tepera cleared waivers and became a free agent.[13]
  • On November 20, the Blue Jays designated RHP Justin Shafer for assignment and out righted RHP Tim Mayza to Triple-A. In corresponding moves, the Blue Jays purchased the contracts of RHP Thomas Hatch and 2B Santiago Espinal from the minors.[14]
  • On November 25, the Blue Jays traded Justin Shafer to the Cincinnati Reds for cash considerations.[15] The Jays also signed RHP A.J. Cole to a minor-league deal with an invitation to spring training.[16]

December 2019

January 2020

February 2020

June 2020

  • On June 30, the Blue Jays placed INF Brandon Drury, OF Jonathan Davis, and RHP Elvis Luciano and Hector Perez on the 10-day injured list, most likely due to either positive COVID-19 tests or potential exposure to the virus.[28]

July 2020

  • On July 2, the Blue Jays claimed INF Breyvic Valera off waivers and added him to the 60-man training camp roster, they also added RHP Bryan Baker, UTL Patrick Kivlehan, and OF Josh Palacios to the 60-man training camp list as the corresponding moves to the transactions on June 30.[29]

Spring training

The Blue Jays announced they would return to Montreal to finish their spring training for the seventh consecutive year. The opponents would have been the New York Yankees.[30] However, spring training games, including the aforementioned series in Montreal, were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[31] On June 23, MLB announced the resumption of spring training on July 1.[32]

Standings

American League East

American League East W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 156 0.714 9–1 6–5
Tampa Bay Rays 149 0.609 2 8–3 6–6
Baltimore Orioles 129 0.571 3 4–8 8–1
Toronto Blue Jays 711 0.389 2–3 5–8
Boston Red Sox 616 0.273 3–9 3–7

American League Wild Card

Division Leaders W L Pct.
Oakland Athletics 166 0.727
New York Yankees 156 0.714
Minnesota Twins 148 0.636


Division 2nd Place W L Pct.
Tampa Bay Rays 149 0.609
Cleveland Indians 139 0.591
Houston Astros 1110 0.524


Wild Card teams
(Top two qualify for postseason)
W L Pct. GB
Baltimore Orioles 129 0.571 +1½
Texas Rangers 1010 0.500
Chicago White Sox 1111 0.500
Detroit Tigers 910 0.474 ½
Kansas City Royals 913 0.409 2
Toronto Blue Jays 711 0.389 2
Los Angeles Angels 715 0.318 4
Seattle Mariners 716 0.304
Boston Red Sox 616 0.273 5

Records vs opponents

Record Games Left
OpponentHomeRoadTotalHomeRoadTotal
AL East
Baltimore Orioles7310
Boston Red Sox1–21–2347
New York Yankees7310
Tampa Bay Rays1–01–22–2246
Totals1–02–43–4191433
NL East
Atlanta Braves1–21–2
Miami Marlins1–11–122
New York Mets33
Philadelphia Phillies336
Washington Nationals0–22–02–2
Totals1–33–24–56511
Grand Totals 2–3 5–6 7–9 25 19 44
Month Games Won Lost Pct.
July734.429
August945.444
September
Totals1679.438

2020 draft

Round Pick Player Position College/School Nationality Signed
1 5 Austin Martin SS Vanderbilt July 8[33]
2 42 CJ Van Eyk RHP Florida State June 18[34]
3 77 Trent Palmer RHP Jacksonville June 18[34]
4 106 Nick Frasso RHP Loyola Marymount July 8[35]
5 136 Zach Britton OF Louisville June 18[36]

Regular season

Game log

Legend
Blue Jays win Blue Jays loss Game postponed
2020 Game Log: 7–10 (Home: 2–4; Away: 5–6)[37]
  1. Blue Jays "home" game held at (or scheduled for) opponent's ballpark due to ongoing preparations at Sahlen Field.[5]

Roster

Toronto Blue Jays roster
Active roster Player pool Coaches/Other

Pitchers
Starting rotation

Bullpen

Closer

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

45-day injured list


Restricted list

29 active, 32 player pool

7- or 10-day injured list
Suspended list
# Personal leave
* Not on 40-man roster
Roster and coaches updated August 16, 2020
TransactionsDepth chart

All MLB rosters

Statistics

Batting

(Updated as of August 14, 2020)

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB AVG Ref.
Anthony Alford10711000130.143[38]
Bo Bichette135911214051343.356[39]
Cavan Biggio16631113105939.206[40]
Brandon Drury102112000001.095[41]
Santiago Espinal51111000010.091[42]
Derek Fisher61203110003.250[43]
Randal Grichuk1243512001205.279[44]
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.1662615402506.242[45]
Lourdes Gurriel Jr.1558314301303.241[46]
Teoscar Hernandez166510194071322.292[47]
Danny Jansen123967102508.179[48]
Joe Panik82213000001.136[49]
Reese McGuire61512001100.133[50]
Billy McKinney1000000000.000[51]
Travis Shaw93438102405.235[52]
Rowdy Tellez1244710303905.227[53]

Pitching

(Updated as of August 14, 2020)

Player G GS W L SV ERA WHIP IP H R ER BB K Ref.
Chase Anderson110003.001.00311121[54]
Anthony Bass800033.380.75843324[55]
Ryan Borucki601000.000.676100313[56]
A. J. Cole701000.000.50820028[57]
Rafael Dolis800104.701.7072396447[58]
Wilmer Font7011014.733.00323106614[59]
Sam Gaviglio2001027.006.00133331[60]
Ken Giles2000110.803.0012312243[61]
Thomas Hatch410103.380.88833348[62]
Anthony Kay401001.930.9691362239[63]
Brian Moran200000.001.00110001[64]
Nate Pearson330005.111.4612139107911[65]
Tanner Roark331106.001.58121088910[66]
Jordan Romano901000.000.449100313[67]
Hyun-jin Ryu441104.051.25201699924[68]
Matt Shoemaker330104.861.02162312109512[69]
Trent Thornton110002.252.50481123[70]
Jacob Waguespack500002.351.8372384269[71]
Shun Yamaguchi400209.001.75436446[72]

Transactions

July

  • On July 26, optioned Billy McKinney to the team's alternate training site and activated Brandon Drury.[73]
  • On July 27, placed Ken Giles on the 10-day injured list, placed Travis Shaw on the bereavement list, activated Wilmer Font, and recalled Ryan Borucki from the team's alternate training site.[73]
  • On July 29, optioned Brian Moran to the team's alternate training site and selected the contract of Nate Pearson.[73]
  • On July 31, optioned Sam Gaviglio to the team's alternate training site.[73]

August

  • On August 2, optioned Jonathan Davis to the team's alternate training site.[74]
  • On August 3, activated Travis Shaw.[74]
  • On August 5, placed Derek Fisher on the 10-day injured list and recalled Billy McKinney.[74]
  • On August 6, optioned Santiago Espinal and Jacob Waguespack to the team's alternate training site, placed Trent Thornton on the 10-day injured list and recalled Jacob Waguespack from the team's alternate training site.[74]
  • On August 8, activated Chase Anderson and optioned Billy McKinney to the team's alternate training site[74]

Farm system

Due to the COVID–19 pandemic, Major League Baseball announced the cancellation of the entire Minor League Baseball season on June 30.[75]

Notes

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