Blue Jays make NEW trade... Multiple HUGE Updates | Toronto Blue Jays News

Some big news to go over today, folks. The Toronto Blue Jays have made a new trade as they have officially traded former prospect and former shortstop, Leo Jimenez, We're going to break down the trade and discuss who they got back in return. But not only that, we have a ton of updates to go over today, including some injury stuff, some comments from the players following an electric weekend as they swept the Athletics. And now look ahead to the series starting tonight against the Rockies, folks. You want to stay tuned to the very end of the video because there is a lot of intriguing stats that people aren't talking about that we took from this weekend. to break down on this episode for you all but before we get into it if you're part of the percentage who aren't subscribed to the channel this is the place to be for daily Jays content now folks i didn't have a video post game yesterday but the Jays did exactly what the Jays do i of course watched the entire game and it was very very fun and the team is just on fire right now it is three games but it's time for overreactions but then later last night we got a report from Ben Nichols and Smith that started with sources Blue Jays and the Marlins have agreed to a trade that will send Leo Jimenez to Miami and then about a little bit later per Francis Romero on Twitter of course we know Francis Romero the return going to the Blue Jays for Leo Jimenez is double-A and 250,000 in international bonus pool money now they were going to trade Leo Jimenez right obviously his options he didn't have any options so they were going to move off of him and then ultimately the question was are they going to DFA him or trade him and they ultimately traded him and got a uh i guess an interesting prospect back i'm going to dive into Dubbleed a good bit here but first i do want to dive into Leo Jimenez now people are talking about how this is the Adolfo Lopez situation all over again where the Jays had a prospect who was out of options i believe Adolfo Lopez was out of options at the time correct me down below if i'm wrong but ultimately they ultimately traded him and Adolfo Lopez has kind of shined with the Marlins he hasn't been a leap but he's been pretty darn good and good for team Canada and of course played in the WBC for Canada this one is i don't think we're going to be too too uh leo jimenez he was between him and Davis Schneider to make the team once they picked Davis it was clear that they are you know obviously at Leo Jimenez time was up in Toronto but he is a patient third baseman with a knack for pulling the ball he was a ninth round pick a couple years ago and has produced an above average rate throughout his career good for 124 wRC plus in the minors he has limited power upside so this isn't a prospect that is going to completely you know change much at the end of the day here it is good to be able to get a younger player back now he's 24 years old i believe i may made that up 23 years old so he's 23 years old of course was drafted in 2024 so he's not super young but replacing a good solid prospect at times in Leo Jimenez with another prospect that you know that's potential right you never really know a bit of a lottery ticket is pretty cool right it's fairly exciting now at the same time we look at kind of what the team you know what the team needs right now this isn't a massive trade but something to keep an eye out from it is of course going to be that it is some more infield depth philosophy that the prospect system with the Leo Jimenez being gone or at least they were going to but he is an infielder so you can see here again put up 124 wRC plus last season while playing serviceable corner infield the walk rate is huge but there's not power he's 22 so i said 23 so he's 22 and he already hit triple A who knows who knows is right and ultimately here folks he you can have a look at his stats obviously put up .853 OPS in the Florida Complex League and rookie ball this year like he has some upside right he's hit at the minor league level he's had up and down seasons he's not going to be someone who hits for any power two home runs in his what three or four year career but he's a guy who maybe they use in the future going forward if they need infield depth and that's the biggest piece here they got an infielder or someone at least who can play infield back and you replace that in Leo Jimenez though i do think Leo Jimenez is probably a better prospect ultimately you trade for a guy who's out of options for a guy who has options let me know down below what your thoughts are not a huge trade but a new trade and one that we do want to cover because of course Leo Jimenez he was pretty darn close to making the team we saw him last year struggled obviously at the major league level struggled in spring training and just wasn't quite able to put it together even in that brutal 2024 season finished with the .686 OPS that was really his biggest tryout Keegan Matheson was on my channel i think a couple years ago saying he's one of the key guys to watch for a breakout he kind of almost had it at times in 2024 ultimately never got it to play a heck of a shortstop but he didn't uh it won't be with Toronto and we'll see if he's Otto Lopez v2 for the Marlins or if he remains kind of a uh you know the fringe MLB player but speaking of this team and non-fringe MLB players i want to start with the stats surrounding Dylan Cease now you can see this right here he already has a zero and you're reading this right a 0.4 fWAR after just one start as a member of the Jays which is more value than the often Scherzer Bieber You Savage and Bautin Francis combined in 2025 Bautin got 14 starts last year pitched to a 6.05 ERA right now i do want to clarify like Scherzer Bieber didn't get a ton of starts You Savage like he obviously earned more than this 0.4 so it's a bit disingenuous to compare those two or those I guess those what is it four yeah those four but Dylan Cease did put up a 0.4 FIP in his first game now in the same vein it's one start right if he has a bad next start that instantly goes back down to zero negative right but at the same time it goes to show and highlight how darn good this team truly is and You could have had all the predictions in the world. I'll bring back up my standings predictions from before the season. I had the Jays finishing first in the AL East. I'm going to keep these up here as receipts, but I had Dylan Cease at a 2.95 ERA. I was as high on Dylan Cease as anyone approaching this season or heading into this season. He just looked incredible. And for him to already accumulate that much of an effort is crucial, especially when you have rotation all of a sudden that you pair with Eric Lauer, who looked really good. They have like eight starters, or they will soon. That can, you know, start. Are they going to have the first eight-man rotation in the major leagues? Obviously, jokes aside, they won't. We can even see this here. Eric Lauer continued the Jays' strong stretch of starters to insane strong stretch of starters to start. That's insane. Strong stretch of starters to start the season with nine Ks and 5.1 innings pitched. Shout out to TJ Stats there. He had a hell of a start, and he was able to keep the Oakland Athletics bats, I guess not the Oakland Athletics, the Athletics bats in order. And that was something that heading into this series, like the Athletics are supposed to be very, very good offensively. I think they will be a very good offensive team. The bats always take a little bit longer and trail behind the pitchers. But the Jays were able to neutralize it thoroughly, folks, neutralize it absolutely thoroughly. And they did so through a very, you know, variety of ways. But looking at this screenshot here from Baseball Savant, look at Statcast. Look at the exit velocities. And when we saw Jesus Sanchez get a green light on 3-0 with Vladimir Guerrero Jr. on deck, that's how much they trust Jesus Sanchez. he crushed a ball. Springer was crushing balls, even though, of course, he had the first pitch home run yesterday, but he also had a line out. Tyler Heineman, they're getting production from their 7-8-9 hitters, and now you get Barger, hopefully, and Vladdy getting fully going. The team is in a very, very good position, folks, a very good position, and it's one that you can't really understate here, especially with how good they have been. Now, John Schneider spoke on Blue Jays pitcher striking out 50 in this series to go back on the topic about how good the starters have been? I think Pete Walker has a clause in his contract that may have just escalated or triggered. And he's obviously joking. I'm not joking in the sense of like, this is the best rotation I may have, at least to start the season on paper ever seen in my lifetime as a Jays fan. And even Kazuma Okamoto, Kazuma Okamoto, he said via his interpreter, Vladdy is a guy I really look up to. He's been teaching me a lot. He's taking me under his wing. It's been awesome so far. We saw Kazuma hit a absolute, not even a moonshot, like an effortless opposite field home run. The team is just deep they're incredible and obviously over there in New York they're booing Bo Bichette already Bo is going to find his stroke right that was never the question but with more and more playing time that we're seeing now from Andres Jimenez playing short Kazuma Okamoto playing third you can kind of see the vision about why they were maybe hesitant to give Bo Bichette that big contract they got Kazuma Okamoto and man what an exciting time to be a Jays fan we even say Jesus Sanchez in his first start crush a ball you can see here from Zach Marshall credit to whoever gave Jesus Sanchez the green light 3-0 with Vlad on deck want to build a player's confidence this is how you do it and Jesus Sanchez is a player who probably didn't have a ton of confidence going into this season before being traded to Blue Jays struggle for the past that year and plus now he's a Jay things are right things feel great folks another game tonight hope you guys all enjoyed stay tuned for more