2024 Toronto Blue Jays | ||
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League | American League | |
Division | East | |
Ballpark | Rogers Centre | |
City | Toronto, Ontario | |
Record | 24–29 (.453) | |
Owners | Rogers, CEO Mark Shapiro | |
General managers | Ross Atkins | |
Managers | John Schneider | |
Television | Sportsnet Sportsnet One | |
Radio | Blue Jays Radio Network Sportsnet 590 the FAN | |
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The 2024 Toronto Blue Jays season is the franchise's 48th season in Major League Baseball, and 33rd full season (35th overall) at Rogers Centre.
The 2023 Blue Jays finished third in the AL East, behind the Tampa Bay Rays and the Baltimore Orioles, with an 89-73 (.549). They qualified for the postseason, but lost in two games in the Wild Card Series to the Minnesota Twins in Minnesota.
AL East | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Yankees | 37 | 18 | 0.673 | — | 18–8 | 19–10 |
Baltimore Orioles | 34 | 18 | 0.654 | 1½ | 18–10 | 16–8 |
Boston Red Sox | 27 | 27 | 0.500 | 9½ | 11–15 | 16–12 |
Tampa Bay Rays | 26 | 28 | 0.481 | 10½ | 15–17 | 11–11 |
Toronto Blue Jays | 24 | 29 | 0.453 | 12 | 12–12 | 12–17 |
Division leaders | W | L | Pct. |
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New York Yankees | 37 | 18 | 0.673 |
Cleveland Guardians | 36 | 18 | 0.667 |
Seattle Mariners | 29 | 26 | 0.527 |
(Top 3 teams qualify for postseason) | Wild Card teamsW | L | Pct. | GB |
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Baltimore Orioles | 34 | 18 | 0.654 | +5½ |
Kansas City Royals | 34 | 21 | 0.618 | +4 |
Minnesota Twins | 29 | 24 | 0.547 | — |
Boston Red Sox | 27 | 27 | 0.500 | 2½ |
Detroit Tigers | 26 | 27 | 0.491 | 3 |
Tampa Bay Rays | 26 | 28 | 0.481 | 3½ |
Texas Rangers | 25 | 29 | 0.463 | 4½ |
Toronto Blue Jays | 24 | 29 | 0.453 | 5 |
Houston Astros | 24 | 30 | 0.444 | 5½ |
Oakland Athletics | 22 | 33 | 0.400 | 8 |
Los Angeles Angels | 20 | 33 | 0.377 | 9 |
Chicago White Sox | 15 | 40 | 0.273 | 15 |
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Opening Day starters | |
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Position | Name |
Catcher | Alejandro Kirk |
First baseman | Vladimir Guerrero Jr. |
Second baseman | Cavan Biggio |
Shortstop | Bo Bichette |
Third baseman | Isiah Kiner-Falefa |
Left fielder | Daulton Varsho |
Center fielder | Kevin Kiermaier |
Right fielder | George Springer |
Designated hitter | Justin Turner |
Pitcher | José Berríos |
The Blue Jays opened the 2024 campaign on the road for a season-long ten-game road trip, due to ongoing renovations to the Rogers Centre. [12] The Jays split their opening series with the Tampa Bay Rays, with each team winning two games. Reliever Génesis Cabrera was suspended for three games due to a physical altercation with Rays shortstop José Caballero during the third game of the series, though the suspension was reduced to two games after appeal. [13] Toronto then began a three-game series with the Houston Astros in Houston, losing the first game after Ronel Blanco threw the first no-hitter of the 2024 MLB season. [14] The Jays would win the second game before being one-hit in the final game, setting a new franchise-low with just 38 hits through their first seven games. [15] The Blue Jays would take their first game against the New York Yankees 3–0, but would lose the following two games to end their road trip with a 4–6 record. [16]
Heading to the newly renovated Rogers Centre for the first time in 2024, the Blue Jays defeated the Seattle Mariners 5–2 in their home opener, and would take two of three games to win their first series of the season. [17] The Jays lost the opening game against the Colorado Rockies, but rallied to take the next two and win the series. [18] They carried that success into their final series of the homestand against the Yankees, winning the first two games and nearly taking the third before the bullpen allowed four runs in the ninth inning to lose the game, 6–4. [19] The Blue Jays then travelled to San Diego for the first time since the 2013 season to take on the Padres. [20] Toronto won two of three games to take their fourth consecutive series victory. [21] The Blue Jays then continued to Kansas City to take on the Royals, where they lost 3 of the 4 games, all by one run; the last was called after the top of the fifth due to rain. [22] The Blue Jays then lost a three-game set against the Los Angeles Dodgers at home. The first game was marked by two-way player Shohei Ohtani hitting a home run in the first inning after he was booed by Toronto fans, following an off-season in which he was reported by some to be signing with the team. [23] [24]
The month began with another series loss to the Royals, this time at home. [25] Next, they lost two of three to the Washington Nationals on the road. Alek Manoah made his return to the rotation in the last game. [26] Afterwards, they split two games with the Philadelphia Phillies with the win in the final game breaking an 11-game win streak at home for the Phillies. [27] They then lost a series against the Twins at home, [28] followed up by a two-game (middle game was rained out and will be made up in a doubleheader later in the season) split against the Orioles at Camden Yards. [29] From May 23-26, the Blue Jays lost three of four to the Detroit Tigers on the road, punctuated by a 14-11 loss in the final game after Matt Vierling hit a three-run walk-off home run. The loss brought the Blue Jays to a season low six games under .500. [30] [31]
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March: 2–2 (Home: 0–0; Away: 2–2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
April: 13–14 (Home: 8–6; Away: 5–8)
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May: 9–13 (Home: 4–6; Away: 5–7)
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June: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0)
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July: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0)
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August: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0)
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September: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0)
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Closer(s) | Catchers Infielders
Outfielders Designated hitters | Pitchers
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(Updated as of April 24)
Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | AVG | Ref. |
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Addison Barger | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | [32] |
Bo Bichette | 23 | 91 | 9 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 7 | .231 | [33] |
Cavan Biggio | 21 | 61 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | .246 | [34] |
Ernie Clement | 18 | 47 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .277 | [35] |
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. | 25 | 96 | 10 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 15 | .219 | [36] |
Danny Jansen | 6 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .235 | [37] |
Kevin Kiermaier | 22 | 57 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | .193 | [38] |
Isiah Kiner-Falefa | 24 | 65 | 7 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | .262 | [39] |
Alejandro Kirk | 18 | 58 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 | .172 | [40] |
Davis Schneider | 19 | 51 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 3 | .216 | [41] |
Brian Serven | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | [42] |
George Springer | 24 | 95 | 11 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | .232 | [43] |
Justin Turner | 23 | 72 | 11 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 11 | .319 | [44] |
Daulton Varsho | 25 | 74 | 16 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 10 | .257 | [45] |
Daniel Vogelbach | 9 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | .118 | [46] |
(Updated as of April 24)
Player | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | WHIP | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | Ref. |
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Chris Bassitt | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3.90 | 1.59 | 272⁄3 | 30 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 26 | [47] |
José Berríos | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.85 | 1.01 | 312⁄3 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 27 | [48] |
Génesis Cabrera | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.00 | 1.56 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 6 | [49] |
Paolo Espino | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.71 | 2.14 | 42⁄3 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | [50] |
Bowden Francis | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8.59 | 1.70 | 142⁄3 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 17 | [51] |
Yimi García | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.79 | 0.35 | 111⁄3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15 | [52] |
Kevin Gausman | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5.57 | 1.57 | 21 | 27 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 18 | [53] |
Chad Green | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2.35 | 1.04 | 72⁄3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | [54] |
Yusei Kikuchi | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2.28 | 1.08 | 272⁄3 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 33 | [55] |
Isiah Kiner-Falefa | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | [56] |
Tim Mayza | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7.27 | 1.85 | 82⁄3 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | [57] |
Wes Parsons | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.80 | 1.60 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | [58] |
Nate Pearson | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 1.38 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | [59] |
Trevor Richards | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.27 | 1.18 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | [60] |
Yariel Rodríguez | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.86 | 1.54 | 112⁄3 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | [61] |
Jordan Romano | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4.50 | 0.75 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | [62] |
Erik Swanson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15.43 | 3.00 | 21⁄3 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | [63] |
Mitch White | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 1.40 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | [64] |
(Updated as of April 24)
Level | Team | League | Manager | Win–loss record | Division | Postseason | Ref. |
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Triple-A | Buffalo Bisons | International League | Casey Candaele | 12–9 | East Division | [ to be determined ] | [67] |
Double-A | New Hampshire Fisher Cats | Eastern League | Cesar Martin | 8–9 | Northeast Division | [ to be determined ] | [68] |
High-A | Vancouver Canadians | Northwest League | Brent Lavallee | 7–9 | — | [ to be determined ] | [69] |
Low-A | Dunedin Blue Jays | Florida State League | Jose Mayorga | 9–8 | West Division | [ to be determined ] | [70] |
Rookie | FCL Blue Jays | Florida Complex League | Andy Fermin | North Division | [ to be determined ] | ||
Rookie | DSL Blue Jays | Dominican Summer League | Danny Canellas | Baseball City | [ to be determined ] |
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