2020 Toronto Blue Jays season

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2020  Toronto Blue Jays
American League Wild Card
League American League
Division East
Ballpark Sahlen Field (temporary)
City Buffalo, New York (temporary)
Record32–28 (.533)
Divisional place3rd
Owners Rogers, CEO Mark Shapiro
General managers Ross Atkins
Managers Charlie Montoyo
Television Sportsnet
Sportsnet One
(Dan Shulman, Buck Martinez, Pat Tabler)
Radio Blue Jays Radio Network
Sportsnet 590 the FAN
(Ben Wagner, Mike Wilner, Kevin Barker)
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The 2020 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's 44th season in Major League Baseball.

Contents

On March 12, 2020, MLB announced that because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic (including in Toronto), 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 were to report to training camps on July 1 in order to resume spring training and prepare for a July 23 or 24 Opening Day. [3] The team was forced to play their home games in the home of their AAA affiliate in Buffalo, New York. [4]

Due to the pandemic and the shortened season, Major League Baseball instituted certain rule changes which included the use of a universal designated hitter, a runner on second base to start extra innings, and a revised schedule. [5] On July 30, the league and the union agreed that all remaining doubleheaders on the season would be seven innings. [6]

On September 24, the Blue Jays clinched a playoff berth for the first time since 2016, and on the next day they clinched their first winning season since 2016 as well. As the eighth seed in the expanded playoff format, they faced the top-seeded Tampa Bay Rays in one of four 2020 American League Wild Card Series where they were swept 2–0 in the best-of-three series.

Offseason

Rule changes

For the 2020 season, MLB instituted several new rule changes including the following: [7]

Further rule changes came into effect in response to the COVID-19 pandemic including the use of the DH in the National League, a shortened schedule, and starting extra innings with a runner at second base. [5]

Transactions

October 2019

November 2019

  • On November 4, the Blue Jays acquired RHP Chase Anderson for 1B Chad Spanberger. [11] RHP Ryan Tepera was designated for assignment and Devon Travis was out righted to Triple-A. [12]
  • On November 7, Devon Travis became a free agent. [13]
  • On November 11, Ryan Tepera cleared waivers and became a free agent. [14]
  • 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. [15]
  • On November 25, the Blue Jays traded Justin Shafer to the Cincinnati Reds for cash considerations. [16] The Jays also signed RHP A.J. Cole to a minor-league deal with an invitation to spring training. [17]

December 2019

January 2020

February 2020

  • On February 8, the Blue Jays signed free agent RHP Rafael Dolis and designated Breyvic Valera for assignment. [26]
  • On February 11, Jake Petricka was signed to a minor league deal with an invite to spring training. [27]
  • On February 24, the Blue Jays signed Marc Rzepcyznski to a minor league deal with an invite to spring training. [28]

June 2020

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. [30]

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. [31] However, spring training games, including the aforementioned series in Montreal, were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [32] On June 23, MLB announced the resumption of spring training on July 1. [33]

Home games

On July 18, the Canadian government denied approval for the Blue Jays to play their home games at Rogers Centre in Toronto, due to concerns surrounding repeated cross-border travel between the United States and Canada by teams involved in its games. [34] With the Blue Jays denied permission to play in Toronto, this was 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 took place on August 11; the Jays' "home" games prior to that date were scheduled to be played in their opponents' stadiums [35] (though some of these were later postponed). Under MLB's health and safety protocols, all Blue Jays home games were held behind closed doors. [36] [ failed verification ] The Jays were 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.

Regular season

Game log

Regular season

Legend
Blue Jays winBlue Jays lossGame postponed
2020 Game Log: 32–28 (Home: 17–13; Away: 15–15) [37]
July: 3–4 (Home: 0–2; Road: 3–2)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecordGB
1July 24@ Rays 6–4 Romano (1–0) Morton (0–1) Giles (1)1–0—
2July 25@ Rays1–4 Anderson (1–0) Gaviglio (0–1) Drake (1)1–1—
3July 26@ Rays5–6 (10) Roe (1–0) Yamaguchi (0–1)—1–21
4July 27@ Nationals 4–1 Borucki (1–0) Sánchez (0–1) Bass (1)2–21
5July 28@ Nationals5–1 Roark (1–0) Voth (0–1)—3–21
6July 29Nationals [lower-alpha 1] 0–4 (10) Hudson (1–0) Yamaguchi (0–2)—3–31
7July 30Nationals [lower-alpha 1] 4–6 Harper (1–0) Ryu (0–1) Hudson (1)3–42
—July 31 Phillies [lower-alpha 1] Postponed (COVID-19). Makeup date: August 20.
August: 15–11 (Home: 8–5; Road: 7–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecordGB
—August 1 Phillies [lower-alpha 1] Postponed (COVID-19). Makeup date: August 20.
—August 2Phillies [lower-alpha 1] Postponed (COVID-19). Makeup date: September 18.
8August 4@ Braves 1–10 Fried (2–0) Shoemaker (0–1)—3–54½
9August 5@ Braves2–1 Ryu (1–1) Newcomb (0–1) Bass (2)4–54
10August 6@ Braves3–4 Melancon (1–0) Font (0–1)—4–64
11August 7@ Red Sox 3–5 Hembree (2–0) Roark (1–1) Workman (3)4–74
12August 8@ Red Sox2–1 Kay (1–0) Walden (0–1) Bass (3)5–74
13August 9@ Red Sox3–5 Barnes (1–1) Hatch (0–1)—5–83½
14August 11 Marlins 5–4 (10) Cole (1–0) Tarpley (2–1)—6–83½
15August 12Marlins11–14 (10) Kintzler (1–0) Dolis (0–1) Smith (1)6–94½
16August 14 Rays 12–4 Font (1–1) Thompson (1–1)—7–94½
17August 15Rays2–3 Loup (2–0) Romano (1–1) Anderson (3)7–105½
18August 16Rays5–7 (8) Loup (3–0) Font (1–2) Slegers (1)7–116½
19August 17@ Orioles 7–2 Ryu (2–1) Cobb (1–2)—8–116½
20August 18@ Orioles8–7 (10) Bass (1–0) Sulser (1–2)—9–115½
21August 19@ Orioles5–2 Roark (2–1) Milone (1–3) Dolis (1)10–114½
22August 20Phillies3–2 (7) Romano (2–1) Guerra (1–3)—11–114
23August 20Phillies9–8 (7) Kay (2–0) Neris (1–1) Cole (1)12–113½
24August 21@ Rays6–5 (10) Hatch (1–1) Loup (3–1) Romano (1)13–112½
25August 22@ Rays1–2 (10) Banda (1–0) Bass (1–1)—13–123½
26August 23@ Rays4–5 Fleming (1–0) Borucki (1–1) Curtiss (1)13–134½
27August 24@ Rays6–4 Hatch (2–1) Loup (3–2) Romano (2)14–133½
28August 25Red Sox7–9 Valdéz (1–0) Font (1–3) Barnes (2)14–144½
29August 26Red Sox9–1 Yamaguchi (1–2) Brewer (0–2)—15–144½
—August 27Red SoxPostponed (Boycotts due to Jacob Blake shooting); Makeup date: September 4
30August 28Orioles5–4 (10) Dolis (1–1) Sulser (1–3)—16–144½
31August 29Orioles5–0 Walker (3–2) Cobb (1–3)—17–144½
32August 30Orioles6–5 Bass (2–1) Sulser (1–4)—18–144½
33August 31Orioles3–4 (11) Valdez (1–0) Bass (2–2)—18–155½
September: 14–13 (Home: 9–6; Road: 5–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecordGB
34September 1@ Marlins 2–3 Hoyt (1–0) Yamaguchi (1–3) Kintzler (8)18–165½
35September 2@ Marlins2–1 Ryu (3–1) Sánchez (1–1) Bass (4)19–165½
36September 3@ Red Sox 6–2 (10) Dolis (2–1) Valdéz (1–1)—20–165
37September 4@ Red Sox8–7 (7) Cole (2–0) Godley (0–4) Bass (5)21–165
38September 4Red Sox2–3 (7) Taylor (1–1) Stripling (3–2) Barnes (4)21–175½
39September 5@ Red Sox8–9 Kickham (1–0) Bass (2–3)—21–185½
40September 6@ Red Sox10–8 Hatch (3–1) Hall (0–2) Dolis (2)22–185½
41September 7 Yankees 12–7 Reid-Foley (1–0) Ottavino (2–3)—23–184½
42September 8Yankees2–1 Yamaguchi (2–3) Happ (1–2) Dolis (3)24–183½
43September 9Yankees2–7 García (1–1) Stripling (3–3)—24–194
44September 11 Mets 1–18 deGrom (4–1) Anderson (0–1) Ramírez (1)24–204½
45September 12Mets3–2 Ray (2–4) Lugo (2–3) Dolis (4)25–204½
46September 13Mets7–3 Ryu (4–1) Peterson (4–2)—26–203½
47September 15@ Yankees6–20 García (2–1) Walker (3–3)—26–214½
48September 16@ Yankees2–13 Cole (6–3) Roark (2–2)—26–224½
49September 17@ Yankees7–10 Tanaka (3–2) Anderson (0–2) Chapman (3)26–236
50September 18 Phillies 0–7 (7) Eflin (3–2) Ray (2–5)—26–246½
51September 18@ Phillies7–8 (7) Brogdon (1–0) Dolis (2–2) Neris (5)26–257½
52September 19@ Phillies1–3 Velasquez (1–1) Ryu (4–2) Hunter (1)26–268½
53September 20@ Phillies6–3 Walker (4–3) Medina (0–1) Bass (6)27–267½
54September 21Yankees11–5 Zeuch (1–0) King (1–2)—28–267½
55September 22Yankees1–12 Cole (7–3) Roark (2–3)—28–277½
56September 23Yankees14–1 Cole (3–0) Tanaka (3–3) Stripling (1)29–277½
57September 24Yankees4–1 Ryu (5–2) Montgomery (2–3) Dolis (5)30–277
58September 25 Orioles 10–5 Pearson (1–0) López (2–2)—31–277
59September 26Orioles5–2 Anderson (1–2) Means (2–4) Bass (7)32–277
60September 27Orioles5–7 Lakins (3–2) Yamaguchi (2–4) Valdez (3)32–288
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Blue Jays "home" game held at (or scheduled for) opponent's ballpark due to ongoing preparations at Sahlen Field. [35]

Postseason

Legend
Blue Jays winBlue Jays lossGame postponed
2020 Postseason Game Log
American League Wild Card Series: 0–2
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveSeries
1September 29@ Rays 1–3 Snell (1–0) Ray (0–1) Fairbanks (1)0–1
2September 30@ Rays 2–8 Glasnow (1–0) Ryu (0–1)—0–2

Postseason rosters

Playoff rosters
American League Wild Card Series

Standings

American League East

AL East 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Tampa Bay Rays 40200.667—20–920–11
New York Yankees 33270.550722–911–18
Toronto Blue Jays 32280.533817–915–19
Baltimore Orioles 25350.4171513–2012–15
Boston Red Sox 24360.4001611–2013–16

American League Wild Card

Division Leaders		 W L Pct.
Tampa Bay Rays 40200.667
Oakland Athletics 36240.600
Minnesota Twins 36240.600
Division 2nd Place		 W L Pct.
Cleveland Indians 35250.583
New York Yankees 33270.550
Houston Astros 29310.483
Wild Card teams
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)		 W L Pct. GB
Chicago White Sox 35250.583+3
Toronto Blue Jays 32280.533—
Seattle Mariners 27330.4505
Los Angeles Angels 26340.4336
Kansas City Royals 26340.4336
Baltimore Orioles 25350.4177
Boston Red Sox 24360.4008
Detroit Tigers 23350.3978
Texas Rangers 22380.36710

Records vs opponents

RecordGames Left
OpponentHomeRoadTotalHomeRoadTotal
AL East
Baltimore Orioles 5–23–08–2–––
Boston Red Sox 1–24–35–5–––
New York Yankees 5–20–35–5–––
Tampa Bay Rays 1–23–44–6–––
Totals12–810–1022–18–––
NL East
Atlanta Braves –1–21–2–––
Miami Marlins 1–11–12–2–––
New York Mets 2–1–2–1–––
Philadelphia Phillies 2–11–23–3–––
Washington Nationals 0–22–02–2–––
Totals5–55–510–10–––
Grand Totals 17–13 15–15 32–28 – – –
MonthGamesWonLostPct.
July734.429
August261511.577
September271413.519
Totals603228.533

Achievements

Regular season transactions

July

  • On July 26, optioned Billy McKinney to the team's alternate training site and activated Brandon Drury. [42]
  • 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. [42]
  • On July 29, optioned Brian Moran to the team's alternate training site and selected the contract of Nate Pearson. [42]
  • On July 31, optioned Sam Gaviglio to the team's alternate training site. [42]

August

  • On August 2, optioned Jonathan Davis to the team's alternate training site. [43]
  • On August 3, activated Travis Shaw. [43]
  • On August 5, placed Derek Fisher on the 10-day injured list and recalled Billy McKinney. [43]
  • 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. [43]
  • On August 8, activated Chase Anderson and optioned Billy McKinney to the team's alternate training site [43]
  • On August 16, placed Bo Bichette on the 10-day injured list and recalled Santiago Espinal and Sam Gaviglio. [43]
  • On August 17, optioned Sam Gaviglio to the team's alternate training site. [43]
  • On August 18, optioned Jacob Waguespack to the team's alternate training site and recalled Julian Merryweather. [43]
  • On August 19, placed Nate Pearson on the 10-day injured list and recalled Jacob Waguespack. [43]
  • On August 20, designated Anthony Alford for assignment, recalled Billy McKinney, and activated Trent Thornton. [43]
  • On August 21, optioned Billy McKinney and Jacob Waguespack to the team's alternate training site and recalled Sam Gaviglio. [43]
  • On August 23, placed Matt Shoemaker on the 10-day injured list and recalled Jacob Waguespack. [43]
  • On August 24, placed Trent Thornton on the 10-day injured list, designated Thomas Pannone for assignment, acquired Daniel Vogelbach from the Seattle Mariners for cash and selected the contract of Travis Bergen. [43]
  • On August 26, optioned Travis Bergen and Sam Gaviglio to the team's alternate training site, activated Derek Fisher and recalled Sean Reid-Foley. [43]
  • On August 27, activated Daniel Vogelbach, transferred Trent Thornton to the 60-day injured list, optioned Sean Reid-Foley and acquired Taijuan Walker from the Seattle Mariners for a player to be named later. [43]
  • On August 28, activated Taijuan Walker, outrighted Thomas Pannone to the team's alternate training site and optioned Brandon Drury to the team's alternate training site. [43]
  • On August 29, placed Jordan Romano on the 10-day injured list and recalled Sean Reid-Foley. [43]
  • On August 31, designated Brandon Drury and Sam Gaviglio for assignment, released Ruben Tejada, acquired Robbie Ray from the Arizona Diamondbacks for Travis Bergen, acquired Jonathan Villar from the Miami Marlins for a Player To Be Named Later and acquired Ross Stripling from the Los Angeles Dodgers for a Player To Be Named Later and a Player To Be Named Later. [43]

September

  • On September 1, activated Robbie Ray and Jonathan Villar, optioned Jacob Waguespack to the team's alternate training site, designated Daniel Vogelbach for assignment and traded Alberto Rodriguez to the Seattle Mariners. [44]
  • On September 2, activated Ross Stripling and optioned Sean Reid-Foley to the team's alternate training site. [44]
  • On September 4, recalled Sean Reid-Foley and outrighted Brandon Drury and Sam Gaviglio to the team's alternate training site. [44]
  • On September 5, optioned Reese McGuire and Sean Reid-Foley to the team's alternate training site, selected the contract of Caleb Joseph and transferred Ken Giles to the 60-day injured list. [44]
  • On September 7, placed Wilmer Font and Teoscar Hernandez on the 10-day injured list and recalled Jonathan Davis and Sean Reid-Foley. [44]
  • On September 9, placed Rowdy Tellez on the 10-day injured list, recalled Billy McKinney and released Jake Petricka. [44]
  • On September 11, activated Ken Giles, designated Caleb Joseph and Billey McKinney for assignment, optioned Sean Reid-Foley to the team's alternate training site, selected the contract of Alejandro Kirk and recalled Jacob Waguespack. [44]
  • On September 12, activated Bo Bichette and optioned Jacob Waguespack to the team's alternate training site. [44]
  • On September 15, outrighted Caleb Joseph to the team's alternate training site. [44]
  • On September 16, recalled Hector Perez and Jacob Waguespack, placed Derek Fisher and Ken Giles on the 10-day injured list, activated Teoscar Hernandez, optioned Anthony Kay to the team's alternate training site and traded Justin Miller to the Cincinnati Reds for Future Considerations. [44]
  • On September 17, optioned Hector Perez to the team's alternate training site, placed Jacob Waguespack on the 10-day injured list, activated Wilmer Font and recalled T.J. Zeuch. [44]
  • On September 18, recalled Patrick Murphy and traded Griffin Conine to the Miami Marlins. [44]
  • On September 19, optioned Santiago Espinal to the team's alternate training site. [44]
  • On September 21, placed Julian Merryweather on the 10-day injured list and activated Matt Shoemaker. [44]
  • On September 22, transferred Ken Giles from the 10-day injured list to the 60-day injured list. [44]
  • On September 24, activated Nate Pearson and designated Wilmer Font for assignment. [44]
  • On September 27, outrighted Wilmer Font to the team's alternate training site. [44]

Roster

2020 Toronto Blue Jays
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Statistics

Batting

(Updated as of September 27, 2020)

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; Ref. = Reference

PlayerGABRH2B3BHRRBISBBBAVGRef.
Anthony Alford 131633001330.188 [45]
Bo Bichette 2912318379152345.301 [46]
Cavan Biggio 592204155160828641.250 [47]
Jonathan Davis 132747201613.259 [48]
Brandon Drury 214637100102.152 [49]
Santiago Espinal 26601016400614.267 [50]
Derek Fisher 163157211707.226 [51]
Randal Grichuk 552163859901235113.273 [52]
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. 602213458132933120.262 [53]
Lourdes Gurriel Jr. 5720828641401133314.308 [54]
Teoscar Hernandez 501903355701634614.289 [55]
Danny Jansen 43120182230620021.183 [56]
Caleb Joseph 3821001201.125 [57]
Alejandro Kirk 92449201301.375 [58]
Reese McGuire 194123001100.073 [59]
Billy McKinney 2312000000.667 [60]
Joe Panik 4112018276017020.225 [61]
Travis Shaw 501631739100617016.239 [62]
Rowdy Tellez 35113203250823011.283 [63]
Jonathan Villar 2269313100679.188 [64]
Daniel Vogelbach 2400000001.000 [65]
Team Totals60202330251610448828833203.255

Pitching

(Updated as of September 27, 2020)

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; WHIP = Walks plus hits per inning pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts; Ref. = Reference

PlayerGGSWLSVERAWHIPIPHRERBBKRef.
Chase Anderson 1071207.221.63332⁄34529271038 [66]
Anthony Bass 2602373.511.01252⁄3171310921 [67]
Travis Bergen 100000.001.5012⁄310013 [68]
Ryan Borucki 2101102.701.44162⁄312551221 [69]
A. J. Cole 2403013.091.20231⁄31998920 [70]
Rafael Dolis 2402251.501.252416941431 [71]
Wilmer Font 2101309.922.27161⁄3281918915 [72]
Sam Gaviglio 400109.002.67333351 [73]
Ken Giles 400019.822.1832⁄344446 [74]
Thomas Hatch 1713102.731.18261⁄3181181323 [75]
Anthony Kay 1302005.141.71212213121422 [76]
Julian Merryweather 830004.151.31131166615 [77]
Brian Moran 200000.001.00110001 [78]
Patrick Murphy 400001.501.33661125 [79]
Nate Pearson 541006.001.50181415121316 [80]
Hector Perez 1000010.803.6012⁄332231 [81]
Robbie Ray 541104.791.74202⁄32213111425 [82]
Sean Reid-Foley 501001.351.3562⁄333166 [83]
Tanner Roark 11112306.801.74472⁄36039362341 [84]
Jordan Romano 1502121.230.89142⁄3832521 [85]
Hyun-jin Ryu 12125202.691.15676022201772 [86]
Matt Shoemaker 660104.711.08282⁄3221615926 [87]
Ross Stripling 520216.321.60152⁄3181111713 [88]
Trent Thornton 3300011.123.1852⁄3157736 [89]
Jacob Waguespack 1100008.151.47172⁄3272016916 [90]
Taijuan Walker 662101.371.25261⁄3221041125 [91]
Shun Yamaguchi 1702408.061.75252⁄32825231726 [92]
T. J. Zeuch 311001.591.15111⁄392243 [93]
Team Totals60603228174.601.46524.2517312268250519

2020 Major League Baseball draft

The 2020 Major League Baseball (MLB) First-Year Player Draft occurred on Monday, June 10 through June 11, 2020. The draft assigned amateur baseball players to MLB teams. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the draft was shortened to only five rounds. [94]

RoundPickPlayerPositionCollege/SchoolNationalitySigned
15 Austin Martin SS Vanderbilt Flag of the United States.svg July 8 [95]
242 CJ Van Eyk RHP Florida State Flag of the United States.svg June 18 [96]
377Trent PalmerRHP Jacksonville Flag of the United States.svg June 18 [96]
4106Nick FrassoRHP Loyola Marymount Flag of the United States.svg July 8 [97]
5136Zach Britton OF Louisville Flag of the United States.svg June 18 [98]

Farm system

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Major League Baseball announced the cancellation of the entire Minor League Baseball season on June 30. [99] The Blue Jays taxi squad was based at Frontier Field in Rochester, New York.

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