2018 Toronto Blue Jays Trades and Transactions

Transactions listed are from October 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.

• November 2, 2017

  Brett Anderson granted Free Agency.

  Darwin Barney granted Free Agency.

  Miguel Montero granted Free Agency.

  Michael Saunders granted Free Agency.

  César Valdez granted Free Agency.

• November 4, 2017

  José Bautista granted Free Agency.

• November 6, 2017

  Jon Berti granted Free Agency.

  Leonel Campos granted Free Agency.

  Darrell Ceciliani granted Free Agency.

  Taylor Cole granted Free Agency.

  Christian Lopes granted Free Agency.

  Rafael Lopez granted Free Agency.

  Gregorio Petit granted Free Agency.

  Luis Santos granted Free Agency.

  Bo Schultz granted Free Agency.

  Chris Smith granted Free Agency.

  Murphy Smith granted Free Agency.

  José Tábata granted Free Agency.

  Selected Taylor Guerrieri off waivers from the Tampa Bay Rays.

• November 16, 2017

  Signed Deck McGuire as a free agent.

• November 20, 2017

  Purchased Gift Ngoepe from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

  Rob Refsnyder selected by the Cleveland Indians off waivers.

• December 1, 2017

  Ryan Goins granted Free Agency.

  Tom Koehler granted Free Agency.

  Traded J.B. Woodman (minors) to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Aledmys Díaz.

• December 4, 2017

  Signed Luis Santos as a free agent.

• December 14, 2017

  Drafted Ivan Castillo from the Cleveland Indians in the 2017 rule 5 draft.

• January 6, 2018

  Signed Murphy Smith as a free agent.

  Traded Jared Carkuff (minors) and Edward Olivares to the San Diego Padres. Received Yangervis Solarte.

• January 12, 2018

  Signed Jon Berti as a free agent.

• January 19, 2018

  Traded Conner Greene and Dominic Leone to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Randal Grichuk.

• January 23, 2018

  Signed Curtis Granderson as a free agent.

• January 25, 2018

  Signed Al Alburquerque as a free agent.

  Signed Rhiner Cruz as a free agent.

• February 8, 2018

  Signed Jake Petricka as a free agent.

• February 9, 2018

  Signed John Axford as a free agent.

• February 12, 2018

  Signed Craig Breslow as a free agent.

• February 14, 2018

  Signed Matt Tracy as a free agent.

• February 15, 2018

  Signed Jaime García as a free agent.

• February 26, 2018

  Signed Seunghwan Oh as a free agent.

• March 3, 2018

  Signed Nick Tepesch as a free agent.

• March 7, 2018

  Signed Tyler Clippard as a free agent.

• March 11, 2018

  Released Ezequiel Carrera.

• March 17, 2018

  Signed Danny Espinosa as a free agent.

  Selected Sam Moll off waivers from the Seattle Mariners.

• March 21, 2018

  Traded player to be named to the Kansas City Royals. Received Sam Gaviglio.

• March 24, 2018

  Released Craig Breslow.

• April 3, 2018

  Signed Craig Breslow as a free agent.

  Signed Darnell Sweeney as a free agent.

• April 4, 2018

  Signed Orelvis Martinez as a free agent.

• April 6, 2018

  Signed Tyler Ladendorf as a free agent.

• April 21, 2018

  Jon Berti player rights sold to the Cleveland Indians.

• April 25, 2018

  Released Chad Girodo.

• April 29, 2018

  Released Danny Espinosa.

• May 9, 2018

  Traded player to be named or cash to the Cleveland Indians. Received Gio Urshela.

• May 20, 2018

  Carlos Ramírez selected by the Oakland Athletics off waivers.

• May 28, 2018

  Tyler Ladendorf player rights sold to the Arizona Diamondbacks.

• June 4, 2018

  Drafted Jordan Groshans in the 1st round (12th pick) of the 2018 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 2018.

  Drafted Griffin Conine in the 2nd round of the 2018 amateur draft. Player signed June 20, 2018.

• June 5, 2018

  Drafted Adam Kloffenstein in the 3rd round of the 2018 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 2018.

  Drafted Addison Barger in the 6th round of the 2018 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 2018.

  Drafted Cal Stevenson in the 10th round of the 2018 amateur draft. Player signed June 9, 2018.

• June 6, 2018

  Drafted Nick Allgeyer in the 12th round of the 2018 amateur draft. Player signed June 10, 2018.

  Drafted Vinny Capra in the 20th round of the 2018 amateur draft. Player signed June 9, 2018.

• June 7, 2018

  Purchased Jon Berti from the Cleveland Indians.

• June 9, 2018

  Selected Preston Guilmet off waivers from the St. Louis Cardinals.

• June 15, 2018

  Deck McGuire selected by the Texas Rangers off waivers.

• June 28, 2018

  Traded Steve Pearce and cash to the Boston Red Sox. Received Santiago Espinal.

• July 2, 2018

  Released Al Alburquerque.

• July 5, 2018

  Signed Brandon Cumpton as a free agent.

  Signed Zach Stewart as a free agent.

• July 9, 2018

  Signed Shawn Morimando as a free agent.

• July 23, 2018

  Chris Rowley selected by the Texas Rangers off waivers.

• July 26, 2018

  Traded J.A. Happ to the New York Yankees. Received Brandon Drury and Billy McKinney.

  Traded Seunghwan Oh to the Colorado Rockies. Received a player to be named later, Chad Spanberger (minors) and Forrest Wall. The Colorado Rockies sent Bryan Baker (August 14, 2018) to the Toronto Blue Jays to complete the trade.

  Selected Oliver Drake off waivers from the Los Angeles Angels.

• July 30, 2018

  Traded Roberto Osuna to the Houston Astros. Received Ken Giles, David Paulino and Hector Perez.

• July 31, 2018

  Traded John Axford to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Corey Copping (minors).

  Traded Aaron Loup to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Jacob Waguespack.

• August 2, 2018

  Signed Mike Hauschild as a free agent.

• August 3, 2018

  Oliver Drake selected by the Minnesota Twins off waivers.

• August 4, 2018

  Gio Urshela player rights sold to the New York Yankees.

• August 9, 2018

  Nick Tepesch player rights sold to the Detroit Tigers.

• August 13, 2018

  Released Gift Ngoepe.

• August 29, 2018

  Released Jaime García.

• August 31, 2018

  Traded Josh Donaldson and cash to the Cleveland Indians. Received a player to be named later. The Cleveland Indians sent Julian Merryweather (October 5, 2018) to the Toronto Blue Jays to complete the trade.

  Traded Curtis Granderson to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Demi Orimoloye (minors).

• September 1, 2018

  Selected Mark Leiter Jr. off waivers from the Philadelphia Phillies.

• October 1, 2018

  Mike Hauschild granted Free Agency.

  Darnell Sweeney granted Free Agency.

• October 5, 2018

  Brandon Cumpton granted Free Agency.

• October 9, 2018

  Luis Santos granted Free Agency.

• October 10, 2018

  Preston Guilmet granted Free Agency.

• October 29, 2018

  Tyler Clippard granted Free Agency.

  Marco Estrada granted Free Agency.

• November 2, 2018

  Jon Berti granted Free Agency.

  Craig Breslow granted Free Agency.

  Ivan Castillo granted Free Agency.

  Rhiner Cruz granted Free Agency.

  Taylor Guerrieri granted Free Agency.

  Tim Lopes granted Free Agency.

  Angel Perdomo granted Free Agency.

  Jake Petricka granted Free Agency.

  Harold Ramírez granted Free Agency.

  Murphy Smith granted Free Agency.

  Zach Stewart granted Free Agency.

  Matt Tracy granted Free Agency.

  José Fernández selected by the Detroit Tigers off waivers.

• November 17, 2018

  Traded Aledmys Díaz to the Houston Astros. Received Trent Thornton.

• November 26, 2018

  Selected Oliver Drake off waivers from the Tampa Bay Rays.

• November 30, 2018

  Yangervis Solarte granted Free Agency.

• December 11, 2018

  Released Troy Tulowitzki.

• December 13, 2018

  Travis Bergen drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 2018 rule 5 draft.

  Sam Moll drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 2018 rule 5 draft.

  Drafted Elvis Luciano from the Kansas City Royals in the 2018 rule 5 draft.

  Jordan Romano drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 2018 rule 5 draft.

• December 21, 2018

  Signed Eric Sogard as a free agent.

• December 28, 2018

  Signed Matt Shoemaker as a free agent.

• December 30, 2018

  Traded Connor Panas (minors) to the San Diego Padres. Received Clayton Richard and cash.

• January 4, 2019

  Oliver Drake player rights sold to the Tampa Bay Rays.

• January 11, 2019

  Traded Russell Martin and cash to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Ronny Brito (minors) and Andrew Sopko (minors).

• January 12, 2019

  Signed David Phelps as a free agent.

• January 14, 2019

  Signed Javy Guerra as a free agent.

• January 29, 2019

  Signed Freddy Galvis as a free agent.

• February 16, 2019

  Signed John Axford as a free agent.

• February 27, 2019

  Signed Ryan Feierabend as a free agent.

• February 28, 2019

  Signed Andy Burns as a free agent.

• March 5, 2019

  Signed Clay Buchholz as a free agent.

• March 7, 2019

  Signed Bud Norris as a free agent.

• March 8, 2019

  Traded Dwight Smith Jr. to the Baltimore Orioles. Received international bonus slot money.

• March 17, 2019

  Purchased Jason Adam from the Kansas City Royals.

• March 23, 2019

  Released John Axford.

• March 24, 2019

  The Texas Rangers returned Jordan Romano (earlier draft pick).

• March 25, 2019

  Signed John Axford as a free agent.

  Signed Daniel Hudson as a free agent.

• March 26, 2019

  Purchased Jordan Patterson from the Cincinnati Reds.

• March 27, 2019

  Traded Kendrys Morales and cash to the Oakland Athletics. Received Jesus Lopez (minors) and international bonus slot money.