2019 Toronto Blue Jays season

The 2019 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's 43rd season in Major League Baseball, and 29th full season (30th overall) at Rogers Centre. The Blue Jays were managed by Charlie Montoyo in his first year as the Blue Jays manager.^[1] The Blue Jays began their season at home against the Detroit Tigers on March 28^[2] and ended their season at home against the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday, September 29. They finished with a record of 67–95, a worse record than the previous season, and failed to qualify for the postseason for the third consecutive year.

2019 Toronto Blue Jays
League	American League
Division	East
Ballpark	Rogers Centre
City	Toronto, Ontario
Record	67–95 (.414)
Divisional place	4th
Owners	Rogers, CEO Mark Shapiro
General managers	Ross Atkins
Managers	Charlie Montoyo
Television	Sportsnet Sportsnet One (Buck Martinez, Pat Tabler, Dan Shulman)
Radio	Blue Jays Radio Network Sportsnet 590 the FAN (Ben Wagner, Mike Wilner, Kevin Barker)
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Offseason

On September 26, 2018, it was announced that John Gibbons would not return to manage the Blue Jays for the 2019 season.^[3]

October 2018

• On October 25, the Blue Jays hired Charlie Montoyo as their new manager.^[4]
• On October 29, RHP Marco Estrada and RHP Tyler Clippard elected free agency.^[5]
• On October 31, the Blue Jays exercised their $8 million club option on Justin Smoak, and declined their $5.5 million club option on Yangervis Solarte.^[6]

November 2018

• On November 2, the Blue Jays outrighted Justin Shafer to Triple-A. Rhiner Cruz, Taylor Guerrieri, and Jake Petricka cleared waivers and became free agents.^[7] José Fernández was claimed off waivers by the Detroit Tigers.^[8]
• On November 3, the Blue Jays fired hitting coach Brook Jacoby and first base coach Tim Leiper.^[9]
• On November 7, the Blue Jays hired Dave Hudgens as their bench coach, replacing DeMarlo Hale.^[10]
• On November 15, the Blue Jays hired Guillermo Martinez as their new hitting coach.^[11]
• On November 17, the Blue Jays traded INF Aledmys Díaz to the Houston Astros for P Trent Thornton.^[12]
• On November 20, the Blue Jays selected the contracts of Héctor Pérez, Trent Thornton, Patrick Murphy, Yennsy Díaz, and Jacob Waguespack.^[13]
• On November 26, the Blue Jays claimed Oliver Drake off waivers from the Tampa Bay Rays, and designated Mark Leiter Jr. for assignment.^[14]
• On November 26, the Blue Jays hired Matt Buschmann as their new bullpen coach, Mark Budzinski as their new first base coach, and Shelley Duncan as their major league field co-ordinator.^[15]
• On November 27, the Blue Jays named John Schneider their Major League coach, and announced that Mike Mordecai would not be returning as the team's quality control coach.^[16]
• On November 30, the Blue Jays non-tendered Yangervis Solarte, who became a free agent.^[17]

December 2018

• On December 11, the Blue Jays released Troy Tulowitzki.^[18]
• On December 13, the Blue Jays selected Elvis Luciano in the Rule 5 draft, but lost Jordan Romano and Travis Bergen in the same draft to the Chicago White Sox and the San Francisco Giants, respectively.^[19]
• On December 28, the Blue Jays signed Matt Shoemaker to a 1-year, $3.5 million contract.^[20]
• On December 30, the Blue Jays acquired Clayton Richard from the San Diego Padres in exchange for minor leaguer Connor Panas.^[21] Oliver Drake was designated for assignment.^[22]

January 2019

• On January 4, the Blue Jays traded Oliver Drake to the Tampa Bay Rays for cash considerations.^[23]
• On January 11, the Blue Jays sent Russell Martin along with $16.4 million to the Los Angeles Dodgers for minor leaguers Ronny Brito and Andrew Sopko.^[24]
• On January 11, the Blue Jays avoided arbitration and agreed to one-year contracts with Marcus Stroman ($7.4 million), Aaron Sanchez ($3.9 million), Kevin Pillar ($5.8 million), Randal Grichuk ($5 million), Joe Biagini ($900,000), Ken Giles ($6.3 million), Devon Travis ($1.925 million), and Brandon Drury ($1.3 million).^[25]
• On January 12, the Blue Jays signed David Phelps to a 1-year, $2.5 million contract.^[26]
• On January 29, the Blue Jays signed Freddy Galvis to a 1-year, $4 million contract with a club option for 2020. Danny Barnes was designated for assignment.^[27]

Spring training

On March 25 and 26, the Blue Jays returned to Montreal's Olympic Stadium for two games against the Milwaukee Brewers.^[28]

Standings

American League East

v t e AL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	103	59	0.636	—	57–24	46–35
Tampa Bay Rays	96	66	0.593	7	48–33	48–33
Boston Red Sox	84	78	0.519	19	38–43	46–35
Toronto Blue Jays	67	95	0.414	36	35–46	32–49
Baltimore Orioles	54	108	0.333	49	25–56	29–52

American League Wild Card

v t e Division Leaders	W	L	Pct.
Houston Astros	107	55	0.660
New York Yankees	103	59	0.636
Minnesota Twins	101	61	0.623

v t e Wild Card teams (Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)	W	L	Pct.	GB
Oakland Athletics	97	65	0.599	+1
Tampa Bay Rays	96	66	0.593	—
Cleveland Indians	93	69	0.574	3
Boston Red Sox	84	78	0.519	12
Texas Rangers	78	84	0.481	18
Chicago White Sox	72	89	0.447	23½
Los Angeles Angels	72	90	0.444	24
Seattle Mariners	68	94	0.420	28
Toronto Blue Jays	67	95	0.414	29
Kansas City Royals	59	103	0.364	37
Baltimore Orioles	54	108	0.333	42
Detroit Tigers	47	114	0.292	48½

Records vs opponents

Record Games Left Opponent Home Road Total Home Road Total AL East Baltimore Orioles 4–5 7–3 11–8 – – – Boston Red Sox 4–6 4–5 8–11 – – – New York Yankees 6–4 2–7 8–11 – – – Tampa Bay Rays 4–5 2–8 6–13 – – – Totals 18–20 15–23 33–43 – – – AL Central Chicago White Sox 1–2 2–2 3–4 – – – Cleveland Indians 1–2 0–4 1–6 – – – Detroit Tigers 2–2 2–1 4–3 – – – Kansas City Royals 3–1 3–0 6–1 – – – Minnesota Twins 0–3 3–1 3–4 – – – Totals 7–10 10–8 17–18 – – – AL West Houston Astros 1–2 1–2 2–4 – – – Los Angeles Angels 1–3 0–3 1–6 – – – Oakland Athletics 3–0 3–0 6–0 – – – Seattle Mariners 1–2 1–2 2–4 – – – Texas Rangers 2–1 1–2 3–3 – – – Totals 8–8 6–9 14–17 – – – National League Arizona Diamondbacks 0–3 – 0–3 – – – Atlanta Braves 1–1 0–2 1–3 – – – Colorado Rockies – 0–3 0–3 – – – Los Angeles Dodgers – 0–3 0–3 – – – San Diego Padres 1–2 – 1–2 – – – San Francisco Giants 0–2 1–1 1–3 – – – Totals 2–8 1–9 3–17 – – – Grand Totals 35–46 32–49 67–95 – – –

Month Games Won Lost Pct. March 4 2 2 .500 April 25 12 13 .480 May 28 7 21 .250 June 27 10 17 .370 July 26 12 14 .462 August 27 12 15 .444 September 25 12 13 .480 Totals 162 67 95 .414

2019 draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	College/School	Nationality	Signed
1	11	Alek Manoah	RHP	West Virginia		June 13^[29]
2	52	Kendall Williams	RHP	IMG Academy (FL)		June 9^[30]
3	88	Dasan Brown	OF	Abbey Park High School (ON)		June 29^[31]
4	117	Will Robertson	OF	Creighton		June 11^[32]
5	147	Tanner Morris	SS	Virginia		June 11^[32]
6	177	Cameron Eden	SS	California		June 11^[32]
7	207	L. J. Talley	2B	Georgia		June 14^[32]
8	237	Angel Camacho	3B	Jacksonville		June 16^[32]
9	267	Philip Clarke	C	Vanderbilt		July 2^[33]
10	297	Glenn Santiago	SS	International Baseball Academy (PR)		June 13^[34]

Regular season

Opening Day

 

The Rogers Centre on Opening Day

Opening Day starters
Position	Name
Catcher	Danny Jansen
First baseman	Justin Smoak
Second baseman	Lourdes Gurriel Jr.
Shortstop	Freddy Galvis
Third baseman	Brandon Drury
Left fielder	Teoscar Hernández
Center fielder	Kevin Pillar
Right fielder	Randal Grichuk
Designated hitter	Rowdy Tellez
Pitcher	Marcus Stroman

March and April

 

Vladimir Guerrero Jr.

On opening day, Detroit Tigers starting pitcher Jordan Zimmermann pitched a perfect game through 6 2/3 innings against the Blue Jays before giving up a hit to Teoscar Hernández.^[35] Marcus Stroman also pitched seven scoreless innings for the Blue Jays.^[36] Toronto lost the contest 2–0 in 11 innings, after Christin Stewart hit a two-run homer in the 10th inning.^[37] On April 1, Baltimore Orioles starting pitcher David Hess pitched a no-hitter through 6 1/3 innings before manager Brandon Hyde took him out of the game, in a game the Blue Jays wound up losing 6–5.^[38] On April 4, in the first game of a four-game set against the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field, starter Trevor Bauer pitched seven innings of no-hit ball against the Blue Jays before being removed from the game after throwing 117 pitches, as the Blue Jays lost 4-1.^[39] In the final game of the series, Indians pitcher Mike Clevinger pitched five innings, while giving up one hit and striking out 10 Blue Jays batters in a 3–1 Cleveland win.^[40] The Blue Jays managed only 19 hits while tallying 57 strikeouts in the series, the second most in franchise history, while striking out at least 13 times in four consecutive games for the first time in franchise history and only fourth time in MLB history.^[41]

May

The Blue Jays were swept by the Minnesota Twins in a series at home from May 6 to May 8 as they were shutout in back-to-back games, before Billy McKinney's solo home run in the final game of the series ended a 25-inning scoreless skid for the team.^[42] The team had their worst month of the year in May, finishing with a 7–21 record while losing four straight games or more on three separate occasions.^[43]

June

On June 2, the Colorado Rockies finished off a three-game sweep of the Blue Jays at Coors Field.^[44] From June 7 to June 9, another national league team, the Arizona Diamondbacks, swept the Blue Jays at the Rogers Centre in a series where Toronto only managed to score four runs.^[45] In a game at Yankee Stadium against the Blue Jays on June 25, the New York Yankees set a new MLB team record by hitting a home run for the 28th consecutive game, with DJ LeMahieu hitting the record-setting home run in the first inning in a 4–3 win.^[46]

July

On July 24, Shane Bieber of the Cleveland Indians tossed a complete game one hitter against the Blue Jays, striking out ten batters and walking one as the Indians won 4–0, taking two of three games from the Jays.^[47]

August

On August 8, rookie Bo Bichette set a new MLB record for most consecutive doubles to start a career with nine when he doubled in the bottom of the sixth inning against the New York Yankees.^[48] On August 11, Masahiro Tanaka of the New York Yankees pitched eight innings against the Blue Jays while giving up only three hits in a 1–0 win that split a four-game set between the two teams.^[49] Aroldis Chapman came in the 9th inning to close the game for the Yankees, inducing a double play from the bat of Vladimir Guerrero Jr. following a 13-pitch at-bat, for which the rookie received a standing ovation from the crowd at Rogers Centre.^[50] In their game against the Texas Rangers on August 12, the Blue Jays set a franchise record with 13 extra-base hits.^[51] On August 18, Yusei Kikuchi of the Seattle Mariners pitched a complete game two-hit shutout against the Blue Jays in a 7–0 win as the Mariners took two of three games from the Blue Jays.^[52]

September

On September 1, Justin Verlander of the Houston Astros pitched a no-hitter against the Blue Jays, the third of his career (and second against Toronto) in a 2–0 win.^[53]

Game log

Legend
Blue Jays win	Blue Jays loss	Game postponed

2019 Game Log: 67–95 (Home: 35–46; Away: 32–49)^[54]
March: 2–2 (Home: 2–2; Road: 0–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record GB 1 March 28 Tigers 0–2 (10) Alcántara (1–0) Hudson (0–1) Greene (1) 45,048 0–1 1 2 March 29 Tigers 6–0 Shoemaker (1–0) Boyd (0–1) — 18,054 1–1 ½ 3 March 30 Tigers 3–0 Sanchez (1–0) Turnbull (0–1) Giles (1) 25,429 2–1 – 4 March 31 Tigers 3–4 (11) Stumpf (1–0) Pannone (0–1) Greene (2) 16,098 2–2 1
April: 12–13 (Home: 5–6; Road: 7–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record GB 5 April 1 Orioles 5–6 Hess (1–0) Reid-Foley (0–1) Bleier (1) 10,460 2–3 2 6 April 2 Orioles 1–2 Cashner (1–1) Stroman (0–1) Castro (1) 12,110 2–4 3 7 April 3 Orioles 5–3 Shoemaker (2–0) Karns (0–1) Giles (2) 11,436 3–4 2 8 April 4 @ Indians 1–4 Bauer (1–0) Sanchez (0–1) Hand (3) 10,375 3–5 2½ 9 April 5 @ Indians 2–3 Cimber (1–0) Biagini (0–1) — 12,881 3–6 3½ 10 April 6 @ Indians 2–7 Carrasco (1–1) Pannone (0–2) — 18,429 3–7 3½ 11 April 7 @ Indians 1–3 Clevinger (1–0) Stroman (0–2) Hand (4) 17,264 3–8 4½ 12 April 9 @ Red Sox 7–5 Shoemaker (3–0) Sale (0–3) Giles (3) 36,179 4–8 5 13 April 11 @ Red Sox 6–7 Walden (2–0) Giles (0–1) — 36,510 4–9 6 14 April 12 Rays 7–11 Yarbrough (2–1) Thornton (0–1) — 17,326 4–10 7 15 April 13 Rays 3–1 Pannone (1–2) Roe (0–2) Giles (4) 20,771 5–10 6 16 April 14 Rays 4–8 Kolarek (1–0) Stroman (0–3) — 20,512 5–11 7 17 April 15 @ Twins 5–3 Gaviglio (1–0) Mejía (0–1) Biagini (1) 11,727 6–11 6½ 18 April 16 @ Twins 6–5 Sanchez (2–1) May (1–1) Giles (5) 13,365 7–11 6½ 19 April 17 @ Twins 1–4 Odorizzi (1–2) Thornton (0–2) Parker (4) 11,465 7–12 7½ 20 April 18 @ Twins 7–4 Biagini (1–1) Pineda (2–1) Giles (6) 12,523 8–12 6½ 21 April 19 @ Athletics 5–1 Stroman (1–3) Brooks (2–2) — 15,128 9–12 5½ 22 April 20 @ Athletics 10–1 Gaviglio (2–0) Fiers (2–2) — 31,140 10–12 4½ 23 April 21 @ Athletics 5–4 Hudson (1–1) Anderson (3–1) Giles (7) 16,015 11–12 3½ 24 April 23 Giants 6–7 Samardzija (2–1) Thornton (0–3) Smith (6) 20,384 11–13 5 25 April 24 Giants 0–4 Pomeranz (1–2) Buchholz (0–1) — 19,652 11–14 5 26 April 26 Athletics 4–2 Giles (1–1) Petit (0–1) — 28,688 12–14 4½ 27 April 27 Athletics 7–1 Sanchez (3–1) Anderson (3–2) — 22,254 13–14 4½ 28 April 28 Athletics 5–4 (11) Luciano (1–0) Treinen (1–2) — 18,557 14–14 4½ 29 April 30 @ Angels 3–4 Buttrey (2–1) Tepera (0–1) Robles (2) 38,797 14–15 5½
May: 7–21 (Home: 3–10; Road: 4–11) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record GB 30 May 1 @ Angels 3–6 Peña (1–1) Stroman (1–4) Buttrey (1) 33,082 14–16 5 31 May 2 @ Angels 2–6 Skaggs (3–2) Sanchez (3–2) — 40,064 14–17 6 32 May 3 @ Rangers 1–0 (12) Hudson (2–1) Jurado (0–1) Giles (8) 26,179 15–17 6 33 May 4 @ Rangers 5–8 Lynn (4–2) Pannone (1–3) Kelley (2) 31,787 15–18 6 34 May 5 @ Rangers 2–10 Dowdy (2–1) Buchholz (0–2) — 30,934 15–19 6½ 35 May 6 Twins 0–8 Pérez (5–0) Stroman (1–5) — 12,292 15–20 7½ 36 May 7 Twins 0–3 Berríos (6–1) Sanchez (3–3) Rogers (4) 14,039 15–21 8½ 37 May 8 Twins 1–9 Gibson (3–1) Thornton (0–4) — 14,372 15–22 8½ 38 May 10 White Sox 4–3 Biagini (2–1) Covey (0–2) Giles (9) 20,402 16–22 7½ 39 May 11 White Sox 2–7 Nova (2–3) Stroman (1–6) — 24,563 16–23 8½ 40 May 12 White Sox 1–5 Giolito (4–1) Sanchez (3–4) — 24,222 16–24 8½ 41 May 14 @ Giants 7–3 Thornton (1–4) Vincent (0–2) — 31,230 17–24 8½ 42 May 15 @ Giants 3–4 Melancon (1–0) Tepera (0–2) Smith (11) 31,028 17–25 9½ 43 May 16 @ White Sox 2–4 Herrera (1–2) Law (0–1) Colomé (9) 20,119 17–26 10 44 May 17 @ White Sox 10–2 Gaviglio (3–0) Nova (2–4) Guerra (1) 17,078 18–26 9½ 45 May 18 @ White Sox 1–4 (5) Giolito (5–1) Feierabend (0–1) — 22,908 18–27 10 46 May 19 @ White Sox 5–2 Hudson (3–1) Herrera (1–3) Giles (10) 18,605 19–27 9½ 47 May 20 Red Sox 2–12 Price (2–2) Jackson (0–1) — 26,794 19–28 10½ 48 May 21 Red Sox 10–3 Stroman (2–6) Rodríguez (4–3) — 14,407 20–28 10½ 49 May 22 Red Sox 5–6 (13) Hembree (1–0) Cordero (0–1) — 18,285 20–29 11½ 50 May 23 Red Sox 2–8 Weber (1–0) Gaviglio (3–1) — 36,526 20–30 12½ 51 May 24 Padres 3–6 Wisler (2–1) Hudson (3–2) Stammen (2) 19,480 20–31 13 52 May 25 Padres 4–19 Quantrill (1–2) Jackson (0–2) — 24,212 20–32 14½ 53 May 26 Padres 10–1 Stroman (3–6) Erlin (0–1) — 24,462 21–32 13½ 54 May 27 @ Rays 3–8 Chirinos (6–1) Sanchez (3–5) 15,883 21–33 14½ 55 May 28 @ Rays 1–3 Yarbrough (4–1) Richard (0–1) Castillo (6) 5,786 21–34 14½ 56 May 29 @ Rays 3–4 (11) Castillo (1–3) Shafer (0–1) 6,166 21–35 15½ 57 May 31 @ Rockies 6–13 Márquez (6–2) Jackson (0–3) 32,990 21–36 16½
June: 10–17 (Home: 5–8; Road: 5–9) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss. Save Attendance Record GB 58 June 1 @ Rockies 2–4 Gray (5–4) Stroman (3–7) Oberg (2) 34,205 21–37 17½ 59 June 2 @ Rockies 1–5 Senzatela (4–4) Sanchez (3–6) — 37,861 21–38 17½ 60 June 4 Yankees 4–3 Pannone (2–3) Tanaka (3–5) Giles (11) 20,671 22–38 16½ 61 June 5 Yankees 11–7 Gaviglio (4–1) Britton (2–1) — 16,609 23–38 15½ 62 June 6 Yankees 2–6 Happ (6–3) Jackson (0–4) Chapman (18) 25,657 23–39 16½ 63 June 7 Diamondbacks 2–8 Kelly (6–6) Stroman (3–8) — 16,555 23–40 16½ 64 June 8 Diamondbacks 0–6 Greinke (7–2) Sanchez (3–7) — 22,954 23–41 16½ 65 June 9 Diamondbacks 2–8 Ray (5–3) Richard (0–2) — 19,661 23–42 17½ 66 June 11 @ Orioles 2–4 Means (6–4) Thornton (1–5) Givens (6) 12,524 23–43 18 67 June 12 @ Orioles 8–6 Jackson (1–4) Hess (1–9) Hudson (1) 11,153 24–43 17½ 68 June 13 @ Orioles 12–3 Stroman (4–8) Ynoa (0–3) — 14,910 25–43 16½ 69 June 14 @ Astros 2–15 Cole (6–5) Sanchez (3–8) Armenteros (1) 34,719 25–44 17 70 June 15 @ Astros 2–7 Valdez (3–2) Richard (0–3) — 38,012 25–45 17½ 71 June 16 @ Astros 12–0 Thornton (2–5) Peacock (6–4) — 42,174 26–45 17½ 72 June 17 Angels 5–10 Peña (5–1) Jackson (1–5) — 15,227 26–46 18½ 73 June 18 Angels 1–3 Skaggs (6–6) Stroman (4–9) Robles (11) 17,259 26–47 19½ 74 June 19 Angels 6–11 Ramirez (3–0) Sanchez (3–9) — 16,225 26–48 20½ 75 June 20 Angels 7–5 (10) Kingham (2–1)^[Note 1] Buttrey (4–4) — 24,291 27–48 20½ 76 June 21 @ Red Sox 5–7 (10) Workman (6–1) Romano (0–1) — 36,711 27–49 21½ 77 June 22 @ Red Sox 8–7 Kingham (3–1)^[Note 2] Barnes (3–2) Giles (12) 36,712 28–49 21½ 78 June 23 @ Red Sox 6–1 Stroman (5–9) Porcello (5–7) — 36,495 29–49 20½ 79 June 24 @ Yankees 8–10 Sabathia (5–4) Sanchez (3–10) Chapman (22) 37,204 29–50 21½ 80 June 25 @ Yankees 3–4 Green (2–2) Richard (0–4) Chapman (23) 40,119 29–51 22½ 81 June 26 @ Yankees 7–8 Britton (3–1) Kingham (3–2)^[Note 3] — 40,578 29–52 23½ 82 June 28 Royals 6–2 Hudson (4–2) Duffy (3–4) — 18,399 30–52 23 83 June 29 Royals 7–5 Hudson (5–2) Barlow (2–3) — 24,906 31–52 23 84 June 30 Royals 6–7 Keller (4–9) Sanchez (3–11) Kennedy (11) 21,727 31–53 24
July: 12–14 (Home: 5–8; Road: 7–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record GB 85 July 1 Royals 11–4 Richard (1–4) Sparkman (2–4) — 29,339 32–53 23½ 86 July 2 Red Sox 6–10 Price (6–2) Thornton (2–6) — 18,415 32–54 23½ 87 July 3 Red Sox 6–3 Waguespack (1–0) Sale (3–8) Giles (13) 16,883 33–54 23½ 88 July 4 Red Sox 7–8 Workman (8–1) Giles (1–2) — 22,217 33–55 24½ 89 July 5 Orioles 1–4 Bundy (4–10) Sanchez (3–12) Fry (3) 20,530 33–56 25½ 90 July 6 Orioles 1–8 Cashner (9–3) Richard (1–5) — 22,405 33–57 25½ 91 July 7 Orioles 6–1 Thornton (3–6) Wojciechowski (0–2) — 22,487 34–57 24½ 92 July 12 @ Yankees 0–4 Germán (11–2) Sanchez (3–13) — 47,162 34–58 25½ 93 July 13 @ Yankees 2–1 Biagini (3–1) Happ (7–5) Hudson (2) 43,472 35–58 24½ 94 July 14 @ Yankees 2–4 Tanaka (6–5) Stroman (5–10) Chapman (25) 42,303 35–59 25½ 95 July 15 @ Red Sox 8–10 Porcello (7–7) Thornton (3–7) Workman (4) 35,616 35–60 25½ 96 July 16 @ Red Sox 10–4 Shafer (1–1) Cashner (9–4) — 36,341 36–60 25½ 97 July 17 @ Red Sox 4–5 Rodríguez (11–4) Sanchez (3–14) Workman (5) 34,853 36–61 26 98 July 18 @ Red Sox 0–5 Sale (4–9) Pannone (2–4) — 35,357 36–62 27½ 99 July 19 @ Tigers 12–1 Stroman (6–10) Zimmermann (0–7) — 26,498 37–62 27½ 100 July 20 @ Tigers 7–5 Font (3–2)^[Note 4] Soto (0–4) Giles (14) 28,784 38–62 27½ 101 July 21 @ Tigers 3–4 (10) Ramirez (5–3) Mayza (0–1) 22,562 38–63 27½ 102 July 22 Indians 3–7 Clevinger (4–2) Borucki (0–1) — 22,295 38–64 27½ 103 July 23 Indians 2–1 (10) Giles (2–2) Olson (1–1) — 22,186 39–64 27½ 104 July 24 Indians 0–4 Bieber (10–3) Stroman (6–11) — 25,385 39–65 28½ 105 July 26 Rays 1–3 Yarbrough (9–3) Waguespack (1–1) Poche (1) 22,767 39–66 28 106 July 27 Rays 10–9 (12) Hudson (6–2) Pagán (2–2) — 28,204 40–66 27 107 July 28 Rays 9–10 Roe (1–3) Hudson (6–3) Castillo (8) 24,542 40–67 28 108 July 29 @ Royals 7–3 Mayza (1–1) Keller (7–10) — 18,306 41–67 27½ 109 July 30 @ Royals 9–2 Reid-Foley (1–1) Montgomery (1–4) — 18,379 42–67 26½ 110 July 31 @ Royals 4–1 Waguespack (2–1) Junis (6–10) Shafer (1) 14,480 43–67 26½
August: 12–15 (Home: 7–7; Road: 5–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record GB 111 August 1 @ Orioles 11–2 Thornton (4–7) Wojciechowski (2–4) — 9,716 44–67 26 112 August 2 @ Orioles 5–2 Kingham (4–2)^[Note 5] Brooks (2–5) Law (1) 16,331 45–67 26 113 August 3 @ Orioles 4–6 Givens (2–5) Boshers (0–1) Fry (3) 12,951 45–68 27½ 114 August 4 @ Orioles 5–6 Eshelman (1–2) Reid-Foley (1–2) Armstrong (4) 18,837 45–69 28½ 115 August 5 @ Rays 2–0 Waguespack (3–1) Morton (12–4) Law (2) 11,948 46–69 28½ 116 August 6 @ Rays 6–7 (10) Castillo (2–6) Boshers (0–2) — 9,434 46–70 29½ 117 August 7 @ Rays 4–3 Stewart (1–0) McKay (2–2) Giles (15) 10,299 47–70 29½ 118 August 8 Yankees 6–12 Germán (15–2) Pannone (2–5) Cessa (1) 34,108 47–71 30½ 119 August 9 Yankees 8–2 Reid-Foley (2–2) Happ (9–7) — 25,782 48–71 29½ 120 August 10 Yankees 5–4 Adam (1–0) Ottavino (5–4) Law (3) 33,903 49–71 28½ 121 August 11 Yankees 0–1 Tanaka (8–6) Thornton (4–8) Chapman (31) 27,790 49–72 29½ 122 August 12 Rangers 19–4 Stewart (2–0) Jurado (6–8) — 16,492 50–72 30 123 August 13 Rangers 3–0 Pannone (3–5) Lynn (14–8) Giles (16) 22,958 51–72 30 124 August 14 Rangers 3–7 Allard (1–0) Reid-Foley (2–3) — 34,666 51–73 31 125 August 16 Mariners 7–3 Waguespack (4–1) LeBlanc (6–7) — 20,844 52–73 30½ 126 August 17 Mariners 3–4 Bass (2–4) Mayza (1–2) Magill (1) 22,073 52–74 31½ 127 August 18 Mariners 0–7 Kikuchi (5–8) Font (3–3)^[Note 6] — 23,604 52–75 31½ 128 August 20 @ Dodgers 3–16 Kershaw (13–2) Reid-Foley (2–4) — 52,030 52–76 31½ 129 August 21 @ Dodgers 1–2 (10) Báez (7–2) Mayza (1–3) — 44,106 52–77 31½ 130 August 22 @ Dodgers 2–3 Sadler (3–0) Law (0–2) — 49,796 52–78 31½ 131 August 23 @ Mariners 4–7 Wisler (3–2) Gaviglio (4–2) Magill (3) 34,706 52–79 32½ 132 August 24 @ Mariners 7–5 Stewart (3–0) McClain (0–1) Law (4) 34,590 53–79 31½ 133 August 25 @ Mariners 1–3 Gonzales (14–10) Buchholz (0–3) Magill (4) 29,698 53–80 32½ 134 August 27 Braves 3–1 Godley (4–5)^[Note 7] Soroka (10–3) Giles (17) 24,578 54–80 33 135 August 28 Braves 4–9 Jackson (8–2) Waguespack (4–2) — 23,112 54–81 34 136 August 30 Astros 4–7 McHugh (4–5) Thornton (4–9) — 25,289 54–82 34 137 August 31 Astros 6–4 Buchholz (1–3) Valdez (4–7) Giles (18) 26,414 55–82 34
September: 12–13 (Home: 8–5; Road: 4–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record GB 138 September 1 Astros 0–2 Verlander (17–5) Giles (2–3) — 24,104 55–83 35 139 September 2 @ Braves 3–6 Soroka (11–3) Waguespack (4–3) Melancon (9) 28,987 55–84 35 140 September 3 @ Braves 2–7 Foltynewicz (5-5) Font (3–4)^[Note 8] — 25,427 55–85 36 141 September 5 @ Rays 4–6 Drake (4–2) Boshers (0–3) Pagán (18) 5,962 55–86 37 142 September 6 @ Rays 0–5 Fairbanks (1–2) Buchholz (1–4) Pagán (19) 10,853 55–87 37 143 September 7 @ Rays 3–5 Anderson (5–4) Romano (0–2) Drake (2) 12,663 55–88 38 144 September 8 @ Rays 3–8 Richards (5–12) Waguespack (4–4) — 14,071 55–89 39 145 September 10 Red Sox 4–3 Shafer (2–1) Taylor (1–2) Giles (19) 17,819 56–89 38½ 146 September 11 Red Sox 8–0 Thornton (5–9) Kelley (0–1) — 14,463 57–89 38 147 September 12 Red Sox 4–7 Taylor (2–2) Buchholz (1–5) Workman (12) 17,420 57–90 39½ 148 September 13 Yankees 6–5 (12) Font (4–4)^[Note 9] Lyons (1–2) — 23,915 58–90 38½ 149 September 14 Yankees 3–13 Paxton (14–6) Waguespack (4–5) — 26,308 58–91 39½ 150 September 15 Yankees 6–4 Zeuch (1–0) Cortés Jr. (5–1) Giles (20) 22,562 59–91 38½ 151 September 17 @ Orioles 8–5 Law (1–2) Givens (2–6) — 9,280 60–91 38½ 152 September 18 @ Orioles 11–10 Stewart (4–0) Castro (1–3) Law (5) 9,066 61–91 37½ 153 September 19 @ Orioles 8–4 Kay (1–0) Ynoa (1–9) — 10,148 62–91 37½ 154 September 20 @ Yankees 4–3 Adam (2–0) Kahnle (3–2) Giles (21) 45,270 63–91 36½ 155 September 21 @ Yankees 2–7 Paxton (15–6) Zeuch (1–1) — 43,602 63–92 37½ 156 September 22 @ Yankees 3–8 Severino (1–0) Font (4–5)^[Note 10] — 44,583 63–93 38½ 157 September 23 Orioles 11–10 (15) Adam (3–0) Eades (0–1) — 13,193 64–93 38 158 September 24 Orioles 4–11 Bundy (7–14) Pannone (3–6) — 12,625 64–94 38 159 September 25 Orioles 3–2 Waguespack (5–5) Ynoa (1–10) Giles (22) 13,853 65–94 37 160 September 27 Rays 2–6 Drake (5–2) Zeuch (1–2) — 16,348 65–95 38 161 September 28 Rays 4–1 Thornton (6–9) Yarbrough (11–6) Giles (23) 20,293 66–95 37 162 September 29 Rays 8–3 Buchholz (2–5) Snell (6–8) — 25,738 67–95 36

Roster

2019 Toronto Blue Jays
Roster
Pitchers 48 Jason Adam 31 Joe Biagini 56 Ryan Borucki 67 Buddy Boshers 36 Clay Buchholz 66 Jimmy Cordero 59 Yennsy Díaz 73 Ryan Dull 60 Ryan Feierabend 63 Wilmer Font 43 Sam Gaviglio 51 Ken Giles 46 Zack Godley 48 Javy Guerra 46 Daniel Hudson 33 Edwin Jackson 70 Anthony Kay 66 Nick Kingham 64 Derek Law 65 Elvis Luciano 58 Tim Mayza 45 Thomas Pannone 35 David Phelps 33 Neil Ramírez 54 Sean Reid-Foley  2 Clayton Richard 68 Jordan Romano 59 Zac Rosscup 41 Aaron Sanchez 50 Justin Shafer 34 Matt Shoemaker 35 Brock Stewart  6 Marcus Stroman 52 Ryan Tepera 57 Trent Thornton 62 Jacob Waguespack 71 T. J. Zeuch		Catchers  9 Danny Jansen 21 Luke Maile 10 Reese McGuire 72 Beau Taylor Infielders 11 Bo Bichette  8 Cavan Biggio  3 Brandon Drury 16 Freddy Galvis 27 Vladimir Guerrero Jr. 1,19 Alen Hanson 14 Justin Smoak  5 Eric Sogard 44 Rowdy Tellez  7 Richard Ureña 74 Breyvic Valera		Outfielders 30 Anthony Alford 38 Socrates Brito 49 Jonathan Davis 20 Derek Fisher 15 Randal Grichuk 13 Lourdes Gurriel Jr. 37 Teoscar Hernández 28 Billy McKinney 11 Kevin Pillar		Manager 25 Charlie Montoyo Coaches 61 Alex Andreopoulos (bullpen catcher) 55 Nevin Ashley (bullpen catcher) 53 Mark Budzinski (first base) 26 Matt Buschmann (bullpen) 47 Shelley Duncan (field coordinator) 39 Dave Hudgens (bench) 18 Guillermo Martínez (hitting)  4 Luis Rivera (third base) 17 John Schneider (coach) 40 Pete Walker (pitching)

Statistics

Batting

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

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	AVG	Ref.
Anthony Alford	16	28	3	5	0	0	1	1	2	1	.179	^[55]
Bo Bichette	46	196	32	61	18	0	11	21	4	14	.311	^[56]
Cavan Biggio	100	354	66	83	17	2	16	48	14	71	.234	^[57]
Socrates Brito	17	39	5	3	0	1	0	2	0	4	.077	^[58]
Jonathan Davis	37	83	8	15	1	0	2	6	3	5	.181	^[59]
Brandon Drury	120	418	43	91	21	1	15	41	0	25	.218	^[60]
Derek Fisher	40	93	14	15	2	0	6	12	1	14	.161	^[61]
Freddy Galvis	115	450	55	120	24	1	18	54	4	21	.267	^[62]
Zack Godley	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	^[63]
Randal Grichuk	151	586	75	136	29	5	31	80	2	35	.232	^[64]
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	123	464	52	126	26	2	15	69	0	46	.272	^[65]
Lourdes Gurriel Jr.	84	314	52	87	19	2	20	50	6	20	.277	^[66]
Alen Hanson	18	43	5	7	0	0	0	4	1	3	.163	^[67]
Teoscar Hernández	125	417	58	96	19	2	26	65	6	45	.230	^[68]
Edwin Jackson	8	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	^[69]
Danny Jansen	107	347	41	72	12	1	13	43	0	31	.207	^[70]
Elvis Luciano	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	^[71]
Luke Maile	44	119	9	18	2	1	2	9	1	8	.151	^[72]
Reese McGuire	30	97	14	29	7	0	5	11	0	7	.299	^[73]
Billy McKinney	84	251	37	54	14	1	12	28	0	19	.215	^[74]
Kevin Pillar	5	16	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.063	^[75]
Sean Reid-Foley	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	^[76]
Aaron Sanchez	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	^[77]
Justin Smoak	121	414	54	86	16	0	22	61	0	79	.208	^[78]
Eric Sogard	73	287	45	86	17	2	10	30	6	29	.300	^[79]
Marcus Stroman	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	^[80]
Beau Taylor	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	^[81]
Rowdy Tellez	111	370	49	84	19	0	21	54	1	29	.227	^[82]
Trent Thornton	29	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	^[83]
Richard Ureña	30	74	4	18	6	0	0	4	0	2	.243	^[84]
Breyvic Valera	5	15	2	4	1	0	1	3	0	0	.267	^[85]
Jacob Waguespack	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	^[86]
T. J. Zeuch	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	^[87]
Team Totals	162	5493	726	1299	270	21	247	697	51	509	.236	[1]

Pitching

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

Player	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	WHIP	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	Ref.
Jason Adam	23	0	3	0	0	2.91	1.15	212⁄3	15	8	7	10	18	^[88]
Joe Biagini	50	0	3	1	1	3.78	1.34	50	50	22	21	17	50	^[89]
Ryan Borucki	2	2	0	1	0	10.80	3.15	62⁄3	15	10	8	6	6	^[90]
Buddy Boshers	28	1	0	3	0	4.05	1.50	20	20	10	9	10	26	^[91]
Clay Buchholz	12	12	2	5	0	6.56	1.49	59	72	44	43	16	39	^[92]
Jimmy Cordero	1	0	0	1	0	6.75	1.50	11⁄3	2	1	1	0	0	^[93]
Yennsy Díaz	1	0	0	0	0	27.00	7.50	2⁄3	1	2	2	4	0	^[94]
Ryan Dull	1	0	0	0	0	6.75	0.75	11⁄3	1	1	1	0	3	^[95]
Ryan Feierabend	2	1	0	1	0	11.12	2.12	52⁄3	11	7	7	1	4	^[96]
Wilmer Font	23	14	2	3	0	3.66	1.14	391⁄3	34	16	16	11	53	^[97]
Sam Gaviglio	52	0	4	2	0	4.61	1.12	952⁄3	85	51	49	22	88	^[98]
Ken Giles	53	0	2	3	23	1.87	1.00	53	36	11	11	17	83	^[99]
Zack Godley	6	0	1	0	0	3.94	1.38	16	15	7	7	7	12	^[100]
Javy Guerra	11	0	0	0	0	3.86	1.21	14	12	6	6	5	15	^[101]
Daniel Hudson	45	1	6	3	2	3.00	1.27	48	38	18	16	23	48	^[102]
Edwin Jackson	8	5	1	5	0	11.12	2.19	281⁄3	49	41	35	13	19	^[103]
Anthony Kay	3	2	1	0	0	5.79	1.43	14	15	9	9	5	13	^[104]
Nick Kingham	11	0	3	1	0	3.00	1.52	21	24	7	7	8	14	^[105]
Derek Law	58	4	1	2	5	4.90	1.66	602⁄3	61	36	33	40	67	^[106]
Elvis Luciano	25	0	1	0	0	5.35	1.78	332⁄3	36	20	20	24	27	^[107]
Luke Maile	41	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.50	2	1	0	0	0	3	^[108]
Tim Mayza	68	0	1	3	0	4.91	1.40	511⁄3	45	29	28	27	55	^[109]
Thomas Pannone	37	7	3	6	0	6.16	1.42	73	73	51	50	31	69	^[110]
David Phelps	17	1	0	0	0	3.63	1.21	171⁄3	14	7	7	7	18	^[111]
Neil Ramírez	6	1	0	0	0	5.40	1.68	81⁄3	8	5	5	6	6	^[112]
Sean Reid-Foley	9	6	2	4	0	4.26	1.71	312⁄3	33	20	15	21	28	^[113]
Clayton Richard	10	10	1	5	0	5.96	1.57	451⁄3	53	33	30	18	22	^[114]
Jordan Romano	17	0	0	2	0	7.63	1.70	151⁄3	17	14	13	9	21	^[115]
Zac Rosscup	2	0	0	0	0	27.00	5.00	1	3	4	3	2	2	^[116]
Aaron Sanchez	23	23	3	14	0	6.07	1.69	1122⁄3	131	82	76	59	99	^[117]
Justin Shafer	34	0	2	1	1	3.86	1.66	392⁄3	41	19	17	25	39	^[118]
Matt Shoemaker	5	5	3	0	0	1.57	0.87	282⁄3	16	7	5	9	24	^[119]
Brock Stewart	10	0	4	0	0	8.31	1.57	212⁄3	28	21	20	6	16	^[120]
Marcus Stroman	21	21	6	11	0	2.96	1.23	1242⁄3	118	50	41	35	99	^[121]
Ryan Tepera	23	1	0	2	0	4.98	1.29	212⁄3	20	12	12	8	14	^[122]
Trent Thornton	32	29	6	9	0	4.84	1.41	1541⁄3	156	87	83	61	149	^[123]
Richard Ureña	22	0	0	0	0	36.00	5.00	1	4	4	4	1	0	^[124]
Jacob Waguespack	16	13	5	5	0	4.38	1.33	78	75	43	38	29	63	^[125]
T. J. Zeuch	5	3	1	2	0	4.76	1.46	222⁄3	22	13	12	11	20	^[87]
Team Totals	162	162	67	95	33	4.79	1.43	14401⁄3	1450	828	767	604	1332	[2]

Transactions

March

• On March 28, placed Ryan Borucki, Clay Buchholz, Jonathan Davis, David Phelps, and Ryan Tepera on the 10-day injured list, recalled Rowdy Tellez, and selected the contract of Javy Guerra.^[126]

April

• On April 1, placed Clayton Richard on the 10-day injured list, and recalled Sean Reid-Foley.^[127]
• On April 2, transferred Dalton Pompey to the 60-day injured list, recalled Anthony Alford, acquired Alen Hanson, Derek Law, and Juan De Paula from the San Francisco Giants for Kevin Pillar, and acquired Socrates Brito from the San Diego Padres for Rodrigo Orozco.^[127]
• On April 4, optioned Anthony Alford and Sean Reid-Foley, and recalled Socrates Brito and Alen Hanson.^[127]
• On April 7, sent Clay Buchholz on a rehab assignment to the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons.^[127]
• On April 12, sent Ryan Tepera on a rehab assignment to the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons.^[127]
• On April 13, optioned Richard Ureña and activated Clay Buchholz.^[127]
• On April 15, transferred Ryan Borucki to the 60-day injured list, optioned Lourdes Gurriel Jr., and selected the contract of Eric Sogard.^[127]
• On April 18, designated Javy Guerra for assignment and activated Ryan Tepera.^[127]
• On April 21, placed Matt Shoemaker on the 10-day injured list and recalled Richard Ureña.^[127]
• On April 22, outrighted Javy Guerra to Triple-A Buffalo.^[127]
• On April 26, optioned Richard Ureña and selected the contract of Vladimir Guerrero Jr.^[127]

May

• On May 3, designated Alen Hanson for assignment and selected the contract of Derek Law.^[128]
• On May 7, outrighted Alen Hanson to Triple-A Buffalo.^[128]
• On May 9, optioned Thomas Pannone.^[128]
• On May 10, placed Clay Buchholz on the 10-day injured list, designated Socrates Brito for assignment, recalled Jonathan Davis and Thomas Pannone, and selected the contract of Javy Guerra.^[128]
• On May 15, transferred David Phelps and Matt Shoemaker to the 60-day injured list, optioned Thomas Pannone, selected the contract of Edwin Jackson, and claimed Jimmy Cordero off waivers from the Washington Nationals.^[128]
• On May 16, outrighted Socrates Brito, optioned Teoscar Hernandez, and recalled Richard Ureña.^[128]
• On May 18, sent Clayton Richard on a rehab assignment to the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons, designated Javy Guerra for assignment, and selected the contract of Ryan Feierabend.^[128]
• On May 21, placed Ryan Tepera on the 10-day injured list and recalled Jimmy Cordero.^[128]
• On May 23, optioned Jimmy Cordero and activated Clayton Richard. Later, designated Jimmy Cordero for assignment and claimed Zac Rosscup off waivers from the Seattle Mariners.^[128]
• On May 24, placed Elvis Luciano on the bereavement list, designated Ryan Feierabend for assignment, optioned Billy McKinney and Richard Ureña, recalled Thomas Pannone and Lourdes Gurriel Jr., and selected the contract of Cavan Biggio.^[128]
• On May 26, placed Tim Mayza on the 10-day injured list, outrighted Ryan Feierabend to Triple-A Buffalo, and recalled Jacob Waguespack.^[128]
• On May 28, designated Zac Rosscup for assignment and selected the contract of Justin Shafer.^[128]
• On May 29, placed Jacob Waguespack on the 10-day injured list and activated Elvis Luciano.^[128]

June

• On June 1, outrighted Zac Rosscup to Triple-A Buffalo.^[129]
• On June 3, optioned Justin Shafer.^[129]
• On June 4, activated Tim Mayza.^[129]
• On June 5, optioned Jonathan Davis, recalled Teoscar Hernández, and sent David Phelps on a rehab assignment to the Advanced-A Dunedin Blue Jays.^[129]
• On June 12, placed Ken Giles on the 10-day injured list, transferred Clay Buchholz to the 60-day injured list, and selected the contract of Jordan Romano.^[129]
• On June 13, placed Elvis Luciano on the 10-day injured list, transferred Ryan Tepera to the 60-day injured list, recalled Justin Shafer, and acquired Nick Kingham from the Pittsburgh Pirates for cash considerations.^[129]
• On June 15, optioned Thomas Pannone and activated Nick Kingham.^[129]
• On June 16, sent Jacob Waguespack on a rehab assignment to the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons.^[129]
• On June 17, optioned Justin Shafer, transferred Elvis Luciano to the 60-day injured list, and activated David Phelps.^[129]
• On June 18, placed Edwin Jackson and Justin Smoak on the 10-day injured list, and recalled Billy McKinney and Justin Shafer.^[129]
• On June 20, optioned Justin Shafer and activated Ken Giles.^[129]
• On June 23, optioned Jordan Romano and recalled Sean Reid-Foley.^[129]
• On June 26, sent Ryan Borucki on a rehab assignment to the Rookie-level Gulf Coast League Blue Jays.^[129]
• On June 28, optioned Billy McKinney and activated Justin Smoak.^[129]

July

• On July 1, sent Ryan Borucki on a rehab assignment to the Dunedin Blue Jays.^[130]
• On July 2, sent Edwin Jackson on a rehab assignment to the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons.^[130]
• On July 3, sent Dalton Pompey on a rehab assignment to the Rookie-level Gulf Coast League Blue Jays, and optioned Sean Reid-Foley.^[130]
• On July 4, optioned Jacob Waguespack, and recalled Thomas Pannone.^[130]
• On July 5, optioned Thomas Pannone, and recalled Jonathan Davis.^[130]
• On July 7, optioned Jonathan Davis, and recalled Justin Shafer.^[130]
• On July 8, sent Dalton Pompey on a rehab assignment to the Advanced-A Dunedin Blue Jays.^[130]
• On July 11, sent Ryan Borucki on a rehab assignment to the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons.^[130]
• On July 14, placed Clayton Richard on the 10-day injured list, and activated Edwin Jackson.^[130]
• On July 15, sent Dalton Pompey on a rehab assignment to the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons, optioned Rowdy Tellez, and recalled Billy McKinney.^[130]
• On July 16, designated Edwin Jackson for assignment, and recalled Jacob Waguespack.^[130]
• On July 17, acquired Wilmer Font from the New York Mets for cash considerations.^[130]
• On July 18, designated Nick Kingham for assignment, and recalled Thomas Pannone.^[130]
• On July 19, optioned Thomas Pannone, and activated Wilmer Font.^[130]
• On July 21, outrighted Nick Kingham to the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons.^[130]
• On July 22, placed Trent Thornton on the 10-day injured list, and activated Ryan Borucki and Dalton Pompey. Pompey was later designated for assignment.^[130]
• On July 27, placed Luke Maile on the 10-day injured list, and recalled Reese McGuire.^[130]
• On July 28, acquired two players to be named later from the Tampa Bay Rays for Eric Sogard, and acquired Anthony Kay and Simeon Woods Richardson from the New York Mets for Marcus Stroman and cash considerations.^[130]
• On July 29, selected the contract of Bo Bichette, and recalled Thomas Pannone.^[130]
• On July 30, outrighted Dalton Pompey to the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons, acquired Thomas Hatch from the Chicago Cubs for David Phelps and cash considerations, and recalled Sean Reid-Foley.^[130]
• On July 31, placed Ryan Borucki on the 10-day injured list, claimed Brock Stewart off waivers from the Los Angeles Dodgers and optioned him to Triple-A, acquired Derek Fisher from the Houston Astros for Aaron Sanchez, Cal Stevenson, and Joe Biagini, acquired Kyle Johnston from the Washington Nationals for Daniel Hudson, and selected the contract of Buddy Boshers from the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons.^[130]

August

• On August 1, activated Trent Thornton, and selected the contract of Jason Adam.^[131]
• On August 2, optioned Billy McKinney and selected the contract of Nick Kingham.^[131]
• On August 3, placed Nick Kingham on the 10-day injured list, and recalled Yennsy Díaz.^[131]
• On August 5, optioned Yennsy Díaz, and recalled Brock Stewart.^[131]
• On August 7, designated David Paulino for assignment, and claimed Zack Godley off waivers from the Arizona Diamondbacks.^[131]
• On August 8, optioned Brock Stewart and activated Zack Godley.^[131]
• On August 9, sent Clay Buchholz on a rehab assignment to the Rookie-level Gulf Coast League Blue Jays.^[131]
• On August 10, placed Lourdes Gurriel Jr. on the 10-day injured list and recalled Brock Stewart.^[131]
• On August 11, optioned Jason Adam, selected the contract of Neil Ramírez and transferred Ryan Borucki to the 60-day injured list.^[131]
• On August 12, recalled Billy McKinney.^[131]
• On August 13, optioned Brock Stewart, and recalled Rowdy Tellez.^[131]
• On August 16, claimed Beau Taylor off waivers from the Oakland Athletics and optioned him.^[131]
• On August 17, sent Ryan Tepera on a rehab assignment to the Advanced-A Dunedin Blue Jays.^[131]
• On August 18, sent Clay Buchholz on a rehab assignment to the Advanced-A Dunedin Blue Jays.^[131]
• On August 20, optioned Thomas Pannone, and recalled Richard Ureña.^[131]
• On August 21, optioned Sean Reid-Foley, and recalled Jason Adam.^[131]
• On August 22, placed Ken Giles on the paternity list, and recalled Jordan Romano.^[131]
• On August 23, sent Ryan Tepera on a rehab assignment to the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons.^[131]
• On August 24, optioned Richard Ureña, and recalled Brock Stewart.^[131]
• On August 25, activated Clay Buchholz and Ken Giles, designated Nick Kingham for assignment, and optioned Justin Shafer and Brock Stewart.^[131]
• On August 31, sent Clayton Richard on a rehab assignment to the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons.^[131]

September

• On September 1, designated Neil Ramírez for assignment, activated Ryan Tepera, acquired Curtis Taylor and Edisson Gonzalez from the Tampa Bay Rays, and recalled Beau Taylor.^[132]
• On September 2, activated Clayton Richard and recalled Thomas Pannone.^[132]
• On September 3, recalled Anthony Alford, Jonathan Davis and Richard Ureña, selected the contract of T.J. Zeuch, designated Zack Godley for assignment, and outrighted Neil Ramírez to the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons.^[132]
• On September 5, recalled Brock Stewart and Justin Shafer.^[132]
• On September 6, outrighted Zack Godley to the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons.^[132]
• On September 7, designated Beau Taylor for assignment and selected the contract of Anthony Kay.^[132]
• On September 12, activated Elvis Luciano and released Clayton Richard.^[132]
• On September 14, activated Lourdes Gurriel Jr. and Luke Maile.^[132]
• On September 18, placed Tim Mayza on the 60-day injured list, and claimed Ryan Dull off waivers from the New York Yankees.^[132]
• On September 20, designated Ryan Dull for assignment, and claimed Breyvic Valera off waivers from the New York Yankees.^[132]
• On September 24, outrighted Ryan Dull to the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons.^[132]
• On September 25, placed Lourdes Gurriel Jr. on the 60-day injured list, selected the contract of Ryan Dull, and recalled Yennsy Díaz.^[132]
• On September 30, recalled Sein Reid-Foley, Héctor Pérez, Patrick Murphy and Julian Merryweather.^[132]

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

(Updated to games played September 2, 2019)

Level	Team	League	Manager	Win–loss record	Position	Postseason	Ref.
Triple-A	Buffalo Bisons	International League	Bob Meacham	71–69	North Division 3rd place 4½ GB	Did not qualify	^[133]
Double-A	New Hampshire Fisher Cats	Eastern League	Mike Mordecai	31–36 (first half) 32–40 (second half)	Eastern Division 5th place (first half) 8 GB 5th place (second half) 9 GB	Did not qualify	^[134]
Advanced-A	Dunedin Blue Jays	Florida State League	Cesar Martin	41–24 (first half) 39–31 (second half)	North Division 1st place (first half) +5½ G 1st place (second half) +2½ G	Qualified, Postseason Cancelled ^[Note 11]	^[135]
Class-A	Lansing Lugnuts	Midwest League	Dallas McPherson	32–37 (first half) 36–34 (second half)	Eastern Division 6th place (first half) 12 GB 4th place (second half) 6½ GB	Did not qualify	^[136]
Short Season-A	Vancouver Canadians	Northwest League	Casey Candaele	15–23 (first half) 15–23 (second half)	North Division 4th place (first half) 8 GB 4th place (second half) 8 GB	Did not qualify	^[137]
Rookie Advanced	Bluefield Blue Jays	Appalachian League	Luis Hurtado	31–36	East Division 4th place 10½ GB	Did not qualify	^[138]
Rookie	GCL Blue Jays	Gulf Coast League	Dennis Holmberg	27–23	North Division 3rd place 7 GB	Did not qualify	^[139]
Rookie	DSL Blue Jays	Dominican Summer League	John Tamargo Jr.	35–35	Baseball City Division 3rd place 11½ GB	Did not qualify	^[140]

Notes

1. 1–0 with Toronto
2. 2–0 with Toronto
3. 2–1 with Toronto
4. 1–0 with Toronto
5. 3–1 with Toronto
6. 1–1 with Toronto
7. 1–0 with Toronto
8. 1–2 with Toronto
9. 2–2 with Toronto
10. 2–3 with Toronto
11. The impending threat of Hurricane Dorian forced the cancellation of the league's entire postseason. Dunedin had clinched the first half and was in first place for the second half at the time of the cancellation

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External links

• 2019 Toronto Blue Jays at Baseball Reference