Blue Jays Acquire Daulton Varsho from Diamondbacks

This year's World Series provides hope to a group of people who have had little of it in recent years - Pittsburgh Pirates fans. The Texas Rangers host the Arizona Diamondbacks in Game 1 of the Fall Classic on Friday night at Globe Life Field in Arlington. Both were among the worst teams in the major leagues just two years ago. The Diamondbacks…

NEW YORK - One week ago, the Toronto Blue Jays hit rock bottom after a demoralizing sweep at home against the Texas Rangers, who outscored the Blue Jays 35-9 over four games and knocked them out of the playoff picture. Toronto's deficit in the American League wild-card standings at that point - 2½ games behind Texas for the second spot and 1½…

The streaking Baltimore Orioles aside, with the Aug. 1 Major League Baseball trade deadline coming up fast, the spotlight is on the Toronto Blue Jays after their sweep of the Arizona Diamondbacks last weekend. In the eyes of many, the Jays had underperformed before the All-Star break, despite sitting third in the American League East, the most…

The Toronto Blue Jays look to break out the brooms against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday. The pregame narrative: Toronto held Arizona to two runs in each of the past two games but the Dbacks' bats should wake up today. We're specifically eyeing a former Jay - Gabriel Moreno -to rake against Yusei Kikuchi. MLB odds as of 9:33 a.m. ET on…

Arizona Diamondbacks vs Toronto Blue Jays 7/15/2023 Picks Predictions Previews The Toronto Blue Jays are hosting the Arizona Diamondbacks at the Rogers Centre in Toronto on Saturday, July 15, 2023, at 15:07 ET in the second game of this series. The Jays are 5-1 in their last 6 games, while the Dbacks are 2-5 in their last 7. The Blue Jays have a…

The Arizona Diamondbacks will start the second half of their season with a showdown with the Toronto Blue Jays. We are in Toronto, sharing our MLB odds series, making a Diamondbacks-Blue Jays prediction and pick while showing you how to watch. The Diamondbacks look to stay hot in the second half of the season. Now, they start the second part of the…

The Toronto Blue Jays kick off their second half on Friday with a series opener against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Rogers Centre. The pregame narrative: Toronto enters with a 50-41 mark, which is only good for third in the AL East. Arizona, surprisingly, is second in the NL West but has more wins than the first-place Dodgers. Lourdes Gurriel Jr.…

2022 record: 74-88; fourth in National League West Offseason headlines: After three consecutive losing seasons and five without making the playoffs, things are trending forward in the desert since a 110-loss season in 2021. Instead of a major splash in the winter, Arizona's moves offered intrigue. Former AL Rookie of the Year Kyle Lewis was added…

Toronto Blue Jays vs Detroit Tigers 3/20/2023 Picks Predictions Previews The Toronto Blue Jays will go against the Detroit Tigers in MLB action in Publix Field at Joker Marchant Stadium Lakeland, FL, on Monday, March 20, 2023, at 1:05 PM ET. Given that a sizable percentage of their young roster was still under club control, the Blue Jays didn't…

Ideal conditions for Spring Training baseball at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick MLB Cactus League spring training games got underway Feb. 25. It's a chance for teams to bring in players from their major league roster, and minor league systems to potentially create the best possible roster before Opening Day. The Arizona Diamondbacks made a lot…

The Arizona Diamondbacks have drawn the short straw of playing in the NL West, but that doesn't mean there's no hope for this upcoming MLB season. The Diamondbacks finished 74-88 last season, a 22-game improvement from the 2021 season, but were still 37 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers for first place in the division. Oddsmakers at DraftKings…

The Yankees enter the 2023 season as the odds-on favorites to win the AL East crown for a second consecutive year, but despite the significant improvements this team has made, this division remains one of the strongest, if not the best in the sport. It features two other playoff participants from last year, and with Baltimore leaving their punching…

It's prospect season! As reported by Michael McDermott, last night MLB Pipeline released their top 100 prospects list, and it contained four Diamondbacks. A week earlier Baseball America released their list and it had five D-backs on it. These are the two premier prospect ranking sites in the industry. Here is how the the two sites compare in their…

The Blue Jays had a terrific 2022 season. They won 92 games, the most for the franchise since 2015. They scored the second-most runs in the American League, a year after being the most prolific lineup in baseball, while out-hitting every team. They earned the top Wild Card spot in the AL. But did they actually underachieve? One writer thinks so,…

The Toronto Blue Jays continue to try and break out of the giant shadows cast by the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox in the AL East ahead of the 2023 season. While general manager Ross Atkins and president Mark Shapiro have undergone heavy criticism for not pulling the trigger in the past, they have made some solid moves this winter, ahead of a…

The Arizona Diamondbacks and 3B Evan Longoria reportedly came to terms on a 1-year deal on Friday, per Jon Heyman. Heyman adds that the contract is worth $4 million plus $1 million in incentives. Longoria, a veteran infielder, joins an Arizona team that has certainly had a busy offseason. The Diamondbacks most recently traded C/OF Daulton Varsho to…

When New York Yankees fans learned of the team's interest in a trio of Arizona Diamondbacks outfielders, the main worry was the Houston Astros swooping in at the last second to steal the best option available. Instead, it was the division-rival Toronto Blue Jays, who traded for outfielder Daulton Varsho last week. They sent top prospect Gabriel…

This take may be insufficiently warm for the hot stove, but the trade that sent Daulton Varsho from Arizona to Toronto for Gabriel Moreno and Lourdes Gurriel might be good for both sides. Varsho had a quiet breakout in 2022, hitting.235/.302/.443 in hitter-friendly Phoenix but playing elite defense in the outfield while also going behind the plate…

It's not just the New York Yankees sinking themselves in molasses as 2022 comes to a close. The trade market right now is dead as a doornail. Frozen. Stuck. It is an ex-market. According to MLB insider Ken Rosenthal's latest notes column, no trades were expected to be consummated before the new year, and even Seattle Mariners wizard Jerry Dipoto is…

LAS VEGAS - Perhaps the biggest question facing the Blue Jays this off-season is whether they'll trade from their enviable catching depth to address other needs. Thanks to Danny Jansen, Alejandro Kirk and Gabriel Moreno, Blue Jays catchers generated an MLB-best 7.3 WAR in 2022. They combined to lead MLB in batting average (.273) and on-base…

Seemingly out of nowhere, the day before Christmas, the Toronto Blue Jays pulled a monster trade that not only shook up the American League East but also re-shifted. We reached out to Johnny Avello, director of race and sportsbook operations for DraftKings, and a member of the Sports Betting Hall of Fame, for his thoughts on the trade the brought…

As MLB spring training gets underway, the betting odds for team win totals in the 2024 regular season are being released by sportsbooks. We couldn't help but notice the over/under for the Arizona Diamondbacks in one of them. FanDuel Sportsbook has the DBacks' over 83.5 wins at -115 and the team's under 83.5 wins at -105. If that 83.5 number seems…

This story was excerpted from Keegan Matheson's Blue Jays Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, . And to get it regularly in your inbox. The biggest decision facing the Blue Jays this offseason is what they do with their talented trio of young catchers. It's a rare and fascinating problem to have, with three starting-calibre options…

This story was excerpted from Keegan Matheson's Blue Jays Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, . And to get it regularly in your inbox. When Drew Carey was still hosting the show, he'd open by saying: "Welcome to'Whose Line Is It Anyway?', the show where everything is made up and the points don't matter." The same can be said about the…