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June 2020 Recap

2020 Toronto Blue Jays Stats - Hitting
NAME	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG
George Springer	304	59	87	15	2	18	50	31	62	8	4	.286	.352	.526
Randal Grichuk	293	53	91	20	2	24	69	20	66	5	1	.311	.358	.638
Justin Smoak	281	38	79	14	0	16	44	39	74	1	3	.281	.372	.502
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	292	31	65	13	1	9	24	27	49	4	3	.223	.291	.366
Bo Bichette	317	42	83	17	4	12	44	28	76	2	1	.262	.326	.454
Danny Jansen	247	31	74	12	2	8	27	18	39	7	1	.300	.352	.462
Devon Travis	253	23	60	12	1	4	22	22	45	1	2	.236	.305	.339
Rowdy Tellez	223	21	52	8	0	6	25	11	58	1	1	.233	.271	.350
Kevin Pillar	293	35	70	14	1	10	37	27	50	10	2	.239	.300	.396
Lourdes Gurriel Jr. (IL)	121	15	30	8	3	2	16	11	26	0	2	.248	.321	.413
Brandon Drury	44	8	12	3	0	2	4	4	11	0	0	.273	.347	.477
Teoscar Hernandez	209	22	48	11	0	6	20	22	56	4	2	.230	.302	.368
Luke Maile	110	13	25	2	0	3	8	12	36	0	0	.227	.315	.327

2020 Toronto Blue Jays Stats - Pitching
NAME	GP	GS	W	L	SV	QS	HLD	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP	ERA
Marcus Stroman	18	18	7	5	0	9	0	96.1	99	45	13	22	70	1.26	4.20
Julio Teheran	18	18	5	5	0	9	0	101.2	96	38	13	32	95	1.26	3.36
Matt Shoemaker	17	17	7	5	0	8	0	97.1	98	38	13	20	73	1.21	3.51
Aaron Sanchez	17	17	8	4	0	11	0	103.1	88	37	14	36	97	1.20	3.22
Matt Boyd	18	17	6	5	0	5	0	94.1	99	42	15	30	86	1.37	4.01
David Phelps	27	0	3	2	0	0	1	44.0	47	13	4	14	54	1.16	2.66
Anthony DeSclafani	41	0	7	1	0	0	4	83.1	85	34	11	30	76	1.38	3.67
James Pazos	27	0	1	4	0	0	3	25.0	37	34	5	16	28	2.12	8.64
Joe Biagini	20	0	3	0	1	0	6	23.1	24	8	3	7	15	1.33	3.09
Ryan Tepera	43	0	3	3	0	0	8	40.2	46	16	3	17	44	1.55	3.54
Craig Kimbrel	23	0	1	0	3	0	10	17.1	18	9	2	10	21	1.16	4.67
Andrew Chafin	21	0	0	1	0	0	13	16.0	15	10	2	4	16	1.19	5.63
Ken Giles	30	0	0	1	22	0	1	30.2	24	7	3	12	39	1.17	2.05

Randal Grichuk continues to rake from the two-hole in Charlie Montoyo's lineup, putting up all-star caliber numbers for the second straight season while leading the team in both home runs and RBIs. Rookie sensation Bo Bichette has cooled down a little, but has continued to contribute nicely both defensively and offensively for the Blue Jays.

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. continues to struggle but is improving as he looks to adjust to MLB pitching now that pitching staffs are aware of what his strengths and weaknesses are.

MLB Standings - Updated: Jul 1, 2020
AL EAST	W	L	GB	RS	RA
New York Yankees	52	35	-	396	275
Toronto Blue Jays	51	36	1.0	392	348
Tampa Bay Rays	38	48	13.5	326	382
Boston Red Sox	35	50	16.0	304	348
Baltimore Orioles	33	53	18.5	371	421
AL CENTRAL	W	L	GB	RS	RA
Cleveland Indians	53	30	-	407	288
Chicago White Sox	47	37	6.5	346	329
Minnesota Twins	45	29	8.5	274	283
Detroit Tigers	29	57	25.5	273	390
Kansas City Royals	28	56	25.5	271	389
AL WEST	W	L	GB	RS	RA
Houston Astros	50	37	-	404	331
Texas Rangers	46	40	3.5	358	370
Oakland Athletics	46	43	5.0	415	384
Los Angeles Angels	42	45	8.0	424	407
Seattle Mariners	35	51	14.5	367	426
AL WILD CARD RACE	W	L	GB	RS	RA
Toronto Blue Jays	51	36	-	392	348
Chicago White Sox	47	37	-	346	329
Texas Rangers	46	40	2.0	358	370
Minnesota Twins	45	39	2.0	274	283
Oakland Athletics	46	43	3.5	415	384
Los Angeles Angela	42	45	6.5	424	407
Tampa Bay Rays	38	48	10.0	326	382
Boston Red Sox	35	50	12.5	304	348
Seattle Mariners	35	51	13.0	367	426
Baltimore Orioles	33	53	15.0	317	421
Detroit Tigers	29	57	19.0	273	390
Kansas City Royals	28	56	19.0	271	389
NL EAST	W	L	GB	RS	RA
New York Mets	53	33	-	405	332
Washington Nationals	49	38	4.5	368	303
Philadelphia Phillies	47	40	6.5	405	363
Atlanta Braves	39	45	13.0	322	332
Miami Marlins	38	47	14.5	302	367
NL CENTRAL	W	L	GB	RS	RA
Chicago White Sox	48	36	-	425	351
Cincinnati Reds	47	39	2.0	375	327
Pittsburgh Pirates	40	44	8.0	333	371
Milwaukee Brewers	39	45	9.0	340	404
St. Louis Cardinals	38	48	11.0	298	361
NL WEST	W	L	GB	RS	RA
Los Angeles Dodgers	47	38	-	364	322
San Francisco Giants	44	43	4.0	320	317
Arizona Diamondbacks	43	44	5.0	325	329
San Diego Padres	42	44	5.5	350	344
Colorado Rockies	42	45	6.0	350	361
NL WILD CARD RACE	W	L	GB	RS	RA
Washington Nationals	49	38	-	368	303
Cincinnati Reds	47	39	-	375	327
Philadelphia Phillies	47	40	0.5	405	364
San Francisco Giants	44	43	3.5	320	317
Arizona Diamondbacks	43	44	4.5	325	329
San Diego Padres	42	44	5.0	350	344
Colorado Rockies	42	45	5.5	350	361
Pittsburgh Pirates	40	44	6.0	333	371
Milwaukee Brewers	39	45	7.0	340	404
Atlanta Braves	39	45	7.0	322	332
Miami Marlins	38	47	8.5	302	367
St. Louis Cardinals	38	48	9.0	298	361

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Blue Jays Look To Wrap up First Half With Sweep of Rays

June 29th 2020
Blue Jays 6, Yankees 4
F/12
W: A. DeSclafani (7-1)
L: A. Chapman (0-2)

June 30th 2020
Blue Jays 0, Yankees 3
W: J. Paxton (10-4)
L: J. Teheran (5-5)
S: S. Cishek (17)

July 1st 2020
Blue Jays 6, Yankees 4
F/10
W: J. Biagini (4-0)
L: Z. Britton (0-2)
S: K. Giles (23)

July 3rd 2020
Blue Jays 7, Rays 1
W: A. Sanchez (9-4)
L: S. Matz (4-5)
S: A. DeSclafani (1)

July 4th 2020
Blue Jays 8, Rays 2
F/17
W: K. Giles (1-1)
L: O. Drake (2-4)

Around The League

MLB Standings - Updated: Jul 5, 2020
AL EAST	W	L	GB	RS	RA
Toronto Blue Jays	54	36	-	413	355
New York Yankees	54	37	0.5	412	289
Tampa Bay Rays	39	51	15.0	335	405
Boston Red Sox	37	52	16.5	318	365
Baltimore Orioles	35	55	19.0	335	438
AL WILD CARD RACE	W	L	GB	RS	RA
New York Yankees	54	37	-	412	289
Chicago White Sox	49	38	-	360	335
Texas Rangers	49	40	1.0	376	378
Minnesota Twins	46	41	3.0	283	291
Oakland Athletics	47	46	5.0	431	411
Los Angeles Angels	45	46	6.0	448	416

• The Boston Red Sox acquired 2B Riley Unroe from the Atlanta Braves for CF Lewis Brinson.
• The San Diego Padres acquired SS Addison Russell from the Chicago Cubs for CF Manuel Margot.

Up Next: Blue Jays (54-36) @ Rays (39-51)

The Blue Jays look to wrap up the first half of the 2020 regular season with sole possession of first place in the American League East with a win over the Tampa Bay Rays. Marcus Stroman (7-5, 4.20 ERA) will make his 19th start of the season as the Blue Jays aim to sweep the Rays on the road at Tropicana Field. Blake Snell (6-8, 3.64 ERA) has pitched well but receive no run support all season, and will be looking to put an end to the Jays' current win streak.

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Blue Jays Outlast Rays To Sweep Final Series Of First Half

Teoscar Hernandez drove in Danny Jansen for the game winning run with a scorching double into the game in the 11th inning.

Toronto Blue Jays at Tampa Bay Rays
Jul 5, 2020	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Extras	R	H	E
Toronto (55-36)	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0 | 3	6	12	0
Tampa Bay (39-52)	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0 | 0	3	7	2
W: Ryan Tepera (4-3) L: Jose Alvarado (2-3) S: Ken Giles (24)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			TOR	TAM
TOR	1st	Bichette doubled to left. Grichuk scores.	1	0
TAM	4th	Bradley hit a sacrifice fly to Grichuk (SF9). Almora Jr. scores.	1	1
TOR	5th	Springer hit a sacrifice fly to Johnson (SF9). Travis scores.	2	1
TAM	5th	Pham lined to right for a single. Goeddel scores. Wendle scores.	2	3
TOR	8th	Grichuk homered to left (397 feet).	3	3
TOR	11th	Hernandez doubled to center. Jansen scores.	4	3
TOR	11th	Springer grounded to right for a single. Hernandez scores. Pillar advances to 2nd.	5	3
TOR	11th	Grichuk hit a sacrifice fly to Pham (SF7). Pillar scores.	6	3

Toronto Blue Jays
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
BATTING 2B: Travis (13), Bichette (19), Hernandez (13) HR: Grichuk (25) RBI: Springer 2 (52), Grichuk 2 (71), Bichette (48), Hernandez (24) HBP: Smoak, Travis SF: Springer, Grichuk GIDP: Travis, Jansen

Toronto Blue Jays
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Stroman (L, 5-4)	6.0	5	3	3	3	2	4.22
Phelps	2.2	1	0	0	0	1	2.66
Kimbrel	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	4.05
Tepera (W, 4-3)	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	3.43
Giles (S, 24)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	2.08
TOTALS	11.0	7	3	3	3	6

Tampa Bay Rays
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
BATTING 2B: Wendle (20), Almora Jr. (30), Robertson (16) RBI: Pham 2 (48), Bradley (41) SF: Bradley
FIELDING E: Wendle (6), Robertson (5)

Tampa Bay Rays
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Snell	5.1	6	2	2	0	3	3.63
Pagan (H, 12)	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	2.28
Kahnle (H, 7)	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	5.40
Castillo (BS, 5)	1.0	1	1	1	0	2	4.30
Drake	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	7.09
Alvarado (L, 2-3)	1.1	4	3	3	2	0	5.85
Morton	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	3.58
TOTALS	11.0	12	6	6	2	6
PITCHING WP: Morton (3)

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Giles, Jansen, Grichuk To Represent Blue Jays At Midsummer Classic

2020 MLB All-Star Game Rosters
American League		National League
Manager: AJ Hinch		Manager: Dave Roberts
Pos	Starters	Pos	Starters
SS	Francisco Lindor (CLE)	DH	Christian Yelich (MIL)
1B	Paul Goldschmidt (CLE)	1B	Joey Votto (CIN)
CF	Mike Trout (LAA)	SS	Corey Seager (LAD)
LF	Khris Davis (OAK)	LF	Ronald Acuna Jr. (ATL)
3B	Alex Bregman (HOU)	3B	Anthony Rendon (WAS)
DH	Justin Upton (LAA)	CF	David Peralta (ARI)
2B	Gleyber Torres (NYY)	RF	Michael Conforto (NYM)
RF	Randal Grichuk (TOR)	C	J.T. Realmuto (PHI)
C	Danny Jansen (TOR)	2B	Ozzie Albies (ATL)
Pos	Pitchers & Reserves	Pos	Pitchers & Reserves
SP	Jose Berrios (MIN)	SP	Patrick Corbin (WAS)
SP	James Paxton (NYY)	SP	Kyle Freeland (COL)
SP	Masahiro Tanaka (NYY)	SP	Jacob DeGrom (NYM)
SP	Brady Rodgers (HOU)	SP	Clayton Kershaw (LAD)
SP	Shelby Miller (TEX)	SP	Max Scherzer (WAS)
CP	Jose Leclerc (TEX)	CP	Raisel Iglesias (CIN)
RP	Adam Ottavino (NYY)	CP	Wade Davis (COL)
CP	Alex Colome (CWS)	RP	Pedro Baez (LAD)
CP	Ken Giles (TOR)	CP	A.J. Minter (ATL)
CP	Brad Hand (CLE)	CP	Archie Bradley (ARI)
CP	Blake Treinen (OAK)	CP	Kenley Jansen (LAD)
CP	Roberto Osuna (HOU)	CP	Kirby Yates (SD)
C	Salvador Perez (KC)	CF	Lorenzo Cain (MIL)
C	Grayson Greiner (DET)	C	Francisco Cervelli (PIT)
1B	Bobby Bradley (TB)	C	Jorge Alfaro (MIA)
2B	Whit Merrifield (KC)	1B	Anthony Rizzo (CHC)
3B	Rafael Devers (BOS)	2B	Kolton Wong (STL)
SS	Engelb VIelma (BAL)	3B	Josh Donaldson (SFG)
SS	Tim Anderson (CWS)	SS	Trea Turner (WAS)
SS	Xander Bogaerts (TEX)	SS	Javier Baez (CHC)
RF	Stephen Piscotty (OAK)	3B	Nolan Arenado (COL)
LF	Giancarlo Stanton (NYY)	RF	Bryce Harper (PHI)
LF	Michael Bradley (HOU)	LF	David Dahl (COL)

Jose Berrios of the Minnesota Twins will get the start for the American League All Stars and Patrick Corbin of the Washington Nationals will get the start for the National League All Stars. It will be the first All Star start for both of these pitchers, as they'll face intimidating lineups all night long.

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Oakland's Khris Davis Claims Home Run Derby Crown

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National League Routs American League To Wrap Up 2020 All Star Festivities

The National League played spectacular defence all night long, with highlight reel catches like these.

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Blue Jays Bolster Bullpen, Acquire Minter From Braves

Toronto, ON -- The Toronto Blue Jays began gearing up for their playoff push by solidifying their bullpen before the start of the second half, acquiring reliever A.J. Minter from the Atlanta Braves in exchange for reliever James Pazos, infielder Samad Taylor and outfielder Jonathan Davis.

Minter, 26, has four years of control left and has been a phenomenal weapon out of the bullpen for Brian Snitker and the Atlanta Braves this season, posting a 1.55 ERA out of the closer's role. He's expected to be used in high leverage situations for Charlie Montoyo, adding a left handed arm to a bullpen corpse that has been shaky at times this season.

Pazos will see his time in Toronto come to an end after struggling to adjust to the American League. The former Phillie was acquired during the offseason after a strong season in Philly but was unable to duplicate his success north of the border. While the potential is there, Pazos will surely look forward to a return to the more pitcher friendly National League.

Both Jonathan Davis and Samad Taylor have been stashed in the minors for the Blue Jays, and with no real path to the big leagues available for either of them, it made sense for the Blue Jays to move on.

The Blue Jays begin the second half of the regular season at home tomorrow against the New York Yankees, who trail the Jays by just 0.5 games for the first place spot in the American League East. Marcus Stroman (7-5, 4.22 ERA) will hope that some rest during the all star break did him good as he takes on a tough New York lineup. Masahiro Tanaka (7-4, 2.30 ERA) made an appearance in the all star game for the American League team and will look to continue his spectacular season.

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Yankees Suffer Bullpen Meltdown, Jays Squeak Out Win

Randal Grichuk's second homer of the game, one of the two-run variety, gave the Blue Jays the lead in the seventh inning after Yankees starter Masahiro Tanaka exited the game.

New York Yankees at Toronto Blue Jays
Jul 10, 2020	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (55-38)	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	11	0
Toronto (56-36)	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	X	5	7	1
W: Anthony DeSclafani (8-1) L: Adam Ottavino (2-1) S: Ken Giles (25)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			NYY	TOR
NYY	1st	Andujar homered to center.	1	0
NYY	1st	Stanton homered to left (372 feet). Judge scores.	3	0
TOR	1st	Grichuk homered to left (420 feet).	3	1
NYY	7th	Duffy lined to center for a single. Hicks scores.	4	1
TOR	7th	Tellez homered to center. Travis scores.	4	3
TOR	7th	Grichuk homered to left. Pillar scores.	4	5

New York Yankees
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
BATTING 2B: Hicks (14), Stanton (14), Voit (8), Gregorius (11) HR: Stanton (24), Andujar (8) RBI: Stanton 2 (63), Andujar (29), Duffy (38) HBP: Gregorius GIDP: Hicks
BASERUNNING SB: Judge (2)

New York Yankees
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Tanaka	6.1	4	1	1	2	4	2.26
Betances	0.0	1	3	3	2	0	3.43
Ottavino (L, 2-1)	0.2	1	1	1	0	0	1.77
Britton	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	1.68
TOTALS	8.0	7	5	5	4	5

Toronto Blue Jays
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
BATTING HR: Grichuk 2 (27), Tellez (7) RBI: Grichuk 3 (74), Tellez 2 (30)
BASERUNNING CS: Springer (5)
FIELDING E: Bichette (7)

Toronto Blue Jays
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Stroman	6.0	8	4	4	0	5	4.32
DeSclafani (W, 8-1)	1.0	1	0	0	1	2	3.41
Minter (H, 3)	0.1	1	0	0	0	1	1.54
Kimbrel (H, 11)	0.2	0	0	0	1	1	3.92
Giles (S, 25)	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	2.02
TOTALS	9.0	11	4	4	2	10