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Up Next: Blue Jays (56-53) @ Royals (62-47)

The Blue Jays will take their post-trade deadline roster to the field for the first time against the Kansas City Royals and Julio Teheran (10-7, 2.94 ERA), who was acquired from the Atlanta Braves earlier. The Blue Jays will send Aaron Sanchez (8-11, 4.68 ERA) to the mound. It was unsure whether Sanchez would remain a member of the Blue Jays long enough to make this start, but it seems as though he will remain in blue threads until at least the end of the year.

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Goodwin's 8th Inning Blast Leads Royals Past Blue Jays

Brian Goodwin homered off Andrew Chafin in his Blue Jays debut to give the Royals the lead in the eighth inning.

Toronto Blue Jays at Kansas City Royals
Jul 31, 2019	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Toronto (56-54)	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	10	0
Kansas City (63-47)	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	X	4	9	1
W: Jorge Lopez (1-0) L: Andrew Chafin (1-4) S: Jake Diekman (34)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			TOR	KAN
TOR	3rd	Pompey grounded out to Mondesi (6-3). Hernandez scores.	1	0
KAN	3rd	Mondesi doubled to right. Schwindel scores.	1	1
TOR	4th	Jansen linked to right for a single. Smoak scores.	2	1
TOR	5th	Pillar homered to left.	3	1
KAN	7th	Soler homered to center.	3	2
KAN	8th	Goodwin homered to right. Perez scores.	3	4

Toronto Blue Jays
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
BATTING 2B: Jansen (24), Hernandez (20) HR: Pillar (11) RBI: Pillar (36), Jansen (45), Pompey (12_ GIDP: Travis, Hernandez 2

Toronto Blue Jays
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Sanchez	7.2	8	3	3	0	7	4.61
Chafin (L, 1-4)	0.0	1	1	1	0	0	4.82
Tepera	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	4.56
TOTALS	8.0	9	4	4	0	7

Kansas City Royals
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
BATTING 2B: Mondesi (16), Merrifield (33), Goodwin (24) 3B: Schwindel (1), Perez (1) HR: Soler (10), Goodwin (17) RBI: Mondesi (35), Soler (31), Goodwin 2 (57)
FIELDING E: Merrifield (12)

Kansas City Royals
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Teheran	5.0	6	3	3	1	2	3.03
Lopez (W, 1-0)	3.0	3	0	0	0	1	2.84
Diekman (S, 34)	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	3.05
TOTALS	9.0	10	3	3	1	3

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End Of July Stats Update

2019 Toronto Blue Jays Stats - Hitting
NAME	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG
Kevin Pillar	429	54	106	17	4	11	36	17	58	13	5	.247	.279	.382
Randal Grichuk	375	53	95	23	3	23	66	29	88	7	2	.253	.308	.515
Justin Smoak	363	60	109	16	3	21	66	56	73	3	2	.300	.394	.534
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	299	44	84	14	0	16	53	29	50	6	3	.281	.346	.488
Devon Travis	387	58	117	24	3	13	54	27	65	1	6	.302	.352	.483
Danny Jansen	334	53	106	24	3	12	45	25	67	2	1	.317	.365	.515
Teoscar Hernandez	343	45	93	20	3	9	40	41	86	7	4	.271	.351	.426
Christian Walker	358	36	87	14	5	9	35	25	106	3	5	.243	.308	.385
Lourdes Gurriel Jr.	369	40	89	20	1	10	41	23	75	4	8	.241	.287	.382
Brandon Drury	96	12	17	3	0	1	12	15	14	1	1	.177	.288	.240
Luke Maile	117	9	26	6	0	3	13	4	28	0	0	.222	.246	.350
Dalton Pompey	151	11	24	5	1	4	12	14	49	1	1	.159	.238	.285

2019 Toronto Blue Jays Stats - Pitching
NAME	GP	GS	W	L	SV	QS	HLD	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP	ERA
Aaron Sanchez	23	23	8	11	0	9	0	134.2	141	69	20	41	114	4.61	1.35
Thomas Pannone	4	4	2	2	0	2	0	23.2	22	6	0	8	9	2.28	1.27
Marcus Stroman	23	23	11	3	0	17	0	150.1	148	40	13	37	106	2.39	1.23
Matt Shoemaker	22	22	11	3	0	15	0	131.2	133	40	12	20	115	2.73	1.16
Ryan Borucki	22	22	8	8	0	11	0	129.2	142	57	15	34	78	3.96	1.36
Joe Biagini	30	0	1	1	1	0	0	62.2	61	37	8	28	57	5.31	1.42
Andrew Chafin	45	0	1	4	0	0	22	37.1	44	20	6	14	39	4.82	1.55
David Phelps	55	0	3	4	0	0	9	55.1	50	25	12	27	66	4.07	1.39
Bud Norris	62	0	1	3	0	0	13	59.0	66	26	4	33	60	3.97	1.68
Tim Mayza	48	0	3	4	0	0	11	37.0	42	25	4	20	47	6.08	1.68
Ryan Tepera	30	0	1	0	3	0	14	25.2	26	13	2	6	24	4.56	1.25
John Axford	16	0	0	1	1	0	5	18.0	15	6	1	6	18	3.00	1.17
Ken Giles	38	0	0	4	27	0	1	34.2	30	18	6	12	48	4.67	1.21

Danny Jansen and Justin Smoak continue their hot hitting in what has been a cold month for the Blue Jays offence. Randal Grichuk has seen his batting average drop to .253 in the second-hole in the Blue Jays lineup, and Devon Travis has struggled to find his way on base in the month of July. Expect some lineup changes if these trends continue.

Marcus Stroman has cooled down significantly ever since the all star break, picking up three straight losses despite pitching well in each game. The Blue Jays need their offence to pick up the slack as they have lost several games where they have scored all but one run.

MLB League Leaders - Updated: Aug 1, 2019
Batting Average		BA	Doubles		2B
	1. Mitch Haniger (SEA)	.361		1. Miguel Andujar (NYY)	34
	2. Justin Turner (LAD)	.350		2. Whit Merrifield (KC)	33
	3. Jose Martinez (STL)	.328		3. Francisco Lindor (CLE)	32
	4. Michael Brantley (HOU)	.325		4. Mookie Betts (BOS)	31
	5. Danny Jansen (TOR)	.317		5. Kris Bryant (CHC)	31
Home Runs		HR	Runs Batted In		RBI
	1. Khris Davis (OAK)	37		1. Justin Upton (LAA)	82
	2. Matt Olson (OAK)	28		2. Khris Davis (OAK)	82
	3. Corey Seager (LAD)	28		3. Corey Seager (LAD)	79
	4. Mitch Haniger (SEA)	26		4. Giancarlo Stanton (NYY)	78
	5. Rhys Hoskins (PHI)	26		5. Alex Bregman (HOU)	26
Wins		W	Saves		S
	1. J.A. Happ (NYY)	14		1. Will Smith (SFG)	39
	2. Clayton Kershaw (LAD)	13		2. Kenley Jansen (LAD)	36
	3. Corey Kluber (CLE)	12		3. Cody Allen (LAA)	35
	4. Aaron Nola (PHI)	12		4. Jake Diekman (KC)	34
	5. Madison Bumgarner (SFG)	12		5. Sean Doolittle (WAS)	34
Earned Run Average		ERA	WHIP		WHIP
	1. Chris Sale (BOS)	1.72		1. Clayton Kershaw (LAD)	0.86
	2. Miles Mikolas (STL)	1.78		2. Corey Kluber (CLE)	0.95
	3. Clayton Kershaw (LAD)	1.98		3. Max Scherzer (WAS)	0.97
	4. Aaron Nola (PHI)	2.00		4. Ivan Nova (CHI)	1.00
	5. Ivan Nova (CHI)	2.13		5. Aaron Nola (PHI)	1.02

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Blue Jays Look To Turn Things Around, Sit Four Games Back Of Second Wildcard Spot

August 1st 2019
Blue Jays 6, Orioles 0
W: T. Pannone (3-2)
L: H. Harvey (0-1)

August 2nd 2019
Blue Jays 1, Orioles 5
W: G. Infante (3-5)
L: M. Stroman (11-4)
S: M. Givens (9)

August 3rd 2019
Blue Jays 6, Orioles 5
W: A. Chafin (2-4)
L: G. Infante (3-6)
S: K. Giles (28)

August 4th 2019
Blue Jays 5, Orioles 6
W: R. Bleier (4-2)
L: D. Phelps (3-5)
S: M. Givens (10)

August 5th 2019
Blue Jays 2, Rays 1
W: A. Sanchez (9-11)
L: J. Faria (1-8)
S: K. Giles (29)

Around The League

MLB Standings - Updated: Aug 6, 2019
AL EAST	W	L	GB	RS	RA
New York Yankees	71	42	-	548	417
Boston Red Sox	60	55	12.0	456	427
Toronto Blue Jays	59	56	13.0	520	477
Tampa Bay Rays	47	67	24.5	347	446
Baltimore Orioles	38	75	33.0	377	559
AL WILD CARD RACE	W	L	GB	RS	RA
Kansas City Royals	65	49	-	484	465
Los Angeles Angels	63	52	-	536	519
Seattle Mariners	62	52	0.5	525	491
Oakland Athletics	61	53	1.5	490	471
Boston Red Sox	60	55	3.0	456	427
Toronto Blue Jays	59	56	4.0	520	477
Minnesota Twins	51	61	10.5	470	527

• The New York Yankees acquired LF Ben Revere from the Texas Rangers for RP Jose Mesa.

Up Next: Blue Jays (59-56) @ Rays (47-67)

The Blue Jays will look to remain relevant in the American League wildcard race as they take on Blake Snell (6-13, 3.37 ERA) and the Tampa Bay Rays, who sit in fourth place in the American League East. The Blue Jays will turn to fellow southpaw Thomas Pannone (3-2, 1.76 ERA), who has impressed since being recalled from Triple-A Buffalo last month.

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Blue Jays Chase Snell Early, Rout Rays

Randal Grichuk homered and picked up four RBIs in the win.

Toronto Blue Jays at Tampa Bay Rays
Aug 6, 2019	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Toronto (60-56)	1	3	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	10	17	1
Tampa Bay (47-68)	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	10	1
W: Thomas Pannone (4-2) L: Blake Snell (6-14)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			TOR	TAM
TOR	1st	Guerrero Jr. hit a sacrifice fly to Robertson (SF7). Grichuk scores.	1	0
TAM	1st	Wendle lined to center for a single. Duffy scores.	1	1
TOR	2nd	Grichuk grounded to left for a single. Walker scores. Gurriel Jr. scores. Pillar advances to 3rd.	3	1
TOR	2nd	Smoak hit a sacrifice fly to Kiermaier (SF8). Pillar scores.	4	1
TAM	2nd	Adames lined to left for a single. Kiermaier scores. Heredia advances to 2nd.	4	2
TAM	2nd	Duffy grounded to left for a single. Heredia scores.	4	3
TOR	3rd	Travis homered to center.	5	3
TOR	4th	Grichuk homered to left (401 feet). Pillar scores.	7	3
TOR	4th	Guerrero Jr. homered to left. Smoak scores.	9	3
TOR	4th	Walker grounded out to Adames (6-3). Travis scores.	10	3

Toronto Blue Jays
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
BATTING 2B: Pillar (20), Jansen (25) HR: Guerrero Jr. (18), Grichuk (24), Travis (15) RBI: Guerrero Jr. 3 (57), Smoak (69), Walker (38), Grichuk 4 (71), Travis (58) SF: Guerrero Jr., Smoak GIDP: Guerrero Jr.
BASERUNNING CS: Pillar (6)
FIELDING E: Pannone (2)

Toronto Blue Jays
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Pannone (W, 4-2)	6.0	8	3	3	0	2	2.21
Phelps (H, 10)	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	4.11
Chafin	2.1	1	0	0	0	4	4.35
TOTALS	9.0	10	3	3	0	6

Tampa Bay Rays
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
BATTING 2B: Wendle (27), Duffy (22) RBI: Wendle (36), Duffy (40), Adames (41) HBP: Perez GIDP: Perez
BASERUNNING SB: Wendle (9)
FIELDING E: Adames (8)

Tampa Bay Rays
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Snell (L, 6-14)	3.0	11	7	7	2	2	3.79
Matz	3.0	6	3	3	1	2	3.03
Stanek	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	3.17
Pagan	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	4.41
TOTALS	9.0	17	10	10	3	8

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Blue Jays Split Four Game Set With Yankees

August 7th 2019
Blue Jays 1, Rays 4
W: C. Morton (8-8)
L: M. Stroman (11-5)
S: D. Castillo (34)

August 8th 2019
Yankees 1, Blue Jays 3
W: T. Mayza (4-4)
L: J. Fields (3-5)

August 9th 2019
Yankees 7, Blue Jays 6
F/13
W: A. Ottavino (6-3)
L: K. Giles (0-5)

August 10th 2019
Yankees 7, Blue Jays 6
W: J. Fields (4-5)
L: K. Giles (0-6)
S: A. Chapman (32)

August 11th 2019
Yankees 3, Blue Jays 4
F/10
W: T. Mayza (5-4)
L: J. Happ (15-3)

Around The League

MLB Standings - Updated: Aug 12, 2019
AL EAST	W	L	GB	RS	RA
New York Yankees	74	45	-	574	444
Boston Red Sox	63	58	12.0	484	451
Toronto Blue Jays	62	59	13.0	550	502
Tampa Bay Rays	50	69	24.0	364	470
Baltimore Orioles	41	77	32.5	392	572
AL WILD CARD RACE	W	L	GB	RS	RA
Kansas City Royals	67	53	-	503	506
Seattle Mariners	64	54	-	547	504
Los Angeles Angels	65	55	0.5	557	539
Boston Red Sox	63	58	3.0	484	451
Oakland Athletics	62	57	3.0	503	496
Toronto Blue Jays	62	59	4.0	550	502
Chicago White Sox	54	63	10.0	440	516

• The Cleveland Indians acquired 3B Brallan Perez from the Oakland Athletics for SS Aaron Bracho.

Up Next: Rangers (42-76) @ Blue Jays (62-59)

Marcus Stroman (11-5, 2.56 ERA) will take the mound looking to break out of the cold spell that he has been under since the all star break. The talented right hander has yet to win a game since the all star break, and will look to change that against the Rangers. Lance Lynn (6-8, 4.75 ERA) will get the ball for the Rangers, who are coming off a rough weekend after being swept by the Milwaukee Brewers.

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Blue Jays Place Borucki, Maile on Injured List

Ryan Borucki will have his season cut short as he heads to the IL.

The Toronto Blue Jays announced that they have placed SP Ryan Borucki on the 10-day IL with a bulging disk. Borucki left his start against the New York Yankees this past weekend with what was described as “lower back discomfort” but it seems like his season is now done after being prescribed a recovery timeline of at least 6 months. Borucki has had an up and down season in his second taste of the big leagues, putting together an 8-8 record through 135 innings of work with a 4.00 ERA.

The team also announced that they have placed catcher Luke Maile on the 10-day IL with a fractured hand. Maile also suffered the injury in this past weekend series against the New York Yankees when he was hit on the hand by a Luis Severino fast ball. The 28 year old from Kentucky has seen his playing time decline thanks to the stellar production from Danny Jansen, but has put together a respectable .234/.364/.365 slash line through 137 trips to the plate.

In corresponding roster moves, the Blue Jays have recalled catcher Reese McGuire and pitcher Sam Gaviglio from Triple-A Buffalo. McGuire has played well fro the Bisons this season, putting up a .249 average to go along with some stellar defence. Gaviglio is expected to slide into the rotation spot vacated Borucki, and will look to build off of his successful rookie campaign.

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Rangers Launch Four Homers, Snap Losing Streak

Joey Gallo's 441 foot blast in the seventh inning capped off a four homer night for the Rangers as Marcus Stroman continues to struggle.

Texas Rangers at Toronto Blue Jays
Aug 12, 2019	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Texas (43-76)	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	6	13	1
Toronto (62-60)	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	6	2
W: Lance Lynn (7-8) L: Marcus Stroman (11-6) S: Jose Leclerc (24)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			TEX	TOR
TEX	2nd	Choo homered to right (408 feet).	1	0
TOR	3rd	Grichuk homered to center.	1	1
TEX	4th	Cabrera homered to left. Choo scores.	3	1
TEX	4th	Andrus homered to left. DeShields Jr. scores.	5	1
TOR	4th	Gurriel Jr. homered to left (404 feet).	5	2
TOR	6th	Smoak homered to center (406 feet).	5	3
TEX	7th	Gallo homered to center (441 feet).	6	3

Texas Rangers
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
BATTING 2B: Andrus (22), DeShields Jr. (24) HR: Choo (19), Andrus (12), Gallo (17), Cabrera (12) RBI: Choo (57), Andrus 2 (50), Gallo (54), Cabrera 2 (46) GIDP: Andrus
BASERUNNING SB: DeShields Jr. (19)
FIELDING E: Cabrera (14)

Texas Rangers
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Lynn (W, 7-8)	7.0	6	3	3	0	2	4.70
Martin (H, 11)	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3.47
Leclerc (S, 24)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	4.29
TOTALS	9.0	6	3	3	0	3

Toronto Blue Jays
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
BATTING 2B: Guerrero Jr. (15) HR: Gurriel Jr. (14), Smoak (23), Grichuk (27) RBI: Gurriel Jr. (48), Smoak (70), Grichuk (74)
FIELDING E: Smoak (10), Pompey (2)

Toronto Blue Jays
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Stroman (L, 11-6)	6.2	11	6	6	0	7	2.78
Chafin	1.1	1	0	0	0	2	4.14
Tepera	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	4.55
TOTALS	9.0	13	6	6	0	11