2026 Trade Deadline Wrap-Up with Shi Davidi and Jon Morosi
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What were the Blue Jays' major trades and roster moves announced at the 6 PM deadline?
All right, well, Major League Baseball's trade deadline has come and gone for another year. As the clock moves past 6 o'clock Eastern, still obviously a possibility that some late deals will get moved through the pipeline. This much we know. The Jays... have traded Jeff Hoffman to the Minnesota Twins for a collection of prospects. They have traded Dalton Varshow to the Houston Astros for Spencer Arrighetti. They've traded Adam Macko to the Texas Rangers for a couple of minor leaguers. They acquired Jose Soriano for three prospects headlined by Arjun Namala, who was their number two prospect behind Jojo Parker. And of course, earlier, Kevin Gossman was traded. Yesterday, Kevin Gossman was traded to the Cubs for, was that yesterday or today the deal was made?
Anyhow, Gosselin has traded to the Cubs for a couple of minor leaguers. So that's where we are. The Jays and Astros will start their three-game series tonight at 8, 10 Eastern. And just following up to see if there's any further late trades. We're going to be joined in a few minutes by Shai Davidi. So, Kevin, just before we're joined by Shai, let's assume that this is – that the Jays are done. Letter grade for Ross Atkins.
A. For me, A. I came into this saying, I said, you need to figure out how to get one of the four. You need two, either a one number two.
Sorry, the Diamondbacks, by the way, are acquiring Lars Nutbar from the Cardinals.
There you go. Yeah, yeah. So, yeah, absolutely. I'm going to give him an A. I mean, I think he did everything he was supposed to be doing. He went out and got one of the four that me and you have been talking about forever. You need two legit starters. You need an eighth inning guy, and you need a middle-of-the-order bat. I think we all were under the impression that the middle-of-the-order bat is going to be some heavy lifting. It's just too much. So you've got to figure out how to get one of the other three. And then offseason, maybe the things you added because of the people you traded, maybe you can use that to try and get you an eighth inning guy somehow. And maybe ownership, I'm sure, will step in.
But for me, I think it's an A. Number two, your team today is better than it was yesterday. That's the ultimate goal.
Yeah, and again, we will hear from Ross Atkins at 7 o'clock and we'll get a better idea. Obviously, with Hoffman gone and Varshow gone, there will have to be some roster management. The Jays' lineup is out. And, again, I've got to imagine that there will be players coming up from AAA.
I think Ben Nicholson-Smith just tweeted that the Blue Jays are done. Sources tell Shia Davidian. Max Scherzer. Made it. Springer made it.
And Bieber, obviously. Shane Bieber. Yeah, they're done. I'm okay with that. Again, the Jays have thread the needle here. They've made their starting pitching better this year. They have... Added some minor leaguers, some prospects. They've added some depth. Arrigetti's on the IL. When he comes back, he'll fit into the rotation. You know, the Dalton Varshow, I mean, they'll, you know, I don't think Dalton Varshow was going to have a say whether or not they got to the wild card one way or another. You know, the question now is how do you make up for what Jeff Hoffman was giving you? Does it become Spencer Miles? That would be... My first assumption. Me too. By the way, the San Diego Padres, according to Jeff Passant, Casey Mize traded to San Diego.
That's a good one. A.J. Preller again. Everybody says he's going to trade Mason Miller. Nah, I'm going to add another starting pitcher. So, A.J. Preller adding Casey Mize. And this is a point I tried to make. Casey Mize going from Detroit. It seems as if a lot of teams around the Jays either held serve or sold. A lot of teams in the wild card race with the Jays either held serve or sold. Minnesota picking up Jeff Hoffman makes their bullpen better. Detroit selling, Baltimore selling, Cleveland kind of doing Cleveland things. Cleveland and Chicago are basically right now contending for that central division. So you're going to have to deal with one of those teams.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What were the Blue Jays' major trades and roster moves announced at the 6 PM deadline?
0:02–5:56
2
How should we grade Ross Atkins’ performance in navigating the 2026 trade deadline?
5:56–20:52
3
Why did the Blue Jays acquire José Soriano and what did they give up for him?
20:52–28:21
4
Who will replace Jeff Hoffman’s leverage innings in Toronto’s bullpen?
28:21–42:09
5
How will Dalton Varsho’s departure change the Blue Jays’ outfield and lineup construction?
42:09–49:23
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