The Cubs land their veteran starter, announcing the acquisition of Kevin Gausman from the Blue Jays on Sunday night. Toronto lands middle infield prospect Ty Southisene and outfield prospect Brett Bateman in return. There are no cash considerations involved, as Chicago will pick up the remaining tab on Gausman’s $23MM salary. This brings the Cubs’ […]
Max Scherzer was defiant as the MLB’s trade deadline on Aug. 3 gets closer for him and the Toronto Blue Jays this season. Scherzer is going through the 19th season of his career in the majors, his second with the Blue Jays. Toronto has been going through struggles this year, seeing the team figure out […]
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The Cubs acquired veteran right-hander Kevin Gausman from the Blue Jays in exchange for prospects Ty Southisene and Brett Bateman, adding a durable starter ahead of the trade deadline.
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The Cubs have acquired one of the three pitchers they are hoping to add ahead of the trade deadline, picking up 35-year-old righty Kevin Gausman from the Blue Jays. In exchange, Toronto received minor league shortstop Ty Southisene (No. 13 prospect according to MLB Pipeline) and minor league outfielder Brett Bateman (No. 21). There have …
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Ty Southisene is the top-ranked prospect in the deal, checking in at No. 10 in our latest Cubs update.
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The Toronto Blue Jays have fallen woefully short in their AL pennant defense this season, and now the Chicago Cubs are taking full advantage of that at the MLB
Southisene, along with AAA outfielder Brett Bateman, are reportedly heading to the Blue Jays in the Kevin Gausman trade.
The Chicago Cubs failed to entice Tarik Skubal late Saturday night. But Chicago made up for losing Skubal to the Los Angeles Dodgers quickly on Sunday. The Cubs landed Kevin Gausman instead from the other World Series representative the Toronto Blue Jays. Baseball insiders for The Athletic Ken Rosenthal and Mitch Bannon reported the move […]
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You have been waiting for the Cubs to acquire a starting pitcher, and Sunday night, they have done so (Bluesky link): Per Josh’s pre-deadline ranking of Cubs prospects, those are the No. 13 (Ty Southisene) and No. 19 (Brett Bateman) prospects in the Cubs organization. MLB Pipeline ranks them 13th and 21st, respectively. This is, […]
At the moment, that’s all we know. Shi Davidi, among others, is reporting it. No word on who is coming to the Jays. We’ll update as we learn more. Jim Bowen tells us: So they get: Bateman is 24, a left-handed batter. Very fast and a good fielder. MLB Pipeline (who has him their #21 […]
The Chicago Cubs have found the frontline starter they spent all July searching for. Per Jeff Passan of ESPN, the Cubs are acquiring right-hander Kevin Gausman in a trade with the Toronto Blue Jays.
"The Cubs have sought a playoff-caliber starting pitcher all deadline, and now they've landed one," Passan reported. Ken Rosenthal and Mitch Bannon were first on the news.
The Blue Jays are acquiring Ty Southiesene (#21 prospect) and Brett Bateman (#13 prospect) in return.
Why Chicago Needed ...
Less than a year after winning the American League pennant, the Toronto Blue Jays are going into selling mode ahead of the MLB trade deadline.
The Blue Jays cut ties with a pitcher who won 53 games over the previous five seasons
The Los Angeles Dodgers got their man, and he was the one player they were ready to aggressively target before Monday's trade deadline.
Whether it be the Blue Jays preparing for a Kevin Gausman trade, or the Houston Astros trying and failing to add Tarik Skubal, the MLB trade deadline is in full force.
Cardinals 5 Blue Jays 1 Well….it was a close game until the top of the ninth. Tie game, Louis Varland comes in. He’s been so good, I’m already thinking about the bottom of the inning. Well, he wasn’t ‘so good’ today. His inning went: Max Scherzer was terrific. 6 innings, 4 hits, 1 earned, 1 […]
To say that Matthew Liberatore has struggled this season is to state the obvious. But, he tossed one of the best games of his career Sunday in Toronto as he completely shut the defending AL Champion Blue Jays down for 6 innings outdueling the Blue Jays Max Scherzer in the process. The Cardinals offense would […]
The Toronto Blue Jays have made a deal on the day before the MLB Trade Deadline, bringing on board a distressed asset in starting pitcher Jameson Taillon. OFFICIAL: We’ve acquired RHP Jameson Taillon 🇨🇦 and cash considerations from the Cubs in exchange for a player to be named later or cash considerations. Welcome to Canada’s Team 🍁 pic.twitter.com/zD5DtOkVlG — Toronto Blue Jays (@BlueJays) August 2, 2026 Taillon was designated for assignment by the Chicago Cubs last week, and the Jays h...
Earlier this week, the Cubs designated right-handed starter Jameson Taillon for assignment. Today, they completed a trade that sends Taillon to the Toronto Blue Jays for cash considerations or a player to be named later. Taillon signed a four-year, $68 million free agent deal with the Cubs before the 2023 season. He struggled in his […]
A few days after designating Jameson Taillon for assignment, the Cubs have traded him to the Blue Jays for either a player to be named later or cash considerations. It’s hard to imagine much coming of this, other than Taillon maybe getting a chance to rebuild a little value heading into free agency. The Jays …
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The Blue Jays have acquired Jameson Taillon from the Cubs, the team announced. Utility player Lenyn Sosa is moving to the 60-day IL to make room for the right-hander on the 40-man roster (per Sportsnet’s Shi Davidi). Toronto will send cash considerations or a player to be named later back to Chicago. The Athletic’s Mitch […]
The 34-year-old is a veteran of 10 MLB seasons
Game #112 We have baseball to watch, while we wait for trade news. We can be on hug watch if nothing else. A three game win streak shouldn’t excite us so much, but we haven’t won three in a row since….well, early in July. I thought it would be longer. But if we win four […]
The St. Louis Cardinals wrap up their brief road trip to the Great White North Sunday as it’s game 3 against the Toronto Blue Jays. Matthew Liberatore will start for the Cardinals and he’ll compete with University of Mizzou alum Max Scherzer who gets the ball for the Blue Jays. First pitch is set for […]
We are about 31 hours short of the trade deadline and the Jays haven’t made a move yet. I’m expecting trades, but I will be sad to see guys leaving the team. I’ve been putting off hitting publish hoping something comes up. The Jays have been too quiet, there aren’t any rumors or anything at […]