So that was a fun day. Let's go over what happened. Also to avoid the new game thread getting full of trade review this gives us a new area to do it in.
| Added | fWAR 2025 | Proj fWAR | Additional Years |
| Ty France | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0 |
| Shane Bieber | -- | 0.7 | 0 |
| Brandon Valenzuela | -- | -- | 6 |
| Louis Varland | 1.0 | 0.2 | 5 |
| Seranthony Domínguez | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0 |
| Totals | 2.3 | 1.2 | 11 |
| Dropped | fWAR 2025 | Proj fWAR | Additional Years |
| Will Wagner | -0.1 | 0.1 | 6 |
| Kendry Rojas | -- | -- | 6 |
| Khal Stephen | -- | -- | 6 |
| Alan Roden | 0.2 | 0.2 | 6 |
| Juaron Watts-Brown | -- | -- | 6 |
| Totals | 0.1 | 0.3 | 30 |
For projected fWAR I did an average of all the projection systems they had listed. For additional years I limited it to 6 (if guys are called up part way through a year you could get a 7th or 8th or 9th year depending, but if a guy is bouncing like that odds are his value isn't much).
I listed everyone in the order they were listed on the Fangraphs transaction page (a great resource)
Other teams...
AL East
- Yankees: Added Jake Bird (RP), Camilo Doval (RP), David Bednar (RP), José Caballero (IF/OF), Wilberson De Pena (18 yr old OF prospect), Austin Slater (OF), Amed Rosario (IF/OF), Ryan McMahon (3B) - yeah they were busy. Added 7 guys to their ML roster.
- Boston: Added Steven Matz (LH RP), Dustin May (SP) - yep, that's it.
- Tampa Bay: Added Adrian Houser (SP), Griffin Jax (RP), Hunter Feduccia (C), Everson Pereira (OF), Brian Van Belle (SP/RP 0 ML service time), Nick Fortes (C), Jadher Areinamo (Inf minors), Tristan Gray (INF), Stuart Fairchild (OF) - they also traded away ML'ers Zack Littell (SP/RP), Ben Rortvedt (C), Taj Bradley (SP), José Caballero (INF/OF), Curtis Mead (INF). Typical Rays - adding and subtracting at the same time, always trying to contend on a tiny budget.
- O's: Dumped anything that moved. Lost: Charlie Morton (SP), Andrew Kittredge (RP), Ramón Urías (INF), Cedric Mullins (OF), Ryan O'Hearn (1B/OF), Ramón Laureano (OF), Seranthony Domínguez (RP), Gregory Soto (RP). Can we call them a ML team still?
Other AL Contenders
- Detroit: Added Charlie Morton (SP), Rafael Montero (RP), Paul Sewald (RP), Kyle Finnegan (RP), Codi Heuer (RP), Chris Paddack (SP), Randy Dobnak (SP) - clearly they weren't happy with their pitching. 7 new pitchers. Wow.
- Houston: Added Ramón Urías (INF), Carlos Correa (3B), Jesús Sánchez (OF)
- Seattle: Added Eugenio Suárez (3B), Caleb Ferguson (RP), Josh Naylor (1B)
- Texas: Added Merrill Kelly (SP), Danny Coulombe (RP), Phil Maton (RP), José Ruiz (RP)
- LAA: Added Oswald Peraza (INF), Luis García (RP), Andrew Chafin (RP) - I don't see them making it, but they are 4 1/2 out so it is possible.
- KC: Added Mike Yastrzemski (OF), Bailey Falter (SP), Stephen Kolek (SP), Randal Grichuk (OF), Adam Frazier (INF/OF) - see LAA but 3 1/2 out.
- Other 3 within 10 of wild card were Minnesota, and Baltimore who dumped, plus Cleveland who mostly stayed pat outside of the Bieber trade and the Sewald deal (to Tigers) - both sell offs.
So that is what happened. I doubt any of us are big on what happened in the NL as it doesn't affect the Jays until the WS (please, please, please) or in interleague games (3 vs Colorado, 3 vs Dodgers, 3 vs Cubs all very soon, 3 vs Pittsburgh, 3 vs Miami, 3 vs Milwaukee, 3 vs Cincinnati still on the schedule as well).
So Rays the busiest, Yankees added a lot, Boston was sleeping while the O's took a big dump. Detroit redid their pitching staff, Houston is doing a back to the future thing, Seattle got the biggest bat, Texas did a lighter staff fix, LAA/KC trying to trick their fans while hoping a few teams ahead of them falter.
The Jays now have this lineup when healthy (1 too many)...
| Who | Pos | WAR 2025 | Proj WAR |
| Alejandro Kirk | C | 3.4 | 1.3 |
| Tyler Heineman | C | 2.2 | 0.3 |
| Vladimir Guerrero Jr. | 1B | 3.0 | 1.5 |
| Andrés Giménez | 2B | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Bo Bichette | SS | 2.4 | 1.2 |
| Ernie Clement | 3B | 2.0 | 0.4 |
| Joey Loperfido | LF | 0.7 | 0.2 |
| Daulton Varsho | CF | 0.6 | 0.8 |
| Addison Barger | RF | 2.0 | 0.7 |
| George Springer | DH | 2.5 | 0.9 |
| Ty France | 1B/DH | 0.6 | 0.2 |
| Myles Straw | CF | 1.0 | 0.1 |
| Davis Schneider | LF/2B | 0.6 | 0.2 |
| Nathan Lukes | OF | 1.1 | 0.4 |
| Totals | 12 | 5.3 |
And this pitching staff...
| Who | Role | WAR 2025 |
| Kevin Gausman | SP | 2.1 |
| José Berríos | SP | 1.3 |
| Chris Bassitt | SP | 1.7 |
| Eric Lauer | SP | 1.5 |
| Max Scherzer | SP | 0.2 |
| Shane Bieber | SP | -- |
| Alek Manoah | SP | -- |
| Jeff Hoffman | RP | 0.3 |
| Yariel Rodríguez | RP | 0.3 |
| Seranthony Domínguez | RP | 0.7 |
| Louis Varland | RP | 1.0 |
| Brendon Little | RP | 1.1 |
| Braydon Fisher | RP | 0.8 |
| Mason Fluharty | RP | 0.3 |
| Tommy Nance | RP | 0.2 |
| Paxton Schultz | RP | 0.1 |
| Yimi García | RP | 0.1 |
| Nick Sandlin | RP | 0.0 |
| Totals | 11.7 |
Didn't bother with forecast WAR here as pitchers are so variable I didn't feel it was worth the effort. It'd most likely be 50% of what they did so far (1/3 of season left roughly with Bieber and Manoah being 100% crapshoots). I put Garcia and Sandlin at the bottom as lord knows if either will throw another pitch this year. And yes, I know I have waaay too many pitchers listed but we all know a few more injuries will happen, some guys will be dropped and others might be added in.
