2020 Toronto Blue Jays season

The 2020 Toronto Blue Jays season was the 44th season of the Toronto Blue Jays franchise.

2020 Toronto Blue Jays
American League Wild Card
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1977)
East Division (since 1977)
Location
Sahlen Field (temporary) (since 2020) Buffalo, New York (temporary) (since 2020)
Results
Record	32–28 (.533)
Divisional place	3rd
Other information
Owner(s)	Rogers, CEO Mark Shapiro
General manager(s)	Ross Atkins
Manager(s)	Charlie Montoyo
Local television	Sportsnet Sportsnet One (Buck Martinez, Pat Tabler, Dan Shulman)
Local radio	Blue Jays Radio Network Sportsnet 590 the FAN (Ben Wagner, Mike Wilner, Kevin Barker)
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On March 12, 2020, MLB announced that because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto, the start of the regular season would be delayed by at least two weeks in addition to the remainder of spring training being cancelled.[1] Four days later, it was announced that the start of the season would be pushed back indefinitely due to the recommendation made by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to restrict events of more than 50 people for eight weeks.[2]

On June 23, commissioner Rob Manfred unilaterally implemented a 60-game season. Players were to report to training camps on July 1 in order to resume spring training and prepare for a July 23 or 24 Opening Day.[3] The team was forced to play their home games in the home of their AAA affiliate in Buffalo, New York.[4]

Due to the pandemic and the shortened season, Major League Baseball instituted certain rule changes which included the use of a universal designated hitter, a runner on second base to start extra innings, and a revised schedule.[5] On July 30, the league and the union agreed that all remaining doubleheaders on the season would be seven innings.[6]

On September 24, the Blue Jays clinched a playoff berth for the first time since 2016, and on the next day they clinched their first winning season since 2016 as well. As the eighth seed in the expanded playoff format, they faced the top-seeded Tampa Bay Rays in one of four 2020 American League Wild Card Series where they were swept 2–0 in the best-of-three series.

Offseason

Rule changes

For the 2020 season, MLB instituted several new rule changes including the following:[7]

• Single trade deadline – there will no longer be a waiver trade deadline later in the year.
• 26-man roster – rosters will expand from 25 players, but no team may carry more than 13 pitchers.
• Three-batter minimum for pitchers - a pitcher must face three batters in a game before they can be removed unless there is an injury or the end of an inning.

Further rule changes came into effect in response to the COVID-19 pandemic including the use of the DH in the National League, a shortened schedule, and starting extra innings with a runner at second base.[8]

October 2019

• On October 29, the Blue Jays claimed RHP Anthony Bass off waivers from the Mariners, and designated RHP Ryan Dull for assignment.[9]
• On October 30, the Blue Jays out righted Brock Stewart, Ryan Dull, and Buddy Boshers to Triple-A Buffalo.[10]
• On October 31, RHP Clay Buchholz and 1B Justin Smoak elected free agency.[11]

November 2019

• On November 4, the Blue Jays acquired RHP Chase Anderson for 1B Chad Spanberger.[12] RHP Ryan Tepera was designated for assignment and Devon Travis was out righted to Triple-A.[13]
• On November 7, Devon Travis became a free agent.[14]
• On November 11, Ryan Tepera cleared waivers and became a free agent.[15]
• On November 20, the Blue Jays designated RHP Justin Shafer for assignment and out righted RHP Tim Mayza to Triple-A. In corresponding moves, the Blue Jays purchased the contracts of RHP Thomas Hatch and 2B Santiago Espinal from the minors.[16]
• On November 25, the Blue Jays traded Justin Shafer to the Cincinnati Reds for cash considerations.[17] The Jays also signed RHP A.J. Cole to a minor-league deal with an invitation to spring training.[18]

December 2019

• On December 1, the Blue Jays signed Phillippe Aumont and Justin Miller to minor-league deals with invites to spring training.[19]
• On December 2, the Blue Jays non-tendered Jason Adam, Derek Law and Luke Maile who all elected to become free agents.[20]
• On December 9, the Blue Jays purchased the contract of James Dykstra from the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs.[21]
• On December 18, the Blue Jays signed Tanner Roark to a 2-year, $24 million contract.[22]
• On December 27, the Blue Jays signed Hyun-jin Ryu to a 4-year, $80 million contract.[23]
• On December 28, the Blue Jays signed Shun Yamaguchi to a 2-year, $6.35 million contract.[24]
• On December 30, the Blue Jays signed Travis Shaw to a 1-year, $4 million contract.[25] In a corresponding move, Richard Ureña was designated for assignment.[25]

January 2020

• On January 20, the Blue Jays signed several players to minor league contracts with invites to spring training, including Joe Panik, Ruben Tejada, and Caleb Joseph.[26]

February 2020

• On February 8, the Blue Jays signed free agent RHP Rafael Dolis and designated Breyvic Valera for assignment.[27]
• On February 11, Jake Petricka was signed to a minor league deal with an invite to spring training.[28]
• On February 24, the Blue Jays signed Marc Rzepcyznski to a minor league deal with an invite to spring training.[29]

June 2020

• On June 30, the Blue Jays placed INF Brandon Drury, OF Jonathan Davis, and RHP Elvis Luciano and Hector Perez on the 10-day injured list, most likely due to either positive COVID-19 tests or potential exposure to the virus.[30]

July 2020

• On July 2, the Blue Jays claimed INF Breyvic Valera off waivers and added him to the 60-man training camp roster, they also added RHP Bryan Baker, UTL Patrick Kivlehan, and OF Josh Palacios to the 60-man training camp list as the corresponding moves to the transactions on June 30.[31]

Spring training

The Blue Jays announced they would return to Montreal to finish their spring training for the seventh consecutive year. The opponents would have been the New York Yankees.[32] However, spring training games, including the aforementioned series in Montreal, were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[33] On June 23, MLB announced the resumption of spring training on July 1.[34]

Home games

On July 18, the Canadian government denied approval for the Blue Jays to play their home games at Rogers Centre in Toronto, due to concerns surrounding repeated cross-border travel between the United States and Canada by teams involved in its games.[35] With the Blue Jays denied permission to play in Toronto, this was the first season since 1968 (the year before the Montreal Expos were founded) to feature no regular season games played in Canada. After authorities in Pennsylvania rejected the Blue Jays' request to share PNC Park with the Pittsburgh Pirates, the Blue Jays struck an agreement to use Sahlen Field, home of their AAA affiliate Buffalo Bisons, for their home games. The first game in Buffalo took place on August 11; the Jays' "home" games prior to that date were scheduled to be played in their opponents' stadiums[36] (though some of these were later postponed). Under MLB's health and safety protocols, all Blue Jays home games were held behind closed doors.[37] The Jays were the first major league baseball team to play its home games in Buffalo, New York since the Buffalo Blues of the Federal League ceased operations in 1915.

Regular season

Regular season

Legend
Blue Jays win	Blue Jays loss	Game postponed

2020 Game Log: 32–28 (Home: 17–13; Away: 15–15)[38]
July: 3–4 (Home: 0–2; Road: 3–2) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Record GB 1 July 24 @ Rays 6–4 Romano (1–0) Morton (0–1) Giles (1) 1–0 — 2 July 25 @ Rays 1–4 Anderson (1–0) Gaviglio (0–1) Drake (1) 1–1 — 3 July 26 @ Rays 5–6 (10) Roe (1–0) Yamaguchi (0–1) — 1–2 1 4 July 27 @ Nationals 4–1 Borucki (1–0) Sánchez (0–1) Bass (1) 2–2 1 5 July 28 @ Nationals 5–1 Roark (1–0) Voth (0–1) — 3–2 1 6 July 29 Nationals[lower-alpha 1] 0–4 (10) Hudson (1–0) Yamaguchi (0–2) — 3–3 1 7 July 30 Nationals[lower-alpha 1] 4–6 Harper (1–0) Ryu (0–1) Hudson (1) 3–4 2 — July 31 Phillies[lower-alpha 1] Postponed (COVID-19). Makeup date: August 20.
August: 15–11 (Home: 8–5; Road: 7–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Record GB — August 1 Phillies[lower-alpha 1] Postponed (COVID-19). Makeup date: August 20. — August 2 Phillies[lower-alpha 1] Postponed (COVID-19). Makeup date: September 18. 8 August 4 @ Braves 1–10 Fried (2–0) Shoemaker (0–1) — 3–5 ​4 ^1⁄2 9 August 5 @ Braves 2–1 Ryu (1–1) Newcomb (0–1) Bass (2) 4–5 4 10 August 6 @ Braves 3–4 Melancon (1–0) Font (0–1) — 4–6 4 11 August 7 @ Red Sox 3–5 Hembree (2–0) Roark (1–1) Workman (3) 4–7 4 12 August 8 @ Red Sox 2–1 Kay (1–0) Walden (0–1) Bass (3) 5–7 4 13 August 9 @ Red Sox 3–5 Barnes (1–1) Hatch (0–1) — 5–8 ​3 ^1⁄2 14 August 11 Marlins 5–4 (10) Cole (1–0) Tarpley (2–1) — 6–8 ​3 ^1⁄2 15 August 12 Marlins 11–14 (10) Kintzler (1–0) Dolis (0–1) Smith (1) 6–9 ​4 ^1⁄2 16 August 14 Rays 12–4 Font (1–1) Thompson (1–1) — 7–9 ​4 ^1⁄2 17 August 15 Rays 2–3 Loup (2–0) Romano (1–1) Anderson (3) 7–10 ​5 ^1⁄2 18 August 16 Rays 5–7 (8) Loup (3–0) Font (1–2) Slegers (1) 7–11 ​6 ^1⁄2 19 August 17 @ Orioles 7–2 Ryu (2–1) Cobb (1–2) — 8–11 ​6 ^1⁄2 20 August 18 @ Orioles 8–7 (10) Bass (1–0) Sulser (1–2) — 9–11 ​5 ^1⁄2 21 August 19 @ Orioles 5–2 Roark (2–1) Milone (1–3) Dolis (1) 10–11 ​4 ^1⁄2 22 August 20 Phillies 3–2 (7) Romano (2–1) Guerra (1–3) — 11–11 4 23 August 20 Phillies 9–8 (7) Kay (2–0) Neris (1–1) Cole (1) 12–11 ​3 ^1⁄2 24 August 21 @ Rays 6–5 (10) Hatch (1–1) Loup (3–1) Romano (1) 13–11 ​2 ^1⁄2 25 August 22 @ Rays 1–2 (10) Banda (1–0) Bass (1–1) — 13–12 ​3 ^1⁄2 26 August 23 @ Rays 4–5 Fleming (1–0) Borucki (1–1) Curtiss (1) 13–13 ​4 ^1⁄2 27 August 24 @ Rays 6–4 Hatch (2–1) Loup (3–2) Romano (2) 14–13 ​3 ^1⁄2 28 August 25 Red Sox 7–9 Valdéz (1–0) Font (1–3) Barnes (2) 14–14 ​4 ^1⁄2 29 August 26 Red Sox 9–1 Yamaguchi (1–2) Brewer (0–2) — 15–14 ​4 ^1⁄2 — August 27 Red Sox Postponed (Boycotts due to Jacob Blake shooting); Makeup date: September 4 30 August 28 Orioles 5–4 (10) Dolis (1–1) Sulser (1–3) — 16–14 ​4 ^1⁄2 31 August 29 Orioles 5–0 Walker (3–2) Cobb (1–3) — 17–14 ​4 ^1⁄2 32 August 30 Orioles 6–5 Bass (2–1) Sulser (1–4) — 18–14 ​4 ^1⁄2 33 August 31 Orioles 3–4 (11) Valdez (1–0) Bass (2–2) — 18–15 ​5 ^1⁄2
September: 14–13 (Home: 9–6; Road: 5–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Record GB 34 September 1 @ Marlins 2–3 Hoyt (1–0) Yamaguchi (1–3) Kintzler (8) 18–16 ​5 ^1⁄2 35 September 2 @ Marlins 2–1 Ryu (3–1) Sánchez (1–1) Bass (4) 19–16 ​5 ^1⁄2 36 September 3 @ Red Sox 6–2 (10) Dolis (2–1) Valdéz (1–1) — 20–16 5 37 September 4 @ Red Sox 8–7 (7) Cole (2–0) Godley (0–4) Bass (5) 21–16 5 38 September 4 Red Sox 2–3 (7) Taylor (1–1) Stripling (3–2) Barnes (4) 21–17 ​5 ^1⁄2 39 September 5 @ Red Sox 8–9 Kickham (1–0) Bass (2–3) — 21–18 ​5 ^1⁄2 40 September 6 @ Red Sox 10–8 Hatch (3–1) Hall (0–2) Dolis (2) 22–18 ​5 ^1⁄2 41 September 7 Yankees 12–7 Reid-Foley (1–0) Ottavino (2–3) — 23–18 ​4 ^1⁄2 42 September 8 Yankees 2–1 Yamaguchi (2–3) Happ (1–2) Dolis (3) 24–18 ​3 ^1⁄2 43 September 9 Yankees 2–7 García (1–1) Stripling (3–3) — 24–19 4 44 September 11 Mets 1–18 deGrom (4–1) Anderson (0–1) Ramírez (1) 24–20 ​4 ^1⁄2 45 September 12 Mets 3–2 Ray (2–4) Lugo (2–3) Dolis (4) 25–20 ​4 ^1⁄2 46 September 13 Mets 7–3 Ryu (4–1) Peterson (4–2) — 26–20 ​3 ^1⁄2 47 September 15 @ Yankees 6–20 García (2–1) Walker (3–3) — 26–21 ​4 ^1⁄2 48 September 16 @ Yankees 2–13 Cole (6–3) Roark (2–2) — 26–22 ​4 ^1⁄2 49 September 17 @ Yankees 7–10 Tanaka (3–2) Anderson (0–2) Chapman (3) 26–23 6 50 September 18 Phillies 0–7 Eflin (3–2) Ray (2–5) — 26–24 ​6 ^1⁄2 51 September 18 @ Phillies 7–8 Brogdon (1–0) Dolis (2–2) Neris (5) 26–25 ​7 ^1⁄2 52 September 19 @ Phillies 1–3 Velasquez (1–1) Ryu (4–2) Hunter (1) 26–26 ​8 ^1⁄2 53 September 20 @ Phillies 6–3 Walker (4–3) Medina (0–1) Bass (6) 27–26 ​7 ^1⁄2 54 September 21 Yankees 11–5 Zeuch (1–0) King (1–2) — 28–26 ​7 ^1⁄2 55 September 22 Yankees 1–12 Cole (7–3) Roark (2–3) — 28–27 ​7 ^1⁄2 56 September 23 Yankees 14–1 Cole (3–0) Tanaka (3–3) Stripling (1) 29–27 ​7 ^1⁄2 57 September 24 Yankees 4–1 Ryu (5–2) Montgomery (2–3) Dolis (5) 30–27 7 58 September 25 Orioles 10–5 Pearson (1–0) López (2–2) — 31–27 7 59 September 26 Orioles 5–2 Anderson (1–2) Means (2–4) Bass (7) 32–27 7 60 September 27 Orioles 5–7 Lakins (3–2) Yamaguchi (2–4) Valdez (3) 32–28 8

1. Blue Jays "home" game held at (or scheduled for) opponent's ballpark due to ongoing preparations at Sahlen Field.[36]

Postseason

Legend
Blue Jays win	Blue Jays loss	Game postponed

2020 Postseason Game Log
American League Wild Card Series: 0–2 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Series 1 September 29 Rays 1–3 Snell (1–0) Ray (0–1) Fairbanks (1) 0–1 2 September 30 Rays 2–8 Glasnow (1–0) Ryu (0–1) — 0–2

American League East

AL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Tampa Bay Rays	40	20	0.667	—	20–9	20–11
New York Yankees	33	27	0.550	7	22–9	11–18
Toronto Blue Jays	32	28	0.533	8	17–9	15–19
Baltimore Orioles	25	35	0.417	15	13–20	12–15
Boston Red Sox	24	36	0.400	16	11–20	13–16

American League Wild Card

Division Leaders	W	L	Pct.
Tampa Bay Rays	40	20	0.667
Oakland Athletics	36	24	0.600
Minnesota Twins	36	24	0.600

Division 2nd Place	W	L	Pct.
Cleveland Indians	35	25	0.583
New York Yankees	33	27	0.550
Houston Astros	29	31	0.483

Wild Card teams (Top two qualify for postseason)	W	L	Pct.	GB
Chicago White Sox	35	25	0.583	+3
Toronto Blue Jays	32	28	0.533	—
Seattle Mariners	27	33	0.450	5
Los Angeles Angels	26	34	0.433	6
Kansas City Royals	26	34	0.433	6
Baltimore Orioles	25	35	0.417	7
Boston Red Sox	24	36	0.400	8
Detroit Tigers	23	35	0.397	8
Texas Rangers	22	38	0.367	10

Records vs opponents

Record Games Left Opponent Home Road Total Home Road Total AL East Baltimore Orioles 5–2 3–0 8–2 – – – Boston Red Sox 1–2 4–3 5–5 – – – New York Yankees 5–2 0–3 5–5 – – – Tampa Bay Rays 1–2 3–4 4–6 – – – Totals 12–8 10–10 22–18 – – – NL East Atlanta Braves – 1–2 1–2 – – – Miami Marlins 1–1 1–1 2–2 – – – New York Mets 2–1 – 2–1 – – – Philadelphia Phillies 2–1 1–2 3–3 – – – Washington Nationals 0–2 2–0 2–2 – – – Totals 5–5 5–5 10–10 – – – Grand Totals 17–13 15–15 32–28 – – –

Month Games Won Lost Pct. July 7 3 4 .429 August 26 15 11 .577 September 27 14 13 .519 Totals 60 32 28 .533

Achievements

• In their 14–11 defeat to the Miami Marlins on August 12, the Blue Jays tied a major league record when they became the fourth team to hit seven home runs in a game and still lose.[39]
• In their 10–8 victory over the Boston Red Sox on September 6, the Blue Jays set a new franchise record for longest 9-inning game at 4 hours 23 minutes.[40]

July

• On July 26, optioned Billy McKinney to the team's alternate training site and activated Brandon Drury.[41]
• On July 27, placed Ken Giles on the 10-day injured list, placed Travis Shaw on the bereavement list, activated Wilmer Font, and recalled Ryan Borucki from the team's alternate training site.[41]
• On July 29, optioned Brian Moran to the team's alternate training site and selected the contract of Nate Pearson.[41]
• On July 31, optioned Sam Gaviglio to the team's alternate training site.[41]

August

• On August 2, optioned Jonathan Davis to the team's alternate training site.[42]
• On August 3, activated Travis Shaw.[42]
• On August 5, placed Derek Fisher on the 10-day injured list and recalled Billy McKinney.[42]
• On August 6, optioned Santiago Espinal and Jacob Waguespack to the team's alternate training site, placed Trent Thornton on the 10-day injured list and recalled Jacob Waguespack from the team's alternate training site.[42]
• On August 8, activated Chase Anderson and optioned Billy McKinney to the team's alternate training site[42]
• On August 16, placed Bo Bichette on the 10-day injured list and recalled Santiago Espinal and Sam Gaviglio.[42]
• On August 17, optioned Sam Gaviglio to the team's alternate training site.[42]
• On August 18, optioned Jacob Waguespack to the team's alternate training site and recalled Julian Merryweather.[42]
• On August 19, placed Nate Pearson on the 10-day injured list and recalled Jacob Waguespack.[42]
• On August 20, designated Anthony Alford for assignment, recalled Billy McKinney, and activated Trent Thornton.[42]
• On August 21, optioned Billy McKinney and Jacob Waguespack to the team's alternate training site and recalled Sam Gaviglio.[42]
• On August 23, placed Matt Shoemaker on the 10-day injured list and recalled Jacob Waguespack.[42]
• On August 24, placed Trent Thornton on the 10-day injured list, designated Thomas Pannone for assignment, acquired Daniel Vogelbach from the Seattle Mariners for cash and selected the contract of Travis Bergen.[42]
• On August 26, optioned Travis Bergen and Sam Gaviglio to the team's alternate training site, activated Derek Fisher and recalled Sean Reid-Foley.[42]
• On August 27, activated Daniel Vogelbach, transferred Trent Thornton to the 60-day injured list, optioned Sean Reid-Foley and acquired Taijuan Walker from the Seattle Mariners for a player to be named later.[42]
• On August 28, activated Taijuan Walker, outrighted Thomas Pannone to the team's alternate training site and optioned Brandon Drury to the team's alternate training site.[42]
• On August 29, placed Jordan Romano on the 10-day injured list and recalled Sean Reid-Foley.[42]
• On August 31, designated Brandon Drury and Sam Gaviglio for assignment, released Ruben Tejada, acquired Robbie Ray from the Arizona Diamondbacks for Travis Bergen, acquired Jonathan Villar from the Miami Marlins for a Player To Be Named Later and acquired Ross Stripling from the Los Angeles Dodgers for a Player To Be Named Later and a Player To Be Named Later.[42]

September

• On September 1, activated Robbie Ray and Jonathan Villar, optioned Jacob Waguespack to the team's alternate training site, designated Daniel Vogelbach for assignment and traded Alberto Rodriguez to the Seattle Mariners.[43]
• On September 2, activated Ross Stripling and optioned Sean Reid-Foley to the team's alternate training site.[43]
• On September 4, recalled Sean Reid-Foley and outrighted Brandon Drury and Sam Gaviglio to the team's alternate training site.[43]
• On September 5, optioned Reese McGuire and Sean Reid-Foley to the team's alternate training site, selected the contract of Caleb Joseph and transferred Ken Giles to the 60-day injured list.[43]
• On September 7, placed Wilmer Font and Teoscar Hernandez on the 10-day injured list and recalled Jonathan Davis and Sean Reid-Foley.[43]
• On September 9, placed Rowdy Tellez on the 10-day injured list, recalled Billy McKinney and released Jake Petricka.[43]
• On September 11, activated Ken Giles, designated Caleb Joseph and Billey McKinney for assignment, optioned Sean Reid-Foley to the team's alternate training site, selected the contract of Alejandro Kirk and recalled Jacob Waguespack.[43]
• On September 12, activated Bo Bichette and optioned Jacob Waguespack to the team's alternate training site.[43]
• On September 15, outrighted Caleb Joseph to the team's alternate training site.[43]
• On September 16, recalled Hector Perez and Jacob Waguespack, placed Derek Fisher and Ken Giles on the 10-day injured list, activated Teoscar Hernandez, optioned Anthony Kay to the team's alternate training site and traded Justin Miller to the Cincinnati Reds for Future Considerations.[43]
• On September 17, optioned Hector Perez to the team's alternate training site, placed Jacob Waguespack on the 10-day injured list, activated Wilmer Font and recalled T.J. Zeuch.[43]
• On September 18, recalled Patrick Murphy and traded Griffin Conine to the Miami Marlins.[43]
• On September 19, optioned Santiago Espinal to the team's alternate training site.[43]
• On September 21, placed Julian Merryweather on the 10-day injured list and activated Matt Shoemaker.[43]
• On September 22, transferred Ken Giles from the 10-day injured list to the 60-day injured list.[43]
• On September 24, activated Nate Pearson and designated Wilmer Font for assignment.[43]
• On September 27, outrighted Wilmer Font to the team's alternate training site.[43]

Roster

2020 Toronto Blue Jays
Roster
Pitchers 22 Chase Anderson 52 Anthony Bass 79 Travis Bergen 56 Ryan Borucki 36 A. J. Cole 41 Rafael Dolis 63 Wilmer Font 43 Sam Gaviglio 51 Ken Giles 31 Tom Hatch 47 Anthony Kay 67 Julian Merryweather 48 Brian Moran 66 Patrick Murphy 24 Nate Pearson 64 Héctor Pérez 38 Robbie Ray 54 Sean Reid-Foley 14 Tanner Roark 68 Jordan Romano 99 Hyun-jin Ryu 34 Matt Shoemaker 48 Ross Stripling 57 Trent Thornton 62 Jacob Waguespack 00 Taijuan Walker  1 Shun Yamaguchi 35 T. J. Zeuch		Catchers  9 Danny Jansen  7 Caleb Joseph 85 Alejandro Kirk 10 Reese McGuire Infielders 11 Bo Bichette  8 Cavan Biggio  3 Brandon Drury  5 Santiago Espinal 27 Vladimir Guerrero Jr.  2 Joe Panik  6 Travis Shaw 44 Rowdy Tellez 30,20 Jonathan Villar		Outfielders 30 Anthony Alford 49 Jonathan Davis 23 Derek Fisher 15 Randal Grichuk 13 Lourdes Gurriel Jr. 37 Teoscar Hernández 28 Billy McKinney Other batters 20 Daniel Vogelbach		Manager 25 Charlie Montoyo Coaches 61 Alex Andreopoulos (bullpen catcher) 55 Nevin Ashley (bullpen catcher) 21 Dante Bichette (coach) 53 Mark Budzinski (first base) 26 Matt Buschmann (bullpen) 39 Dave Hudgens (bench) 16 Gil Kim (coach) 18 Guillermo Martínez (hitting)  4 Luis Rivera (third base) 17 John Schneider (coach) 40 Pete Walker (pitching)

Statistics

Batting

(Updated as of September 27, 2020)

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	AVG	Ref.
Anthony Alford	13	16	3	3	0	0	1	3	3	0	.188	[44]
Bo Bichette	29	123	18	37	9	1	5	23	4	5	.301	[45]
Cavan Biggio	59	220	41	55	16	0	8	28	6	41	.250	[46]
Jonathan Davis	13	27	4	7	2	0	1	6	1	3	.259	[47]
Brandon Drury	21	46	3	7	1	0	0	1	0	2	.152	[48]
Santiago Espinal	26	60	10	16	4	0	0	6	1	4	.267	[49]
Derek Fisher	16	31	5	7	2	1	1	7	0	7	.226	[50]
Randal Grichuk	55	216	38	59	9	0	12	35	1	13	.273	[51]
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	60	221	34	58	13	2	9	33	1	20	.262	[52]
Lourdes Gurriel Jr.	57	208	28	64	14	0	11	33	3	14	.308	[53]
Teoscar Hernandez	50	190	33	55	7	0	16	34	6	14	.289	[54]
Danny Jansen	43	120	18	22	3	0	6	20	0	21	.183	[55]
Caleb Joseph	3	8	2	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	.125	[56]
Alejandro Kirk	9	24	4	9	2	0	1	3	0	1	.375	[57]
Reese McGuire	19	41	2	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	.073	[58]
Billy McKinney	2	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	[59]
Joe Panik	41	120	18	27	6	0	1	7	0	20	.225	[60]
Travis Shaw	50	163	17	39	10	0	6	17	0	16	.239	[61]
Rowdy Tellez	35	113	20	32	5	0	8	23	0	11	.283	[62]
Jonathan Villar	22	69	3	13	1	0	0	6	7	9	.188	[63]
Daniel Vogelbach	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	[64]

Pitching

(Updated as of September 27, 2020)

Player	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	WHIP	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	Ref.
Chase Anderson	10	7	1	2	0	7.22	1.63	33​^2⁄3	45	29	27	10	38	[65]
Anthony Bass	26	0	2	3	7	3.51	1.01	25​^2⁄3	17	13	10	9	21	[66]
Travis Bergen	1	0	0	0	0	0.00	1.50	1​^2⁄3	1	0	0	1	3	[67]
Ryan Borucki	21	0	1	1	0	2.70	1.44	16​^2⁄3	12	5	5	12	21	[68]
A. J. Cole	24	0	3	0	1	3.09	1.20	23​^1⁄3	19	9	8	9	20	[69]
Rafael Dolis	24	0	2	2	5	1.50	1.25	24	16	9	4	14	31	[70]
Wilmer Font	21	0	1	3	0	9.92	2.27	16​^1⁄3	28	19	18	9	15	[71]
Sam Gaviglio	4	0	0	1	0	9.00	2.67	3	3	3	3	5	1	[72]
Ken Giles	4	0	0	0	1	9.82	2.18	3​^2⁄3	4	4	4	4	6	[73]
Thomas Hatch	17	1	3	1	0	2.73	1.18	26​^1⁄3	18	11	8	13	23	[74]
Anthony Kay	13	0	2	0	0	5.14	1.71	21	22	13	12	14	22	[75]
Julian Merryweather	8	3	0	0	0	4.15	1.31	13	11	6	6	6	15	[76]
Brian Moran	2	0	0	0	0	0.00	1.00	1	1	0	0	0	1	[77]
Patrick Murphy	4	0	0	0	0	1.50	1.33	6	6	1	1	2	5	[78]
Nate Pearson	5	4	1	0	0	6.00	1.50	18	14	15	12	13	16	[79]
Hector Perez	1	0	0	0	0	10.80	3.60	1​^2⁄3	3	2	2	3	1	[80]
Robbie Ray	5	4	1	1	0	4.79	1.74	20​^2⁄3	22	13	11	14	25	[81]
Sean Reid-Foley	5	0	1	0	0	1.35	1.35	6​^2⁄3	3	3	1	6	6	[82]
Tanner Roark	11	11	2	3	0	6.80	1.74	47​^2⁄3	60	39	36	23	41	[83]
Jordan Romano	15	0	2	1	2	1.23	0.89	14​^2⁄3	8	3	2	5	21	[84]
Hyun-jin Ryu	12	12	5	2	0	2.69	1.15	67	60	22	20	17	72	[85]
Matt Shoemaker	6	6	0	1	0	4.71	1.08	28​^2⁄3	22	16	15	9	26	[86]
Ross Stripling	5	2	0	2	1	6.32	1.60	15​^2⁄3	18	11	11	7	13	[87]
Trent Thornton	3	3	0	0	0	11.12	3.18	5​^2⁄3	15	7	7	3	6	[88]
Jacob Waguespack	11	0	0	0	0	8.15	1.47	17​^2⁄3	27	20	16	9	16	[89]
Taijuan Walker	6	6	2	1	0	1.37	1.25	26​^1⁄3	22	10	4	11	25	[90]
Shun Yamaguchi	17	0	2	4	0	8.06	1.75	25​^2⁄3	28	25	23	17	26	[91]
T. J. Zeuch	3	1	1	0	0	1.59	1.15	11​^1⁄3	9	2	2	4	3	[92]

2020 Major League Baseball draft

The 2020 Major League Baseball (MLB) First-Year Player Draft occurred on Monday, June 10 through June 11, 2020. The draft assigned amateur baseball players to MLB teams. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the draft was shortened to only five rounds.[93]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	College/School	Nationality	Signed
1	5	Austin Martin	SS	Vanderbilt		July 8[94]
2	42	CJ Van Eyk	RHP	Florida State		June 18[95]
3	77	Trent Palmer	RHP	Jacksonville		June 18[95]
4	106	Nick Frasso	RHP	Loyola Marymount		July 8[96]
5	136	Zach Britton	OF	Louisville		June 18[97]

Farm system

Due to the COVID–19 pandemic, Major League Baseball announced the cancellation of the entire Minor League Baseball season on June 30.[98] The Blue Jays taxi squad was based at Frontier Field in Rochester, New York.

Notes

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