2019 Toronto Blue Jays season

2019 Toronto Blue Jays
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1977)
East Division (since 1977)
Location
Rogers Centre (since 1989)
Toronto, Ontario (since 1977)
Results
Record	67–95 (.414)
Divisional place	4th
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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The 2019 Toronto Blue Jays season was the 43rd season of the Toronto Blue Jays franchise, and the Blue Jays' 29th full season (30th overall) at Rogers Centre. The Blue Jays were managed by Charlie Montoyo in his first year as the Blue Jays manager. The Blue Jays began their season at home against the Detroit Tigers on March 28 and ended their season at home against the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday, September 29. They finished with a record of 67 and 95, a worse record than the previous season, and failed to qualify for the postseason for the third consecutive year.

Offseason

On September 26, 2018, it was announced that John Gibbons would not return to manage the Blue Jays for the 2019 season.

October 2018

• On October 25, the Blue Jays hired Charlie Montoyo as their new manager.
• On October 29, RHP Marco Estrada and RHP Tyler Clippard elected free agency.
• On October 31, the Blue Jays exercised their $8 million club option on Justin Smoak, and declined their $5.5 million club option on Yangervis Solarte.

November 2018

• On November 2, the Blue Jays outrighted Justin Shafer to Triple-A. Rhiner Cruz, Taylor Guerrieri, and Jake Petricka cleared waivers and became free agents. José Fernández was claimed off waivers by the Detroit Tigers.
• On November 3, the Blue Jays fired hitting coach Brook Jacoby and first base coach Tim Leiper.
• On November 7, the Blue Jays hired Dave Hudgens as their bench coach, replacing DeMarlo Hale.
• On November 15, the Blue Jays hired Guillermo Martinez as their new hitting coach.
• On November 17, the Blue Jays traded INF Aledmys Diaz to the Houston Astros for P Trent Thornton.
• On November 20, the Blue Jays selected the contracts of Hector Perez, Trent Thornton, Patrick Murphy, Yennsy Díaz, and Jacob Waguespack.
• On November 26, the Blue Jays claimed Oliver Drake off waivers from the Tampa Bay Rays, and designated Mark Leiter Jr. for assignment.
• On November 26, the Blue Jays hired Matt Buschmann as their new bullpen coach, Mark Budzinski as their new first base coach, and Shelley Duncan as their major league field co-ordinator.
• On November 27, the Blue Jays named John Schneider their Major League coach, and announced that Mike Mordecai would not be returning as the team's quality control coach.
• On November 30, the Blue Jays non-tendered Yangervis Solarte, who became a free agent.

December 2018

• On December 11, the Blue Jays released Troy Tulowitzki.
• On December 13, the Blue Jays selected Elvis Luciano in the Rule 5 draft, but lost Jordan Romano and Travis Bergen in the same draft to the Chicago White Sox and the San Francisco Giants, respectively.
• On December 28, the Blue Jays signed Matt Shoemaker to a 1-year, $3.5 million contract.
• On December 30, the Blue Jays acquired Clayton Richard from the San Diego Padres in exchange for minor leaguer Connor Panas. Oliver Drake was designated for assignment.

January 2019

• On January 4, the Blue Jays traded Oliver Drake to the Tampa Bay Rays for cash considerations.
• On January 11, the Blue Jays sent Russell Martin along with $16.4 million to the Los Angeles Dodgers for minor leaguers Ronny Brito and Andrew Sopko.
• On January 11, the Blue Jays avoided arbitration and agreed to one-year contracts with Marcus Stroman ($7.4 million), Aaron Sanchez ($3.9 million), Kevin Pillar ($5.8 million), Randal Grichuk ($5 million), Joe Biagini ($900,000), Ken Giles ($6.3 million), Devon Travis ($1.925 million), and Brandon Drury ($1.3 million).
• On January 12, the Blue Jays signed David Phelps to a 1-year, $2.5 million contract.
• On January 29, the Blue Jays signed Freddy Galvis to a 1-year, $4 million contract with a club option for 2020. Danny Barnes was designated for assignment.

Spring training

On March 25 and 26, the Blue Jays returned to Montreal's Olympic Stadium for two games against the Milwaukee Brewers.

Standings

American League East

American League East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Baltimore Orioles	0	0	nan	—	0–0	0–0
Boston Red Sox	0	0	nan	—	0–0	0–0
New York Yankees	0	0	nan	—	0–0	0–0
Tampa Bay Rays	0	0	nan	—	0–0	0–0
Toronto Blue Jays	0	0	nan	—	0–0	0–0

Records vs opponents

Record Games Left Opponent Home Road Total Home Road Total AL East Baltimore Orioles 4–5 7–3 11–8 – – – Boston Red Sox 4–6 4–5 8–11 – – – New York Yankees 6–4 2–7 8–11 – – – Tampa Bay Rays 4–5 2–8 6–13 – – – Totals 18–20 15–23 33–43 – – – AL Central Chicago White Sox 1–2 2–2 3–4 – – – Cleveland Indians 1–2 0–4 1–6 – – – Detroit Tigers 2–2 2–1 4–3 – – – Kansas City Royals 3–1 3–0 6–1 – – – Minnesota Twins 0–3 3–1 3–4 – – – Totals 7–10 10–8 17–18 – – – AL West Houston Astros 1–2 1–2 2–4 – – – Los Angeles Angels 1–3 0–3 1–6 – – – Oakland Athletics 3–0 3–0 6–0 – – – Seattle Mariners 1–2 1–2 2–4 – – – Texas Rangers 2–1 1–2 3–3 – – – Totals 8–8 6–9 14–17 – – – National League Arizona Diamondbacks 0–3 – 0–3 – – – Atlanta Braves 1–1 0–2 1–3 – – – Colorado Rockies – 0–3 0–3 – – – Los Angeles Dodgers – 0–3 0–3 – – – San Diego Padres 1–2 – 1–2 – – – San Francisco Giants 0–2 1–1 1–3 – – – Totals 2–8 1–9 3–17 – – – Grand Totals 35–46 32–49 67–95 – – –

Month Games Won Lost Pct. March 4 2 2 .500 April 25 12 13 .480 May 28 7 21 .250 June 27 10 17 .370 July 26 12 14 .462 August 27 12 15 .444 September 25 12 13 .480 Totals 162 67 95 .414

2019 draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	College/School	Nationality	Signed
1	11	Alek Manoah	RHP	West Virginia		June 13
2	52	Kendall Williams	RHP	IMG Academy (FL)		June 9
3	88	Dasan Brown	OF	Abbey Park High School (ON)		June 29
4	117	Will Robertson	OF	Creighton		June 11
5	147	Tanner Morris	SS	Virginia		June 11
6	177	Cameron Eden	SS	California		June 11
7	207	L. J. Talley	2B	Georgia		June 14
8	237	Angel Camacho	3B	Jacksonville		June 16
9	267	Philip Clarke	C	Vanderbilt		July 2
10	297	Glenn Santiago	SS	International Baseball Academy (PR)		June 13

Regular season

Opening Day

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The Rogers Centre on Opening Day

Opening Day starters
Position	Name
Catcher	Danny Jansen
First baseman	Justin Smoak
Second baseman	Lourdes Gurriel Jr.
Shortstop	Freddy Galvis
Third baseman	Brandon Drury
Left fielder	Teoscar Hernandez
Center fielder	Kevin Pillar
Right fielder	Randal Grichuk
Designated hitter	Rowdy Tellez
Pitcher	Marcus Stroman

March and April

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Vladimir Guerrero Jr.

On opening day, Detroit Tigers starting pitcher Jordan Zimmermann pitched a perfect game through 6 2/3 innings against the Blue Jays before giving up a hit to Teoscar Hernandez. Marcus Stroman also pitched seven scoreless innings for the Blue Jays. Toronto lost the contest 2–0 in 11 innings, after Christin Stewart hit a two-run homer in the 10th inning. On April 1, Baltimore Orioles starting pitcher David Hess pitched a no-hitter through 6 1/3 innings before manager Brandon Hyde took him out of the game, in a game the Blue Jays wound up losing 6–5. On April 4, in the first game of a four-game set against the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field, starter Trevor Bauer pitched seven innings of no-hit ball against the Blue Jays before being removed from the game after throwing 117 pitches, as the Blue Jays lost 4-1. In the final game of the series, Indians pitcher Mike Clevinger pitched five innings, while giving up one hit and striking out 10 Blue Jays batters in a 3–1 Cleveland win. The Blue Jays managed only 19 hits while tallying 57 strikeouts in the series, the second most in franchise history, while striking out at least 13 times in four consecutive games for the first time in franchise history and only fourth time in MLB history.

May

The Blue Jays were swept by the Minnesota Twins in a series at home from May 6 to May 8 as they were shutout in back-to-back games, before Billy McKinney's solo home run in the final game of the series ended a 25-inning scoreless skid for the team. The team had their worst month of the year in May, finishing with a 7–21 record while losing four straight games or more on three separate occasions.

June

On June 2, the Colorado Rockies finished off a three-game sweep of the Blue Jays at Coors Field. From June 7 to June 9, another national league team, the Arizona Diamondbacks, swept the Blue Jays at the Rogers Centre in a series where Toronto only managed to score four runs. In a game at Yankee Stadium against the Blue Jays on June 25, the New York Yankees set a new MLB team record by hitting a home run for the 28th consecutive game, with DJ LeMahieu hitting the record-setting home run in the first inning in a 4–3 win.

July

On July 24, Shane Bieber of the Cleveland Indians tossed a complete game one hitter against the Blue Jays, striking out ten batters and walking one as the Indians won 4–0, taking two of three games from the Jays.

August

On August 8, rookie Bo Bichette set a new MLB record for most consecutive doubles to start a career with nine when he doubled in the bottom of the sixth inning against the New York Yankees. On August 11, Masahiro Tanaka of the New York Yankees pitched eight innings against the Blue Jays while giving up only three hits in a 1–0 win that split a four-game set between the two teams. Aroldis Chapman came in the 9th inning to close the game for the Yankees, inducing a double play from the bat of Vladimir Guerrero Jr. following a 13-pitch at-bat, for which the rookie received a standing ovation from the crowd at Rogers Centre. In their game against the Texas Rangers on August 12, the Blue Jays set a franchise record with 13 extra-base hits. On August 18, Yusei Kikuchi of the Seattle Mariners pitched a complete game two-hit shutout against the Blue Jays in a 7–0 win as the Mariners took two of three games from the Blue Jays.

September

On September 1, Justin Verlander of the Houston Astros pitched a no-hitter against the Blue Jays, the third of his career (and second against Toronto) in a 2–0 win.

Game log

Legend
Blue Jays win	Blue Jays loss	Game postponed

Roster

2019 Toronto Blue Jays
Roster
Pitchers 48 Jason Adam 31 Joe Biagini 56 Ryan Borucki 67 Buddy Boshers 36 Clay Buchholz 66 Jimmy Cordero 59 Yennsy Díaz 73 Ryan Dull 60 Ryan Feierabend 63 Wilmer Font 43 Sam Gaviglio 51 Ken Giles 46 Zack Godley 48 Javy Guerra 46 Daniel Hudson 33 Edwin Jackson 70 Anthony Kay 66 Nick Kingham 64 Derek Law 65 Elvis Luciano 58 Tim Mayza 45 Thomas Pannone 35 David Phelps 33 Neil Ramírez 54 Sean Reid-Foley  2 Clayton Richard 68 Jordan Romano 59 Zac Rosscup 41 Aaron Sanchez 50 Justin Shafer 34 Matt Shoemaker 35 Brock Stewart  6 Marcus Stroman 52 Ryan Tepera 57 Trent Thornton 62 Jacob Waguespack 71 T. J. Zeuch		Catchers  9 Danny Jansen 21 Luke Maile 10 Reese McGuire 72 Beau Taylor Infielders 11 Bo Bichette  8 Cavan Biggio  3 Brandon Drury 16 Freddy Galvis 27 Vladimir Guerrero Jr. 1,19 Alen Hanson 14 Justin Smoak  5 Eric Sogard 44 Rowdy Tellez  7 Richard Ureña 74 Breyvic Valera		Outfielders 30 Anthony Alford 38 Socrates Brito 49 Jonathan Davis 20 Derek Fisher 15 Randal Grichuk 13 Lourdes Gurriel Jr. 37 Teoscar Hernández 28 Billy McKinney 11 Kevin Pillar		Manager 25 Charlie Montoyo Coaches 61 Alex Andreopoulos (bullpen catcher) 55 Nevin Ashley (bullpen catcher) 53 Mark Budzinski (first base) 26 Matt Buschmann (bullpen) 47 Shelley Duncan (field coordinator) 39 Dave Hudgens (bench) 18 Guillermo Martínez (hitting)  4 Luis Rivera (third base) 17 John Schneider (coach) 40 Pete Walker (pitching)

Statistics

Batting

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	AVG	Ref.
Anthony Alford	16	28	3	5	0	0	1	1	2	1	.179
Bo Bichette	46	196	32	61	18	0	11	21	4	14	.311
Cavan Biggio	100	354	66	83	17	2	16	48	14	71	.234
Socrates Brito	17	39	5	3	0	1	0	2	0	4	.077
Jonathan Davis	37	83	8	15	1	0	2	6	3	5	.181
Brandon Drury	120	418	43	91	21	1	15	41	0	25	.218
Derek Fisher	40	93	14	15	2	0	6	12	1	14	.161
Freddy Galvis	115	450	55	120	24	1	18	54	4	21	.267
Zack Godley	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Randal Grichuk	151	586	75	136	29	5	31	80	2	35	.232
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	123	464	52	126	26	2	15	69	0	46	.272
Lourdes Gurriel Jr.	84	314	52	87	19	2	20	50	6	20	.277
Alen Hanson	18	43	5	7	0	0	0	4	1	3	.163
Teoscar Hernández	125	417	58	96	19	2	26	65	6	45	.230
Edwin Jackson	8	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Danny Jansen	107	347	41	72	12	1	13	43	0	31	.207
Elvis Luciano	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Luke Maile	44	119	9	18	2	1	2	9	1	8	.151
Reese McGuire	30	97	14	29	7	0	5	11	0	7	.299
Billy McKinney	84	251	37	54	14	1	12	28	0	19	.215
Kevin Pillar	5	16	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.063
Sean Reid-Foley	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Aaron Sanchez	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Justin Smoak	121	414	54	86	16	0	22	61	0	79	.208
Eric Sogard	73	287	45	86	17	2	10	30	6	29	.300
Marcus Stroman	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Beau Taylor	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Rowdy Tellez	111	370	49	84	19	0	21	54	1	29	.227
Trent Thornton	29	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667
Richard Ureña	30	74	4	18	6	0	0	4	0	2	.243
Breyvic Valera	5	15	2	4	1	0	1	3	0	0	.267
Jacob Waguespack	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000
T. J. Zeuch	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Pitching

Player	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	WHIP	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	Ref.
Jason Adam	23	0	3	0	0	2.91	1.15	21​2⁄3	15	8	7	10	18
Joe Biagini	50	0	3	1	1	3.78	1.34	50	50	22	21	17	50
Ryan Borucki	2	2	0	1	0	10.80	3.15	6​2⁄3	15	10	8	6	6
Buddy Boshers	28	1	0	3	0	4.05	1.50	20	20	10	9	10	26
Clay Buchholz	12	12	2	5	0	6.56	1.49	59	72	44	43	16	39
Jimmy Cordero	1	0	0	1	0	6.75	1.50	1​1⁄3	2	1	1	0	0
Yennsy Díaz	1	0	0	0	0	27.00	7.50	​2⁄3	1	2	2	4	0
Ryan Dull	1	0	0	0	0	6.75	0.75	1​1⁄3	1	1	1	0	3
Ryan Feierabend	2	1	0	1	0	11.12	2.12	5​2⁄3	11	7	7	1	4
Wilmer Font	23	14	2	3	0	3.66	1.14	39​1⁄3	34	16	16	11	53
Sam Gaviglio	52	0	4	2	0	4.61	1.12	95​2⁄3	85	51	49	22	88
Ken Giles	53	0	2	3	23	1.87	1.00	53	36	11	11	17	83
Zack Godley	6	0	1	0	0	3.94	1.38	16	15	7	7	7	12
Javy Guerra	11	0	0	0	0	3.86	1.21	14	12	6	6	5	15
Daniel Hudson	45	1	6	3	2	3.00	1.27	48	38	18	16	23	48
Edwin Jackson	8	5	1	5	0	11.12	2.19	28​1⁄3	49	41	35	13	19
Anthony Kay	3	2	1	0	0	5.79	1.43	14	15	9	9	5	13
Nick Kingham	11	0	3	1	0	3.00	1.52	21	24	7	7	8	14
Derek Law	58	4	1	2	5	4.90	1.66	60​2⁄3	61	36	33	40	67
Elvis Luciano	25	0	1	0	0	5.35	1.78	33​2⁄3	36	20	20	24	27
Luke Maile	41	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.50	2	1	0	0	0	3
Tim Mayza	68	0	1	3	0	4.91	1.40	51​1⁄3	45	29	28	27	55
Thomas Pannone	37	7	3	6	0	6.16	1.42	73	73	51	50	31	69
David Phelps	17	1	0	0	0	3.63	1.21	17​1⁄3	14	7	7	7	18
Neil Ramírez	6	1	0	0	0	5.40	1.68	8​1⁄3	8	5	5	6	6
Sean Reid-Foley	9	6	2	4	0	4.26	1.71	31​2⁄3	33	20	15	21	28
Clayton Richard	10	10	1	5	0	5.96	1.57	45​1⁄3	53	33	30	18	22
Jordan Romano	17	0	0	2	0	7.63	1.70	15​1⁄3	17	14	13	9	21
Zac Rosscup	2	0	0	0	0	27.00	5.00	1	3	4	3	2	2
Aaron Sanchez	23	23	3	14	0	6.07	1.69	112​2⁄3	131	82	76	59	99
Justin Shafer	34	0	2	1	1	3.86	1.66	39​2⁄3	41	19	17	25	39
Matt Shoemaker	5	5	3	0	0	1.57	0.87	28​2⁄3	16	7	5	9	24
Brock Stewart	10	0	4	0	0	8.31	1.57	21​2⁄3	28	21	20	6	16
Marcus Stroman	21	21	6	11	0	2.96	1.23	124​2⁄3	118	50	41	35	99
Ryan Tepera	23	1	0	2	0	4.98	1.29	21​2⁄3	20	12	12	8	14
Trent Thornton	32	29	6	9	0	4.84	1.41	154​1⁄3	156	87	83	61	149
Richard Ureña	22	0	0	0	0	36.00	5.00	1	4	4	4	1	0
Jacob Waguespack	16	13	5	5	0	4.38	1.33	78	75	43	38	29	63
T. J. Zeuch	5	3	1	2	0	4.76	1.46	22​2⁄3	22	13	12	11	20

Transactions

March

• On March 28, placed Ryan Borucki, Clay Buchholz, Jonathan Davis, David Phelps, and Ryan Tepera on the 10-day injured list, recalled Rowdy Tellez, and selected the contract of Javy Guerra.

April

• On April 1, placed Clayton Richard on the 10-day injured list, and recalled Sean Reid-Foley.
• On April 2, transferred Dalton Pompey to the 60-day injured list, recalled Anthony Alford, acquired Alen Hanson, Derek Law, and Juan De Paula from the San Francisco Giants for Kevin Pillar, and acquired Socrates Brito from the San Diego Padres for Rodrigo Orozco.
• On April 4, optioned Anthony Alford and Sean Reid-Foley, and recalled Socrates Brito and Alen Hanson.
• On April 7, sent Clay Buchholz on a rehab assignment to the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons.
• On April 12, sent Ryan Tepera on a rehab assignment to the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons.
• On April 13, optioned Richard Ureña and activated Clay Buchholz.
• On April 15, transferred Ryan Borucki to the 60-day injured list, optioned Lourdes Gurriel Jr., and selected the contract of Eric Sogard.
• On April 18, designated Javy Guerra for assignment and activated Ryan Tepera.
• On April 21, placed Matt Shoemaker on the 10-day injured list and recalled Richard Ureña.
• On April 22, outrighted Javy Guerra to Triple-A Buffalo.
• On April 26, optioned Richard Ureña and selected the contract of Vladimir Guerrero Jr.

May

• On May 3, designated Alen Hanson for assignment and selected the contract of Derek Law.
• On May 7, outrighted Alen Hanson to Triple-A Buffalo.
• On May 9, optioned Thomas Pannone.
• On May 10, placed Clay Buchholz on the 10-day injured list, designated Socrates Brito for assignment, recalled Jonathan Davis and Thomas Pannone, and selected the contract of Javy Guerra.
• On May 15, transferred David Phelps and Matt Shoemaker to the 60-day injured list, optioned Thomas Pannone, selected the contract of Edwin Jackson, and claimed Jimmy Cordero off waivers from the Washington Nationals.
• On May 16, outrighted Socrates Brito, optioned Teoscar Hernandez, and recalled Richard Ureña.
• On May 18, sent Clayton Richard on a rehab assignment to the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons, designated Javy Guerra for assignment, and selected the contract of Ryan Feierabend.
• On May 21, placed Ryan Tepera on the 10-day injured list and recalled Jimmy Cordero.
• On May 23, optioned Jimmy Cordero and activated Clayton Richard. Later, designated Jimmy Cordero for assignment and claimed Zac Rosscup off waivers from the Seattle Mariners.
• On May 24, placed Elvis Luciano on the bereavement list, designated Ryan Feierabend for assignment, optioned Billy McKinney and Richard Ureña, recalled Thomas Pannone and Lourdes Gurriel Jr., and selected the contract of Cavan Biggio.
• On May 26, placed Tim Mayza on the 10-day injured list, outrighted Ryan Feierabend to Triple-A Buffalo, and recalled Jacob Waguespack.
• On May 28, designated Zac Rosscup for assignment and selected the contract of Justin Shafer.
• On May 29, placed Jacob Waguespack on the 10-day injured list and activated Elvis Luciano.

June

• On June 1, outrighted Zac Rosscup to Triple-A Buffalo.
• On June 3, optioned Justin Shafer.
• On June 4, activated Tim Mayza.
• On June 5, optioned Jonathan Davis, recalled Teoscar Hernández, and sent David Phelps on a rehab assignment to the Advanced-A Dunedin Blue Jays.
• On June 12, placed Ken Giles on the 10-day injured list, transferred Clay Buchholz to the 60-day injured list, and selected the contract of Jordan Romano.
• On June 13, placed Elvis Luciano on the 10-day injured list, transferred Ryan Tepera to the 60-day injured list, recalled Justin Shafer, and acquired Nick Kingham from the Pittsburgh Pirates for cash considerations.
• On June 15, optioned Thomas Pannone and activated Nick Kingham.
• On June 16, sent Jacob Waguespack on a rehab assignment to the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons.
• On June 17, optioned Justin Shafer, transferred Elvis Luciano to the 60-day injured list, and activated David Phelps.
• On June 18, placed Edwin Jackson and Justin Smoak on the 10-day injured list, and recalled Billy McKinney and Justin Shafer.
• On June 20, optioned Justin Shafer and activated Ken Giles.
• On June 23, optioned Jordan Romano and recalled Sean Reid-Foley.
• On June 26, sent Ryan Borucki on a rehab assignment to the Rookie-level Gulf Coast League Blue Jays.
• On June 28, optioned Billy McKinney and activated Justin Smoak.

July

• On July 1, sent Ryan Borucki on a rehab assignment to the Dunedin Blue Jays.
• On July 2, sent Edwin Jackson on a rehab assignment to the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons.
• On July 3, sent Dalton Pompey on a rehab assignment to the Rookie-level Gulf Coast League Blue Jays, and optioned Sean Reid-Foley.
• On July 4, optioned Jacob Waguespack, and recalled Thomas Pannone.
• On July 5, optioned Thomas Pannone, and recalled Jonathan Davis.
• On July 7, optioned Jonathan Davis, and recalled Justin Shafer.
• On July 8, sent Dalton Pompey on a rehab assignment to the Advanced-A Dunedin Blue Jays.
• On July 11, sent Ryan Borucki on a rehab assignment to the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons.
• On July 14, placed Clayton Richard on the 10-day injured list, and activated Edwin Jackson.
• On July 15, sent Dalton Pompey on a rehab assignment to the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons, optioned Rowdy Tellez, and recalled Billy McKinney.
• On July 16, designated Edwin Jackson for assignment, and recalled Jacob Waguespack.
• On July 17, acquired Wilmer Font from the New York Mets for cash considerations.
• On July 18, designated Nick Kingham for assignment, and recalled Thomas Pannone.
• On July 19, optioned Thomas Pannone, and activated Wilmer Font.
• On July 21, outrighted Nick Kingham to the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons.
• On July 22, placed Trent Thornton on the 10-day injured list, and activated Ryan Borucki and Dalton Pompey. Pompey was later designated for assignment.
• On July 27, placed Luke Maile on the 10-day injured list, and recalled Reese McGuire.
• On July 28, acquired two players to be named later from the Tampa Bay Rays for Eric Sogard, and acquired Anthony Kay and Simeon Woods Richardson from the New York Mets for Marcus Stroman and cash considerations.
• On July 29, selected the contract of Bo Bichette, and recalled Thomas Pannone.
• On July 30, outrighted Dalton Pompey to the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons, acquired Thomas Hatch from the Chicago Cubs for David Phelps and cash considerations, and recalled Sean Reid-Foley.
• On July 31, placed Ryan Borucki on the 10-day injured list, claimed Brock Stewart off waivers from the Los Angeles Dodgers and optioned him to Triple-A, acquired Derek Fisher from the Houston Astros for Aaron Sanchez, Cal Stevenson, and Joe Biagini, acquired Kyle Johnston from the Washington Nationals for Daniel Hudson, and selected the contract of Buddy Boshers from the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons.

August

• On August 1, activated Trent Thornton, and selected the contract of Jason Adam.
• On August 2, optioned Billy McKinney and selected the contract of Nick Kingham.
• On August 3, placed Nick Kingham on the 10-day injured list, and recalled Yennsy Díaz.
• On August 5, optioned Yennsy Díaz, and recalled Brock Stewart.
• On August 7, designated David Paulino for assignment, and claimed Zack Godley off waivers from the Arizona Diamondbacks.
• On August 8, optioned Brock Stewart and activated Zack Godley.
• On August 9, sent Clay Buchholz on a rehab assignment to the Rookie-level Gulf Coast League Blue Jays.
• On August 10, placed Lourdes Gurriel Jr. on the 10-day injured list and recalled Brock Stewart.
• On August 11, optioned Jason Adam, selected the contract of Neil Ramírez and transferred Ryan Borucki to the 60-day injured list.
• On August 12, recalled Billy McKinney.
• On August 13, optioned Brock Stewart, and recalled Rowdy Tellez.
• On August 16, claimed Beau Taylor off waivers from the Oakland Athletics and optioned him.
• On August 17, sent Ryan Tepera on a rehab assignment to the Advanced-A Dunedin Blue Jays.
• On August 18, sent Clay Buchholz on a rehab assignment to the Advanced-A Dunedin Blue Jays.
• On August 20, optioned Thomas Pannone, and recalled Richard Ureña.
• On August 21, optioned Sean Reid-Foley, and recalled Jason Adam.
• On August 22, placed Ken Giles on the paternity list, and recalled Jordan Romano.
• On August 23, sent Ryan Tepera on a rehab assignment to the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons.
• On August 24, optioned Richard Ureña, and recalled Brock Stewart.
• On August 25, activated Clay Buchholz and Ken Giles, designated Nick Kingham for assignment, and optioned Justin Shafer and Brock Stewart.
• On August 31, sent Clayton Richard on a rehab assignment to the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons.

September

• On September 1, designated Neil Ramírez for assignment, activated Ryan Tepera, acquired Curtis Taylor and Edisson Gonzalez from the Tampa Bay Rays, and recalled Beau Taylor.
• On September 2, activated Clayton Richard and recalled Thomas Pannone.
• On September 3, recalled Anthony Alford, Jonathan Davis and Richard Ureña, selected the contract of T.J. Zeuch, designated Zack Godley for assignment, and outrighted Neil Ramírez to the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons.
• On September 5, recalled Brock Stewart and Justin Shafer.
• On September 6, outrighted Zack Godley to the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons.
• On September 7, designated Beau Taylor for assignment and selected the contract of Anthony Kay.
• On September 12, activated Elvis Luciano and released Clayton Richard.
• On September 14, activated Lourdes Gurriel Jr. and Luke Maile.
• On September 18, placed Tim Mayza on the 60-day injured list, and claimed Ryan Dull off waivers from the New York Yankees.
• On September 20, designated Ryan Dull for assignment, and claimed Breyvic Valera off waivers from the New York Yankees.
• On September 24, outrighted Ryan Dull to the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons.
• On September 25, placed Lourdes Gurriel Jr. on the 60-day injured list, selected the contract of Ryan Dull, and recalled Yennsy Díaz.
• On September 30, recalled Sein Reid-Foley, Héctor Pérez, Patrick Murphy and Julian Merryweather.

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

(Updated to games played September 2, 2019)

Level	Team	League	Manager	Win–loss record	Position	Postseason	Ref.
Triple-A	Buffalo Bisons	International League	Bob Meacham	71–69	North Division 3rd place 4½ GB	Did not qualify
Double-A	New Hampshire Fisher Cats	Eastern League	Mike Mordecai	31–36 (first half) 32–40 (second half)	Eastern Division 5th place (first half) 8 GB 5th place (second half) 9 GB	Did not qualify
Advanced-A	Dunedin Blue Jays	Florida State League	Cesar Martin	41–24 (first half) 39–31 (second half)	North Division 1st place (first half) +5½ G 1st place (second half) +2½ G	Qualified, Postseason Cancelled
Class-A	Lansing Lugnuts	Midwest League	Dallas McPherson	32–37 (first half) 36–34 (second half)	Eastern Division 6th place (first half) 12 GB 4th place (second half) 6½ GB	Did not qualify
Short Season-A	Vancouver Canadians	Northwest League	Casey Candaele	15–23 (first half) 15–23 (second half)	North Division 4th place (first half) 8 GB 4th place (second half) 8 GB	Did not qualify
Rookie Advanced	Bluefield Blue Jays	Appalachian League	Luis Hurtado	31–36	East Division 4th place 10½ GB	Did not qualify
Rookie	GCL Blue Jays	Gulf Coast League	Dennis Holmberg	27–23	North Division 3rd place 7 GB	Did not qualify
Rookie	DSL Blue Jays	Dominican Summer League	John Tamargo Jr.	35–35	Baseball City Division 3rd place 11½ GB	Did not qualify