The Toronto Blue Jays need Addison Barger to break out in a big way in 2026 This is Blue Jays Nation’s annual 40-man roster review ahead of the new season.
The 2025 Toronto Blue Jays saw a plethora of players endear themselves to the fan base, with Addison Barger becoming a household name and a prized possession of the future.
The Toronto Blue Jays don’t appear to be done this off-season. On the pitching side of things, they’ve signed Dylan Cease, Cody Ponce, and Tyler Rogers, while recently also signing Kazuma Okamoto to play third base, first base, and even some outfield.
How many of the active MLB players with 300 or more doubles in their career can you name in five minutes?
When we think about baseball players, we like to label them. Are they a 5-tool guy? Are they a platoon player? Are they a situational lefty out of the bullpen?
The Rule 5 draft, held annually at the winter meetings in December, never garners much fanfare, but it has been known to yield some noteworthy transactions.
This off-season has moved at a snail’s pace, at least on the position player side of things. Early in the off-season, the Toronto Blue Jays jumped the market by signing Dylan Cease to a seven-year deal.
The Blue Jays have a lot of paths they could take to improve their roster this offseason (even more than they already have), and a couple of key returning pieces are waiting to see how it will impact their 2026 season, and likely beyond.
Addison Barger's breakout 2025 season turned him into one of Toronto's most valuable trade assets. But would the Blue Jays actually pull the trigger? The answer depends entirely on what comes back in return.
Addison Barger is just scratching the surface of his immense potential. The 26-year-old just finished his first full MLB season with the Blue Jays, cashing in 21 home runs, 74 RBIs, and a .756 OPS (105 OPS+).
The baseball that Addison Barger took out of the park in Game 1 of the World Series is up for sale. If you want a piece of history, the ball will only cost you five figures, at least for now.
A trio of Toronto Blue Jays are slated to receive an extra bit of cash this winter. Major League Baseball announced its 2025 recipients of the pre-arbitration
America's favorite pastime has more memorable performances than any sport. As such, figuring out which pitchers had the best seasons ever is no easy task.
If any Toronto Blue Jay proved they should be a full-time big leaguer during the 2025 postseason, it was Addison Barger. It was clear from the regular season that Barger deserves to be a full-time player moving forward.
Before you learn to run, you first need to learn how to walk. For the Toronto Blue Jays, after finishing last in the AL East with only 74 wins in 2024, they first needed to understand what it meant to win again before embarking on one of the most successful seasons in franchise history.
The Toronto Blue Jays were dealt a blow by their own stadium in game six of the World Series, in the most significant moment of the game. As one fan base went wild in celebration, the other collectively held their breath in anticipation of the rest of the play.
Game 6 of the World Series ended in controversial fashion, that's for sure. During the bottom of the ninth inning, Toronto Blue Jays third baseman Addison Barger hit a ball that got lodged at the bottom the left-center field wall.
In a heartbreaking conclusion to Game 6 of the World Series, Toronto Blue Jays outfielder Addison Barger owned up to a costly baserunning blunder that sealed a 3-1 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Barger went from hero to zero in the span of three pitches in Game 6 of the World Series.
It cannot be overstated as to how important this play and call ended up being.
A classic World Series is going to have the most fitting ending: A winner-take-all Game 7.
This postseason has not been short of memorable moments for the Toronto Blue Jays. In the ALDS, it was Vladimir Guerrero Jr.'s destruction of the New York Yankees that was the talk of the baseball world.
We may have to turn for Dan Plesac for tomorrow night’s lottery numbers. Plesac, a former MLB pitcher who now works as an analyst for MLB Network, had an unbelievable prediction prior to Friday’s Game 1 of the World Series between the Toronto Blue Jays and Los Angeles Dodgers.
TORONTO -- Addison Barger hit the first pinch-hit grand slam in World Series history Friday night, propelling the Toronto Blue Jays to an 11-4 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 1.
Toronto Blue Jays outfielder Addison Barger on Friday officially etched his name into World Series history books. Barger was not in the Blue Jays’ lineup to start Game 1 of the World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Rogers Centre in Toronto, Canada.
Toronto Blue Jays utility man Addison Barger entered Game 1 of the World Series on Friday night with 28 home runs in his career. None of them compared to the home run he hit in the bottom of the sixth inning against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
The Toronto Blue Jays showed on Friday night that the effects of a dramatic seven-game ALCS battle lasted for roughly three innings.
Stats were taken prior to play on June 4. The Toronto Blue Jays knew that they needed to add a big bat this past offseason. They needed another legitimate power threat in the lineup besides Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
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