They traded Gold Glove second baseman Andrés Giménez to the Blue Jays at the winter meetings to get out from under the almost $100 million they owed him. They continued the pattern on Friday by sending another Gold Glove defender, Myles Straw, to Toronto for a player to be named.

Cleveland Guardians center fielder Lane Thomas has been reportedly available for trade all winter. The team traded a center fielder on Friday, to the Toronto Blue Jays. No, it wasn’t Thomas, who is the projected starter in the middle of the outfield for the pivotal 2025 campaign.

It's been a busy offseason for the Toronto Blue Jays, but the work is far from finished. Major additions to this point have come in the form of outfielder Anthony Santander and relief pitcher Jeff Hoffman.