Top 50 trade candidates for the Toronto Blue Jays to choose from in 2025
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Below is a list of the top 50 MLB Trade Deadline candidates for the Toronto Blue Jays to choose from in 2025.
For those not in the know the Trade Deadline is the last point during the season at which players on 40-man rosters can be traded from one club to another.
Those players may still be placed and claimed on outright waivers, but trades will no longer be permitted after July 31 at 6 p.m. ET.
Prior to 2019, July 31 was referred to as the non-waiver Trade Deadline, and players could be traded after that date if they first cleared revocable trade waivers.
The August waiver trade period was eliminated in 2019, with MLB moving to a single Deadline.
We're now less than a week from from the deadline. The activity should begin really ramping up in the two days preceding the deadline, but the bubble teams that waited until the end of the month to finalize a direction are out of time.
Since then we've already seen three players who were locks to be on here - Josh Naylor, Gregory Soto, and Ryan McMahon - change hands. Naylor and McMahon would have landed comfortably within the top 10.
As is the case for all our trade candidate lists, we're trying to strike a balance between the player's appeal and the likelihood that they'll move.
Here is the list of the top 50 candidates likely to be traded at this years MLB Trade deadline
1. Eugenio Suárez, 3B, Diamondbacks
($15MM in 2025, free agent at season's end)2. Mitch Keller, RHP, Pirates
($15M in 2025, $16.5MM in 2026, $18MM in 2027, $20MM in 2028)3. Sandy Alcantara, RHP, Marlins
($17MM in 2025, $17MM in 2026, $21MM club option/$2MM buyout for 2027)4. David Bednar, RHP, Pirates
($5.9MM in 2025, arbitration-eligible through 2026)5. Edward Cabrera, RHP, Marlins
($1.95MM in 2025, arbitration-eligible through 2028)6. Zac Gallen, RHP, Diamondbacks
($13.5MM in 2025, free agent at season's end)7. Ryan O'Hearn, 1B/OF, Orioles
($8MM in 2025, free agent at season's end)8. Merrill Kelly, RHP, Diamondbacks
($7MM in 2025, free agent at season's end)9. Dylan Cease, RHP, Padres
($13.75MM in 2025, free agent at season's end)10. Seth Lugo, RHP, Royals
($15MM in 2025, $15MM player option for 2026)11. Luis Robert Jr., OF, White Sox
($15MM in 2025, $20MM club options/$2MM buyouts for 2026-27)12. Ryan Helsley, RHP, Cardinals
($8.2MM in 2025, free agent at season's end)13. Willi Castro, INF/OF, Twins
($6.4MM in 2025, free agent at season's end)14. Dennis Santana, RHP, Pirates
($1.4MM in 2025, arbitration-eligible through 2026)15. Raisel Iglesias, RHP, Braves
($16MM in 2025, free agent at season's end)16. Marcell Ozuna, DH, Braves
($16MM in 2025, free agent at season's end)17. Charlie Morton, RHP, Orioles
($15MM in 2025, free agent at season's end)18. Ramon Laureano, OF, Orioles
($4MM in 2025, $6.5MM club option for 2026)19. Harrison Bader, OF, Twins
($4MM in 2025 plus $1.5MM buyout on mutual option for 2026)20. Jeffrey Springs, LHP, Athletics
($10.5MM in 2025, $10.5MM in 2026, $15MM club option/$750K buyout for 2027)21. JP Sears, LHP, Athletics
(pre-arbitration, controllable through 2028)22. Zack Littell, RHP, Rays
($5.72MM in 2025, free agent at season's end)23. Adrian Houser, RHP, White Sox
($1.35MM in 2025, free agent at season's end)24. Michael Soroka, RHP, Nationals
($9MM in 2025, free agent at season's end)25. Cedric Mullins, OF, Orioles
($8.725MM in 2025, free agent at season's end)26. Pierce Johnson, RHP, Braves
($7MM in 2025, $7MM club option/$250K buyout for 2026)27. Seranthony Dominguez, RHP, Orioles
($8MM in 2025, free agent at season's end)28. Danny Coulombe, LHP, Twins
($3MM in 2025, free agent at season's end)29. Phil Maton, RHP, Cardinals
($2MM in 2025, free agent at season's end)30. Kyle Finnegan, RHP, Nationals
($6MM in 2025 [$4MM deferred], free agent at season's end)31. Ke'Bryan Hayes, 3B, Pirates
($7MM annually in 2025-27, $8MM annually in 2028-29, $12MM club option/$6MM buyout in 2030)32. Taj Bradley, RHP, Rays
(pre-arbitration, controllable through 2029)33. Emmanuel Clase, RHP, Guardians
($4.5MM in 2025, $6MM in 2026, $13MM club options/$2MM buyouts for 2028-29)34. Jhoan Duran, RHP, Twins
($4.125MM in 2025, arbitration-eligible through 2027)35. Griffin Jax, RHP, Twins
($2.365MM in 2025, arbitration-eligible through 2027)36. Jake Bird, RHP, Rockies
(pre-arbitration in 2025, controllable through 2028)37. Jesus Sanchez, OF, Marlins
($4.5MM in 2025, arbitration-eligible through 2027)38. Anthony Bender, RHP, Marlins
($1.42MM in 2025, arbitration-eligible through 2027)39. Andrew Kittredge, RHP, Orioles
($9MM in 2025, $9MM club option/$1MM buyout in 2026)40. Zach Eflin, RHP, Orioles
($18MM in 2025, free agent at season's end)41. Adolis Garcia, OF, Rangers
($9.25MM in 2025, arbitration-eligible through 2026)42. Mike Tauchman, OF, White Sox
($1.95MM in 2025, arbitration-eligible through 2026)43. Luis Severino, RHP, Athletics
($15MM in 2025, $20MM in 2026, $22MM player option for 2027)44. Alek Thomas, OF, Diamondbacks
(pre-arbitration, controllable through 2028)45. Max Kepler, OF, Phillies
($10MM in 2025, free agent at season's end)46. Robert Suarez, RHP, Padres
($10MM in 2025, can opt out of annual $8MM salaries for 2026-27)47. Shane Bieber, RHP, Guardians
($10MM in 2025, $16MM player option/$4MM buyout for 2026)48. Brendan Donovan, 2B/OF, Cardinals
($2.85MM in 2025, arbitration-eligible through 2027)49. Steven Kwan, OF, Guardians
($4.175MM in 2025, arbitration-eligible through 2027)50. Joe Ryan, RHP, Twins
($3MM in 2025, arbitration-eligible through 2027)In your opinion what do the Toronto Blue Jays need to address going forward?
Starting pitching? The Bullpen? A big right-handed bat?
Tell us what you think in the poll below.
Source: MLB.com
| POLL | ||
JUILLET 27 | 417 ANSWERS Top 50 trade candidates for the Toronto Blue Jays to choose from in 2025 In your opinion what do the Toronto Blue Jays need to address going forward? Starting pitching? The Bullpen? A big right-handed bat? | ||
| Starting pitching | 74 | 17.7 % |
| The Bullpen | 164 | 39.3 % |
| Big right-handed bat | 18 | 4.3 % |
| All of the above | 161 | 38.6 % |
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