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The Toronto Blue Jays are done with Joey Loperfido
The Toronto Blue Jays are expected to be big time buyers at the trade deadline but it looks like they will also be moving some players and Joey Loperfido seems to be among them.
The Blue Jays seem to be aiming to bring in both pitching depth and a right handed hitter at the trade deadline to do that they will likely have to move on from a few prospects.
Blue Jays likely to trade Joey Loperfido at the trade deadline
The Blue Jays have a few solid players that they could look into trading at the deadline this year but the player that has continuously been coming up is Loperfido who is currently in Triple-A.
The Blue Jays have a handful of players that could be moved in deals, and Edward Eng from Fansided thinks the team could trade outfielder Joey Loperfido. -Fisher
After being acquired last season for Yusei Kikuchi, Loperfido seems to have fallen down in the order for Blue Jays prospects as he is currently behind multiple players which is why he has yet to be called up this season despite putting up decent numbers in Triple-A.
Loperfido currently has 6 homeruns and 39 RBIs in 76 games so far this season with the Buffalo Bisons with a .278 batting average and .354 on base percentage.
"With the opportunity to challenge for a role with the Jays in 2025, Loperfido began the year with their Triple-A affiliate Buffalo Bisons and has stayed there ever since. He's hitting a solid .269 with a .756 OPS, 36 runs scored, 17 doubles, six home runs and 36 RBIs in 73 games with Buffalo. However, he has watched his teammates left and right get the call up to the big leagues, but still hasn't recieved the call for himself. What that means is with players such as Addison Barger, Alan Roden, Myles Straw, Davis Schneider, Jonatan Clase, Nathan Lukes and even Will Robertson ahead of him in the pecking order, Loperfido appears to have fallen out of favour." -Eng
Since the Blue Jays have quite a few outfielder ahead of Loperfido as of right now, it will make sense for Toronto to move on from him to bring in a player than can impact the team right away.
Since Loperfido is young, has MLB experience and skill, the Blue Jays will likely be able to get a solid return for him.
Source: Yahoo Sports
Blue Jays could cut ties with 26-year-old slugger at trade deadline
Blue Jays could cut ties with 26-year-old slugger at trade deadline
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JUILLET 5 | 581 ANSWERS The Toronto Blue Jays are done with Joey Loperfido Should the Blue Jays trade Joey Loperfido? | ||
| Yes | 341 | 58.7 % |
| No | 240 | 41.3 % |
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