Whit Merrifield

The Jays have traded for Whit (only one t, and hopefully at least one shot) Merrifield. Merrifield was hitting .240/.290/.352 with 6 home runs, 30 walks, ...

Whit told reporters that since the Royals weren't winning, he wasn’t going to get vaccinated, but he must have now, or the Jays wouldn’t have traded for him. The Jays have traded for Whit (only one t, and hopefully at least one shot) Merrifield. He’s been mostly playing second base this year but can play center and the corner outfield spots.

The deal officially ends a run of more than a decade in the Kansas City organization for Merrifield, who entered pro ball as a 2010 draftee. He reached the big ...

He’ll be eligible for the Rule 5 draft if he’s not added to the 40-man roster at the end of the season. A former tenth-round pick, he’s played his way to Triple-A and had a decent season in Buffalo. Through 280 plate appearances, the righty-hitting second baseman owns a .258/.337/.426 line with nine home runs and 23 stolen bases. BA slotted Taylor 23rd in the Toronto farm system, writing that he could be a utility type in the big leagues. He and the Royals agreed to a restructured deal just before Opening Day. He’s making $7MM this season, around $2.5MM of which is still to be paid out. In exchange, they bring back a pair of young players with extended windows of club control who could contribute to the major league team shortly. He gives the Jays an affordable rotation depth option for the coming seasons. Castillo has already gotten to the big leagues, making his debut in mid-June. The 23-year-old righty has a 3.05 ERA through his first 20 2/3 frames, primarily working as a multi-inning option out of the bullpen. Santiago Espinal has had a nice season overall as the Jays primary second baseman, but he slumped offensively in July. Merrifield adds some cover there while also adding some extra right-handed depth to a bench that currently skews left-handed. He’s punched out 24.7% of batters faced, induced grounders on more than half his batted balls, and only walked 6.2% of opponents. He’s connected on just six home runs, but Merrifield brings a high-contact bat to the Jays lineup. Merrifield twice led the American League in steals, twice more led the league in hits and was selected to a pair of All-Star Games. As recently as last season, he paced the circuit in doubles and swiped 40 bags, although his overall offensive output had begun to dip. He’d spent the next few seasons as a top-of-the-order presence and consistently productive contact hitter.

Le joueur de deuxième but Whit Merrifield prend le chemin de Toronto. On peut assumer qu'il sera vacciné, contrairement aux dernières semaines.

Mais il gagne peu d'argent (pour l'an prochain aussi), il est rapide et il peut jouer à plusieurs endroits sur le terrain. C'est un atout intéressant pour la formation de la Ville-Reine, mais cela met de la pression sur Santiago Espinal et sur Cavan Biggio. Il n'est pas un frappeur gaucher, ce qui est un problème. Il ne connait pas la saison de sa carrière, ce qui n'est pas exactement un bon signe.

The Jays acquired Merrifield just before the 6 p.m. ET deadline from Kansas City for pitcher Max Castillo and prospect Samad Taylor. Merrifield was one of 10 ...

Bass will get the chance to pitch in meaningful games in front of Blue Jays fans, which he didn't have the opportunity to do in his first stint with the club. I've basically said hello to him and that's it," added Atkins. "He (Merrifield) is such a good player. "It's pretty special to be able to go back home and see my family and play for the Blue Jays," he said in Miami. He was drafted by the Blue Jays in the 23rd round of the 2014 MLB draft, but decided not to sign and instead played collegiately at the University of Kentucky. The Kansas City Royals have traded the two-time All-Star infielder to the Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for pitcher Max Castillo and infielder Samad Taylor, the team announced on Tuesday.

Toronto added the utility man to provide an option off the bench and on the bases.

However, there is a 2023 club option that would be for $6.75 million the Blue Jays could pick up. He's not going to be an everyday player, but he can fill in whenever someone needs a rest day, or can be used off the bench as a pinch runner. Toronto adds an option to come off the bench for the Blue Jays. He provides versatility for the Blue Jays as someone who can play in the infield and outfield. But he should be able to provide speed off the bench as a pinch runner, and has the ability to fill in holes if a player goes down with an injury. It carries a salary of $7 million for this season. The big concern with Merrifield is his vaccination status.

The Royals had 10 players miss a recent road trip to Toronto due to their vaccination status. Canada — like the U.S. — requires non-citizens to be vaccinated ...

It seems expected that Merrifield will make the appropriate plans to get vaccinated or else he won’t be able to play home games for his own team. “I didn’t say people misunderstood it, I poorly articulated the point I was trying to say. The Royals had 10 players miss a recent road trip to Toronto due to their vaccination status.

Whit Merrifield, Mitch White, Anthony Bass et Zach Pop font leur arrivée avec les Blue Jays de Toronto.

Groshans, choix de première ronde des Blue Jays en 2018, n'a pas encore joué dans le Baseball majeur. Pop, de Brampton en Ontario, dispute sa deuxième saison dans les Ligues majeures. Merrifield avait toutefois mentionné que si les Royals se battaient pour une place en séries, il serait vacciné. En sept saisons dans la MLB, toutes passées avec les Royals, il affiche une moyenne au bâton de ,286. Ils ont acquis le joueur d'avant-champ Whit Merrifield des Royals de Kansas City en retour du releveur droitier Max Castillo et de l'espoir Samad Taylor. Âgé de 33 ans, Merrifield connaît toutefois une saison plus difficile avec une moyenne au bâton de ,240.

Les Blue Jays de Toronto ont ajouté deux artilleurs à leur personnel de releveurs, mardi, lors de la date limite des transactions.

Au Minnesota, les Twins ont trouvé plusieurs solutions pour leurs nombreux problèmes au monticule, autant pour la rotation de partants que dans l’enclos des releveurs. En 2022, il a préservé une fiche de 4-3 en 12 départs, avec une moyenne de points mérités de 3,75. Souvent impliqués dans les rumeurs pour acquérir le lanceur des Angels de Los Angeles Noah Syndergaard, les Blue Jays ont finalement été coiffés au fil d’arrivée par les Phillies de Philadelphie dans ce dossier. En 60 manches de boulot, il n’a permis que cinq longues balles et retiré 46 frappeurs sur des prises. En 56 manches de travail, l’athlète de 27 ans a passé 47 adversaires dans la mitaine. En 20 manches de boulot, il a réussi 14 retraits sur des prises.

Merrifield, 33, was unable to travel to Toronto to face the Blue Jays in July due to his vaccination status.

Skip Advertisement Skip Advertisement Merrifield, 33, was an all-star for the second time last season, leading the majors with 42 doubles and the American League with 40 stolen bases.

The Royals traded seven-year veteran Whit Merrifield to the Blue Jays for a pair of Minor Leaguers just before Tuesday's Trade Deadline, acquiring Toronto's ...

Now, he brings speed and defensive versatility to a Blue Jays club that was looking to round out the position player group for a postseason run. Over 95 games this season, Merrifield is hitting .240 with six home runs and a .643 OPS, numbers that are below what we’ve come to expect from him. He broke the Royals’ consecutive games played streak last year and finished that run at 553 games earlier this month.

The Blue Jays acquired Merrifield from the Royals on Tuesday in exchange for right-hander Max Castillo and infielder Samad Taylor, Mark Feinsand of MLB.com ...

- Royals' Whit Merrifield: Lands on restricted list Merrifield's performance has dipped in 2022 compared to years past, but he's batting .266 since the beginning of May and has registered 15 stolen bases in 18 attempts this season. Merrifield notably wasn't eligible to enter Canada for the Royals' series in Toronto shortly before the All-Star break, so the Blue Jays presumably signed off on the deal with the understanding that the 33-year-old will choose to get vaccinated.

Merrifield was ineligible to play in Toronto earlier in the season, however.

He owns a .258/.337/.426 line with nine homers and 23 steals in 70 Triple-A games this season. "If something happens and I happen to get on a team that has a chance to go play in Canada in the postseason, maybe that changes. The Royals have cut back on his center field time in recent years. They enter Tuesday in the in the top American League wild-card spot, four games up on a postseason berth. "It's been a long thought process, because I understand what Canada has in place right now. He did say he would consider getting vaccinated for a postseason-bound team, however, and the Blue Jays are very much in the race.

The Toronto Blue Jays have acquired Whit Merrifield from the Kansas City Royals. The veteran utility man looks to be an important piece down the stretch.

The two prospects sent to Kansas City didn’t carry a lot of weight within the Blue Jays system. The newest Blue Jay is possibly in line to play a significant amount, as George Springer’s health continues to be a topic of conversation. While being a second-baseman for the majority of his career, Merrifield’s outfield peripherals look encouraging. Merrifield, a 33-year-old veteran, recently missed the Royals’ latest trip to Toronto due to his vaccination status. This has led to a career-worst offensive season thus far, earning a .240/.290/.352 slash line. If Springer finds himself on a brief IL stint in order to give his elbow a breather, it’s imaginable that Merrifield could earn a large share of starts in the outfield alongside Raimel Tapia.

At the final bell of the MLB trade deadline, the Blue Jays made a move to bolster their bench, trading for two-time All-Star Whit Merrifield from the Royals ...

However, there is a 2023 club option that would be for $6.75 million the Blue Jays could pick up. He's not going to be an everyday player, but he can fill in whenever someone needs a rest day, or can be used off the bench as a pinch runner. Toronto adds an option to come off the bench for the Blue Jays. He provides versatility for the Blue Jays as someone who can play in the infield and outfield. But he should be able to provide speed off the bench as a pinch runner, and has the ability to fill in holes if a player goes down with an injury. It carries a salary of $7 million for this season. The big concern with Merrifield is his vaccination status.

Whit Merrifield, Mitch White, Anthony Bass et Zach Pop font leur arrivée avec les Blue Jays de Toronto.

Groshans, choix de première ronde des Blue Jays en 2018, n'a pas encore joué dans le Baseball majeur. Pop, de Brampton en Ontario, dispute sa deuxième saison dans les Ligues majeures. Merrifield avait toutefois mentionné que si les Royals se battaient pour une place en séries, il serait vacciné. En sept saisons dans la MLB, toutes passées avec les Royals, il affiche une moyenne au bâton de ,286. Ils ont acquis le joueur d'avant-champ Whit Merrifield des Royals de Kansas City en retour du releveur droitier Max Castillo et de l'espoir Samad Taylor. Âgé de 33 ans, Merrifield connaît toutefois une saison plus difficile avec une moyenne au bâton de ,240.

Les Blue Jays de Toronto ont ajouté deux artilleurs à leur personnel de releveurs mardi, avec Zach Pop et Anthony Bass des Marlins.

Au Minnesota, les Twins ont trouvé plusieurs solutions pour leurs nombreux problèmes au monticule, autant pour la rotation de partants que dans l’enclos des releveurs. En 2022, il a préservé une fiche de 4-3 en 12 départs, avec une moyenne de points mérités de 3,75. Ayant souvent fait l'objet de rumeurs au sujet de l'acquisition du lanceur des Angels de Los Angeles, Noah Syndergaard, les Blue Jays ont finalement été coiffés au fil d’arrivée par les Phillies de Philadelphie dans ce dossier. En 60 manches de boulot, il n’a permis que cinq longues balles et retiré 46 frappeurs sur des prises. En 56 manches de travail, l’athlète de 27 ans a passé 47 adversaires dans la mitaine. En 20 manches de boulot, il a réussi 14 retraits sur des prises.

Just before the deadline arrived, Toronto added a longtime Kansas City star. Who got the best of the deal?

Castillo is a 23-year-old righty out of Venezuela who reached the majors for the first time with Toronto this season. He just needs to get the bat on the ball in order to let his speed and pop on contact play. He feels like a younger version of what the Blue Jays already have in Ross Stripling, another ex-Dodger, so his role might continue to be of the hybrid sort. But he is 6-foot-4 and throws a hard, low-spin sinker, so maybe he will deepen the Jays' pen. He is the kind of quick and speedy competitor the Royals have always liked. The acquisition was the biggest of the day for Toronto, which was busy in a low-key kind of way before the deadline. If we were grading the day as a whole, we're probably talking C-plus. Bass had been dynamite for the Marlins, posting a 1.41 ERA over 45 outings and allowing just one homer all season. The Jays' roster is better, but is it better when you think of it in terms of facing the Houston Astros or the New York Yankees in the playoffs? The Blue Jays need Merrifield to start producing up to his normal standard or this trade doesn't work. If not, he'll have some odd home-road splits during his near future with the Blue Jays. This trade is about a position player, but what the Blue Jays needed most was to add some postseason-worthy pitching.

Toronto acquired Royals infielder/outfielder Whit Merrifield minutes before the 2022 trade deadline, the team confirms. The Jays sent prospects Max Castillo and ...

Merrifield did not travel with the Royals to Toronto earlier this season, as an unvaccinated individual, but did indicate a willingness to become fully vaccinated. With George Springer currently battling an elbow injury that has kept him out of the lineup in recent days, Merrifield's versatility and experience in center would provide some needed injury insurance. He made two All-Star Games, lead the league in stolen bases three times, and played every game from 2019 through 2021.

The Blue Jays made one trade earlier on the final day of the trade deadline, and then made an 11th hour deal for Whit Merrifield of the Royals.

In Merrifield the Blue Jays are rolling the dice in a lot of ways, and we probably won’t know how good the trade will turn out to be for quite a while. To be fair, the Blue Jays were coming up against the 6pm EST deadline, and they hadn’t moved the needle as much as we had all hoped they would by then. I have to admit, my initial reaction to the news was excitement, and then a bit of confusion.

Merrifield has yet to weigh in on his vaccination status since news of the trade broke on Tuesday, declining to make comments to reporters in Kansas City ...

Editor's Note: The COVID-19 situation, in sports and around the world, is constantly evolving. Something happens and I happen to get on a team that has a chance to go play in Canada in the postseason, maybe that changes." That's the only reason that I would think about getting it at this point, is to go to Canada. That might change down the road. America has a similar policy for non-residents, though it has not impacted the Blue Jays, as all their players have received the requisite COVID-19 vaccine. "Obviously we know he wasn't there in Toronto, but totally up to him," Schneider said. Because I understand what Canada has in place right now.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Whit Merrifield said last month he might be willing to get vaccinated against COVID-19 if it meant playing for a team in contention, ...

I like him as a person,” Royals manager Mike Matheny said before their game against the White Sox in Chicago. “But I also realize that it’s not a shock. “He’s going to do some stuff on the field today and then kind of revisit it,” Schneider said, “but it’s not anything concrete right now. “I like Whit. I like him as a player. The 33-year-old Merrifield was hitting just .240 with 30 extra-base hits and 15 stolen bases in 95 games this season. It’s a business. We hope it’s not anything crazy where it’s going to hinder him and his performance and us.” “The extent of our conversation with Whit and his vaccination status ended when we were going to Toronto because after that it didn’t effect us,” Royals general manager J.J. Picollo said. “I was shocked. The Royals received in the deal speedy youngster Samad Taylor and right-hander Max Castillo, both of whom could help their big league team as early as this season. “The conversations we had with Toronto, I’m going to keep private. He has an $18 million mutual option for 2024 with a $500,000 buyout. “We’ll let him work through that with his family,” Blue Jays general manager Ross Atkins said, while declining additional comment on the matter.

The newest member of the Blue Jays wasn't able to travel to Toronto earlier in the season.

The latest we know is that Merrifield was not vaccinated for the series against the Blue Jays from July 14-17, the last games before the All-Star break. They play their final game of their short two-game series against the Rays on Wednesday, followed by four games in Minnesota and three games in Baltimore. Well, Merrifield doesn't have to wait around for the potential to play in the playoffs. There's no logical reason why Atkins would not have made this trade if Merrifield was not going to get vaccinated. He's not going to be an everyday player, but he can fill in whenever someone needs a rest day, or can be used off the bench as a pinch runner. Merrifield provides some versatility to the Blue Jays roster as someone who can play in the infield and outfield.