{"id":25688,"date":"2026-08-03T00:42:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T19:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=25688"},"modified":"2026-08-03T00:42:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T19:42:07","slug":"blue-jays-acquire-jameson-taillon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=25688","title":{"rendered":"Blue Jays Acquire Jameson Taillon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Blue Jays have acquired <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/t\/taillja01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.mlbtraderumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-08-02_br\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jameson Taillon<\/a><\/strong> from the Cubs, the team announced. Utility player <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/sosale01.shtml\"><strong>Lenyn Sosa<\/strong><\/a> is moving to the 60-day IL to make room for the right-hander on the 40-man roster (per <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ShiDavidi\/status\/2083992193836925042?s=20\">Sportsnet\u2019s Shi Davidi<\/a>). Toronto will send cash considerations or a player to be named later back to Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>The Cubs <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mlbtraderumors.com\/2026\/07\/cubs-designate-jameson-taillon-for-assignment.html\">designated Taillon for assignment<\/a> last Monday. He was in the final season of the four-year, $68MM contract he signed with Chicago before the 2023 campaign. For the first three seasons of that deal, Taillon was the solid, mid-to-back-end starter the Cubs signed up for. He averaged five and a half innings per start with a 3.93 ERA and 4.33 SIERA. Although he spent time on the IL in each of those seasons, he still gave Chicago 449 1\/3 frames; only 21 pitchers threw more innings with a lower ERA in that time.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately for Taillon, he has not been able to keep the ball in the yard in 2026. The 34-year-old gave up 25 home runs across his first 15 starts. That\u2019s more than he allowed in 23 starts last year and 28 the year before. His home run rate stats (2.96 HR\/9 and 21.4% HR\/FB) have never been anywhere close to this high in any other season of his 10-year MLB career. Those home runs led to a 5.92 ERA, which led the Cubs to cut Taillon, despite the money remaining on his contract and their lack of starting pitching depth.<\/p>\n<p>More to come\u2026<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Blue Jays have acquired Jameson Taillon from the Cubs, the team announced. Utility player Lenyn Sosa is moving to the 60-day IL to make room for the right-hander on the 40-man roster (per Sportsnet\u2019s Shi Davidi). Toronto will send cash considerations or a player to be named later back to Chicago. 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