2016–present: The Ross Atkins and Josh Donaldson era Toronto Blue Jays

1 2016–present: ross atkins , josh donaldson era

1.1 2016 season
1.2 2017 season
1.3 2018 season

2016–present: ross atkins , josh donaldson era
2016 season

josh donaldson slides second base during first game of 2016 alds

upon expiration of paul beeston s contract, mark shapiro replaced him president of blue jays. alex anthopoulos resigned 2 months after hiring of shapiro. ross atkins subsequently took place.

during off-season, david price left blue jays through free agency, signing boston red sox, while blue jays signed j. a. happ.

on march 4, 2016, infielder maicer izturis announced retirement baseball. few weeks later, brad penny , rafael soriano, both veterans under minor league contract blue jays, retired baseball well.

on may 15, 2016, blue jays , texas rangers brawled against each other in arlington, texas. brawl happened when matt bush threw pitch @ jose bautista, bautista made illegal slide, , rougned odor punched bautista. bautista later suspended 1 game.

on may 31, 2016, blue jays traded jason grilli atlanta braves.

before non-waiver trade deadline @ 4 pm edt on august 1, 2016, blue jays traded joaquín benoit, melvin upton jr., scott feldman, , francisco liriano.

on august 25, 2016, blue jays re-acquired popular backup catcher dioner navarro in trade chicago white sox. done before august 31 trade deadline making navarro eligible on postseason roster.

on october 2, 2016, blue jays clinched first wild card berth detroit tigers loss atlanta braves.

on october 4, 2016, blue jays defeated baltimore orioles in american league wild card game in innings, via walk-off three-run home run edwin encarnación in bottom of 11th inning.

on october 9, 2016, blue jays completed sweep of texas rangers in american league division series advance american league championship series second consecutive year.

on october 19, 2016, blue jays eliminated world series contention 3–0 loss cleveland indians in game 5 of american league championship series.

team record 2016: 89 wins–73 losses, w%- .549

2017 season

roberto osuna during 2017 season

on november 11, 2016, announced toronto had signed designated hitter kendrys morales three-year, $33 million deal. contract became official on november 18.

on december 5, 2016, steve pearce signed two-year, $12.5 million contract toronto.

on january 5, 2017, edwin encarnación signed three-year, $60 million contract cleveland indians.

on january 18, 2017, bautista signed one-year, $18 million contract blue jays. contract includes $17 million mutual option 2018 season, $20 million vesting option 2019. following day, michael saunders signed philadelphia phillies. however, in late june, phillies released saunders , jays signed him minor league contract.

on april 2, 1 day before start of regular season, melvin upton jr. released.

by end of april, jays had worst record in of mlb.

on july 2, jays traded grilli texas rangers eduard pinto.

pearce hit 2 walk-off grand slams in span of 3 days: 1 against oakland athletics on july 27 , against los angeles angels on july 30, latter of ultimate grand slam.

the blue jays wearing special red-and-white uniforms @ select games during 2017 season 150th anniversary of canada.

team record 2017: 76 wins–86 losses, w%- .469, 17 games behind division leader, fourth in division, 9 games behind al wild card cutoff, eighth in al wild card

2018 season

the blue jays have declined mutual option on josé bautista, allowing him enter free agency.