2016 season Toronto Blue Jays

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