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Reports indicate the Toronto Blue Jays could make intriguing moves at Major League Baseball's trade deadline that might not be well-received by the fan base. One of them would be moving on from Daulton Varsho, the left-handed-hitting outfielder who is set to hit the free-agent market at the end of the season.
Varsho, who has proven to be a very good professional, has unfortunately struggled a bit over the past year or so. His offensive production just hasn't been where the Blue Jays have been hoping for much of his time in Toronto, and his injury history is also worth mentioning.
That's why it isn't crazy to suggest that trading him would actually be the right decision, even if it isn't the popular one.
He was recently viewed as a potential trade option in a deal that would send him to the Philadelphia Phillies. The Phillies are in the mix to add an outfielder this deadline, and Varsho would be a decent upgrade.
“We're now in the category of marginal upgrades. Varsho is left-handed but he'll probably be a cheaper acquisition as he's on an expiring one-year deal. He is hitting .256 for the Jays, where he hit 20 homers in just 71 games last season,” Evan Macy wrote.
If Varsho can get back to what he did during the 2025 season and be healthy for a lot of the year, there really wouldn't be much to talk about here for the Blue Jays, as they'd likely look to keep him around not only for this season, but in the foreseeable future as well.
That's one unfortunate part of everything currently going on, and it's also the reality of some of the problems Varsho has shown over the past few years.
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