<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/diamondbacks-news-az-lands-evan-longoria-after-daulton-varsho-trade');   ga('set', 'title', 'Diamondbacks land Evan Longoria after Daulton Varsho trade');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Diamondbacks-news-AZ-lands-Evan-Longoria-after-Daulton-Varsho-trade.jpg"></figure><h1>Diamondbacks land Evan Longoria after Daulton Varsho trade</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2022-12-30T14:58:36-08:00">December 30th, 2:58pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2022-12-30T15:02:00-08:00">December 30th, 3:02pm</time><address><a href="https://joeymistretta.wordpress.com">Joey Mistretta</a>Joey Mistretta is a writer/editor who covers multiple sports. Notably, Mistretta covers baseball, basketball, and football. He is originally from a small town in Southern California and spent the majority of his time growing up playing baseball and basketball. He graduated college with a degree in broadcast journalism. In addition to writing, Mistretta runs a sports Youtube channel and works as a seasonal play-by-play sports broadcaster.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Arizona Diamondbacks and 3B Evan Longoria <a href="https://twitter.com/JonHeyman/status/1608947692314714113" rel="noopener">reportedly came to terms</a> on a 1-year deal on Friday, per Jon Heyman. Heyman <a href="https://twitter.com/JonHeyman/status/1608956817874518016" rel="noopener">adds</a> that the contract is worth $4 million plus $1 million in incentives. Longoria, a veteran infielder, joins an Arizona team that has certainly had a busy offseason.</p><p>The Diamondbacks most recently <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/blue-jays-news-toronto-diamondbacks-agree-to-daulton-varsho-gabriel-moreno-trade" rel="noopener">traded C/OF Daulton Varsho</a> to the Toronto Blue Jays for catching prospect Gabriel Moreno and utility man Lourdes Gurriel Jr. They also acquired former AL Rookie of the Year <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mariners-news-mariners-trade-2020-rookie-of-the-year-to-diamondbacks" rel="noopener">Kyle Lewis from the Seattle Mariners</a>. Arizona was even rumored as a potential landing destination for Xander Bogaerts before he ultimately signed in San Diego with the Padres.</p><p>Evan Longoria will provide veteran leadership for this young Diamondbacks team. He’s a 3-time All-Star who’s been in the major leagues since 2008. Longoria has previously played for the Tampa Bay Rays and San Francisco Giants. He was limited to just 89 games during the 2022 season with San Francisco due to injury. Longoria slashed . 244/.315/.451 with a .767 OPS and 14 home runs during that span.</p><p>Evan Longoria isn’t a player who is going to make or break a team’s playoff odds at this point in his career. But he’s still a valuable contributor without question.</p><p>The Diamondbacks will be an interesting team to keep tabs on this season. Their odds of competing alongside the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres in the NL West are slim. But Arizona could emerge as a dark-horse NL Wild Card team.</p><p>With that being said, Evan Longoria could profile as a trade candidate should Arizona struggle through the first portion of the 2023 campaign.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Diamondbacks land Evan Longoria after Daulton Varsho trade

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/blue-jays-news-toronto-gm-hints-at-free-agency-activity-after-daulton-varsho-trade');   ga('set', 'title', 'Blue Jays GM hints at free agency activity after Daulton Varsho trade');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Blue-Jays-new-Toronto-GM-hints-at-free-agency-activity-after-Daulton-Varsho-trade.jpg"></figure><h1>Blue Jays GM hints at free agency activity after Daulton Varsho trade</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2022-12-24T10:09:08-08:00">December 24th, 10:09am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2022-12-24T10:23:49-08:00">December 24th, 10:23am</time><address><a href="https://joeymistretta.wordpress.com">Joey Mistretta</a>Joey Mistretta is a writer/editor who covers multiple sports. Notably, Mistretta covers baseball, basketball, and football. He is originally from a small town in Southern California and spent the majority of his time growing up playing baseball and basketball. He graduated college with a degree in broadcast journalism. In addition to writing, Mistretta runs a sports Youtube channel and works as a seasonal play-by-play sports broadcaster.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Toronto Blue Jays <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/blue-jays-news-toronto-diamondbacks-agree-to-daulton-varsho-gabriel-moreno-trade" rel="noopener">acquired C/OF Daulton Varsho</a> from the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday. The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/grading-blue-jays-diamondbacks-daulton-varsho-trade" rel="noopener">deal provides Toronto</a> with a versatile player who features a high ceiling. However, Blue Jays general manager Ross Atkins <a href="https://twitter.com/KeeganMatheson/status/1606678511644704771" rel="noopener">said there could be more</a> moves in the works prior to Opening Day, per Keegan Matheson.</p><p>“I think our heavy lifting is done, but I’m not ruling anything out and would expect some incremental improvements,” Atkins said following the Daulton Varsho trade.</p><p>The Blue Jays have made a number of moves this offseason. They p<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/chris-bassitt-agrees-to-63-million-deal-with-blue-jays" rel="noopener">reviously signed SP Christ Bassitt</a> to boost the rotation. Toronto also <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/blue-jays-news-toronto-kevin-kiermaier-in-agreement-on-contract" rel="noopener">brought in CF Kevin Kiermaier</a>.</p><p>This a Blue Jays team that is poised for another strong season. They are fresh off of a postseason appearance and will have World Series aspirations heading into 2023. However, the American League East is arguably the deepest division in baseball.</p><p>The Yankees have enhanced their roster and are favored to win the division. Meanwhile, the pesky Rays can never be completely ruled out. And the Red Sox and Orioles will not go down without a fight. Toronto would benefit from making another move or two.</p><p>Atkins is likely planning on adding important depth ahead of the season. But a blockbuster trade is not out of the question. It will be interesting to see if Toronto can make any more eye-opening additions prior to Opening Day.</p><p>For now, they are content with adding Daulton Varsho to a roster that projects to be one of the best in the league.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Blue Jays GM hints at free agency activity after Daulton Varsho trade

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/grading-blue-jays-diamondbacks-daulton-varsho-trade');   ga('set', 'title', 'Grading Blue Jays-Diamondbacks Daulton Varsho trade');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Grading-Blue-Jays-Diamondbacks-Daulton-Varsho-trade.jpg"></figure><h1>Grading Blue Jays-Diamondbacks Daulton Varsho trade</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2022-12-23T15:18:29-08:00">December 23rd, 3:18pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2022-12-23T15:18:29-08:00">December 23rd, 3:18pm</time><address><a href="https://joeymistretta.wordpress.com">Joey Mistretta</a>Joey Mistretta is a writer/editor who covers multiple sports. Notably, Mistretta covers baseball, basketball, and football. He is originally from a small town in Southern California and spent the majority of his time growing up playing baseball and basketball. He graduated college with a degree in broadcast journalism. In addition to writing, Mistretta runs a sports Youtube channel and works as a seasonal play-by-play sports broadcaster.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Mini-Editorials</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Toronto Blue Jays and Arizona Diamondbacks <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/blue-jays-news-toronto-diamondbacks-agree-to-daulton-varsho-gabriel-moreno-trade" rel="noopener">struck a deal on Friday</a>. The centerpiece of the trade is C/OF Daulton Varsho, who heads from Arizona to Toronto. Meanwhile, the Diamondbacks receive top catching prospect Gabriel Moreno and INF/OF Lourdes Gurriel.</p><p>The trade certainly isn’t the most notable move of the offseason. But it was one that has the potential to benefit both clubs in a pivotal manner. Without further ado, let’s dive into this deal.</p><h2><b>Blue Jays get Daulton Varsho</b></h2><p>If one were to take a singular look at Daulton Varsho’s career offensive numbers, they would automatically assume that the Diamondbacks fleeced the Blue Jays with this trade. Varsho is slashing just .234/.306/.432 with a .738 OPS through 283 big league games. But Varsho offers much more than surface numbers.</p><p>From a defensive standpoint, he is a uniquely versatile player. Daulton Varsho is an outfielder who also has catching experience. If a team needs a backstop, Varsho is more than capable of holding down the position. But he’s a solid outfielder as well. The fact is that there aren’t many players in the big leagues with the ability to play both catcher and centerfield.</p><p>Daulton Varsho clubbed 27 home runs to go along with 16 stolen bases in 2022. He’s a speed-power threat with the potential to turn into an All-Star down the road. However, he will need to raise his OBP to truly produce positive offensive value.</p><h2><b>Diamondbacks get Gabriel Moreno, Lourdes Gurriel</b></h2><p>The Blue Jays entered the offseason with no shortage of catching options. As a result, many people around the MLB world expected them to <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb-rumors-blue-jays-open-to-catcher-trade-but-theres-a-catch" rel="noopener">trade one of Gabriel Moreno</a>, Danny Jansen, or Alejandro Kirk. In the end, Toronto ultimately dealt Moreno along with Lourdes Gurriel to the Diamondbacks.</p><p>Arizona fans will be excited to see Gabriel Moreno play. The loss of Daulton Varsho is far from ideal, but Moreno realistically has a chance to become an All-Star caliber backstop.</p><p>Moreno was previously a <a href="https://www.mlb.com/prospects/2021/bluejays/gabriel-moreno-672515" rel="noopener">top 10 prospect</a> in the Blue Jays farm system. Scouts have long raved about his hitting potential from the catcher position. And that alone drew plenty of interest given the lack of offense from catchers around MLB. But his defense is nothing to scoff at either. Moreno features a powerful arm and should be able to cut down possible base stealers at an impressive rate.</p><p>He doesn’t provide the same versatility as Daulton Varsho. But he arguably features a higher ceiling and could become a franchise player in Arizona.</p><p>The acquisition of Lourdes Gurriel will fly under the radar. But it is a good pickup for the Diamondbacks. Gurriel, despite being limited to 121 games during the 2022 season, slashed .291/.343/.400 with a .743 OPS. In 2021, Gurriel smashed 21 home runs for the Blue Jays while hitting just south of .280.</p><p>He’s a good player who can play a multitude of positions in the outfield and infield.</p><h2>Grading the trade</h2><p>So who won the trade?</p><p>Arguments can be made for both the Blue Jays and Diamondbacks. The fact is that Toronto did not need three catchers on the big league team. And Gurriel did not have a clear position on the field for Toronto.</p><p>The Diamondbacks are in rebuilding mode so trading Daulton Varsho to acquire a young player with potential was a quality move. The addition of Gurriel makes this a tremendous deal for Arizona. But in the end, both teams will benefit from the trade.</p><p><b>Diamondbacks trade grade: </b>A</p><p><b>Blue Jays trade grade: </b>B</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Grading Blue Jays-Diamondbacks Daulton Varsho trade

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/blue-jays-news-toronto-diamondbacks-agree-to-daulton-varsho-gabriel-moreno-trade');   ga('set', 'title', 'Blue Jays, Diamondbacks agree to Daulton Varsho, Gabriel Moreno blockbuster trade');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/blue-jays-dbacks-trade.jpeg"></figure><h1>Blue Jays, Diamondbacks agree to Daulton Varsho, Gabriel Moreno blockbuster trade</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2022-12-23T13:09:37-08:00">December 23rd, 1:09pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2022-12-23T13:38:23-08:00">December 23rd, 1:38pm</time><address><a href="https://joeymistretta.wordpress.com">Joey Mistretta</a>Joey Mistretta is a writer/editor who covers multiple sports. Notably, Mistretta covers baseball, basketball, and football. He is originally from a small town in Southern California and spent the majority of his time growing up playing baseball and basketball. He graduated college with a degree in broadcast journalism. In addition to writing, Mistretta runs a sports Youtube channel and works as a seasonal play-by-play sports broadcaster.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Toronto Blue Jays and Arizona Diamondbacks <a href="https://twitter.com/JeffPassan/status/1606392677305655331" rel="noopener">are in agreement</a> on a trade to send C/OF Daulton Varsho to Toronto, per Jeff Passan. Arizona will receive top catching prospect Gabriel Moreno along with Lourdes Gurriel in return.</p><p>Moreno is a coveted young catcher with plenty of offensive potential. Gurriel can play a multitude of positions and features a fairly high ceiling. As for Varsho, he is also versatile given his ability to catch and play the outfield.</p><p>The Blue Jays are looking to compete in the competitive American League East. However, the New York Yankees have made a number of key moves which have many projecting them to win the division once again. Meanwhile, the Tampa Bay Rays are still a quality team, while the Red Sox and Orioles cannot be counted out.</p><p>But Toronto has made a number of moves as of late to bolster the roster, including <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/chris-bassitt-agrees-to-63-million-deal-with-blue-jays" rel="noopener">signing SP Chris Bassitt</a> and OF <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/blue-jays-news-toronto-kevin-kiermaier-in-agreement-on-contract" rel="noopener">Kevin Kiermaier</a>.</p><p>The Blue Jays also had no shortage of catchers on the roster. And with many teams seeking catching help, Toronto found themselves in the driver’s seat on the trade market as a result. Surrendering Gabriel Moreno was likely not an easy decision. The same can be said for Gurriel. But Daulton Varsho is player that will help this Blue Jays team.</p><p>Despite slashing just .235/.302/.443 in 2022, Varsho clubbed 27 home runs and stole 16 bases. He is a speed/power threat who could turn into an All-Star if he gets on base in more consistent fashion. It will be interesting to see how this trade pans out in the long run.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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BA	HR	RBI	OPS	SB
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2025 SEASON STATS
BA	HR	RBI	OPS	SB
.242	4	9	0.994	0

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