<!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', '/giants-news-san-francisco-releases-paul-dejong-places-brandon-crawford-on-injured-list');   ga('set', 'title', 'Giants make eye-opening Paul DeJong, Brandon Crawford moves amid final playoff push');   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/2023/09/Brandon-Crawford-Giants-Paul-Dejong.jpg"></figure><h1>Giants make eye-opening Paul DeJong, Brandon Crawford moves amid final playoff push</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-09-21T11:27:42-07:00">September 21st, 11:27am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-09-21T11:28:31-07:00">September 21st, 11:28am</time><address><a>Quinn Allen</a>Quinn Allen is a Senior Associate Editor with ClutchPoints. He specializes mainly in soccer, basketball, and baseball. When Quinn isn't producing content for CP, he's writing predictions across the European soccer and NBA world for bettors at Sports Betting Dime, one of the fastest-growing sports betting sites in North America.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The San Francisco Giants need to start winning in a hurry to stay in the NL Wild Card race, currently sitting three games out of the final spot. But, they’ve unfortunately <a href="https://twitter.com/DannyEmerman/status/1704911589613424871" rel="noopener">lost a key piece</a> of their roster to a hamstring injury in Brandon Crawford, who is expected to miss the rest of the regular season. Infielder Paul DeJong has also been let go, via Danny Emerman.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/giants-news-worrying-brandon-crawford-update-could-trigger-end-of-legendary-san-francisco-tenure" rel="noopener">Crawford left Wednesday’s contest</a> vs. the Arizona Diamondbacks with the hamstring issue and never returned. The earliest he’d be able to come back is October 1st. The Giants placed him on the 10-day IL. The veteran is struggling immensely in 2023, slashing just .197 with seven home runs and 38 RBIs in 92 games. He’s missed quite a bit of time due to injuries and clearly hasn’t been able to find much of a groove.</p><p>As for DeJong, it was a short-lived tenure <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/giants-news-san-francisco-land-former-cardinals-all-star-paul-dejong-after-let-go-blue-jays" rel="noopener">with the Giants</a>. He was traded by the St. Louis Cardinals at the trade deadline to the Toronto Blue Jays to replace Bo Bichette while he was injured but the 30-year-old hit an atrocious .068 in 13 games. They put DeJong on waivers and San Fran picked him up because Crawford was hurt at the time.</p><p>However, DeJong wasn’t much better in the Bay Area, slashing a mere .184 in 18 contests. He’s a free agent this winter and didn’t really prove enough to be a part of the Giants’ plans, so it’s not exactly surprising to see him released.</p><p>Gabe Kapler’s squad begins a tough four-game set with the Los Angeles Dodgers Thursday and will be looking to end their two-game losing skid.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Giants make eye-opening Paul DeJong, Brandon Crawford moves amid final playoff push

<!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', '/giants-news-paul-dejong-heroic-debut');   ga('set', 'title', 'Paul DeJong almost left speechless after heroic Giants debut');   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/2023/08/Giants-news-Paul-DeJong-almost-left-speechless-after-heroic-San-Francisco-debut.jpeg"></figure><h1>Paul DeJong almost left speechless after heroic Giants debut</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-08-24T07:38:07-07:00">August 24th, 7:38am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-08-24T07:38:07-07:00">August 24th, 7:38am</time><address><a>Andrew Meyers</a>Andrew Meyers is an avid sports fan with a fondness for Philadelphia teams that rarely love him back. He has two degrees from Quinnipiac University, including a master's in sports journalism. Outside of ClutchPoints, Meyers does play-by-play broadcasting for various colleges in the northeast.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Paul Dejong’s first game as a San Francisco Giants player was something out of a movie. The same day <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/giants-news-san-francisco-land-former-cardinals-all-star-paul-dejong-after-let-go-blue-jays" rel="noopener">he signed his Giants contract</a> and two days after the Toronto Blue Jays released him, DeJong was the player of the game in a massive 8-6 extra-innings win for San Francisco. He slugged a home run and <a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/paul-dejong-homers-tallies-4-rbis-in-giants-debut" rel="noopener">drove in the winning run,</a> going 3-for-5 with four RBIs.</p><p>“It’s hard to put into words,” DeJong said, via Maria Guardado. “I’m just so happy to be out there and contribute for this team. I just had a great first day. It just feels right. I’m thankful for the opportunity, and [I’m] happy it worked out for me.”</p><p>The Giants are DeJong’s third team this season. He started with the St. Louis Cardinals, the same team he’s started all seven of his MLB seasons with. The Cardinals traded him to the Blue Jays, only for Toronto to release him 20 days later.</p><p>DeJong no doubt struggled with the Blue Jays, hitting .068 (3-for-44) after having a .709 OPS with the Cardinals. The release was warranted, especially with Toronto’s regular shortstop Bo Bichette coming back.</p><p>DeJong didn’t take long to find a new home, with the Giants inking him to a major league deal two days after his release. He was thrust into San Francisco’s lineup but his old instincts kicked in and he returned to being that same Paul DeJong who was an All-Star in 2019.</p><p>The Giants are right in the middle of the National League wild card race and <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/giants-news-camilo-doval-first-franchise-history-low-point-debacle-vs-phillies" rel="noopener">needed a win badly.</a> Their newest member delivered that win.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Paul DeJong almost left speechless after heroic Giants debut

<!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-makes-eye-opening-paul-dejong-move-after-activating-bo-bichette-from-il');   ga('set', 'title', 'Blue Jays make eye-opening Paul DeJong move after activating Bo Bichette from IL');   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/2023/08/Bo-Bichette-Blue-Jays-Paul-DeJong.jpg"></figure><h1>Blue Jays make eye-opening Paul DeJong move after activating Bo Bichette from IL</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-08-19T11:57:01-07:00">August 19th, 11:57am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-08-19T11:57:34-07:00">August 19th, 11:57am</time><address><a>Quinn Allen</a>Quinn Allen is a Senior Associate Editor with ClutchPoints. He specializes mainly in soccer, basketball, and baseball. When Quinn isn't producing content for CP, he's writing predictions across the European soccer and NBA world for bettors at Sports Betting Dime, one of the fastest-growing sports betting sites in North America.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>After missing nearly three weeks with a knee injury, All-Star <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/blue-jays-news-bo-bichette-injury-update" rel="noopener">Bo Bichette is finally back</a> with the Toronto Blue Jays. That also resulted in the team making another roster move.</p><p>The Jays <a href="https://twitter.com/BlueJays/status/1692964797829255338" rel="noopener">have activated Bichette</a> from the IL while designating trade deadline addition Paul DeJong for assignment. Toronto acquired the veteran infielder from the St. Louis Cardinals just a day after Bichette hurt his knee.</p><p>DeJong, 30, was absolutely brutal at the plate during his brief stint north of the border. He hit just .068 with three hits in 44 at-bats, striking out 18 times and failing to draw a single walk. Things couldn’t have gone any worse for DeJong with the Blue Jays. It’s not too surprising they’re parting ways, to be honest. Regardless, he is a respectable defender who could be a nice pickup for a contender looking for more infield depth as postseason baseball nears.</p><p>As for Bichette, he exited early on July 31st against the Baltimore Orioles after rounding first base and feeling pain in his knee. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/roster-moves-blue-jays-must-make-ahead-2023-playoffs-stretch-run" rel="noopener">The Blue Jays</a> have gone 8-8 without their best player. Despite missing 16 games, Bichette still leads the AL in hits with 144, sitting three above former teammate Marcus Semien.</p><p>The 25-year-old is also slashing .321 with 17 home runs, 25 doubles, and 59 RBI. Bichette is the heartbeat of this lineup and returns at the perfect time as Toronto now sits a half-game back of the Seattle Mariners for the final Wild Card spot in the American League.</p><p>Let’s hope he can provide the ball club with a much-needed boost.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Blue Jays make eye-opening Paul DeJong move after activating Bo Bichette from IL

<!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-paul-dejong-gets-honest-new-mindset-following-trade-cardinals');   ga('set', 'title', 'Blue Jays’ Paul DeJong gets honest on new mindset following trade from Cardinals');   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/2023/08/Blue-Jays-news-Paul-DeJong-gets-honest-on-new-mindset-following-trade-from-Cardinals.jpg"></figure><h1>Blue Jays’ Paul DeJong gets honest on new mindset following trade from Cardinals</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-08-03T10:14:01-07:00">August 3rd, 10:14am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-08-03T10:14:01-07:00">August 3rd, 10:14am</time><address><a>Ryan Bologna</a>Ryan Bologna is an author at ClutchPoints. He studied journalism and communication at UConn.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>With <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/blue-jays-toronto-tough-bo-bichette-injury-paul-dejong" rel="noopener">Bo Bichette going down</a> with patellar tendinitis, the Toronto Blue Jays traded for shortstop Paul DeJong from the St. Louis Cardinals to fill the hole for now, and DeJong spoke about <a href="https://theathletic.com/4745058/2023/08/02/paul-dejong-blue-jays-debut-orioles/?source=mlbtw" rel="noopener">how excited</a> he is to play shortstop for the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/blue-jays-bo-bichette-injury-update-after-paul-dejong-trade" rel="noopener">Blue Jays</a> and what he is willing to do for the team in the future.</p><p>“I’m thankful that they’re giving me a chance to play shortstop, and I know there’s a lot of things that can move around in the coming weeks, but just excited to make an impact and try to go out there and do my thing and just be me,” Paul DeJong said, via Kaitlyn McGrath of The Athletic. “I’m willing to do whatever it takes to help this team win.”</p><p>The Blue Jays hope to get Bo Bichette back at some point, and then DeJong would likely have to move positions. He said he is comfortable moving to second base, according to McGrath.</p><p>DeJong moved from a non-competitive team in the Cardinals to the Blue Jays, a team in a playoff spot as things currently stand. He said he is excited to help the team potentially go on a run.</p><p>“I’m excited to potentially make a run with this team,” DeJong said, via McGrath. “We’ve got a great group of guys top to bottom, and I’m just excited to see how these next two months go.”</p><p>It will be interesting to see where the Blue Jays end up, and where they are in the standings when Bichette does come back.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Blue Jays’ Paul DeJong gets honest on new mindset following trade from Cardinals

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He primarily covers the NFL, MLB and NBA.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/blue-jays-star-bo-bichette-exits-vs-orioles-with-apparent-knee-injury" rel="noopener">Bo Bichette’s injury</a> is a little more serious than the Toronto Blue Jays would’ve hoped. One day<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/blue-jays-bo-bichette-injury-update-after-paul-dejong-trade" rel="noopener"> after the Blue Jays</a> said that Bo Bichette avoided any significant structural damage when hurting his knee, the shortstop <a href="https://twitter.com/KeeganMatheson/status/1686832206050725890">has been placed</a> on the IL with right patellar tendinitis. The announcement comes one day after Toronto completed a trade with the St. Louis Cardinals<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/blue-jays-news-toronto-trade-cardinals-paul-dejong-bo-bichette-injury" rel="noopener"> for Paul DeJong</a>.</p><p>DeJong offers the Blue Jays some immediate insurance for Bichette as he recovers from his knee injury. Toronto’s star infielder got hurt while trying to stretch a single into a double in Monday’s game against the Baltimore Orioles.</p><p>Bichette’s IL stint is retroactive to Aug. 1. He’ll be eligible to return on Aug. 11.</p><p>The DeJong trade initially <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/blue-jays-news-bo-bichette-injury-update-john-schneider-fans-concern-level" rel="noopener">raised concerns</a> that Bichette’s injury might be serious enough to sideline him for several weeks. Shortly after completing the deal, Toronto said that Bichette was day-to-day.</p><p>Dejong is hitting .233/.297/.412 with 13 home runs in 81 games this season. While he can provide Toronto with adequate production, the Blue Jays will surely miss Bichette for however long that he’s sidelined.</p><p>Bichette has been Toronto’s best hitter in 2023. His .321 average is the best in the American League, giving him a four-point edge over Yandy Diaz in the race for the AL batting title. Bichette has only missed two of the Blue Jays games this season. The All-Star is leading the league in hits for a third straight year.</p><p>After the trade deadline, the Bue Jays are 1.5 games ahead of the Boston Red Sox for the third and final AL wild-card spot.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

2025 SEASON STATS
BA	HR	RBI	OPS	SB
.241	6	20	0.708	4

2025 SEASON STATS
BA	HR	RBI	OPS	SB
.241	6	20	0.708	4

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