{"id":533941,"date":"2026-01-23T05:38:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T05:38:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/533941\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T05:38:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T05:38:19","slug":"blue-jays-predicted-to-lose-long-time-veteran-to-nl-contender-in-short-term-deal-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/533941\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Jays predicted to lose long-time veteran to NL contender in short-term deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/mlb\/toronto-blue-jays\/news\/blue-jays-predicted-lose-long-time-veteran-nl-contender\/2b213596d25da89137fbfe68?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=appeared_on\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Blue Jays predicted to lose long-time veteran to NL contender in short-term deal;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Blue Jays predicted to lose long-time veteran to NL contender in short-term deal<\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=appeared_on\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Sporting News;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">The Sporting News<\/a>. Add The Sporting News as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Preferred Source by clicking here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/mlb\/toronto-blue-jays\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Toronto Blue Jays;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Toronto Blue Jays<\/a> could be facing the loss of another key veteran this offseason, as Chris Bassitt is expected to be on a different roster in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>FanSided\u2019s Christopher Kline predicted that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/mlb\/philadelphia-phillies\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Philadelphia Phillies;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Philadelphia Phillies<\/a> would sign the right-hander, who is still without a team on the free agency market.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhiffing on Bo Bichette set the Philadelphia Phillies back a lot,\u201d Kline <a href=\"https:\/\/fansided.com\/mlb\/mlb-offseason-predictions-with-heavyweight-hitters-off-the-board-major-trades-loom\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:wrote;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no clear path to a major lineup upgrade at this point, meaning Dave Dombrowski probably turns his attention to fine-tuning the rotation. Philadelphia needs someone to eat innings while Zack Wheeler rehabs his elbow. Bassitt, 36, has made his reputation on durability. He still misses barrels with a healthy mix of off-speed pitches, and he can move into a bullpen role if such a need arises, too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For the Blue Jays, losing Bassitt wouldn\u2019t be the worst thing, given some of their additions like Dylan Cease, but it wouldn\u2019t be ideal. While he may no longer be that top-of-the-rotation arm, Bassitt has given the Blue Jays a ton of innings.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>That reliability is difficult to replace, especially with the Blue Jays looking to make it back to the World Series and win the AL East once again.<\/p>\n<p>Toronto has had a very nice offseason, but it wouldn\u2019t be the worst idea to consider re-signing him to cap it off.<\/p>\n<p>More Blue Jays news:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Blue Jays predicted to lose long-time veteran to NL contender in short-term deal originally appeared on The Sporting&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":533942,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2378],"tags":[5,377,2554,88,82,29806,554,76,4,25,1414,282,70,2553,117],"class_list":{"0":"post-533941","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-toronto-blue-jays","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-blue-jays","10":"tag-bluejays","11":"tag-bo-bichette","12":"tag-chris-bassitt","13":"tag-christopher-kline","14":"tag-dave-dombrowski","15":"tag-dylan-cease","16":"tag-mlb","17":"tag-philadelphia-phillies","18":"tag-the-blue-jays","19":"tag-toronto","20":"tag-toronto-blue-jays","21":"tag-torontobluejays","22":"tag-zack-wheeler"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/115942804903809018","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=533941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533941\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/533942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=533941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=533941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=533941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}