3 Blue Jays players who survived the trade deadline, but will be gone by the offseason 

The Toronto Blue Jays made some massive moves at the trade deadline in acquiring Shane Bieber, Seranthony Domínguez, Louis Varland and Ty France. In doing so, the Blue Jays believe that these four will give them a better chance at winning, heading into the stretch run and potentially translate into a deep playoff run as well.

But in order to incorporate these key pieces into their everyday 26-man roster, some of the current players will need to give up their spot to help facilitate it. Despite that, there were actually a few surprising players that managed to avoid being a roster casualty despite their struggles this season.

3 Blue Jays players who survived the trade deadline, but will be gone by the offseason 

P Mason Fluharty

Reliever Mason Fluharty showed some great promise at the beginning of the year for the Jays. After putting together a strong spring where he posted a stellar 1.29 ERA, 0.86 WHIP along with 11 strikeouts in seven innings pitched over eight appearances, Fluharty finally got the call to the majors when his contract was selected by Toronto at the end of March. He took full advantage of his opportunity by compiling an impressive 3-0 record, two holds, along with a tidy 1.96 ERA, 0.65 WHIP and 17 strikeouts in 18 1/3 innings of work in his first 18 games of the season.

However, things have fallen apart for Fluharty since then as he has posted an abysmal 8.72 ERA, 1.85 WHIP, giving up a whopping 21 earned runs including five home runs in just 21 2/3 innings pitched over 24 relief appearances.

Despite the atrocity, the 23-year-old left-hander still managed to survive the trade deadline and remain a part of the Jays’ relief corps for now. That was likely due to the fact that Toronto lacked lefties in the bullpen with just Brendon Little, along with Fluharty’s ability to induce the strikeout, as he has averaged more than a batter per inning so far in 2025.

Nevertheless, unless he starts reverting back to his old form seen earlier this season, it is hard to see Fluharty maintaining a spot with the current Jays by the end of year.

INF Leo Jiménez 

For prospect Leo Jiménez, he may have shown decent success during his time in the Jays minor league system during his growth and development within the organization. However, Jiménez hasn’t been able to translate that success to the major leagues in the past couple of seasons with Toronto. There’s no debating that his defense certainly plays well at the big league level, but his production at the plate has been quite disappointing to say the least.

In particular for 2025, Jiménez has struggled immensely, registering only two hits in 32 total plate appearances for an unfathomable .069 batting average and .301 OPS. In total, the young 24-year-old infielder has amassed just a .207 average, .635 OPS with five home runs and 20 RBIs in 81 career games with the Jays.

He could have been a trade chip for Toronto to use at the trade deadline as his elite defense would catch the eye of a rebuilding team that could have the patient to develop him bat further. Nevertheless, Jiménez remained a Blue Jay following the deadline, but has now since been optioned back to Triple-A Buffalo just a few days after.

As a result, with Jiménez’s struggles, along with Andrés Giménez, Ernie Clement and Addison Barger cementing themselves in the Blue Jays’ everyday lineup this season Jiménez could see his tenure with Toronto come to an end sooner than anticipated.

UTIL Davis Schneider 

Many had high hopes for Davis Schneider in a Jays’ uniform ever since his earth-shattering debut with the club back in 2023. However, after a forgettable 2024 campaign, Schneider has endured some of those struggles once again in 2025.

After a slow start to the season with the Jays, the 26-year-old spent some time in Triple-A Buffalo. When Schneider made it back to the big league club in June, he did provide a glimpse of hope as he showed some of his swagger once again by hitting close to .250 along with five home runs and 10 RBIs right up until the All-Star Break.

However, his production has dropped once again since then and he has seen less and less playing time in recent weeks in favor of Myles Straw, Nathan Lukes and Joey Loperfido, as the trio has provided better value to the team when called upon.

With power being Schneider’s main calling card, the addition of France from the trade deadline suddenly makes his bat redundant. As a result, unless he starts things around soon, as much as Jays fans don’t want to hear it, Schneider could be gone by this offseason.