3 top Blue Jays trade deadline assets if the Toronto front office decides to sell

After a magical 2025 MLB season, the current Toronto Blue Jays squad have been a .500 team at best so far in 2026. Currently, Toronto finds themselves with a 29-31 record (on Jun. 1), yet miraculously still in contention as they sit in the third and final wild card spot in the American League. However, whether it be the inconsistency in the production of some of their players, or more notably the onslaught of injuries that they have suffered so far, it has really prevented the Blue Jays from going on a winning groove at any point this year thus far.

If their struggles continue in the coming months and they end up falling out of contention, Jays management may be forced to pursue a route they certainly didn't envision taking this summer, by becoming sellers at the trade deadline.

Which Blue Jays players could bring back the greatest assets if they were to be traded this summer?

P Kevin Gausman

Without question as a pending unrestricted free agent after the 2026 season, Kevin Gausman would be the Blue Jays’ best trade chip come this summer if they drop out of the race. As a top front-end of the rotation starter for the better part of the decade, Gausman hasn’t lost a beat with Toronto despite being already 35-years-old this year.

In 12 starts to date with the Jays, the right-hander has posted a 4-3 record with a stellar 3.13 ERA, 1.09 WHIP, along with just 12 walks and 66 strikeouts in 69 total innings pitched. More importantly, at a time where the Toronto starting pitchers have been dropping like flies, Gausman has done his part in holding down the fort with quality start after quality start to keep his team in the thick of things.

As a big-game pitcher, there’s no doubt the veteran could transform any contender into favourites heading into the MLB Playoffs. So if the Blue Jays are forced to sell at the trade deadline, Gausman should net Toronto with some really strong assets in return.

OF Daulton Varsho

As the Blue Jays’ top defender in the outfield his arrival in Toronto, Daulton Varsho has finally taken great steps in providing strong value on the offensive side of the ball. Coming off an injury-plagued, yet productive 2025 campaign when healthy, Varsho compiled an .833 OPS, with 20 home runs and 55 RBIs in 71 games played, which would have projected to well over 40 home runs and 110 RBIs over a full season’s pace.

This year, Varsho may not be matching last season’s pace exactly with his power numbers but his current .260 batting average, .332 on-base percentage and less than 20% strikeout rate are his best marks for his MLB career, showing his massive growth with his hitting discipline at the plate as well.

With Varsho's bat staying hot, it is hard to see why the Blue Jays wouldn’t bring him back with an extension, even if they don’t end up making the playoffs this season. But perhaps Toronto can follow their plan from previously where they had dealt Yimi Garcia and Isiah Kiner-Falefa at the trade deadline and then following it up by bringing them back the next season. In doing so, the Jays netted a couple of intriguing prosects in Jonatan Clase and Charles McAdoo, who has since made his MLB debut in style, making it a double-win for Toronto.

DH George Springer

Finally, we have one of the Blue Jays’ offensive leaders during the past six seasons in George Springer. In addition to fueling Toronto’s surge into legitimate contenders, Springer has led by example, putting all of his effort, heart and determination whenever he took the field for the Jays, while also being a someone who can keep the mood light when things seem dire.

So far in 2026 though, the 36-year-old has been off to a slow start that had been hindered by injuries along the way. In 40 games to date, Springer has amassed a .212 average, .648 OPS, along with 16 runs scored, eight doubles, five home runs and 14 RBIs. But don’t forget, he is coming off a 2025 Silver Slugger campaign in which he batted .309 with a .959 OPS, along with 32 home runs and 84 RBIs.

More significantly, no one can question the former World Series champion’s value during the postseason while coming up with big hits. For his career, Springer has compiled a .271 average, .880 OPS, with 57 runs scored, 23 home runs and 48 RBIs in 83 career postseason games. And of course, who could forget what he did this past season with his clutch, three-run blast to send the Blue Jays into the World Series. That could be the only selling point needed for other contenders to come calling.

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