3 Blue Jays who survived the trade deadline but will be gone this offseason

Trade deadline season is over and the Blue Jays handled their business very well, however they were forced to sell for the first time in five years. They traded away all their impending free agents as they intend to compete again in 2025. Players who'll be free agents after the 2025 season were involved in rumors throughout the Deadline but they ultimately survived. They could be traded in the offseason in what promises to be one of the most important one of the Atkins and Shapiro era.

Chris Bassitt

Bassitt has pitched to a 3.95 ERA across 23 starts this season and will earn $21 million in 2025. If the Blue Jays were to trade Bassitt, they'd get a solid return and the newly-acquired Jake Bloss would replace him in the rotation. Bassitt would be an ideal fit for the Astros, who'll be losing both Yusei Kikuchi and Justin Verlander in addition to the Orioles, with the No.1 ranked farm system in baseball. Both these teams have recent postseason experience, which Bassitt has with the Athletics in 2020 and the Mets, his last appearance in 2022.

There is concern however with Bassitt's age (36 by Opening Day) and signs of decline. His WHIP, (1.41) is his highest of his career, opponents are batting .265 against him, Bassitt's highest since 2016 (.294). Another concern is the Blue Jays are unlikely to trade him in the offseason along with their intention of competing in 2025 considering they already lost a key member of their rotation at the deadline.

Bo Bichette

This trade seems the most likely to happen out of all the players mentioned here. Bichette is currently on the 10-day injured list recovering from a right calf sprain although the Blue Jays haven't ruled out a return for him this season. For the most part Leo Jimenez has stepped up at shortstop in Bichette's absence, appearing in 20 games while producing 40 assists. Ernie Clement has seen more playing time there lately batting .288 in his past 30 games, 3 home run and 19 RBI.

Any team looking to acquire Bichette would have to be counting on them being the ones that can "fix" him after what's been a dreadful season for him. He's posted career-lows in essentially every single offensive category, but rumor has it that teams looking to trade for him this year were not under the impression that his down year hurt his value much. After all, this is still someone who led the AL in hits in two of the past three years and other teams know this.

During the deadline the Dodgers were heavily rumored with Bichette and having previously told friends 'he'd be open to a trade,' a trade this offseason cannot be ruled out, unfortunately Bichette's value will be at the lowest it's ever been in his career.