The A’s and Blue Jays are in agreement on a trade that will send Matt Chapman to Toronto for a package of Blue Jay prospects including SS/3B Kevin Smith, RHP Gunnar Hoglund, LHP Zach Logue, and LHP Kirby Snead.
MLB Pipeline has Hoglund as the Blue Jays No. 4 prospect, Smith as the No. 9 prospect, and Logue as No. 27.
Chapman, 28, has spent his entire career in Oakland, debuting in 2017. He’s a three-time Gold Glove winner and named an All-Star in 2019. In his lone All-Star season, Chapman finished sixth in AL MVP voting with 36 home runs and 91 RBIs.
Chapman is primarily a power bat and his batting average has steadily decreased every season since 2018. In 2021 he batted just .210/.314/.403 for an OPS of .716 and a perfectly league-average OPS+ of 100.
Other NL East teams have taken advantage of the Oakland firesale as The New York Mets have added Starling Marte and Mark Canha in free agency as well as trading for Chris Bassitt. Their first baseman Matt Olson was traded to Atlanta too.
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