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  • On The Horizon: Cubs vs. Cardinals series preview
    • On The Horizon: Cubs vs. Cardinals series preview
    Jeff Curry-Imagn Images What, YOU again? After not seeing the Cardinals for the first 77 games of 2025, now they’ll have seven games against them in a 13-game sequence. Thanks, schedule-makers. Hopefully this one works out better than the one last week. For more on the Cardinals, here’s Heather Simon, manager of our SB Nation Cardinals site Viva el Birdos, with a nod to the Fourth of July!...2025
  • Chicago Cubs vs. Los Angeles Dodgers preview, Sunday 4/13, 6:10 CT
    • Chicago Cubs vs. Los Angeles Dodgers preview, Sunday 4/13, 6:10 CT
    Kiyoshi Mio-Imagn Images The Cubs go for the series win. ICYMI, here’s today’s bad news about Justin Steele. Sunday notes... GOING FOR MEATLOAF: With a victory tonight, the Cubs will win the series, two games to one, just as they did in their visits to Dodger Stadium the past two years. They have won three straight series at Los Angeles against the Dodgers only once, winning two of three...2025
  • Here are all the former Cubs around MLB in 2025
    • Here are all the former Cubs around MLB in 2025
    Cody Bellinger and DJ LeMahieu chat during Spring Training | Photo by New York Yankees/Getty Images Let’s remember some guys. These are players you once rooted for, when they were wearing the blue pinstripes of the Chicago Cubs. Now, they’ve moved on to other teams, via trades, free agency or waivers, and now they play for one of the other 29 teams that make up Major League Baseball. Here ...2025
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  • Today in White Sox History: February 19
    • Today in White Sox History: February 19
    Liam Hendriks’ recovery from TJS rendered him just a charity volunteer during his first year in Boston, after signing there on this day one year ago. This spring, he’ll be competing for the closer’s job. | Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images Liam, mid-TJS recovery, leaves for Boston 1985 The White Sox traded Roy Smalley back to his longtime Minnesota Twins for minor league outfielder ...2025
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  • Today in White Sox History: January 10
    • Today in White Sox History: January 10
    Ed Walsh’s route to the Hall of Fame was perplexingly arduous. | Baseball Hall of Fame Ed Walsh is again denied entry to the Hall — and not for the last time 1945 Despite not even holding a Hall of Fame vote in 1943 or 1944, the BBWAA fails to elect a single player, despite several worthy candidates that include legendary White Sox hurler Ed Walsh. Walsh’s 66.5 WAR career (at the time, if ...2025
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  • Today in White Sox History: December 15
    • Today in White Sox History: December 15
    This photo pretty well sums up the Yonder Alonso era, which began for the White Sox on this day, six years ago. | Tom Pennington/Getty Images Ugh, a reminder of the Manny Machado courting 1960 White Sox owner Bill Veeck made up for some of his bad deals after the 1959 season by pilfering pitchers Juan Pizarro and Cal McLish from the Reds for infielder Gene Freese. Manager Al Lopez and pitc...2024
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Jon Jay injury and suspension

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  • Outside The Confines: Goodbye to a legend
    • Outside The Confines: Goodbye to a legend
    Photo by Bob Riha, Jr./Getty Images Dodgers legend Fernando Valenzuela passes away. A World Series preview and other MLB news. We were all set to celebrate the World Series and the first Yankees/Dodgers Fall Classic since 1981. But first, we have to say goodbye to one of the heroes of that World Series of 43 years ago. The Los Angeles Dodgers mourn the passing of legendary pitcher Fern...2024
  • Royals Rumblings - News for October 23, 2024
    • Royals Rumblings - News for October 23, 2024
    Photo by Joshua Sarner/Icon Sportswire/Corbis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Where does the 2015 World Series rank among Fall Classics? Anthony Franco at MLB Trade Rumors considers Qualifying Offer decisions for free agent pitchers like Michael Wacha. This is a situation where the player accepting a qualifying offer might work out well for everyone involved. It’d give Wacha a $5MM+ raise...2024
  • Chicago Cubs vs. Tampa Bay Rays preview, Thursday 6/13, 5:50 CT
    • Chicago Cubs vs. Tampa Bay Rays preview, Thursday 6/13, 5:50 CT
    Photo by Mike Carlson/Getty Images The Cubs go for a series win. They haven’t had one in a three-game series in a month. Thursday notes... CODY! CODY! CODY!: Cody Bellinger’s go-ahead three-run homer last night was his second hit of the game. He has made two hits in four consecutive games. He also had a four-game multi-hit streak May 27-30, with exactly two hits in each game. Bellinger h...2024
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  • Baseball history unpacked, March 15
    • Baseball history unpacked, March 15
    Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. The wrong Hall-of-Famer and other stories. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, with plenty of the lore and various narratives to follow as they unfold over the course of time. Here...2024
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  • • Baseball history unpacked, March 15
    Happy birthday, Jon Jay! | Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images A thrice-weekly digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB factoids, gathered from reputable sources. Jon Jay’s natal anniversary, and other stories. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, with plenty of the lore and various...2023
  • • Diamondbacks acquire OF Jon Jay in trade with Royals
    The Arizona Diamondbacks have added another outfielder to their mix.Arizona announced on Wednesday that they have acquired Jon Jay in a trade with the Kansas City Royals. They are giving up pitchers Gabe Speier and Elvis Luciano in return.Arizona has been playing Jarrod Dyson and Chris Owings in center field since losing AJ Pollock to a thumb injury. Dyson is hitting just .206 on the season, where...2018
  • • Royals claim Abraham Almonte, designate Miguel Almonte
    The Royals have claimed outfielder Abraham Almonte off waivers from the Indians and designated right-hander Miguel Almonte for assignment, tweets MLB.com’s Jeffrey Flanagan. Cleveland had designated the former of the two for assignment when setting its Opening Day roster.Abraham Almonte, 28, was on the outside looking in of a jam-packed outfield mix in Cleveland. He’ll have a clearer path to playi...2018
  • • Jon Jay reportedly receiving interest from Mariners
    The Seattle Mariners have had talks with free agent outfielder Jon Jay, according to a report.MLB.com’s Mark Feinsand says the two sides are talking and there is some momentum. Jay, 32, is a versatile outfielder known for posting fairly high batting averages but with little power. He’s a .288 career hitter yet only has 33 career home runs in eight seasons.Jay spent most of his career with the Card...2017

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    "Daniel Descalso is the bench coach, Brant Brown is the hitting coach and Jon Jay is a coach."

  • 2024
    "— Where is Jon Jay?"

  • 2023
    "The Chicago Cubs interviewed Miami Marlins 1B coach Jon Jay to become their bench coach, but the Cubs have now decided to go in a different direction."

  • 2022
    "Former big leaguer Jon Jay has signed on as first base and outfield coach with the Marlins, per Katie Woo of The Athletic."

  • 2021
    "The Angels announced that they have signed veteran outfielder Jon Jay to a minor league contract with an invitation to big league camp."

  • 2020
    "In an MLB season short of celebrations, Jon Jay achieves a veteran's milestone"

  • 2019
    "Report: White Sox seriously discussing Jon Jay"

  • 2018
    "com’s Joe Frisaro, who names free agents Melky Cabrera, Jon Jay and Jose Bautista as possibilities (though Jay isn’t atop their list, Frisaro notes)."

  • 2017
    "Pinch-hitter Jon Jay smacked a game-tying three-run homer in the sixth inning and rookie Ian Happ hit a tiebreaking two-run single in the seventh to lift the Cubs to a 7-3 victory over the Rays on Wednesday at Wrigley Field and split the Interleague series."

  • 2016
    "The Cubs have agreed to a one-year deal with outfielder Jon Jay, the team announced on Tuesday."

  • 2015
    "A half-inning after the Reds squandered a bases-loaded opportunity against Adam Wainwright, the Cardinals capitalized on a leadoff double by Jon Jay to break a tie and position themselves for a series-sweeping 2-1 win at Busch Stadium on Sunday night."

  • 2014
    "Jon Jay will have his left wrist scoped on Wednesday in order to address an injury that occurred about three months ago."

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Jon Jay trade rumors, contract, salary rumors

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  • MLB Playoffs: Bobby Witt Jr., Royals looking to make their mark on the postseason
    • MLB Playoffs: Bobby Witt Jr., Royals looking to make their mark on the postseason
    Bobby Witt Jr’s MVP-like performance helped push the Royals back to the postseason. Kauffman Stadium was built for speed. Ironically, that wasn’t the intent. When the stadium was constructed for the 1973 season, the team anticipated home runs would go up since the dimensions were actually smaller than their previous home at Municipal Stadium, where hitters had to smack a ball 360 feet down the le...2024
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  • Today in White Sox History: February 19
    • Today in White Sox History: February 19
    On this day 39 years ago the White Sox dumped Roy Smalley, who had come at a cost of Doug Drabek. | Focus on Sport/Getty Images Not quite a Swisher series of deals, but not a great pair, either 1985 The White Sox traded Roy Smalley back to his longtime Minnesota Twins for minor league outfielder Ron Scheer and DH Randy Johnson. An all-time terrible trade had heralded Smalley’s arrival, a...2024
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  • Royals trade partner history: The Diamondbacks
    • Royals trade partner history: The Diamondbacks
    Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images Who have the Royals sent to the desert? This is a series that looks back at their trade history with each team in baseball. The first two entries featured trades with the Braves and Cubs. Today, we’ll look back at the history of trades between the Royals and the Arizona Diamondbacks. Total number of Royals/Diamondbacks trades: 19 The Diamondbacks have o...2024

Jon Jay stats and results

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  • • Bird App Recap: Angels 4, White Sox 2
    @BenChiTownKid98 And just like that, the Pale Hose fall to 13 under The White Sox go against Shohei the pitcher and hitter tonight in Anaheim. Let’s see if they can tie up the series with this lineup. Tonight's #WhiteSox starters vs. the Angels: pic.twitter.com/YJT9R87MSu— Chicago White Sox (@whitesox) June 27, 2023 Some White Sox Twitter friends made it out to the game. With my b...2023
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  • • Avoiding the Blurbstomp – Super Two for Super Dudes
    Yesterday I was looking at my team, specifically at the NA players that my league doesn’t have a slot for, and saw Vidal Brujan and Jarren Duran smiling back at me. Edward Olivares waved at me and happily shed his NA skin, just so he could go 0-3 for me Sunday afternoon. It’s better than accumulating stats that don’t count, or, in the case of Jarren Duran, getting advice from Major League Baseball...2021
  • • Angels Release Jon Jay, Jesse Chavez
    The Angels have released outfielder Jon Jay and right-hander Jesse Chavez from their minor league contracts, per a club announcement. Both are once again free agents. As Fabian Ardaya of The Athletic points out, Jay’s release makes it quite likely that Juan Lagares, another non-roster veteran in camp with the Halos, will make the club as a…...2021
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  • • Market notes: Alex Cobb, Mike Moustakas, Jon Jay
    Several reporters have turned their gazes back on the more confounding free-agent market in recent memory, chronicling some of the more incongruous results and providing additional reporting on how it all unfolded. We’ll run through some of the key points here: It’s always worth remembering that free agency is a game that features plenty of variability and would never (theoretically) be played the...2018
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  • • Outfielder Jon Jay throws scoreless inning for Cubs, uses 46-mph pitch
    The Chicago Cubs were getting blown out by the Milwaukee Brewers by enough of a margin on Thursday that Joe Maddon decided to let one of his position players close out the game. And sure enough, Jon Jay ended up pitching better than many of the team’s other pitchers.Jay, who typically plays outfield for the Cubs, pitched the top of the 9th inning in an 11-2 loss. He threw 16 pitches — 10 for strik...2017
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  • • Cubs Could Promote Ian Happ
    The Cubs could promote top prospect Ian Happ as a short-term replacement today as a result of injuries to Addison Russell, Jon Jay and Kris Bryant, Carrie Muskat of MLB.com’s tweets. Russell is currently listed as day-to-day with shoulder soreness. Jay left yesterday’s game due to back spasms, and Bryant sat out yesterday due to…...2017
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  • • Cubs Now in Prime Position to Use Checkbook to Magnify Future Dominance
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  • • Early Predictions for Top 2017 Spring Training Position Battles
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  • • How Good Can Cubs Offense Be If Jason Heyward Returns from Dead in 2017?
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  • White Sox 9, Rays 4: The Martín Maldonado Game
    • White Sox 9, Rays 4: The Martín Maldonado Game
    Martín Maldonado’s huge home run. | Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images Did Tommy Pham’s arrival fix him? I don’t mean to alarm you, but the White Sox have won their fourth game, this time at home and against the Rays. Chris Flexen looked great on the mound tonight and the offense finally decided to help its pitcher. Right off the bat, pun not intended, Nicky Lopez and Tommy Pham started the hit...2024
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  • Royals 2, White Sox 0: This team might not be any good
    • Royals 2, White Sox 0: This team might not be any good
    Pedro Grifol: The scapegoat, or the real problem? | Jason Miller/Getty Images I’m struggling to find anything witty to say these days The White Sox had a team meeting this afternoon, however, Pedro Grifol didn’t feel the need to elaborate on what was said. I’m sure it’s exactly what the team needed to get pumped up, though, right? Wrong! What?? A loss after the big team meeting? I’m st...2024
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  • • Cubs score 7 straight runs to rally past Rays
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  • • Cardinals come through late, complete sweep of Reds
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  • • Cubs sign outfielder Jay to 1-year contract
    The Cubs have agreed to a one-year deal with outfielder Jon Jay, the team announced on Tuesday. Chicago did not disclose the terms of the deal....2016
  • • Cards land Gyorko, deal Jay to Padres
    The Cardinals have addressed their need for a utility infielder by acquiring Jedd Gyorko from the Padres on Tuesday for outfielder Jon Jay. The Padres will send about $7.5 million to the Cardinals in the deal, according to a source....2015
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  • • Cards land Gyorko, deal Jay to Padres
    The Cardinals have addressed their need for a utility infielder by acquiring Jedd Gyorko from the Padres on Tuesday for outfielder Jon Jay. The Padres will send about $7.5 million to the Cardinals in the deal, according to a source....2015
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  • • Syndergaard better, but Mets fall to Padres
    Drew Pomeranz lowered his ERA to 2.12 and leadoff hitter Jon Jay had three hits Friday as the Padres topped the Mets, 2-0....2016
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  • • Pomeranz, Jay shine as Padres top Mets
    Drew Pomeranz lowered his ERA to 2.12 and leadoff hitter Jon Jay had three hits Friday as the Padres topped the Mets, 2-0....2016
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  • • Jay grateful for time spent with Cardinals
    Though excited about the destination ahead, Jon Jay, in saying goodbye to the professional organization in which he grew up over the last decade, fought mixed emotions upon learning Tuesday that he had been traded to the Padres....2015

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  • • Barry Bonds in Twilight: Reemerging to a Less Judgmental Generation
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