{"id":846979,"date":"2026-08-05T12:44:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T12:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/846979\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T12:44:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T12:44:11","slug":"toronto-blue-jays-get-5m-from-chicago-cubs-for-jameson-taillon-send-3-75m-to-cubs-in-jeff-hoffman-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/846979\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto Blue Jays get $5M from Chicago Cubs for Jameson Taillon; send $3.75M to Cubs in Jeff Hoffman deal"},"content":{"rendered":"

The New York Mets<\/a> will pay more than $8.1 million to Pittsburgh as part of this week\u2019s trade that sent pitcher Luke Weaver<\/a> to the Pirates for minor league infielder Sammy Stafura, covering most of the nearly $13.4 million remaining on the right-hander\u2019s contract.<\/p>\n

Pittsburgh will in effect pay Weaver just $229,412 this year, a prorated share of the $780,000 minimum salary. Weaver had $2,352,941 remaining of his $8 million salary for 2026 at the time of Monday\u2019s trade and the Mets will pay the Pirates four installments of $530,882 on Aug. 24 and 28, and Sept. 11 and 25, according to trade details obtained by The Associated Press.<\/p>\n

New York will pay the Pirates $6 million next year, offsetting most of his $11 million salary for 2027. The Mets owe $500,000 each on April 2, 6 and 30; May 14 and 28; June 11 and 25; July 9 and 23; Aug. 6 and 20; and Sept. 3.<\/p>\n

In all, the Mets will give the Pirates $8,123,529. Weaver\u2019s $22 million, two-year contract had $13,352,941 left at the time of the trade.<\/p>\n

Jameson Taillon<\/a> from Cubs to Blue Jays<\/p>\n

Chicago agreed to pay $4,956,791 to Toronto as part of Sunday\u2019s trade that sent the right-hander to the Blue Jays for a player to be named.<\/p>\n

Taillon had $5,390,374 left from his $18 million salary in the final season of a $68 million, four-year contract, leaving Toronto in effect responsible for $433,583. He had been designated for assignment.<\/p>\n

Chicago will pay Toronto $1,239,197 each on Aug. 14 and 28, and Sept. 11, and $1,239,200 on Sept. 25.<\/p>\n

Robbie Ray<\/a> from Giants to Padres<\/p>\n

San Francisco will pay San Diego $4,176,471, leaving the Padres in effect responsible for $3,176,470 of the remaining $7,352,941 of the left-hander\u2019s $25 million salary. The 2021 AL Cy Young Award winner is in the final season of a $115 million, five-year contract.<\/p>\n

Right-hander Miguel Mendez<\/a> and shortstop Joniel Hernandez went to the Giants as part of Monday\u2019s trade. San Francisco owes $1,044,118 installments on Aug. 14 and 31, and Sept. 14, and $1,044,117 on Sept. 30.<\/p>\n

Jeff Hoffman<\/a> from Blue Jays to Twins<\/p>\n

Toronto will pay Minnesota $3.75 million to offset part of the reliever\u2019s $11 million salary in 2027, the final season of a $33 million, three-year contract. <\/p>\n

Minnesota will receive $625,000 on the first of each month from April through August. The Twins took on $3,235,294 remaining of his $11 million salary this year as part of Monday\u2019s trade that sent right-hander John Klein<\/a>, left-hander Dasan Hill and infielder Dameury Pena to Toronto. The Blue Jays also receive $250,000 in international signing bonus allotment.<\/p>\n

Daulton Varsho<\/a> from Blue Jays to Astros<\/p>\n

Toronto is paying Houston $1,609,626 as part of Monday\u2019s deal in which the Astros dealt right-hander Spencer Arrighetti<\/a> to the Blue Jays.<\/p>\n

Varsho was owed $3,161,765 from his $10.75 million salary. The Blue Jays will make payments of $804,813 each on Aug. 21 and Sept. 27.<\/p>\n

Camilo Doval<\/a> from Yankees to Pirates<\/p>\n

New York is paying Pittsburgh $1,109,358 as part of Saturday\u2019s trade that sent catcher Omar Alfonzo and minor league outfielder Luis Cruz to the Yankees for the former All-Star reliever.<\/p>\n

Doval had $1,859,358 remaining from his $6.1 million salary, leaving the Pirates in effect responsible for $750,000. The Yankees will make payments of $221,872 each on Aug. 14 and 29, Sept. 11 and 25, and Oct. 9.<\/p>\n

Seranthony Dom\u00ednguez from White Sox to Mariners<\/p>\n

As part of Saturday\u2019s trade that sent three-time All-Star right-hander Luis Castillo<\/a> from Chicago to Seattle, the White Sox took on a contingent obligation in the contract of Dom\u00ednguez.<\/p>\n

Chicago would pay Seattle $610,000 on Jan. 14, 2028, if the $13 million mutual option for 2028 in Dom\u00ednguez\u2019s contract is declined, which would trigger a $2 million buyout.<\/p>\n

Dom\u00ednguez had $2,133,690 remaining from a $7 million salary this season, the first in a $20 million, two-year contract.<\/p>\n

Seattle also received catcher Boston Smith and outfielder Nolan Jones<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Jake Rogers<\/a> from Orioles to Red Sox<\/p>\n

As part of Monday\u2019s trade that sent catcher Adley Rutschman<\/a> from Baltimore to Boston, the Orioles included catcher Jake Rogers<\/a> and will pay the Red Sox $667,647 on Oct. 1.<\/p>\n

Rogers was owed $897,059 of his $3.05 million salary, leaving him to cost the Red Sox in effect a prorated share of the minimum.<\/p>\n

Baltimore received catcher Carlos Narv\u00e1ez, right-handers Anthony Eyanson and Kyson Witherspoon, outfielder Enddy Azocar, and a player to be named or cash.<\/p>\n

In other trades involving international signing bonus pool allocation:<\/p>\n

\u2014 The Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a> sent $250,000 in allocation and outfielder Jack Suwinski<\/a> to Tampa Bay for catcher Hunter Feduccia<\/a> and right-hander Jacob Kmatz.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Pittsburgh acquired right-hander Ron Marinaccio<\/a> from San Diego for $500,000 in allocation, then designated the pitcher for assignment.<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

AP MLB: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/mlb<\/p>\n

Ronald Blum, The Associated Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New York Mets will pay more than $8.1 million to Pittsburgh as part of this week\u2019s trade…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":846980,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,462,82],"class_list":["post-846979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/846979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=846979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/846979\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/846980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=846979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=846979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=846979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}