2023 Toronto Blue Jays season

The 2023 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's 47th season in Major League Baseball, and 32nd full season (34th overall) at Rogers Centre. They started the season on the road against the St. Louis Cardinals on March 30, and finished the season at home against the Tampa Bay Rays on October 1.

The schedule was revised de-emphasizing divisional play by shifting over twenty games to interleague play. Toronto played each divisional opponent in four series, two home and two away, down from six. Those eight series were added to the interleague schedule where the Blue Jays played each National League team once except for the Philadelphia Phillies, which they played both home and away.

With their victory over the Colorado Rockies on September 1, the Blue Jays became the first team in MLB history to beat every opposing team at least once in a single season.

The Blue Jays clinched a playoff spot in the 2023 postseason on September 30, when the visiting Texas Rangers defeated the Seattle Mariners. The Blue Jays returned to the postseason for the second consecutive season and the third in four years, missing the 2021 postseason by one game. They lost in two games in the American League Wild Card Series to the Minnesota Twins at Target Field.

Previous season
The 2022 Blue Jays finished 2nd in the AL East, to the New York Yankees, with a record of 92–70 (.556). They qualified for the postseason, but lost in two games in the Wild Card Series to the Seattle Mariners.

Departing free agents

 * On November 6, 2022: RHP David Phelps & RHP Ross Stripling elected free agency
 * On November 7, 2022: OF Jackie Bradley Jr. elected free agency
 * On November 10, 2022: LHP Trey Cumbie, RHP José De León, RHP Jake Elliott, C Ryan Gold, RHP Casey Lawrence, RHP Brady Lail, RHP Elvis Luciano, INF Eric Stamets, OF Yoshi Tsutsugo & RHP Eric Yardley elected free agency
 * On November 15, 2022: LHP Foster Griffin was released
 * On November 18, 2022: INF Vinny Capra, OF Raimel Tapia & OF Bradley Zimmer elected free agency
 * On February 6, 2023: LHP Matt Gage was released

Trades

 * On November 16, 2022: Acquired RHP Erik Swanson and LHP prospect Adam Macko from the Seattle Mariners in exchange for OF Teoscar Hernández
 * On December 23, 2022: Acquired OF Daulton Varsho from the Arizona Diamondbacks in exchange for OF Lourdes Gurriel Jr. and C Gabriel Moreno
 * On January 10, 2023: Acquired RHP Zach Thompson from the Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for OF Chavez Young

Waiver transactions

 * On November 9, 2022: LHP Tayler Saucedo claimed off waivers by the New York Mets
 * On December 23, 2022: RHP Anthony Kay claimed off waivers by the Chicago Cubs
 * On January 5, 2023: RHP Junior Fernández claimed off waivers from the New York Yankees
 * On January 17, 2023: RHP Julian Merryweather claimed off waivers by the Chicago Cubs
 * On February 13, 2023: LHP Matt Gage claimed off release waivers by the Houston Astros

Free agent signings

 * On November 19, 2022: Signed INF Vinny Capra to a minor league contract
 * On December 15, 2022: Signed OF Kevin Kiermaier to a one-year, $9 million deal
 * On December 16, 2022: Signed RHP Chris Bassitt to a three-year, $63 million deal
 * On December 30, 2022: Signed RHP Casey Lawrence to a minor league contract
 * On January 6, 2023: Signed C Rob Brantly, RHP Julian Fernández, LHP Paul Fry & RHP Drew Hutchison to minor league contracts.
 * On January 10, 2023: Signed INF Brandon Belt to a one-year, $9.3 million deal Signed RHP Nathan Witt to a minor league contract.
 * On January 15, 2023: Signed RHP Samuel Acuna, LHP Andersson Barvosa, OF Emmanuel Bonilla, RHP Samuel Colmenares, C Ivan Gomez, LHP Eduar Gonzalez, OF David Guzman, INF Adrian Meza, INF Jarold Montealto, RHP Sann Omasako, OF Daniel Perez & C Juan Rosas as international free agents, to minor league contracts.
 * On January 20, 2023: Signed OF Wynton Bernard to a minor league contract.
 * On January 23, 2023: Signed OF Cawrin Salcedo to a minor league contract.
 * On January 30, 2023: Signed RHP Chad Green to a two-year, $8.5 million deal.
 * On January 31, 2023: Signed C Jamie Ritchie to a minor league contract.
 * On February 11, 2023: Signed RHP Luke Bard to a minor league contract.

Coaching changes

 * On November 30, 2022: Don Mattingly joined the Toronto Blue Jays as Bench Coach.
 * On January 15, 2023: Bullpen Coach Matt Buschmann resigns from the Toronto Blue Jays.
 * On January 31, 2023: David Howell and Jeff Ware joined the Toronto Blue Jays as Pitching Strategist and Bullpen Coach respectively.

2023 draft
The 2023 Major League Baseball draft began on July 9 and concluded on July 11. The Blue Jays forfeited their second round selection by signing Chris Bassitt in the offseason.

Statistics
Note: Team leaders in each category are in bold.

Batting
''Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; Ref. = Reference''

Pitching
''Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; WHIP = Walks + hits per inning pitched; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts; Ref. = Reference'' Note: Bassitt, Berríos, and Gausman WHIP was calculated to 3 decimal points to determine the team leader in WHIP, Bassitt led the team in WHIP.