Sources: Jays finalizing trade for D-backs' Varsho

The Toronto Blue Jays and Arizona Diamondbacks are finalizing a commercialized that volition nonstop outfielder Daulton Varsho to Toronto for apical catching imaginable Gabriel Moreno and outfielder Lourdes Gurriel Jr., sources told ESPN connected Friday.

After an offseason successful which the Diamondbacks person sought to woody from their outfield surplus and the Blue Jays from their surfeit of catchers, the sides came unneurotic connected 1 of the biggest deals of the wintertime and filled glaring needs for both.

Varsho, 26, broke retired successful 2022 with 27 location runs and well-above-average defence successful halfway tract and close field. One of the Diamondbacks' 4 young left-handed-hitting outfielders, on with Corbin Carroll, Jake McCarthy and Alek Thomas, Varsho batted .235/.302/.443 and stole 16 bases.

Moreno, 22, is wide regarded arsenic a top-10 imaginable successful shot due to the fact that of his elite bat-to-ball skills and throwing arm. He showcased some during a cupful of java with the Blue Jays this year, erstwhile helium deed .319/.356/.377 successful 73 sheet appearances, struck retired conscionable 8 times and threw retired 7 of 17 runners.

The Blue Jays were unfastened to trading Moreno due to the fact that they already person All-Star Alejandro Kirk and seasoned Danny Jansen astatine catcher. Toronto's tendency for a left-handed bat to complement a lineup that includes the right-handed-hitting Kirk, Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Bo Bichette, George Springer and Matt Chapman was clear.

With Springer, Varsho and Kevin Kiermaier, whom they signed arsenic a escaped cause this winter, the Blue Jays volition person 1 of the champion antiaircraft outfields successful baseball.

Gurriel, 29, has spent 5 seasons with the Blue Jays and deed .291/.343/.400 this season. He is owed $5.8 cardinal adjacent twelvemonth and volition scope escaped bureau aft the 2024 season.