Blue Jays trade Kevin Gausman to Cubs

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The Toronto Blue Jays traded right-hander Kevin Gausman to the Chicago Cubs for outfielder Brett Bateman and infielder Ty Southisene, multiple reports including Mitch Bannon and Ken Rosenthal on X said. Cubs prospect rankings cited in posts list Southisene as Chicago’s No. 13 prospect and Bateman as No. 21, and the Blue Jays’ announcement named the two prospects with no mention of cash considerations, indicating the Cubs will pay Gausman’s remaining salary. Commenters noted the return looked light for a veteran of Gausman’s profile and called the move effectively a short-term rental. Multiple posts praised Gausman’s character and tenure in Toronto, calling him a “model player” and highlighting his four and two-thirds years of impact after signing a five-year deal. Coverage identified the Cubs adding rotation depth down the stretch and the Blue Jays acquiring two lower-level prospects in exchange.

Keegan Matheson

@keeganmatheson.bsky.social

I rarely comment on departing players, but Kevin Gausman is different. A thoughtful, reliable and impressive person to cover. All of the reasons #BlueJays fans were drawn to Gausman are genuine and real. Model player, model representative of this organization. He did it right.

2954h ago

sarahjeannette🇨🇦🇨🇦8

Maybe we will get him back after the season…this trade makes me so sad

John Boucher4

Kick ass "Girl Dad" and solid family man!

David Branch3

I’ll definitely be backing the Cubs as my NL team to beat the evil empire.

TraceeO3

And the Jays tossed him for peanuts

Jim Swanson3

As a Cubs fan, I feel really lucky. Always liked Kevin. Remember him pitching for The Orioles.

Jim Van Allen 🇨🇦2

And they are trading him. Make that okay. Canada needs another baseball team.

Tao of Stieb

@taoofstieb.bsky.social

I figured when the Jays signed Kevin Gausman that giving a five-year deal to a 30 year-old starter, you hope to get three good years. He gave 4 and 2/3s, plus last year’s postseason, and was fun to watch and easy to root for. Forever a good dude. Forever a Blue Jay.

1293h ago

Tao of Stieb21

And all of this throwing 2 and 1/2 pitches.

Iain3

I hope they resign him

Dave Heikkila2

The best FA signing the team has made in my time as a fan. He’s the best

Joshua Hind

@joshuahind.bsky.social

This is the take. The offense let Gaus down in the postseason last year, wasting great start after great start, and they did it again all season this year. After all that, he still wanted to stay. Think about that for a minute. The only guy who doesn't wear this failure is Kevin Gausman.

455h ago

Greg Huss

@outofthevines.bsky.social

My write-ups on the Cubs prospects going to the Toronto Blue Jays in the Kevin Gausman trade. Brett Bateman (20th) Ty Southisene (24th)

305h ago

derek

@derek.bsky.social

Kevin Gausman will forever be a #Bluejay. One of the best signings in team history, and he’s carried us through the last 5 years, and was a pivotal player in 2025. Cubs, you have a good one. Treat him well, and hopefully it’s not the last time Gausman wears a Jays uniform.

334h ago

Keith Law

@keithlaw.bsky.social

two more trade writeups - Luis Garcia Jr to the Yankees: www.nytimes.com/athletic/748... Kevin Gausman to the Cubs for not much: www.nytimes.com/athletic/748...

314h ago

Jon Lai1

Thanks for the write-ups! It's a good time for the craft of non-fiction.

KUNA1

Garcia's move makes sense, but Gausman's trade feels like a desperation play

Aaron Gleeman

@aarongleeman.bsky.social

This seems like a surprisingly light return for Kevin Gausman, even as a two-month rental. It's always tough to compare across different farm systems, but the Twins might have been better off trying to beat this than making the Dean Kremer deal.

274h ago

Mike Wilner

@wilnerness.bsky.social

Spoke to Daulton Varsho before today's #Bluejays win. He's not thinking about the trade deadline because he still believes #Jays will make the playoffs:

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Rick City5

I've seen a lot of fans online say it would be a disaster if the team didn't trade expiring contracts and then still missed the playoffs. I obviously think that would be less than ideal, but I don't think it's disastrous. I almost feel like they should go for it because why not? The AL is weak...

Archie Goodwin1

Well they are only four games out and it’s not like they’re chasing the 27 Yankees for the final spot. I still believe they’ll make it.

Ben Nicholson-Smith

@bnsbaseball.bsky.social

Blue Jays announce the Kevin Gausman deal Brett Bateman & Ty Southisene coming back No mention of cash considerations, meaning Cubs are paying Gausman’s remaining salary

183h ago

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Tao of Stieb17

Given that the Jays are still playing to packed houses and doing decent numbers on TV, you’d hope they’d eat some salary to improve the returns.

Gord Randall4

Luis Castillo has been worse by literally every metric this season, and he returned an actual big league reliever and a real C/OF prospect. Just brutal work by the front office.

Dan Bernstein

@danbernstein.bsky.social

The #Cubs land Kevin Gausman for a couple ok prospects? Get more pitching, then. A live Off the Ivy on @312sportschi.bsky.social. Links in replies.

144h ago

TFTwins

@tftwins.bsky.social

My Twins prospect comp to the package that landed Kevin Gausman: Gabriel Gonzalez and your pick of either Ben Ross or Yasser Mercedes Heck, I'd have been happy to have done that deal for all three of them.

144h ago

Jeremiah Graves2

Gausman was very, very gettable and would've been a pretty solid fit

Rachel Jade 🏳️‍⚧️2

Makes it a lot harder to defend yesterday’s trade, that’s for sure

Matt Trueblood

@matrueblood.bsky.social

Fully updated initial story on #Cubs adding Kevin Gausman: the profile, the plan for the rotation, the money, the prospects, what's next. Join us @northsidebaseball.com to chat about it all: northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/...

55h ago

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Jason Ross2

This is an A+ trade. Period. The Cubs gave up two prospects with 20 grade power (and bench possibilities at the highest level) for a rental SP who's xFIP is on par with Joe Ryan. Fantastic trade. Now do more.

Toronto Blue Jays

@bluejaysbot.bsky.social

OFFICIAL: We've acquired OF Brett Bateman & INF Ty Southisene from the Cubs in exchange for RHP Kevin Gausman.

53h ago

TSN

@tsnofficial.bsky.social

Here are the details of the trade that sent Kevin Gausman to Chicago. The Blue Jays acquire INF Ty Southisene, Cubs No. 13 prospect per MLBPipeline and OF Brett Bateman, Cubs No. 21. (H/T Mark Feinsand)

95h ago

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Chris Otto (Papergreat)2

I wonder if this means the Phillies / Toronto talks are mostly off. IMO no sense sending stuff there for package deal if it's not led by Gausman. ... Hopefully Phillies are deep in talks with Seattle.

Neil

@neilforreal.bsky.social

Kevin Gausman was a huge part of a Blue Jays team that came within a whisker of winning the World Series. Toronto will welcome him home forever. 🥺 🤝👋

75h ago

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sportsethos.comBlue Jays ship away Kevin Gausman to the Cubs in exchange for two prospects per @MitchBannon, @Ken_Rosenthal on X

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