As per Trevor Plouffe on the Baseball Today podcast with Chris Rose, Gimenez's addition to the Toronto diamond will immensely help shortstop Bo Bichette. The young SS had a below par season in 2024 and is looking to get back into All-Star callibre form. As per Plouffe, Gimenez's partnership will significantly hone Bichette's skills.

Myles Straw had become an afterthought for the Cleveland Guardians after barely appearing with them during the 2024 MLB season.

They traded Gold Glove second baseman Andrés Giménez to the Blue Jays at the winter meetings to get out from under the almost $100 million they owed him. They continued the pattern on Friday by sending another Gold Glove defender, Myles Straw, to Toronto for a player to be named.

Toronto acquired $2 million in international signing bonus pool allocation from the Cleveland Guardians that could be used in its pursuit of Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki as part of a trade that also brought underperforming outfielder Myles Straw to the Blue Jays.

An outstanding defensive infielder, Gabriel Arias may get a chance to initially win the second base job for the Guardians.

The Cleveland Guardians have had a solid offseason. Still, they have holes to fill and positions and roles to address before the start of the season. Their biggest needs, however, are on the offensive side.

As the Blue Jays wait for Roki Sasaki's final decision, they swung a trade with the Guardians for an intriguing outfielder.

The transaction, announced by the Guardians on X, also includes the transfer of international bonus pool space to Toronto.

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Toronto’s bid for Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki ended late last week when the right-hander signed with the Dodgers. But just before Sasaki announced his decision, Cleveland was able to leverage the Blue Jays' eagerness to add international signing pool money in order to get out from under Myles Straw’s bad contract.

Cleveland has traded veteran center fielder Myles Straw to Toronto after three-plus seasons with the Guardians organization.

Andrés Giménez has been the Blue Jays' biggest addition so far this offseason, and the former Guardians infielder could continue his Gold Glove streak in 2025.

Toronto got $2 million in international signing bonus pool allocation from Cleveland that could have been used in their ultimately fruitless bid for Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki as part of a deal Friday that also brought outfielder Myles Straw to Toronto.