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- Updated: July 25, 2016
TORONTO — The countdown to this year’s non-waiver Trade Deadline is officially on as teams across the Major Leagues have seven days to make changes to their roster without having to worry about waivers.
The Deadline is set to hit Aug. 1 at 4 p.m. ET, when the Blue Jays will be in Houston to open a series against the Astros. Some major moves have been made, with the latest coming Monday when the Yankees dealt elite closer Aroldis Chapman to the Cubs for top prospects.
Toronto was never in the running for Chapman, but the club is exploring ways to upgrade its bullpen. The Blue Jays hope a return to form from lefty Brett Cecil will help, and Aaron Sanchez could still be heading there, too, but if he does, it would leave a hole in the rotation. Either way, pitching is the priority.
“We definitely like this lineup, there’s no doubt about that,” Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said. “It’s a good lineup. I don’t know what you could do to improve it, to be honest with you. Maybe there is somebody, but it would have to be a big-impact guy, I would think.
“Everybody needs pitching. You can always use some …
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