Eventually, the 2024 Blue Jays sank, while the 2025 Blue Jays got hot and nearly won the whole damn thing. This year has been a bit different, as the team has seen injury after injury. At this point, it’s two steps forward, one step back, but still, the Jays are currently in a playoff spot and within striking distance of winning the American League East (nine games back).
García hurled just nine innings for the Mariners before being shut down for the season due to injury. The following off-season, García joined the Blue Jays and will be huge for their bullpen in his impending return.
As for the return, it’s been best described as “okay”. Clase was the big piece coming back, mixing an interesting blend of power, speed, and defence. He’s yet to really show that in big league games with the Blue Jays.
In his 135 plate appearances with the Blue Jays, Clase is slashing just .233/.313/.342 with three home runs, good for an 89 wRC+. Now, one of those home runs was a big one, as Clase hit a ninth inning home run of Ryan Helsley with the Jays down 4-3 to the St. Louis Cardinals in early June, 2025.
That said, his minor league numbers haven’t been particularly encouraging either. The switch-hitting outfielder was a league-average hitter in Triple-A in 2025, slashing .255/.335/.403 with seven home runs in 352 plate appearances.
Through 46 games with the Bisons in 2026, he’s slashing .206/313/.336 with four home runs and six doubles in 184 plate appearances, but had a three-hit game on Saturday. It’s also worth noting that Clase missed about a month due to injury this season, so that hasn’t helped.
At just 24 years old, it’s still early to give up on the switch-hitting outfield, but he needs to start showing that blend of speed, defence, and power sooner rather than later, because the clock is ticking.
The other player in the trade is Jacob Sharp. Before the trade, Sharp was slashing .255//339/.435 with six home runs in 191 plate appearances with the Mariners’ High-A team. Post-trade, he made the short drive up the Pacific Coast to join the Vancouver Canadians, where he hit an additional three home runs in 96 plate appearances.
His 2025 was spent in Double-A, but he slashed just .161/.271/.206 with a home run in 209 plate appearances, good for a 50 wRC+. Even worse was his 27.8 K%, a drastic rise from his 10.5 K% the season before.
Returning to the Canadians for the 2026 season, the 24-year-old catcher has gotten off to a terrific start, slashing .271/.350/.496 with six home runs 158 plate appearances in his 35 games so far. On top of hitting two-thirds of his career-best home run total, Sharp has also hit 10 doubles and a triple.
The California native is still in the role of a minor league depth catcher, and he’s old for the High-A level, but if he can hit like he has to start this season upon his return to Double-A, he’ll be a prospect worth monitoring in the coming seasons.
In the end, the Jays won this trade due to the fact that they were able to re-sign García later in the off-season. The prospects haven’t made their mark quite yet, but Clase still has potential and Sharp is off to a good start, so it could get even better if at least one of those prospects hit in the future.