2014 Toronto Blue Jays season

The 2014 Toronto Blue Jays season was the 38th season for the franchise, and the 25th full season of play (26th overall) at Rogers Centre. Pitcher Roy Halladay signed a one-day contract with the Blue Jays before retiring from baseball, citing injuries.

The Blue Jays announced their 2014 schedule on September 10, 2013.

Standings American League East

American League Wild Card

Records vs opponents

Record Games Left Opponent Home Road Total Home Road Total AL East Baltimore Orioles 4–5 4–6 8–11 – – – Boston Red Sox 5–5 7–2 12–7 – – – New York Yankees 5–4 3–7 8–11 – – – Tampa Bay Rays 5–4 6–4 11–8 – – –Totals 19–18 20–19 39–37 – – – AL Central Chicago White Sox 1–3 1–2 2–5 – – – Cleveland Indians 2–1 2–1 4–2 – – – Detroit Tigers 2–1 3–0 5–1 – – – Kansas City Royals 2–2 1–2 3–4 – – – Minnesota Twins 1–2 1–2 2–4 – – –Totals 8–9 8–7 16–16 – – – AL West Houston Astros 2–1 1–3 3–4 – – – Los Angeles Angels 1–3 1–2 2–5 – – – Oakland Athletics 3–0 0–4 3–4 – – – Seattle Mariners 3–1 0–3 3–4 – – – Texas Rangers 2–1 2–1 4–2 – – –Totals 11–6 4–13 15–19 – – – National League Chicago Cubs 3–0 – 3–0 – – – Cincinnati Reds – 1–2 1–2 – – – Milwaukee Brewers 2–0 1–1 3–1 – – – Philadelphia Phillies 2–0 2–0 4–0 – – – Pittsburgh Pirates – 1–2 1–2 – – – St. Louis Cardinals 1–2 – 1–2 – – –Totals 8–2 5–5 13–7 – – – Grand Totals 46–35 37–44 83–79 – – – Month Games Won Lost Pct. March 1 0 1 April 26 12 14 May 30 21 9 June 27 12 15 July 26 15 11 August 26 9 17 September 26 14 12 Totals 162 83 79

2014 draft The 2014 Major League Baseball draft was held on June 5–7. Round Pick Player Position College/School Nationality Signed 1 9 Jeff Hoffman RHP East Carolina University (NC) July 2, 2014 1 11* Max Pentecost C Kennesaw State University (GA) July 2, 2014 2 49 Sean Reid-Foley RHP Sandalwood High School (FL) June 10, 2014 3 83 Nick Wells LHP Battlefield High School (VA) June 18, 2014 4 114 Matt Morgan C Thorsby High School (AL) June 8, 2014 5 144 Lane Thomas RF Bearden High School (TN) June 10, 2014 6 174 Grayson Huffman LHP Grayson County College (TX) June 18, 2014 7 204 Zack Zehner LF California Polytechnic State University (CA) Unsigned 8 234 Justin Shafer RHP University of Florida (FL) June 8, 2014 9 264 Ryan Metzler 2B University of South Carolina Aiken (SC) June 12, 2014 10 294 Jordan Romano RHP Oral Roberts University (OK) June 12, 2014

– Toronto received the 11th overall pick in the 2014 draft as compensation for not signing Phillip Bickford in 2013.

Regular season Summary The Blue Jays started the year, like most years in the past 10, in mediocre fashion, ending the month of April with a record of 12 wins and 15 losses, 3 games behind the Eastern division leaders. The month of May was a different story; they won 21 games and lost 9, taking over sole possession of the division lead on May 22. The month was memorable for a 9-game winning streak which included series sweeps over the Boston Red Sox (away), the Oakland A's (at home) and the Tampa Bay Rays (at home). Edwin Encarnación hit 16 home runs during the month, tying an American League record for homers in May, set by Mickey Mantle in 1956. Between May 15 and June 6, the Blue Jays won 18 out of 21 to climb into their largest division lead, at any point of the season, since 1993. However, from June 7 to June 30 the Jays won only 7 more games versus 15 losses. As of June 30, they were just 6 games above .500, but still held onto a 1 game lead in their division.

The Blue Jays had three All Stars in 2014: José Bautista, Mark Buehrle, and Edwin Encarnación.

On July 26, the Blue Jays ended a streak of 17 consecutive losses in games against the Yankees at Yankee Stadium. On August 10, the Blue Jays played the longest game in franchise history in terms of both time and innings, defeating the Detroit Tigers 6–5 after 19 innings. After a poor August, Toronto opened September with its first series win in Tampa Bay since April 6–8, 2007. They would go on to complete the sweep, their first at Tropicana Field. Top prospect Daniel Norris made his MLB debut on September 5, striking out David Ortiz in his of an inning.

On September 23, the Blue Jays were officially eliminated from playoff contention. The Kansas City Royals clinched a playoff spot on September 26, making the Blue Jays the owners of the longest active MLB playoff drought, until clinching a playoff berth the following year.

Legend Blue Jays Win Blue Jays Loss Game postponed

|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 1 || March 31 || @ Rays || 2–9 || Price (1–0) || Dickey (0–1) || || 31,042 || 0–1 || 1

|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 2 || April 1 || @ Rays || 4–2 || Hutchison (1–0) || Cobb (0–1) || Santos (1) || 11,113 || 1–1 || ½ |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 3 || April 2 || @ Rays || 3–0 || Buehrle (1–0) || Moore (0–1) || Cecil (1) || 10,808 || 2–1 || +½ |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 4 || April 3 || @ Rays || 2–7 || Archer (1–0) || Morrow (0–1) || || 9,571 || 2–2 || ½ |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 5 || April 4 || Yankees || 3–7 || Tanaka (1–0) || McGowan (0–1) || || 48,197 || 2–3 || 1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 6 || April 5 || Yankees || 4–0 || Dickey (1–1) || Pineda (0–1) || Santos (2) || 45,446 || 3–3 || 1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 7 || April 6 || Yankees || 4–6 || Sabathia (1–1) || Hutchison (1–1) || Robertson (2) || 34,067 || 3–4 || 1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 8 || April 8 || Astros || 5–2 || Buehrle (2–0) || Oberholtzer (0–2) || Santos (3) || 13,123 || 4–4 || ½ |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 9 || April 9 || Astros || 7–3 || Morrow (1–1) || Harrell (0–2) || || 13,569 || 5–4 || +½ |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 10 || April 10 || Astros || 4–6 || Keuchel (1–1) || Dickey (1–2) || Bass (1) || 15,778 || 5–5 || – |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 11 || April 11 || @ Orioles || 2–0 || McGowan (1–1) || Tillman (1–1) || Santos (4) || 22,327 || 6–5 || – |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 12 || April 12 || @ Orioles || 1–2 (12) || Britton (2–0) || Redmond (0–1) || || 30,446 || 6–6 || 1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 13 || April 13 || @ Orioles || 11–3 || Buehrle (3–0) || Jiménez (0–3) || || 39,281 || 7–6 || – |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 14 || April 15 || @ Twins || 9–3 || Loup (1–0) || Hughes (0–1) || || 21,818 || 8–6 || +½ |- style="text-align:center; background:#ccc;" | – || April 16 || @ Twins ||colspan="7" | Postponed (snow). Makeup date: April 17. |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 15 || April 17 || @ Twins || 0–7 || Gibson (3–0) || Dickey (1–3) || || 20,507 || 8–7 || 1½ |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 16 || April 17 || @ Twins || 5–9 || Fien (3–0) || Santos (0–1) || || 20,698 || 8–8 || 2 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 17 || April 18 || @ Indians || 3–2 || Delabar (1–0) || Rzepczynski (0–1) || Santos (5) || 16,335 || 9–8 || 1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 18 || April 19 || @ Indians || 5–0 || Buehrle (4–0) || Kluber (1–2) || || 15,188 || 10–8 || – |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 19 || April 20 || @ Indians || 4–6 || Outman (3–0) || Loup (1–1) || Axford (6) || 11,716 || 10–9 || 1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 20 || April 22 || Orioles || 9–3 || Delabar (2–0) || Meek (0–1) || || 14,866 || 11–9 || 1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 21 || April 23 || Orioles || 8–10 || Tillman (3–1) || Redmond (0–2) || Hunter (6) || 15,202 || 11–10 || 1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 22 || April 24 || Orioles || 4–11 || Norris (1–2) || Cecil (0–1) || || 16,283 || 11–11 || 2 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 23 || April 25 || Red Sox || 1–8 || Peavy (1–0) || Buehrle (4–1) || || 29,411 || 11–12 || 2 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 24 || April 26 || Red Sox || 6–7 || Buchholz (1–2) || Morrow (1–2) || Uehara (5) || 40,322 || 11–13 || 3 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 25 || April 27 || Red Sox || 7–1 || Dickey (2–3) || Lester (2–4) || || 45,260 || 12–13 || 3 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 26 || April 29 || @ Royals || 7–10 || Crow (1–1) || Cecil (0–2) || || 10,705 || 12–14 || 3 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 27 || April 30 || @ Royals || 2–4 || Herrera (1–1) || Hutchison (1–2) || Holland (7) || 11,715 || 12–15 || 3½

|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 28 || May 1 || @ Royals || 7–3 || Buehrle (5–1) || Guthrie (2–2) || Loup (1) || 11,207 || 13–15 || 2½ |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 29 || May 2 || @ Pirates || 5–6 || Melancon (1–1) || Santos (0–2) || || 24,547 || 13–16 || 3 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 30 || May 3 || @ Pirates || 6–8 || Morris (3–0) || Redmond (0–3) || Melancon (1) || 31,439 || 13–17 || 3½ |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 31 || May 4 || @ Pirates || 7–2 || McGowan (2–1) || Vólquez (1–3) || || 29,496 || 14–17 || 2½ |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 32 || May 5 || @ Phillies || 3–0 || Happ (1–0) || Kendrick (0–3) || Cecil (2) || 25,275 || 15–17 || 1½ |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 33 || May 6 || @ Phillies || 6–5 (10) || Stroman (1–0) || Bastardo (3–2) || Loup (2) || 26,057 || 16–17 || 1½ |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 34 || May 7 || Phillies || 10–0 || Buehrle (6–1) || Lee (3–3) || || 16,446 || 17–17 || 1½ |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 35 || May 8 || Phillies || 12–6 || Dickey (3–3) || Burnett (2–2) || || 18,158 || 18–17 || 1½ |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 36 || May 9 || Angels || 3–4 || Smith (2–0) || Cecil (0–3) || Frieri (4) || 21,383 || 18–18 || 2½ |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 37 || May 10 || Angels || 3–5 || Skaggs (3–1) || Happ (1–1) || Smith (4) || 31,412 || 18–19 || 3½ |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 38 || May 11 || Angels || 3–9 || Weaver (4–2) || Hutchison (1–3) || || 20,871 || 18–20 || 3½ |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 39 || May 12 || Angels || 7–3 || Buehrle (7–1) || Wilson (4–3) || || 13,603 || 19–20 || 2½ |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 40 || May 13 || Indians || 5–4 || Dickey (4–3) || Masterson (2–2) || Janssen (1) || 13,673 || 20–20 || 1½ |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 41 || May 14 || Indians || 4–15 || Kluber (4–3) || McGowan (2–2) || || 14,068 || 20–21 || 1½ |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 42 || May 15 || Indians || 4–2 || Happ (2–1) || Salazar (1–4) || Janssen (2) || 17,364 || 21–21 || 1½ |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 43 || May 16 || @ Rangers || 2–0 || Hutchison (2–3) || Darvish (3–2) || || 39,129 || 22–21 || 1½ |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 44 || May 17 || @ Rangers || 4–2 || Delabar (3–0) || Cotts (1–3) || Janssen (3) || 39,723 || 23–21 || ½ |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 45 || May 18 || @ Rangers || 2–6 || Poreda (2–0) || Dickey (4–4) || || 43,671 || 23–22 || 1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 46 || May 20 || @ Red Sox || 7–4 || Happ (3–1) || Doubront (2–4) || Janssen (4) || 37,904 || 24–22 || ½ |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 47 || May 21 || @ Red Sox || 6–4 || Hutchison (3–3) || Buchholz (2–4) || Janssen (5) || 36,116 || 25–22 || – |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 48 || May 22 || @ Red Sox || 7–2 || Buehrle (8–1) || Lester (4–6) || || 36,018 || 26–22 || +1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 49 || May 23 || Athletics || 3–2 || Hendriks (1–0) || Kazmir (5–2) || Janssen (6) || 21,007 || 27–22 || +1½ |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 50 || May 24 || Athletics || 5–2 || Dickey (5–4) || Chavez (4–2) || Cecil (3) || 29,372 || 28–22 || +2 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"