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Blue Jays swing deal for former Gold Glove outfielder Myles Straw from Guardians

The Toronto Blue Jays acquired outfielder Myles Straw in a deal with the Cleveland Guardians on Friday.

Toronto received Straw, $3.75 million US cash considerations and $2 million in international signing bonus pool space for the 2025 period from Cleveland, which received a player to be named later or cash considerations.

Straw appeared in seven games last year with Cleveland. He spent most of the year at Triple-A Columbus, hitting .240 with 18 doubles, six triples, three home runs and 47 runs batted in over 123 games.

Straw also had 30 stolen bases and a 10.7 per cent walk rate.

OFFICIAL: We’ve acquired OF Myles Straw, cash, and international bonus signing pool space for the 2025 period from the Guardians in exchange for a player to be named later or cash. <br><br>Straw won the Gold Glove Award in 2022. <a href="https://t.co/QdhqH8b6ON">pic.twitter.com/QdhqH8b6ON</a>

The 30-year-old outfielder, who won a Gold Glove Award in 2022, has salaries of $6 million this year and $7 million in 2026 and is guaranteed a $1.75 million buyout of a 2027 team option. Cleveland will send Toronto $1 million this year, $1 million in 2026 and $1.75 million at the end of 2026.

Straw was selected by the Houston Astros in the 12th round of the 2015 First-Year Player Draft and made his Major League debut with the franchise in 2018. 

He has made 562 major-league appearances with Houston and Cleveland. Straw has hit .244 with 77 doubles, nine triples, six homers, 125 RBI and 89 stolen bases.

As part of the trade, Toronto also acquired $2 million in international signing bonus pool allocation from the Cleveland that could be used in its pursuit of Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki.

Toronto boosted its international signing pool to $8,261,600 and had

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