The 2000 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's 24th season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing third in the American League East with a record of 83 wins and 79 losses. It was the team's first season with new mascots Ace and Diamond.
Transactions Transactions by the Toronto Blue Jays during the off-season before the 2000 season. October 1999 Norberto Martin granted free agency (signed with Milwaukee Brewers to a contract on December 1, 1999). Rob Butler granted free agency. Alex Delgado granted free agency. Willie Greene granted free agency (signed with Chicago Cubs to a one-year, $395,000 contract on January 19, 2000). Chris Jones granted free agency (signed with San Diego Padres to a contract on February 27, 2000). Adam Melhuse granted free agency (signed with Los Angeles Dodgers to a contract on December 15, 1999). Jacob Brumfield granted free agency (signed with Toronto Blue Jays to a one-year contract on December 7, 1999)d. Released John Hudek. Graeme Lloyd granted free agency (signed with Montreal Expos to a three-year, $9 million contract on December 20, 1999). David Segui granted free agency (signed with Toronto Blue Jays to a one-year, $4.325 million contract on January 18, 2000).
November 1999 Brian McRae granted free agency. Tony Fernández granted free agency (signed with Seibu Lions of the NPB to a one-year contract). Acquired Pedro Borbón Jr. and Raúl Mondesí from the Los Angeles Dodgers for Shawn Green and Jorge Núñez. Signed free agent Charlie Greene from the Milwaukee Brewers to a one-year contract. Pat Borders granted free agency (signed with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays to a contract on January 27, 2000). Acquired Alberto Castillo, Matt DeWitt and Lance Painter from the St. Louis Cardinals for Pat Hentgen and Paul Spoljaric. Signed free agent Darwin Cubillán from the New York Yankees to a contract. Released Mike Matheny. Signed free agent Chad Mottola from the Chicago White Sox to a contract.
December 1999 Re-signed free agent Jacob Brumfield to a one-year contract. Re-signed Willis Otáñez to a one-year contract. Re-signed Carlos Delgado to a three-year, $36 million contract. Jim Mann drafted by the New York Mets in the 1999 MLB Rule 5 draft. Brian Smith drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1999 MLB Rule 5 draft. Drafted DeWayne Wise from the Cincinnati Reds in the 1999 MLB Rule 5 draft. Signed free agent Frank Castillo from the Pittsburgh Pirates to a one-year, $375,000 contract.
January 2000 Re-signed Tony Batista to a four-year, $16 million contract. Signed free agent Robert Ellis from the Houston Astros to a contract. Re-signed free agent David Segui to a one-year, $4.325 contract. Re-signed Homer Bush to a three-year, $7.3 million contract.
February 2000 Signed free agent Eric Gunderson from the Texas Rangers to a one-year contract.
March 2000 Signed free agent Robert Pérez from the Orix BlueWave of the NPB to a one-year contract. As part of three-team trade, acquired Brad Fullmer from the Montreal Expos. Traded David Segui and cash to the Texas Rangers. In addition, Montreal Expos acquired Lee Stevens from the Texas Rangers. Jim Mann returned by the New York Mets. Acquired Jerson Perez from the New York Mets for Jim Mann. Signed free agent Glenn Williams from the Atlanta Braves to a contract. Signed free agent Marty Cordova from the Boston Red Sox to a one-year, $500,000 contract. Nerio Rodríguez selected off of waivers by the New York Mets. Anthony Sanders selected off of waivers by the Seattle Mariners.
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Transactions Transactions for the Toronto Blue Jays during the 2000 regular season. April 2000 Signed free agent Todd Greene of the Anaheim Angels to a contract. Released Mark Dalesandro.
May 2000 Released Robert Ellis. Casey Blake selected off of waivers by the Minnesota Twins.
June 2000 Acquired Francisco Álvarez from the Minnesota Twins for Mike Romano.
July 2000 Acquired Esteban Loaiza from the Texas Rangers for Darwin Cubillán and Michael Young. Acquired Alvin Morrow from the Milwaukee Brewers for Kevin Brown. Sent Eric Gunderson to San Francisco Giants as part of a conditional deal. Acquired Rob Ducey from the Philadelphia Phillies for a player to be named later (John Sneed on July 31, 2000). Released Brendan Donnelly. Acquired Mark Guthrie and Steve Trachsel from the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for Brent Abernathy.
August 2000 Acquired Dave Martinez from the Texas Rangers for a player to be named later (Pete Munro on August 8, 2000). Acquired Mickey Morandini from the Philadelphia Phillies for a player to be named later (Rob Ducey on August 7, 2000).
2000 draft picks Source
The 2000 MLB draft was held in June 2000. Round Pick Player Position College/School Nationality 1 18 Miguel Negron OF Manuela Toro High School (Caguas, PR) 1s 33 Dustin McGowan RHP Long County High School 2 45 Peter Bauer RHP University of South Carolina 2 58 Dominic Rich 2B Auburn University 3 88 Morrin Davis OF Hillsborough High School 4 118 Raul Tablado SS Miami Southridge High School 5 148 Mike Smith RHP University of Richmond 6 178 Rich Thompson OF James Madison University 7 208 Aaron Sisk 3B University of New Mexico 8 238 David Abbott RHP University of Arizona 9 268 Nom Siriveaw 3B Oklahoma State University 10 298 Jerrod Payne RHP University of North Florida
Roster 2000 Toronto Blue Jays Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders OutfieldersManager
Coaches
Game log
|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || April 3 || Royals || 5–4 || Koch (1–0) || Spradlin (0–1) || || 40,898 || 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 2 || April 4 || Royals || 6–3 || Halladay (1–0) || Witasick (0–1) || Koch (1) || 13,514 || 2–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 3 || April 5 || Royals || 4–3 || Rosado (1–0) || Carpenter (0–1) || Bottalico (1) || 14,957 || 2–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 4 || April 6 || Royals || 9–3 || Durbin (1–0) || Escobar (0–1) || Rigby (1) || 14,336 || 2–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 5 || April 7 || @ Rangers || 11–5 || Clark (1–0) || Castillo (0–1) || || 31,619 || 2–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 6 || April 8 || @ Rangers || 4–0 || Wells (1–0) || Rogers (1–1) || || 37,128 || 3–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 7 || April 9 || @ Rangers || 7–5 || Helling (1–0) || Halladay (1–1) || || 40,186 || 3–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 8 || April 10 || @ Angels || 6–0 || Schoeneweis (2–0) || Carpenter (0–2) || || 14,338 || 3–5 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 9 || April 11 || @ Angels || 5–4 || Ortiz (1–0) || Escobar (0–2) || Percival (2) || 15,229 || 3–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 10 || April 12 || @ Angels || 6–2 || Borbón (1–0) || Petkovsek (0–1) || || 16,494 || 4–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 11 || April 14 || Mariners || 11–9 || Moyer (2–1) || Wells (1–1) || || 17,306 || 4–7 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 12 || April 15 || Mariners || 17–6 || Rodriguez (1–0) || Halladay (1–2) || Paniagua (1) || 21,754 || 4–8 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 13 || April 16 || Mariners || 19–7 || García (2–1) || Carpenter (0–3) || || 15,325 || 4–9 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 14 || April 17 || Angels || 7–1 || Escobar (1–2) || Ortiz (1–1) || || 13,622 || 5–9 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 15 || April 18 || Angels || 16–10 || Dickson (2–0) || Castillo (0–2) || || 13,825 || 5–10 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 16 || April 19 || Angels || 12–4 || Wells (2–1) || Hill (1–3) || || 13,572 || 6–10 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 17 || April 20 || Angels || 12–11 || Halladay (2–2) || Bottenfield (1–2) || Koch (2) || 13,985 || 7–10 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 18 || April 21 || Yankees || 8–3 || Carpenter (1–3) || Mendoza (2–1) || || 25,921 || 8–10 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 19 || April 22 || Yankees || 8–2 || Escobar (2–2) || Cone (0–2) || || 30,167 || 9–10 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 20 || April 23 || Yankees || 10–7 || Hernández (4–0) || Andrews (0–1) || Rivera (6) || 20,485 || 9–11 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 21 || April 24 || @ Athletics || 3–2 || Wells (3–1) || Appier (3–2) || Koch (3) || 8,363 || 10–11 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 22 || April 25 || @ Athletics || 11–2 || Hudson (2–2) || Halladay (2–3) || || 8,266 || 10–12 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 23 || April 26 || @ Athletics || 4–2 || Carpenter (2–3) || Olivares (1–3) || Koch (4) || 14,477 || 11–12 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 24 || April 28 || @ Yankees || 6–0 || Cone (1–2) || Escobar (2–3) || || 35,987 || 11–13 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 25 || April 29 || @ Yankees || 6–2 || Wells (4–1) || Hernández (4–1) || Koch (5) || 38,783 || 12–13 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 26 || April 30 || @ Yankees || 7–1 || Clemens (2–2) || Halladay (2–4) || || 43,721 || 12–14
|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 27 || May 1 || @ White Sox || 5–3 || Carpenter (3–3) || Wells (2–3) || Koch (6) || 14,448 || 13–14 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 28 || May 2 || @ White Sox || 4–1 || Castillo (1–2) || Wunsch (0–1) || Koch (7) || 10,397 || 14–14 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 29 || May 3 || @ White Sox || 7–3 || Baldwin (5–0) || Escobar (2–4) || Foulke (4) || 12,026 || 14–15 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 30 || May 4 || Indians || 8–1 || Wells (5–1) || Finley (3–1) || || 16,637 || 15–15 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 31 || May 5 || Indians || 11–10 || Koch (2–0) || Shuey (1–1) || || 19,191 || 16–15 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 32 || May 6 || Indians || 8–6 || Rincón (1–0) || Quantrill (0–1) || Karsay (5) || 23,730 || 16–16 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 33 || May 7 || Indians || 10–8 (12)|| Shuey (2–1) || Gunderson (0–1) || Karsay (6) || 19,161 || 16–17 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 34 || May 8 || Orioles || 6–5 || Escobar (3–4) || Johnson (0–2) || Koch (8) || 15,103 || 17–17 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 35 || May 9 || Orioles || 6–4 || Wells (6–1) || Mussina (1–4) || Koch (9) || 15,177 || 18–17 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 36 || May 10 || Orioles || 7–2 || Painter (1–0) || Erickson (0–1) || Quantrill (1) || 15,598 || 19–17 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 37 || May 12 || @ Devil Rays || 4–3 || White (1–2) || Carpenter (3–4) || Lopez (2) || 17,532 || 19–18 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 38 || May 13 || @ Devil Rays || 8–4 || Escobar (4–4) || Lidle (0–1) || || 20,054 || 20–18 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 39 || May 14 || @ Devil Rays || 3–2 || Wells (7–1) || Lopez (2–3) || || 15,788 || 21–18 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 40 || May 15 || Red Sox || 8–1 || Schourek (2–3) || Castillo (1–3) || || 16,124 || 21–19 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 41 || May 16 || Red Sox || 7–6 || Munro (1–0) || Lowe (2–1) || || 17,663 || 22–19 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 42 || May 17 || Red Sox || 8–0 || Martínez (7–1) || Carpenter (3–5) || || 20,078 || 22–20 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 43 || May 19 || White Sox || 5–3 || Sirotka (3–3) || Escobar (4–5) || Foulke (6) || 18,268 || 22–21 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 44 || May 20 || White Sox || 6–2 || Baldwin (7–0) || Wells (7–2) || || 20,091 || 22–22 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 45 || May 21 || White Sox || 2–1 || Eldred (4–2) || Castillo (1–4) || Foulke (7) || 18,264 || 22–23 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 46 || May 22 || White Sox || 4–3 || Koch (3–0) || Howry (0–1) || || 19,167 || 23–23 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 47 || May 23 || @ Red Sox || 3–2 || Carpenter (4–5) || Martínez (7–2) || Koch (10) || 33,402 || 24–23 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 48 || May 24 || @ Red Sox || 6–3 (11)|| Cormier (2–0) || Frascatore (0–1) || || 31,250 || 24–24 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 49 || May 25 || @ Red Sox || 11–6 || Wells (8–2) || Schourek (2–4) || || 32,716 || 25–24 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"