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• Blue Jays' Addison Barger: Idle vs. southpaw

  Rotowire Mar 28, 2026

  Barger is not in the Blue Jays' starting lineup against the Athletics on Saturday. With left-hander Jeffrey Springs taking the mound for the Athletics on Saturday, Barger will open the contest in the dugout while the Blue Jays go with Davis Schneider, Daulton Varsho and Myles Straw in the outfield from left to right. Barger went 0-for-4 with a strikeout on Opening Day on Friday.

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• Blue Jays' Addison Barger: Slugs first spring homer

  Rotowire Mar 3, 2026

  Barger went 1-for-4 with a grand slam in Monday's Grapefruit League game against the Red Sox. The 26-year-old got hold of a hanging splitter from minor-leaguer Patrick Halligan for his first homer of the spring. Barger is expected to spend most of his time in right field this season while Kazuma Okamoto handles third base, and defensive stability could allow him to build on his 2025 breakout at the plate, when he slashed .243/.301/.454 in 135 games with 21 home runs.

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• Blue Jays' Addison Barger: Set to be primary right fielder

  Rotowire Feb 12, 2026

  Barger will see most of his playing time in right field this season, Mitch Bannon of The Athletic reports. The 26-year-old might have bounced between right field and third base once again if the Blue Jays had headed into 2026 fully healthy, but with Anthony Santander (shoulder) set for another long absence, Barger will be needed more in the outfield. He could still wind up on the strong side of a platoon after slashing just .217/.270/.337 against left-handed pitching in 2025, but Toronto doesn't have an obvious candidate to pair him with in right field aside from the light-hitting Myles Straw. Maintaining his stamina in a full-time role will be Barger's biggest task, however -- he held a .264/.318/.512 slash line at the end of July last year, but managed just a .205/.270/.360 line the rest of the way in the regular season.

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• Blue Jays' Addison Barger: Makes history in Game 1 win

  Rotowire Oct 25, 2025

  Barger went 2-for-2 with a grand slam during Toronto's 11-4 victory in Game 1 of the World Series against the Dodgers on Friday. Having already scored three runs in the sixth inning, Toronto was on the verge of taking full control of Friday's contest when Barger entered the game to hit for Davis Schneider. With the bases loaded, Barger slugged a 413-foot home run into center field off lefty Anthony Banda, marking the first pinch-hit grand slam in World Series history. The 25-year-old Barger has gone deep in two of his last three playoff games and is slashing .324/.405/.622 through 42 plate appearances in the postseason.

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• Blue Jays' Addison Barger: Idle for Game 2

  Rotowire Oct 5, 2025

  Barger is out of the lineup Sunday for Game 2 of the ALDS against the Yankees. The left-handed-hitting Barger will dodge a matchup with southpaw Max Fried in Game 2. Ernie Clement will slide to third base while Isiah Kiner-Falefa plays second base Sunday.

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• Blue Jays' Addison Barger: Out of Toronto lineup

  Rotowire Sep 12, 2025

  Barger is not in the lineup for Friday's contest versus the Orioles. The Blue Jays haven't faced many left-handers lately, but the left-handed-hitting Barger has been out of the lineup each of the last three times they've gone up against a southpaw. George Springer will be in right field and Ernie Clement will play third base Friday versus Trevor Rogers and the Orioles.

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• Blue Jays' Addison Barger: Out of Tuesday's lineup

  Rotowire Sep 2, 2025

  Barger is not in the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Reds. Barger started the previous six games but will take a seat Tuesday after going 4-for-22 with a double, two RBI and eight strikeouts during that span. Nathan Lukes will shift to right field, which opens up left field for Davis Schneider.

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• Blue Jays' Addison Barger: Idle Saturday

  Rotowire Aug 9, 2025

  Barger is not in the Blue Jays' starting lineup against the Dodgers on Saturday. Barger will begin Saturday's game on the bench, with Myles Straw in right field and Buddy Kennedy drawing the start at third base. Barger has logged two hits in three of his last four games and has gone 9-for-29 (.310) with two home runs and eight RBI in seven games since the beginning of August.

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• Blue Jays' Addison Barger: Resting up Wednesday

  Rotowire Aug 6, 2025

  Barger is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Rockies. With a lefty (Kyle Freeland) on the hill for the Rockies and with the Blue Jays wrapping up their series in Denver with a day game after a night game, Toronto manager John Schneider likely viewed it as an opportune time to give the left-handed-hitting Barger a breather. Barger had started in each of the Blue Jays' last 15 games, slashing .219/.275/.438 with three home runs, 12 RBI and 10 runs during that stretch.

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• Blue Jays' Addison Barger: Belts late long shot

  Rotowire Aug 2, 2025

  Barger went 1-for-4 with a two-run homer in Friday's 9-3 loss to the Royals. Barger made Friday's score a little bit more respectable after he smacked a two-run homer to right field off Thomas Hatch in the ninth inning. It was Barger's 16th home run of the season, which is tied with Vladimir Guerrero for second most on the Blue Jays behind George Springer's (concussion) 18. In the 15 games since the All-Star break, Barger has gone 16-for-58 (.276) with four doubles, three home runs and 12 RBI.

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• Blue Jays' Addison Barger: Productive in Thursday's rout

  Rotowire Jul 25, 2025

  Barger went 1-for-4 with a walk, a triple, two runs scored and two RBI in Thursday's win over the Tigers. His seventh-inning blast into the right-center field gap off left-hander Dietrich Enns was the first triple of Barger's career. The 25-year-old has been locked in since the All-Star break, hitting safety in six of seven games while batting .385 (10-for-26) with three extra-base hits, five runs and six RBI. Barger still sits against tougher southpaw starting pitchers, but it's getting more and more difficult for manager John Schneider to leave him off the lineup card, even in same-handed matchups.

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• Blue Jays' Addison Barger: Getting break Saturday

  Rotowire Jul 12, 2025

  Barger isn't in the starting lineup Saturday versus the Athletics. Barger will begin the contest on the bench with the A's sending a lefty starter (Jacob Lopez) to the mound. Barger started each of Toronto's previous four games, going 3-for-17 with a home run and three RBI during that stretch. The 25-year-old has been playing a mix of right field and third base; George Springer and Ernie Clement are starting at those positions, respectively, Saturday.

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• Blue Jays' Addison Barger: Keeps raking Monday

  Rotowire Jul 8, 2025

  Barger went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run in Monday's win over the White Sox. The 25-year-old took Sean Burke deep in the sixth inning, one of three Toronto homers off the right-hander on the night. Barger is up to 12 long balls on the season, including four in the last nine games -- a stretch in which he's batting .323 (10-for-31) with two doubles, six runs and 12 RBI.

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• Blue Jays' Addison Barger: Taking seat vs. southpaw

  Rotowire Jul 6, 2025

  Barger is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Angels. Barger will head to the bench with southpaw Tyler Anderson on the bump for the Halos. Joey Loperfido will fill in as the Blue Jays' right fielder.

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• Blue Jays' Addison Barger: Stays hot Thursday

  Rotowire Jul 3, 2025

  Barger went 3-for-4 with two doubles, a home run and two RBI in Thursday's 8-5 win over the Yankees. Barger opened the scoring in the first inning with a two-out, RBI double before extending the lead to 6-3 in the fifth with a 401-foot solo blast off Clayton Beeter, his 11th this season. The 25-year-old Barger has been red hot at the plate recently, going 7-for-17 with three homers in his last five games. Overall, he's slashing an impressive .272/.332/.521 with 34 runs scored and 32 RBI across 233 plate appearances.

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• Blue Jays' Addison Barger: Getting Tuesday off

  Rotowire Jul 1, 2025

  Barger is out of the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Yankees. After going 0-for-4 with two strikeouts while starting at third base in Monday's 5-4 win, the left-handed-hitting Barger will take a seat Tuesday as the Yankees send a second straight lefty starting pitcher (Max Fried) to the hill. Ernie Clement will cover third base and George Springer will occupy right field while Barger exits the starting nine.

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• Blue Jays' Addison Barger: Clubs ninth homer

  Rotowire Jun 30, 2025

  Barger went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Sunday's win over the Red Sox. The 25-year-old got the Blue Jays on the board in the first inning, going back-to-back with Vladimir Guerrero off Walker Buehler. Barger has slowed down at the plate in June after breaking out in May, but through 90 plate appearances this month he's still slashing a respectable .250/.300/.512 with five of his nine homers on the season, along with 12 RBI and 16 runs.

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• Blue Jays' Addison Barger: On base four times in win

  Rotowire Jun 19, 2025

  Barger went 3-for-4 with a walk, two doubles, a run scored and an RBI in Wednesday's win over the Diamondbacks. Batting second and starting in right field, Barger continued to scald the ball. Over his last 16 starts, the 25-year-old is slashing .328/.377/.703 with six doubles, six homers, 13 RBI and 15 runs. With Daulton Varsho (hamstring), Anthony Santander (shoulder), Nathan Lukes (concussion) and Myles Straw (ankle) all on the mend, Barger will likely see more work in right field in the short term rather than splitting his time at third base.

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• Blue Jays' Addison Barger: Delivers walk-off

  Rotowire Jun 17, 2025

  Barger went 2-for-5 with a solo home run, a double and an additional run scored during Tuesday's 5-4 win over Arizona. Barger and Bo Bichette hit back-to-back home runs in the bottom of the ninth inning, and Barger's served as a walk-off. The long ball was Barger's eighth of the season and sixth since May 30. He's been hot at the plate lately, going 18-for-60 (.300) with 14 runs scored and 12 RBI in his last 16 games.

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• Blue Jays' Addison Barger: On bench Wednesday

  Rotowire Jun 11, 2025

  Barger is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Cardinals. The left-handed-hitting Barger hasn't been a strict platoon player for the Blue Jays this season, but he'll nonetheless head to the bench for Toronto's second straight matchup with a lefty (Matthew Liberatore), after Barger previously sat against Phillies southpaw Jesus Luzardo last Thursday. With Barger out of the lineup, Ernie Clement will cover third base and George Springer will occupy right field.

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