The Toronto Blue Jays have stayed active this offseason to add to the team in efforts of getting back to where they ended 2025 and exceeding that point.

The Blue Jays made it all the way to Game 7 of the World Series before ultimately falling by one run to the Los Angeles Dodgers in extra innings. It was the first American League pennant for Toronto since 1993.

The biggest improvements for the Blue Jays have been in the pitching staff.

Toronto signed Dylan Cease to a seven-year, $210 million contract and Cody Ponce, coming off a Korean Baseball Organization MVP season in 2025, to a three-year, $30 million contract. The Jays also bolstered the bullpen by signing submarine-delivering righty Tyler Rogers to a three-year, $37 million contract.

Unfortunately for Toronto, they also took a big loss when it came to the bullpen.

On Jan. 22, the Chicago White Sox signed right-handed, high-leverage reliever to a two-year, $20 million contract. According to a report on "X" from ESPN's MLB insider Jeff Passan, Dominguez is expected to close for Chicago.

Dominguez was acquired by the Jays in a trade with the Baltimore Orioles in return for right-handed pitcher Juaron Watts-Brown on July 29.

Across 67 appearances with Baltimore and Toronto, Dominguez posted a 3.16 ERA and struck out 79 batters in 62.2 innings pitched across 67 appearances. He had 20 holds and two saves in five opportunities while holding opposing hitters to a .198 batting average.

Exclusively with the Blue Jays, Dominguez fanned 25 batters in 21 innings in 24 outings while holding hitters to a .169 average.

In the playoffs, Dominguez posted a 3.18 ERA in 12 appearances, struck out 10 hitters in 11.1 innings and held opposing hitters to a .132 average.

With Dominguez now heading to the White Sox, this is how Toronto's bullpen shapes out according to FanGraphs' roster resource depth chart: left-handed pitcher Eric Lauer in low leverage; left-handed pitcher Brendon Little, right-hander Tommy Nance and righty Louis Varland in middle leverage; right-handers Yimi Garcia and Tyler Rogers as the set-up men and right-handed pitcher Jeff Hoffman as the closer.

In 2025, the Blue Jays bullpen ranked eighth in the major leagues in bullpen ERA (3.98), second in opposing batting average allowed (.227), third in strikeouts (644), tied for eighth in WHIP (1.28) and seventh in saves (42).

Losing Dominguez is a notable loss for Toronto's bullpen but it's still well-positioned to be one of the best units in the American League in 2026.

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