On Sunday afternoon, the Toronto Blue Jays made their first move of the MLB Trade Deadline season, acquiring veteran right-hander Jameson Taillon from the Chicago Cubs.

Then, the Blue Jays linked up with the Cubs again on Sunday night, sending veteran right-hander Kevin Gausman to Chicago for two intriguing prospects.

Then, on Monday morning, Toronto made a stunning move, acquiring young starting pitcher Jose Soriano from the Los Angeles Angels, according to Jeff Passan of ESPN.

Why is this move stunning? Because any move that added major league talent was thought to be a surprise for a team that enters play on Monday at 52-60 and 4.5 games back of the third and final wild card spot. Soriano was one of the most desirable arms on the trade market.

Let's dive a little deeper.

Now 27 years old, Soriano is in his fourth season. He's gone 26-27 for his career with a 3.72 ERA, and he's spent the entirety of his career with the Halos.

This year, he got off to an electric start, and has continued to post respectable numbers throughout the year: He's 9-6 with a 3.29 ERA in 22 starts. He's struck out 127 batters in 123.0 innings.

He's under contract through the 2028 season. The one bugaboo in his profile? He leads the American League in walks with 57.

Shortly after the trade was reported, Passan relayed the return, which will be stunning to Jays fans as well. The Blue Jays are shipping out shortstop Arjun Nimmala, outfielder Eddie Micheletti and right-hander Angel Rivero.

Nimmala was listed as the No. 2 prospect in the organization, per MLB Pipeline. He was No. 43 on MLB Pipeline's Top 100 prospect list, so that's certainly quite the give from the Blue Jays.

The Blue Jays have already traded Gausman, and they could trade Shane Bieber at the deadline as well. If they don't trade Bieber, they are likely to lose him in free agency, meaning that there would be two open positions in the Blue Jays rotation for 2027.Throw in Max Scherzer's free agency, and there will be three openings.

This helps Toronto get an early start on that offseason shopping.

As of now: Dylan Cease pairs with Soriano, Trey Yesavage, and Cody Ponce, who is working back from a torn Achilles. There will be others in the mix for the No. 5 spot, including Spencer Miles, Bowden Francis and any one else that Toronto elects to bring in from the outside, as well as other internal prospects like Jake Bloss and Ricky Tiedemann.