Matt Scannell signed with the Blue Jays on Friday, according to Sportsnet's Zach Worden. Scannell just completed his final college season, which he played with Wake Forest and put up a .978 OPS.

In the midst of a scorching hot month, ESPNs MLB insider Jeff Passan has listed the Blue Jays as the "best fit" for Pirates right-handed Mitch Keller.

The Blue Jays crushed the Tigers, the Mariners dinger their way to victory, a knuckleball sighting and more from Thursday's MLB action.

The last time the Blue Jays were atop MLB this late in the season was 1992, according to Sportsnet. The 1992 season was the first of consecutive World Series championships for Toronto, so this is quite the good omen.

With that victory, the Blue Jays now have the best record in baseball at 62-42. The last time that they had the best record in the league this late in the season was in 1992, when they went on to beat the Atlanta Braves in the World Series, according to Sportsnet.

The Blue Jays landed Loperfido in the Yusei Kikuchi trade with the Houston Astros last July, so it would be an odd full-circle moment for the youngster to be dealt for a second year in a row, as Toronto has flipped from sellers to buyers in a year's time.

The Toronto Blue Jays are urged to acquire a 3.96-ERA reliever to bolster the bullpen ahead of the MLB trade deadline on July 31.