Oakland A’s commerce 3B Matt Chapman to Toronto Blue Jays for prospects

The Oakland Athletics have traded away one other former All-Star, sending third baseman Matt Chapman to the Toronto Blue Jays for 4 prospects, the A’s introduced Wednesday.

The rebuilding A’s will obtain 4 minor league prospects — right-handed pitcher Gunnar Hoglund, IF Kevin Smith and left-handed pitchers Zach Logue and Kirby Snead.

Chapman, 28, is a three-time Gold Glove winner (2018, 2019 and 2021) and was an All-Star in 2019. He spent his first 5 seasons with Oakland, registering a .243 profession batting common.

Chapman’s common has dropped each season since a career-high .278 in 2018. Final season, he batted simply .210, with 27 residence runs and 72 RBIs, whereas hanging out greater than 200 instances.

Chapman is the most recent All-Star to be traded by the A’s. Oakland sent right-hander Chris Bassitt to the New York Mets final week for a pair of minor league pitchers, and on Monday the A’s traded first baseman Matt Olson to the Atlanta Braves.

The addition of Chapman is the most recent transfer in a busy offseason for the Blue Jays, who misplaced reigning Cy Younger Award winner Robbie Ray and star infielder Marcus Semien as free brokers but additionally signed free-agent pitchers Jose Berrios, Kevin Gausman and Yusei Kikuchi to fortify their beginning rotation.