Gio Urshela retired after 10 Major League Baseball seasons, spending time with eight teams. His Blue Jays tenure was brief after a May 2018 acquisition, producing limited results in 19 games. He debuted in 2015 with the Cleveland Guardians and posted modest offensive numbers in subsequent seasons. The Toronto organization designated him for assignment in July 2018 and traded him to the New York Yankees. With New York, he broke out in 2019, hitting 21 home runs with strong on-base and slugging marks and a career-best wRC+. In 2020 he posted his best wRC+ while hitting six home runs. In 2021 his production declined, and he was later traded to the Minnesota Twins in the Josh Donaldson deal.
"In May 2018, the Blue Jays acquired the infielder for cash from the Cleveland Guardians. In just 19 games with the Jays, the Colombian native slashed .233/.283/.326 with one home run in 46 plate appearances, good for a 66 wRC+. That wasn't his first taste of Major League Baseball action, though. Signed by the Guardians in 2008, he worked his way up the minor league latter, making his MLB debut with the Ohioan-based team in 2015, where he slashed .225/.279/.330 with six home runs in 288 plate appearances."
"Despite being a mediocre team in 2018, the Jays cut bait with Urshela, DFA'ing the Colombian in July, before trading the infielder to the New York Yankees. There, he broke out. Urshela joined the Bronx Bombers in 2019, coming out of nowhere to slashed .314/.355/.534 with 21 home runs in 476 plate appearances for a 132 wRC+. That turned out to be his career-best home run total, but not the only time he hit the double-digit mark."
"Sticking with the Yankees in 2020, the pandemic-shortened season saw the infielder slash .298/.368/.490 with six home runs in 174 plate appearances, giving him a 134 wRC+, the best mark of his career. Urshela's final season with the Yankees in 2021 didn't go as well, slashing just .267/.301/.419 with 14 home runs in 442 plate appearances. Urshela was traded to the Minnesota Twins in the deal involving Josh Donaldson, slashing .285/.338/.429 with 13 home runs in 551 plate appearances, his final season with double-digit home runs and a wRC+ above 100 (118)."
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