Brandon Belt
1B/DH FA
Wed 5/3/23 4:22 PM

Belt is out of the lineup Wednesday against the Red Sox.
EDGE Analysis
The lefty-hitting Belt has now sat out two straight matchups against right-handed starting pitchers and three of the last four games overall. He's 0-for-12 with seven strikeouts in his last four games and is sitting on a .509 OPS for the season. Matt Chapman will be the designated hitter and Santiago Espinal will play third base Wednesday.

Brandon Belt
1B/DH FA
Sun 4/30/23 10:42 AM

Belt is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Mariners.
EDGE Analysis
Belt is 0-for-9 with two walks and four strikeouts in his past three games and will head to the bench Sunday with southpaw Marco Gonzales pitching for Seattle. Alejandro Kirk will rest his legs as the designated hitter while Danny Jansen works behind the plate.

Brandon Belt
1B/DH FA
Wed 4/26/23 11:21 AM

Belt is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the White Sox.
EDGE Analysis
With the Blue Jays and White Sox concluding their series with a day game after a night game, Belt and outfielder Kevin Kiermaier will receive maintenance days. Alejandro Kirk will get a day off behind the plate to serve as the Blue Jays' designated hitter in Belt's stead.

Brandon Belt
1B/DH FA
Sun 4/23/23 10:14 AM

Belt is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Yankees, William Ladson of MLB.com reports.
EDGE Analysis
Belt started the first two games of the series in New York and will take a seat for the finale after going 2-for-7 with a double, a home run, four RBI and four strikeouts. Alejandro Kirk will serve as the designated hitter Sunday while Danny Jansen works behind the plate.

Brandon Belt
1B/DH FA
Sat 4/22/23 8:30 AM

Belt went 2-for-4 with a two-run double and a two-run home run in Friday's 6-1 victory over the Yankees.
EDGE Analysis
Belt extended Toronto's lead to 4-1 with a two-run homer off Domingo German in the sixth and added to the lead with a two-run double in the eighth. The veteran first baseman had just three extra-base hits (all doubles) and one RBI heading into Friday's contest. Belt is still slashing just .186/.255/349 though 12 games (47 plate appearances).

Brandon Belt
1B/DH FA
Sat 4/15/23 11:38 AM

Belt is out of the lineup Saturday against the Rays.
EDGE Analysis
Belt has gotten it going a bit after a dreadful start to the season, going 4-for-10 with two doubles and an RBI over his last three games. He'll start out on the bench Saturday with Tampa Bay lining up a bullpen game. Alejandro Kirk is the designated hitter and Danny Jansen is catching Saturday.

Brandon Belt
1B/DH FA
Wed 4/12/23 3:42 PM

Belt is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Tigers, Shi Davidi of Sportsnet.ca reports.
EDGE Analysis
Belt will get the night off after he turned in his best game of the season Tuesday, when he went 3-for-4 with a double and an RBI in a 9-3 win. He had struck out at least twice in each of six starts prior to Tuesday.

Brandon Belt
1B/DH FA
Sun 4/9/23 1:28 PM

Belt is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Angels.
EDGE Analysis
The lefty-hitting Belt will take a seat for the second time in the series while the Angels bring another southpaw (Reid Detmers) to the hill. George Springer will serve as the Blue Jays' designated hitter in the series finale, opening up a spot in the outfield for Whit Merrifield.

Brandon Belt
1B/DH FA
Fri 4/7/23 6:34 PM

Belt is not in the lineup Friday against the Angels.
EDGE Analysis
Jordan Luplow will serve as the designated hitter and hit eighth with left-hander Patrick Sandoval on the mound for the Angels. Belt is 1-for-19 (.053) with a whopping 12 strikeouts through five games played this year.

Brandon Belt
1B/DH FA
Tue 4/4/23 4:36 PM

Belt isn't in the Blue Jays' lineup for Tuesday's game against the Royals.
EDGE Analysis
After starting the season just 1-for-11 at the plate through three games, Belt will take a seat Friday for the second time in three days. George Springer will take over as Toronto's designated hitter, opening up right field for Whit Merrifield and allowing Santiago Espinal to get reps at second base, batting eighth.