Randal Grichuk is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Colorado Rockies of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has also played in MLB for the St. Louis Cardinals and Toronto Blue Jays.
To acquire Dominic Leone and Conner Greene, the Cardinals agreed to a trade with the Toronto Blue Jays on January 19th, 2018, sending Grichuk to the Blue Jays. He was Toronto’s starting right fielder at the start of the season.
A 4–2 loss to the New York Yankees on March 30 saw Grichuk blast his first home run as a Blue Jay on Masahiro Tanaka’s opening pitch.
On April 30, he was placed on the injured list with a right knee injury after hitting just.106 in 25 games with two home runs and seven RBIs. On June 1, he was put into service.
Justin Smoak and Grichuk shared for the club lead in home runs with 25 each this season, with Grichuk hitting.245/.301/.502.
In a deal worth $52 million, Grichuk and the Blue Jays signed a contract extension on April 2, 2019. Despite hitting just.232/.280/.457 for the year, he was the club leader in home runs (31), as well as RBI (80).
Grichuk batted for the Blue Jays in 2020. I hit.273 in 55 games, including 12 extra-base hits and 35 runs batted in.
How Long Is Randal Grichuk Contract?
In 2019, the Blue Jays signed outfielder Randal Grichuk to a five-year, $52 million contract. However, with the emergence of Teoscar Hernandez and Lourdes Gurriel Jr., as well as the return of George Springer, Grichuk would not have been able to play every day in Toronto’s outfield in 2018.