This year, Blue Jays did not make any trades in advance of the non-waiver trade deadline of July 31. Since the establishment of July 31 as the trade deadline in the 1986 Major League Baseball Basic Agreement, the Blue Jays have made at least a single trade in all except for seven seasons: 1988, 1994, 1996, 2001, 2007, 2008, and 2013. Actually, in 1988, the Blue Jays did not make a single trade.
July Trades in Blue Jays History
| DATE | CLUB | OBTAINED | FOR |
| GILLICK ERA | |||
| 07-5-86 | Atlanta | Duane Ward, rhp | Doyle Alexander, rhp |
| 07-6-86 | Atlanta | Joe Johnson, rhp | Jim Acker, rhp |
| 07-14-87 | Kansas City | Juan Beniquez, of-dh | Luis Aquino, rhp |
| 07-31-89 | New York (NL) | Mookie Wilson, of | Jeff Musselman, lhp Mike Brady, rhp |
| 07-27-90 | Minnesota | John Candelaria, lhp | Nelson Liriano, if Pedro Munoz, of |
| 07-14-91 | Chicago (AL) | Cory Snyder, of | Shawn Jeter, of Steve Wapnick, rhp |
| 07-30-92 | California | Mark Eichhorn, rhp | Rob Ducey, of Greg Myers, C |
| 07-31-93 | Oakland | Rickey Henderson, of | Steve Karsay, rhp Jose Herrera, of |
| ASH ERA | |||
| 07-28-95 | New York (AL) | Marty Janzen, rhp Jason Jarvis, rhp Mike Gordon, rhp | David Cone, rhp |
| 07-31-97 | Seattle | Jose Cruz Jr., of | Mike Timlin, rhp Paul Spoljaric, lhp |
| 07-30-98 | Boston | Peter Munro, rhp Jay Yanneco, rhp | Mike Stanley, dh |
| 07-31-98 | Baltimore | Nerio Rodriguez, rhp Shannon Carter, of | Juan Guzman, rhp |
| 07-31-98 | New York (NL) | Leoncio Estrella, rhp | Tony Phillips, of |
| 07-28-99 | Seattle | David Segui, if | Tom Davey, rhp Steve Sinclair, lhp |
| 07-19-00 | Texas | Esteban Loaiza, rhp | Mike Young, if Darwin Cubillan, rhp |
| 07-26-00 | Philadelphia | Rob Ducey, of | Player to be named later (John Sneed, rhp, 07-31-00) |
| 07-31-00 | Tampa Bay | Steve Trachsel, rhp Mark Guthrie, lhp | Brent Abernathy, if |
| RICCIARDI ERA | |||
| 07-01-02 | New York (AL) | Scott Wiggins, lhp | Raul Mondesi, of |
| 07-16-03 | Minnesota | Bobby Kielty, OF | Shannon Stewart, OF Player to be named later (David Gassner, lhp, 12-17-03) |
| 07-24-04 | Boston | John Hattig, if | Terry Adams, rhp |
| 07-22-05 | Detroit | Player to be named later (cash considerations) | John McDonald, if |
| 07-22-06 | San Francisco | Jeremy Accardo, rhp | Shea Hillenbrand, if Vinnie Chulk, rhp |
| 07-31-09 | Cincinnati | Edwin Encarnacion, if Josh Roenicke, rhp Zach Stewart, rhp | Scott Rolen, if |
| ANTHOPOULOS ERA | |||
| 07-14-10 | Atlanta | Yunel Escobar, if | Alex Gonzalez, if |
| Jo-Jo Reyes, lhp | Tyler Pastornicky, if | ||
| Tim Collins, lhp | |||
| 07-29-10 | Houston | Anthony Gose, of | Brett Wallace, if |
| 07-12-11 | Los Angeles (NL) | Cash considerations | Juan Rivera, of |
| 07-27-11 | Chicago (AL) | Edwin Jackson, rhp | Jason Frasor, rhp |
| Mark Teahen, if/of | Zach Stewart, rhp | ||
| 07-27-11 | St. Louis | Colby Rasmus, of | Edwin Jackson, rhp |
| Brian Tallet, lhp | Octavio Dotel, rhp | ||
| Tever Miller, lhp | Marc Rzepczynski, lhp | ||
| P.J. Walters, rhp | Corey Patterson, of | ||
| 07-20-12 | Houston | J.A. Happ, lhp | Francisco Cordero, rhp |
| Brandon Lyon, rhp | Ben Francisco, of | ||
| David Carpenter, rhp | Carlos Perez, c | ||
| Asher Wojciechowski, rhp | |||
| David Rollins, lhp | |||
| Joe Musgrove, rhp | |||
| Player to be named later (Kevin Comer, rhp) | |||
| 07-30-12 | Pittsburgh | Brad Lincoln, rhp | Travis Snider, of |
| 07-30-12 | Seattle | Steve Delabar, rhp | Eric Thames, of |
Data from the 2013 Toronto Blue Jays Official Guide