Blue Jays infielder has been on the 10-day injured list since the start of July due to a a left knee sprain, but he started a rehab a signment yesterday and could perhaps be traded prior to Tuesdays deadline. Even if hes not reinstated by then, trades of players on the IL are allowed and the Jays are willing to listen to offers, per both Ben Nicholson-Smith of Sportsnet and . Kiner-Falefa, 29, has long been a glove-first utility man. In his career, he has received strong grades for his work at the three infield spots to the left of first base. Hes also played all three outfield slots with some pa sable marks out there. Through the end of 2023, he had hit just .261/.314/.346 for a wRC+ of 81 but had stolen 74 bases in 98 tries. The Jays signed him in the offseason to a two-year deal that paid him $15MM plus $1MM in incentives and he was having the best offensive showing of his career prior to the knee injury. He had seven home runs in 83 games, which isn Thomas Bruss Jersey t a ma sive total but a nice jump for IKF personally as his career high is eight. He was only drawing walks at a 4.6% clip but also limited strikeouts to a 13.2% rate. His current .292/.338/.420 batting line translates to a 116 wRC+ in this years offensive environment. Kiner-Falefa has close to 3,000 innings at shortstop in his career with 27 Defensive Runs Saved in that time. Outs Above Average has him at -5, but most of that is due to a -6 tally back in 2021. In almost 1500 innings at third base, he has 24 DRS and 24 OAA. His second base track record is barely over 400 innings but has nonethele s translated to 8 DRS and 2 OAA, while his over 500 innings in the outfield have been just a bit below par. The Blue Jays are clear sellers but have mostly been focused on moving rental players. Theyve already traded , and could look to flip , , and in the coming days. While they are reportedly not trying to move core controllable guys like or , they are clearly at least willing to entertain moving some non-rental guys. They recently traded despite Pearson having two extra seasons of control beyond this one. Kiner-Falefa could perhaps garner interest due to the lack of other infielders that are available, something that MLBTRs Anthony Franco recently examined in . is already off the board after being acquired . and are having underwhelming seasons. There are a few guys out there, such as of the Angels. The Rays have and are probably open to offers on and , though the prices on the latter two should be pretty notable. The Reds might listen on but its unclear how available he really is. Ditto for of the Cubs. Even after getting Chisholm, the Yankees are still looking for help at third base. Clubs like the Rangers, Astros, Dodgers, Red Sox, Mariners, Atlanta and the Pirates could be looking for infield upgrades in the coming days. Perhaps the imbalance between supply and demand will lead to the Jays getting some interesting calls. They could always keep Kiner-Falefa for the second year of his deal but their infield mix has also changed since they signed him. has e sentially been performing the role IKF was brought in for, providing quality defense at multiple spots with a contact-based approach at the plate. moved from first base to second base due to Guerrero being locked in at first. Horwitz has been hitting well while seemingly performing capable enough at the keystone. is covering shortstop with Bichette on the injured list. will be back in the mix after he serves his 80-game PED suspension. Guys like and are also capable of playing some infield. On the outfield, even without Kiermaier next year, the Jays currently project to have and with Barger and Schneider in play, as well as , recently acquired in the Garcia trade. Perhaps IKF is more useful to them at this point as a trade chip than as a part of their 2025 plans. IKFs contract has a $7.5MM competitive balance tax hit for the year but an acquiring club would only be taking on about a third of that by trading for him now. Its also po sible the Jays could look to eat some of the money owed to him in order to facilitate a deal. Keider Montero Jersey