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Little-Used Infielder Gosuke Katoh Retires and Joins Toronto Blue Jays Front Office

The 30-year-old infielder spent part of the 2022 season with Toronto, and now he joins the organization on a more permanent basis.

Brady Farkas

Toronto Blue Jays first baseman Gosuke Katoh (29) reacts after catching a foul ball for an out during the seventh inning against the Boston Red Sox at Rogers Centre in 2022.
Toronto Blue Jays first baseman Gosuke Katoh (29) reacts after catching a foul ball for an out during the seventh inning against the Boston Red Sox at Rogers Centre in 2022. / Nick Turchiaro-Imagn Images
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Former major league infielder Gosuke Katoh, who spent a small portion of the 2022 season with the Toronto Blue Jays, has retired from professional baseball and joined the Jays front office.

He made the announcement on Instagram. Part of the post was written in Japanese, but the English portion is below:

I’m excited to share that I’ve accepted a role with the @bluejays in their front office! Looking forward to this next chapter and all that’s ahead.

There has been no formal announcement of the hire yet and Katoh didn't say exactly what he'd be doing, but it's noteworthy nonetheless. The Blue Jays are coming off a season in which they went 74-88 and finished in last place in the American League East. They had made the playoffs in both 2022 and 2023, but they failed to win a single playoff game in that time.

Toronto enters the 2025 season under a mountain of pressure. They are trying to capitalize on the final year of the Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Bo Bichette core and there are questions about what is coming next for each of those players.

The Jays have been connected to multiple marquee free agents this offseason including Max Fried and Juan Soto. They are seen as a legitimate threat to sign Soto, per reports.

As for Katoh, he spent just eight games in the big leagues. All of them came with the Blue Jays in 2022. In his eight games, he was 1-for-7 at the plate. He went to Japan in 2023, hitting .210 that season and .172 in 2024.

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Brady Farkas
BRADY FARKAS

Brady Farkas is a baseball writer for Fastball on Sports Illustrated/FanNation and the host of 'The Payoff Pitch' podcast which can be found on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Videos on baseball also posted to YouTube. Brady has spent nearly a decade in sports talk radio and is a graduate of Oswego State University. You can follow him on Twitter @WDEVRadioBrady. 

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