With yet another problem facing the Toronto Blue Jays‘ starting rotation, more names are being added to the mix. In 2025, they used 34 pitchers throughout the regular season (excl.
The Toronto Blue Jays are 18-24 after dropping their third straight game last night. They’ve also lost seven of their last nine games. They trail the Tampa Bay Rays by 10.5 games for the American League East division lead.
We’re a little more than a quarter of the way into what’s shaping up to be a profoundly disappointing season for the Blue Jays. I want to dig a bit into each of the guys who’s on the roster and has received significant playing time this year to figure out what’s going on and whether we might hope for improvement the rest of the way.
The last thing the Toronto Blue Jays needed Tuesday night was another health scare and for a brief, stomach-dropping moment in extras, that appeared to be exactly what they were facing.
Monday night marked Kevin Gausman's worst start of the 2026 season, as the Toronto Blue Jays ace coughed up six earned runs and 10 hits in just 4.2 innings against the Tampa Bay Rays.
Not every all-timer has instant success at the next level. For many baseball players, it takes a few bumps in the road out of the gate before they ever reach stardom.
The Toronto Blue Jays like to mention that they also had a slow start to last season and then went on to win both the American League East and the AL pennant.
Perpignan have simultaneously announced that former Scotland captain Jamie Ritchie is out for the remainder of the season, and will leave the club at the conclusion of the current campaign.
After being promoted to Double-A New Hampshire on May 3rd, Blue Jays top prospect Arjun Nimmala isn’t wasting any time getting acclimated in his new digs.
The Tampa Bay Rays continued their 2026 dominance over the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday night, taking home a 7-6 win to improve to 5-0 against the Blue Jays this season.
Rays 7 Jays 6 (10 innings) The nice part about that game was the come back. The Jays were down 5-0. We were continuously told they would never score again.
The Toronto Blue Jays could have another internal option for the fifth spot in the rotation sooner rather than later. On Tuesday afternoon, Jake Bloss returned to the mound after a year off, pitching for the Florida Complex League Blue Jays.
The only two things rarer in modern-day baseball than the four-homer game is the Triple Crown and the unassisted triple play. The former is, of course, done over an entire season, while there's a large level of lucky in the unassisted triple play.
The Toronto Blue Jays enter Tuesday looking to get back on track. After Monday night’s 8-5 loss against the Tampa Bay Rays, the Blue Jays have now lost two games in a row, dropping their record to 18-23 through 41 games.
TORONTO — For much of this season, the Blue Jays’ fifth starter’s job has been a revolving door that won’t stop spinning, and it doesn’t appear to be slowing down — let alone stopping altogether — any time soon.
There are plenty of areas to point to when evaluating the Toronto Blue Jays' slow start to the 2026 season. Injuries may be chief among them, as they've been dealt several blows to the starting rotation and the lineup.
Despite a slow start to the season, the Toronto Blue Jays have found consistency in veteran right-hander Kevin Gausman. Toronto, which entered the year with high expectations, has struggled to a record below .500 while dealing with injuries to key contributors, including José Berríos, Anthony Santander, and Alejandro Kirk.
You can't win a division or clinch a playoff berth in May; however, you can certainly bury yourself in the standings and make it difficult to rebound later in the season to get back into playoff contention.
TORONTO — At several points over the off-season, it seemed Yariel Rodríguez’s tenure with the Blue Jays might be over after the organization ultimately outrighted him off the 40-man roster following last season’s disappointing second-half struggles.
The Toronto Blue Jays’ pitching situation keeps getting messier, plus there’s uncertainty around Max Scherzer. Toronto entered Monday’s series opener against the Tampa Bay Rays still searching for rotation stability after another rough stretch from its pitching staff.
We’re 41 games into the 2025-26 MLB season, and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. remains stuck on just two home runs. After three straight years of relatively underwhelming power numbers, for his standards, the Toronto Blue Jays superstar put his team on his back during last year’s epic postseason run.
The Toronto Blue Jays made a couple of roster moves yesterday, highlighted by Eric Lauer being designated for assignment. The left-hander was a key part of the 2025 roster given his flexibility between the rotation and bullpen, but struggled to find that success in 2026.
The Blue Jays announced that left-hander Eric Lauer has been designated for assignment. His roster spot goes to right-hander Yariel Rodríguez. It was reported yesterday that the Jays would be selecting Rodriguez to the roster.
The Blue Jays will be selecting the contract of right-hander Yariel Rodriguez from Triple-A Buffalo, according to reporter Francys Romero. Sportsnet’s Ben Nicholson-Smith and Shi Davidi note that Rodriguez will be added to the roster prior to Monday’s game with the Rays.
Things just keep getting worse for Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Eric Lauer, who has been the weakest link in the starting rotation. In late April, Lauer expressed frustrations with being a bulk pitcher.