'Ern Dog' dominates O's, gives Blue Jays fans plenty more to bark about
TORONTO -- Ernie Clement has the city barking. That’s his thing. They call him the “Ern Dog,” and all the man has done lately is hit. In a season that still feels stuck in the mud, Clement has been the buzzing engine, the constant source of life so stubbornly trying
3 takeaways: Blue Jays 6, Orioles 4
TORONTO -- These bullpen days aren’t anyone’s "Plan A," but they’ve kept the Blue Jays afloat longer than anyone could have expected. With Ernie Clement starring on the offensive side, launching a three-run home run in the third inning, the Blue Jays had all hands on deck in Saturday’s 6-4
Okamoto has Toronto saying 'Yee-haw' after switching walk-up to country hit
TORONTO -- Kazuma Okamoto has gone country; look at them boots. When the Japanese third baseman stepped to the plate for the first game of this homestand Friday, his old walk-up song -- “Kibo no Wadachi” by Southern All Stars -- wasn’t playing. Instead, it was “Choosin’ Texas” by country
Yesavage falters in 5-run 6th inning as Blue Jays fall to O's
TORONTO -- It was all going so well, but the good moments still feel so fleeting for the 2026 Blue Jays. “It’s not a secret, we’ve been inconsistent for most of the year,” manager John Schneider said, an understatement after the week that’s been.
Varsho exits Friday's game with left wrist discomfort
TORONTO -- In a scene too familiar, another member of the Blue Jays left Friday’s loss to the Orioles early. This time, it was Daulton Varsho. The Blue Jays’ center-fielder is dealing with left wrist discomfort, the club says, which was evident on two swings he took in his first
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Scherzer throws 73 pitches in rehab start as Toronto's rotation awaits reinforcements
TORONTO -- The Blue Jays are getting dangerously close to a run of “good news” on the pitching front. In 2026, that still feels so unfamiliar. It was Max Scherzer’s turn in the Buffalo Bisons’ rotation Friday night, the middle man in a string of rehab starts that featured Dylan
A Texan named Dallas was Toronto's big cheese in MLB debut
ATLANTA -- Baseball fans in Toronto learned a little bit more about Dallas on Thursday. No, not Dallas, Texas. Dallas from Texas. Specifically, 25-year-old right-handed pitcher Chad Dallas.
Kirk homers in 1st rehab game since thumb surgery
Mired in a four-game losing streak, the Blue Jays at least saw some positive news down on the farm on Wednesday. Catcher Alejandro Kirk hit a home run in the first game of his rehab assignment with Single-A Dunedin, helping the Blue Jays to a 4-2 win over Daytona at
The Draft is just over 5 weeks away! Here's the latest mock
Teams will have a little less time than expected to scout several of the top college players in the 2026 Draft. A rash of upsets in NCAA regional play last weekend eliminated seven of the 16 top national seeds, including No. 1 UCLA and No. 2 Georgia Tech. No Bruins
Blue Jays acquire Woods Richardson amid banged-up rotation's rough patch
ATLANTA -- With a starting rotation that has been decimated by injuries (five rotation pitchers on Toronto’s depth chart are currently on the injured list), the reigning American League champion Blue Jays are going through a rough stretch. When Toronto earned a win over the Orioles on Friday, the Blue
Gausman pleased with slider despite yielding 49-degree launch angle HR to Olson
ATLANTA – Kevin Gausman would like to see more consistency from the reigning American League champion Blue Jays. Gausman strung together a respectable six innings as he allowed four runs on five hits and two walks with eight strikeouts in Tuesday’s series opener against the Braves at Truist Park. But
Blue Jays' bullpen has the chance to make history -- but does Toronto really want that?
Only 20 relievers in the Majors have racked up at least 28 appearances this season. A quarter of those relievers play for the Toronto Blue Jays. Mason Fluharty leads the league with 31 appearances. Braydon Fisher is tied with the Athletics’ Hogan Harris for second place with 30 appearances. Jeff
These are the hottest hitting prospects right now -- one for each team
Another month of the 2026 season is in the books, and as the weather has warmed up, so have the bats in the Minor Leagues. The 30 hitters below, our selection for hottest hitter in May for each organization, have been swinging the bat better than most. There are a
From prospects to breakout arms, Vancouver's pitching staff is turning heads
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'Misunderstanding' from young fan leads to Sánchez's early exit with wrist injury
BALTIMORE -- Jesús Sánchez’s manager likens the jovial outfielder to “The Most Interesting Man in the World” of the decades-old beer ad campaign. But even Sánchez isn’t so eccentric that he actually intended to play catch with spectators during a mound visit amid Toronto’s 9-5 loss to the Orioles on
Scherzer (right forearm, left ankle) throws 3 scoreless innings in 1st rehab start
Max Scherzer took a solid step toward returning to the Blue Jays rotation on Sunday afternoon, throwing three scoreless innings in his first rehab outing for Triple-A Buffalo in the Bisons' 8-5 loss to Lehigh Valley.
Yesavage among May’s standout rookies
Baseball's best rookie in May turned pro for $140,000 out of the Dominican Republic and ranked just 19th on MLB Pipeline's preseason Angels Top 30 Prospects list. The second-best went No. 1 overall in the 2024 Draft and signed for $8.95 million. Successful rookies come from a wide variety of
1 player each team hopes will heat up in June
We're two months into the season, giving us a large enough sample to gauge where teams and individual players are at. While many players are off to hot starts in 2026, some teams are still looking for specific players to get going and help push their respective clubs to the
'The Iowa Meat Truck' rides to victory as best nickname in the Minors
Toward the end of the 2023 season, Blue Jays prospect Peyton Williams wore a t-shirt to a player meeting emblazoned with the logo for his neighbor's company, Iowa Meat Truck. The shirt was an immediate hit with his High-A Vancouver teammates. Players and coaches loved it, and they quickly decided
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Yesavage pulls off escape acts, but 11 walks burn Blue Jays in Baltimore
BALTIMORE -- Most pitchers can’t get away with the kind of command issues Trey Yesavage successfully battled Saturday afternoon. That includes his own teammates, Jeff Hoffman (4-4) and Connor Seabold.