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Today marks Dave Winfield’s 75th birthday. Winfield enjoyed a remarkable 22-year Major League Baseball career, earning a spot in the Hall of Fame and playing a memorable season with the Blue Jays. In 1992, at age 40, Dave joined the Blue Jays as a free agent. The team was strong but lacked a designated hitter, […]
Here we go again. After besting the Red Sox in the Wild Card Series, the Yankees begin a Division Series matchup against the AL East champions for the second straight year in a row, this time drawing the Rays as opposed to last year’s Blue Jays. The tale of the tape is close between these […]
The Jays signed Kazuma Okamoto to a four-year, $60 million contract. He had played 11 seasons in the Nippon Professional Baseball League. He hit .322/.411/.581 with 15 home runs in 77 game there in 2025 and .280/.362/.505 with 27 home runs in 143 games in 2024. He had 248 career home runs. There were questions […]
Blue Jays general manager Ross Atkins spoke with the Toronto beat on Wednesday, addressing various aspects of the roster. Shi Davidi of Sportsnet was among those to relay the comments, which Jays fans are encouraged to give a full read. Atkins was most notably noncommittal about the second base position, where Ernie Clement started 107 games […]
Toronto Blue Jays first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. had the worst season of his career.
Veteran left-hander Joe Mantiply is a free agent, per his MLB.com transactions page. The reliever was designated for assignment by the Blue Jays last week. Mantiply passed through waivers unclaimed. He’d been outrighted before, so he had the option to reject a minor league assignment and choose free agency. Mantiply closed the 2025 campaign in […]
There’s no sugarcoating it: The 2026 season was nearly a disaster for the Toronto Blue Jays. After coming so close to the promised land in 2025, it was a step back in many aspects this season. But amid all the negatives, there were glimmers of hope for the Blue Jays’ future. They worked their way […] The post 5 Things We Learned About the Blue Jays in 2026 appeared first on Just Baseball .
Thirty-Seven Years Ago The Blue Jays clinched first place in the AL East by defeating the Orioles 4-3. A dramatic three-run rally in the eighth inning erased a 3-1 deficit and sealed the win. Here was the starting lineup: Lloyd Moseby CF Mookie Wilson LF Fred McGriff 1B George Bell DH Ernie Whitt C Kelly […]
Shane Bieber wants to stay in Toronto. Speaking with Sportsnet's Shi Davidi as the Blue Jays cleaned out their clubhouse, Bieber addressed his upcoming free agency. "I hope it's here," Bieber said, later adding, "I definitely hope that's here again because I've enjoyed my time, my family's enjoyed our time so much." Season Cut Short By Injury Bieber's expiring deal was a two-year, $26 million contract that included the $16 million player option he exercised last winter to return for 2026. ...
Chicago Cubs manager Craig Counsell has several questions to answer after Tuesday’s 8-0 playoff loss versus the San Diego Padres, but he is absolutely certain about who he will trust in a must-win Game 2. Kevin Gausman helped the Toronto Blue Jays end their 32-year World Series drought last season, and he will be tasked […] The post Cubs’ Craig Counsell makes quick decision on Game 2 starter vs. Padres appeared first on ClutchPoints .
The Toronto Blue Jays wrapped up a disappointing 2026 season Sunday, and their offseason plans are already taking shape. The Athletic's Mitch Bannon reported Monday, citing a league source, that Toronto is expected to pursue Chicago Cubs outfielder Seiya Suzuki once he reaches free agency. "This offseason, said a league source who spoke on condition of anonymity in order to discuss offseason plans, the Jays are expected to pursue Chicago Cubs outfielder Seiya Suzuki," Bannon wrote. "His 26 h...
The Blue Jays didn’t make the playoffs this year, so they are already in offseason mode. Mitch Bannon of The Athletic reports that the Jays are expected to pursue outfielder Seiya Suzuki when he hits free agency about a month from now. Bannon adds that Toronto will probably check in on NPB star Teruaki Sato, […]
The Chicago Cubs brought in Kevin Gausman from the Toronto Blue Jays to add to the pitching staff and help the Cubs make a run in the playoffs. In nine starts with the Cubs, the pitcher has a 4-2 record with a 4.83 ERA, pitching solidly for his new team. With his pitching and the […] The post Cubs pitcher Kevin Gausman injury update for NL Wild Card Series vs. Padres appeared first on ClutchPoints .
The Toronto Maple Leafs are back from the longest offseason they’ve had since the beginning of the Auston Matthews era. Maybe it felt that way because the Toronto Blue Jays weren’t anything worth watching this summer, but it was also quite literally the longest one. It was the first time since 2015-16 that the team…
At the end of each season, we do a Haiku contest. Well, at the end of each season that I remember about it. I’m not always (ever?) the best at follow through. The rules are: come up with a Haiku that says something about the 2026 Blue Jays. I guess that isn’t exactly rules, plural. […]
When Trey Gibson took the mound for the nightcap of the Orioles’ September 23 doubleheader against Toronto, there was little reason to expect much. The 24-year-old was only there because Baltimore’s rotation had run out of healthy arms: Kyle Bradish was sidelined with a sports hernia, and the Orioles needed an extra starter for the […]
Heading into the 2026 Major League Baseball season, the New York Mets, Seattle Mariners and Toronto Blue Jays looked like three of the biggest challengers to the Dodgers dynasty. Meanwhile the Tampa Bay Rays were supposed to finish in dead last in the AL East and a fourth consecutive season with at least 100 losses felt like a real possibility for the Chicago White Sox.
The Toronto Blue Jays, on Sunday, ended the 2026 MLB regular season on a high note, taking a 5-1 victory over the Cincinnati Reds in an emotional affair. Max Scherzer, in potentially his final big-league start, threw seven innings of one-run ball. Moreover, George Springer grappled with some strong feelings as well as he navigated […] The post Blue Jays’ John Schneider shares true feelings on George Springer’s possible final game appeared first on ClutchPoints .
The Toronto Blue Jays had little left to play for in the final regular-season game, but Sunday afternoon became all about preserving a moment. At 42, Max Scherzer took the mound on just three days’ rest and kept pushing through the seventh despite reaching 104 pitches. He refused to leave the mound, setting up an […] The post Max Scherzer Leaves to Standing Ovation as Legendary Career Nears Its End appeared first on EssentiallySports .
Toronto Blue Jays veteran starter Max Scherzer turned back the clock with seven strikeouts in Sunday's 5-1 win over the Cincinnati Reds for his 225th career victory, but it wasn't enough to secure one of his contract bonuses.
The 2026 MLB regular season has come and gone, and the Toronto Blue Jays, the reigning winner of the AL pennant, will not be getting a chance to compete for a World Series title. On Sunday, they at least finished a disappointing 79-83 season with a 5-1 victory in front of their fans at Rogers […] The post George Springer was in tears before likely final game with Blue Jays appeared first on ClutchPoints .
Although they had already been eliminated from the playoffs, it was a busy day for the Toronto Blue Jays and their fans on Sunday's final day of the regular season. Not one, but two players who have been among the most memorable of the century in the major leagues may have left the field for the final time. And they each got a rousing send-off, four innings apart. First it was 37-year-old George Springer who was given a standing ovation by Toronto fans as he was removed from the game in ...
Have we seen the last of Mad Max on the mound? Max Scherzer struck out seven over seven-plus innings for his 225th career win and help the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Cincinnati Reds 5-1 in Sunday’s season finale. A two-time World Series champion and three-time Cy Young Award winner, Scherzer (4-9) boosted his career strikeout total to 3,557. That’s the ninth-highest mark in big league history — three behind former teammate Justin Verlander, who made the final start of his decorated career Satu...
After singling in the third inning and advancing to second base on a JJ Bleday fielding error, George Springer was removed from today’s game for pinch-runner Sean Keys. The move allowed the Toronto fans to give Springer a standing ovation in what may be the final game of both Springer’s Blue Jays tenure and his 13-year Major League career. The six-year, $150MM contract Springer signed with the Jays in January 2021 is now up, and the veteran will become a free agent for the second time in his c...
TORONTO – The first standing ovation came before first pitch as Max Scherzer took the field and Floor Seats by A$AP Ferg began to blare, the next bottom one when George Springer walked to the plate to the familiar Butterfly Effect by Travis Scott. More followed after Springer doubled to open the third, was run for, and made the long walk back to the dugout as 42,131 at Rogers Centre feted him; when Scherzer told manager John Schneider with two outs in the seventh that he wasn’t coming out of t...