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Toronto Blue Jays (45-50) at San Diego Padres (47-48), July 12, 2026, 1:10 p.m. PST Watch: Padres.TV Location: Petco Park – San Diego, Calif. Listen: 97.3 The Fan Please remember our Game Day thread guidelines.
Happy Sunday. Dylan Cease will be the starter for the AL in the All-Star game, John Schneider has decided. The nice part about being All-Star manager is that you can give your own players a little treat (not that Cease doesn’t deserve the starter role). Dave Stieb and Roy Halladay are the other Blue Jays […]
Major league baseball has named its starting pitchers for the Midsummer Classic on Tuesday. And 43 years after Dave Stieb […]
The starting pitching matchup for the 2026 MLB All-Star Game is set with Cristopher Sánchez getting the nod for the National League and Dylan Cease taking the bump for the American League.
It’s been less than a month since the Phillies traded for Derek Hill after Johan Rojas and Adolis Garcia’s injuries. Yet he has done about all you can ask of a bench piece in that time. Hill has been a spark in several ways, whether it’s taking Richard Lovelady deep to help the Phillies squeeze […]
University of Iowa senior Gable Mitchell was selected by the Toronto Blue Jays in the sixth round of the 2026 Major League Baseball Draft. Mitchell was the 193rd overall pick.
As with yesterday, use this open thread to discuss the draft as it happens. We’ll also have a regular game thread closer to 4:00. The Jays have all of their picks today, starting with #164 overall in the fifth round and then selecting 29th in each round thereafter.
The San Diego Padres staked starter Walker Buehler to a 2-0 lead heading into the top of the second inning against the Toronto Blue Jays. He immediately surrendered four runs and the Padres headed back to their dugout for their turn at the plate in the bottom of the inning, trailing the Blue Jays, 4-2. […]
The St. Louis Cardinals selected University Tennessee pitcher Tegan Kuhns with the 32nd pick in the MLB Draft, and he is already drawing comparisons to Cy Young-caliber starters like Mariners' Bryan Woo and Blue Jays' Shane Bieber.
Here's the latest Twins news, which includes 2026 MLB Draft early-round results, new reliever acquisitions, and Eric Orze optioned to Triple-A.
Seventeen walks, eleven issued by the Jays, against just seven strikeouts. Really, on both sides, some of the worst pitching you’ll see in a major league game. Five Jays pitchers played, and all but Spencer Miles gave up a run. On the positive side, the offence actually showed up. They managed seven runs on eight […]
Today was the first day of the 2026 MLB amateur draft. The Jays made three picks, after losing their second rounder as a penalty for signing Dylan Cease, and had their first pick moved back 10 spots (effectively into the top of the second round) for exceeding the second luxury tax threshold last season. Pick […]
We are going out for drinks with friends as the ten days of Stampede partying is running out, so I’m going to miss out on tonight’s game. But going to find a spot to watch England’s World Cup game, wearing my jersey. Just as I was leaving there was this….amazing that someone who can throw […]
Toronto Blue Jays (45-49) at San Diego Padres (46-48), July 11, 2026, 5:40 p.m. PST Watch: Padres.TV Location: Petco Park – San Diego, Calif. Listen: 97.3 The Fan Please remember our Game Day thread guidelines.
Ouch: Josh Naylor and Gabe Speier, -.18 WPA Game thread comment of the day
For a minute there, it looked like the San Diego Padres might continue to move forward. And then they took two steps back. The club lost its second consecutive game to the Toronto Blue Jays in their series opener Friday night after Jhony Brito gave up a three-run shot to Kazuma Okamoto in the fifth […]
Today marks the first of two days of the 2026 MLB amateur draft. You can find part 1 of our draft preview (schedule and rules, etc.) here, and part 2 (some first round names to watch) here. The Jays pick at #39 overall and again at #103 and #131. The first selection will probably occur […]
The San Diego Padres brought the winning run to the plate with two out in the bottom of the ninth inning against the Toronto Blue Jays. Xander Bogaerts stepped into the batter’s box with Jackson Merrill and Fernando Tatis Jr. on first and second base after the Padres recorded three consecutive two-out hits off Padres […]
The 2026 Boston Red Sox are somehow just 1.5 games out of a playoff spot entering the final two games before the All-Star break. Just three teams sit ahead of them in between the final wild card spot with the Toronto Blue Jays, the Houston Astros and the Minnesota Twins. That field has shrunk in […]
Blue Jay 5 Padres 3 A three-game win streak. A few days ago that would have seemed impossible. We owe this one to Kazuma Okamoto, who hit a three-run home run in the fifth. In that fifth inning, Myles Straw started it with a bunt single (very nicely done Straw). Jonatan Clase flied out. Then […]
Four months, two brawls. San Francisco has witnessed its share of fan altercations this season, and another unfolded on July 9. After suffering a crushing loss against the Toronto Blue Jays, the San Francisco Giants bounced back with an 8-2 victory over the Colorado Rockies in the series opener. But what should have been a […] The post Cops Intervene After Fans Throw Punches in Wild Brawl During Giants-Rockies Game appeared first on EssentiallySports .
The Jays traded away Tommy Nance (and $250,000 in international signing bonus money) to the Twins for Catcher/Infielder Ryan Sprock (he’s assigned to Vancouver). FanGraphs had him at #31 on their Top Prospect list. They must see something in Sprock. He has a .297/.427/.428 in 67 games at A ball. Also Braydon Fisher has activated […]
Toronto Blue Jays (44-49) at San Diego Padres (46-47), July 10, 2026, 6:40 p.m. PST Watch: Padres.TV Location: Petco Park – San Diego, Calif. Listen: 97.3 The Fan Please remember our Game Day thread guidelines.
4:15pm: Both clubs have now announced the trade. The Twins transferred right-hander Mick Abel to the 60-day injured list to open a 40-man spot. He first landed on the 15-day IL April 17, so he has already been out more than 60 days. That makes him eligible for reinstatement at any time. He underwent arthroscopic […]
In recent years, particularly last season, whenever the Toronto Blue Jays and Minnesota Twins complete a trade, it's the Jays who are the buyers and the Twins who are the sellers. But in a one-for-one deal on Friday, it appears at first glance to be the reverse. It's the Twins who are bolstering their bullpen by acquiring right-hander Tommy Nance and his 3.22 ERA over the last three years. The Minnesota Twins have acquired RHP Tommy Nance from the Blue Jays. Per @JonHeyman . pic.twitter...