The Toronto Blue Jays’ now-failed playoff push began around the trade deadline, but it wasn’t necessarily what the team had in mind when it was wheeling and dealing in early August. Toronto left the door open for a late-season surge by acquiring players it knew it could use immediately in José Soriano, Josh Smith and Spencer Arrighetti, and holding onto players on expiring contracts like George Springer and Shane Bieber. At the same time, it entered deadline day with 4.4 per cent playoff odds ...
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So what does an actual ex-major league baseball general manager feel about a player saying he was given a gargantuan long-term contract based on "past performance" only? Vladimir Guerrero Jr.'s shocking comments in a Spanish-language interview that came out on Wednesday have the whole baseball world shaking its collective head. The Toronto Blue Jays' $500 Million Dollar Man said that he was given his 14-year extension "for what I already accomplished", not for what he was going to do over the ...
The Toronto Blue Jays spent last November standing 90 feet from a World Series championship. They will spend this October at home. Wednesday’s elimination made the fall official. The Blue Jays stood at 77-82, last in the American League East, with three games remaining. The Los Angeles Dodgers won Game 7 of the 2025 World […]
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The Seattle Mariners were on their way to playing in the World Series for the first time in team history a year ago. They had a 3-1 lead late in the seventh game of the American League Championship Series against the Toronto Blue Jays, but they could not hold that margin. It was a heartbreaking […]
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Dylan Cease does not believe John Schneider should take the fall for the Toronto Blue Jays’ disappointing 2026 season. Toronto was officially eliminated from postseason contention Wednesday, ending any hope of returning to the World Series after capturing the American League pennant last season. Despite how things unfolded in 2026, Cease wants Schneider back in […]
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When the Toronto Blue Jays released Robert Brooks from his minor league contract in March, the 27-year-old catcher had appeared in 109 minor league games and eight Grapefruit League games across two spring trainings with the MLB club. Brooks wasn’t…
One year, ago, the Toronto Blue Jays were playing in the World Series. This season, they missed the playoffs in their entirety. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. played a big part in the team disappointing. The first baseman is clearly one of the best players in MLB, but he had a down year from a numbers perspective. […]
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After a 44-game career as a pitcher, the right-hander found greater success as a coach.
Toronto Blue Jays star pitcher Dylan Cease’s season is over due to a shoulder injury. The Blue Jays made a push but were ultimately eliminated from postseason contention on Wednesday as well. With the focus now on 2027, fans are surely wondering if Cease’s injury will cause any concerns for the offseason or next year. […]
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Vladimir Guerrero signed a $500 million contract before last season.
As the Toronto Blue Jays put the finishing touches on a disappointing 2026 season, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. isn't backing down from a recent quote he about his individual performance and the contract extension he signed last year.
The Yankees handled Tampa Bay for the second time in as many days, blowing them out 9-2 behind a pair of Ben Rice home runs as well as a Ryan McMahon grand slam. Of course, there was another game played in between that didn’t go New York’s way, but overall they’ve had a solid series […]
Good morning, Camden Chatters. It’s Sept. 24 and the Orioles are, technically, still alive in the postseason race. Will wonders never cease? The Orioles’ elimination number remains at 1 after a productive Wednesday in which they swept a doubleheader against the Blue Jays to close out their Camden Yards schedule for 2026. Combined with a […]
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BALTIMORE—The Orioles won two games on Wednesday, and the Chicago White Sox lost to the Kansas City Royals, 5-4, keeping the Orioles’ faint chances of a playoff berth alive for at least another day. The White Sox can eliminate the Orioles from playoff contention if they beat the Royals on Thursday afternoon. “I know odds […]
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Bryan Hayes joins SC with Jay Onrait for another edition of Harvey’s Hot Takes, where he shares his opinion on the controversial comments that Vladimir Guerrero Jr. made in an interview with Veronica Batista about the 14-year, $500 million contract he signed in 2025, and how his comments look coming out the same day the Blue Jays were officially eliminated from the playoffs.
A .695 OPS and nine home runs do not scream $500 million. Not when Vladimir Guerrero Jr. had an .848 OPS with 23 homers in 2025 and a .940 OPS with 30 homers the year before. The drop-off has been hard to ignore, especially for a first baseman whose value is supposed to come from […]
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BALTIMORE — Max Scherzer allowed 4 runs and 4 hits in 5 innings Wednesday in the 500th appearance of his career. The 42-year-old right-hander walked 3 and struck out 7 in his 491st career start. The Baltimore Orioles won Game 1 of the doubleheader 4-2. The loss eliminated the Toronto Blue Jays from the postseason […]
The Orioles closed out Camden Yards in fashion on Wednesday night, beating the Blue Jays 4-2 for the second time, completing a sweep of both the double-header and the series, while staving off playoff elimination for a least a few more hours. Trey Gibson was called on to make the spot start, his first time […]
Blue Jays 2 Orioles 4 Well, that was about right. Couldn’t hit at all. Well, not at all, Davis Schneider hit a home run in the ninth. We did load the bases in the seventh in perhaps the weirdest way ever: We had 5 hits. Lukes had 2 of them. We also had 9 strikeouts. […]
Bryan Hayes, Jeff O’Neill and Frank Corrado discuss Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s viral interview with Veronica Batista and how the fans and Blue Jays front office could react to his comments about his struggles and contract details.
It has largely been a season to forget for Vladimir Guerrero Jr. from an individual standpoint, which made his recent comments about the 14-year, $500 million contract he and the Toronto Blue Jays agreed to in April 2025 all the more notable.