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BALTIMORE—José Barrero is in the Orioles’ lineup at second base for Monday night’s game. Barrero will be the 60th player used by the team. Barrero is with the Orioles because two players, Blaze Alexander and Jackson Holliday, are on the 10-day injured list. Alexander, who became the father of a baby girl on Thursday, is […]
The Toronto Blue Jays will be without their struggling first baseman on Monday. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is not in the lineup for Game 1 of the Blue Jays’ three-game series against the Baltimore Orioles after exiting their game on Sunday with lower back tightness. Guerrero was 1-for-2 with a single before being removed in the fourth inning against the Texas Rangers. Rookie Sean Keys will play first and bat fifth in Guerrero’s absence against the Orioles. Keys has two home runs and a .644 OPS over...
The Blue Jays reinstated righty Trey Yesavage from the 15-day injured list and recalled fellow right-hander Chad Dallas from Triple-A Buffalo on Monday, the team announced. In a pair of corresponding moves, Toronto optioned right-hander Spencer Arrighetti and designated left-hander Joe Mantiply for assignment. Yesavage will start tonight’s game as the Jays try to keep […]
The Toronto Blue Jays have gone from American League champions and World Series runners-up in 2025 to one of baseball’s biggest disappointments in 2026. After winning 94 games, capturing the AL East and coming within two outs of a championship last season, Toronto entered the final week of this season at 77-79 and on the […] The post Vladimir Guerrero Jr. injury could be one final nail in coffin of disappointing Blue Jays’ season appeared first on ClutchPoints .
On August 22nd, during a divisional game between the Yankees and Blue Jays the YES Network invited to the booth a special guest: the retired slugger Cecil Fielder. Fielder had history with both franchises—he debuted as a member of the Blue Jays, and then later in his career came aboard with the Yankees after becoming […]
Tonight the Jays start their second-to-last series of the season. Six games remain, with a mathematical chance of making the playoffs, but math occasionally lies. But a series sweep would make things a little more interesting. Anyway, they have three games in Baltimore: Trey’s last rehab start wasn’t exactly something to build our confidence, but […]
This story was excerpted from Keegan Matheson’s Blue Jays Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. TORONTO — The Blue Jays need a miracle, and unless they get one, we’ll spend the next few months picking apart one of the most disappointing seasons in this franchise’s history. World Series expectations have cratered into a race for the third American League Wild Card spot, and they enter their final six games sitting three games ...
After sweeping the Mets early last week, the Orioles returned to Baltimore with a clear goal: win their series against the MLB-best Brewers and keep themselves in the playoff race. Instead, Milwaukee won a back-and-forth, extra-inning affair in Game 1 and proceeded to shut out the Orioles over the next 18 innings to sweep Baltimore […]
For a three-game slate, there are a surprising number of notable pitching storylines on Monday. The Tigers, Nationals, and Blue Jays will each get young starters back on the mound. 1. Red Sox secure playoff spot Boston came up short against Tampa Bay on Sunday, but still locked up a postseason berth with Houston falling […]
Good morning. Shawn McFarland writes that the patchwork pitching for the Texas Rangers finally came undone in the series finale loss to Toronto on Sunday. Kennedi Landry writes that despite the Sunday setback, the Rangers embark on the season’s final week atop the American League West by a game. McFarland writes that the Rangers are […]
We have arrived at the final week of the 2026 MLB regular season, and there is still a lot to be sorted out before the postseason field is set.
A year of firsts for slugging third baseman Sean Keys began in the offseason when he simplified his movements in the batter's box. The post Sean Keys: Blue Jays 2026 Minor League Player Of The Year appeared first on College Baseball, MLB Draft, Prospects - Baseball America .
ARLINGTON, Texas — The Texas Rangers lost 7-2 to the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday at Globe Life Field and kept their one-game lead in the American League West. Earlier in the day, the Houston Astros lost 4-2 at home to the Atlanta Braves, leaving Texas (78-78) a game ahead of Houston (77-79) with six […]
Blue Jays 7, Rangers 2
ARLINGTON — You just need to win series. Stack series and the rest will work itself out. But for the Rangers, just winning the series doesn’t seem to be enough at this point. Texas is in a precarious position entering this final week of the regular season with a razor-thin margin for error in order to reach the postseason. Rangers Bomber Jacket Giveaway is Wednesday! The Rangers won the first two games against the Blue Jays this weekend, but a sweep would have done wonders for the standings. T...
ARLINGTON, Texas — All told, the Toronto Blue Jays have had better weekends. A stuff-dependent staff ace featuring the lowest velocity of his career on Friday, performing so concerningly that he’s sent out for an MRI the next day. A litany of defensive miscues, including an ugly sequence — walk, hit batter, throwing error, wild pitch — that led directly to Saturday’s game-winning run. A once-superstar mired in a never-ending slump exiting on Sunday due to an injury he’s carried for most of the...
ARLINGTON — The Blue Jays left Texas with a much-needed victory that kept their American League Wild Card hopes alive, but mounting injury concerns tempered any renewed enthusiasm. Toronto (77-79) won the last of a three-game series, 7-2, despite Vladimir Guerrero Jr. leaving in the fourth inning with lower back stiffness. Carlos Delgado Short-Sleeved Retro Windbreaker Giveaway is Sept. 25! That development came just a couple of hours after the team announced that right-hander Dylan Cease had ...
Dylan Cease might have pitched in his last game of the 2026 MLB season. The Toronto Blue Jays pitcher has been scratched from his next scheduled start amid concerns about a shoulder injury. The Blue Jays are reportedly still waiting for the results of Cease’s MRI on his pitching shoulder, leaving them with the decision […] The post Why Blue Jays pitcher Dylan Cease is getting scratched from next start appeared first on ClutchPoints .
The Texas Rangers scored two runs but the Toronto Blue Jays scored seven runs. After winning several games where it appeared as though the Rangers weren’t exactly the favorites, today The Shed dwellers had the opportunity to sweep Toronto with their remaining best pitcher Jacob deGrom on the mound versus a bullpen game for the […]
ARLINGTON, Texas — Nathan Eovaldi pitched the sixth inning Saturday on two days of rest because that was where the Texas Rangers had planned to use him, manager Skip Schumaker said Sunday. The assignment put the right-hander into the heart of the Toronto Blue Jays order with a lead. Eovaldi had thrown 46 pitches over […]
ARLINGTON, Texas — Jordan Montgomery looks the way he did when Skip Schumaker coached him with the St. Louis Cardinals, the Texas Rangers manager said Sunday, a night after the left-hander threw 3 2/3 hitless innings in relief against the Toronto Blue Jays. Montgomery took over Saturday with one out in the second after Cal […]
ARLINGTON, Texas — MacKenzie Gore played catch Sunday at Globe Life Field, Texas Rangers manager Skip Schumaker said, and the club has not settled on a day for the left-hander’s next start. Schumaker had not spoken with Gore after the session by the time he met the cameras before Sunday’s finale against the Toronto Blue […]
ARLINGTON, Texas — Cal Quantrill is dealing with a different injury than the one that cut short his previous start, Texas Rangers manager Skip Schumaker said Sunday. The right-hander was being evaluated at Globe Life Field on Sunday morning, hours before the series finale against the Toronto Blue Jays. Quantrill left Saturday night’s 6-2 win […]
The Toronto Blue Jays may be without their ace starting pitcher as they pursue a playoff berth during the final week of the 2026 MLB season. Dylan Cease underwent a MRI exam on his right shoulder on Saturday night and has been scratched from his start scheduled for Wednesday against the Baltimore Orioles. Blue Jays manager John Schneider told reporters on Sunday that Cease could be shut down for the remainder of the season. Going into Sunday’s play, Toronto (76-79) is three games behind the Ch...
By AJ Eustace | at September 20, 2026 12:30pm CDT The Rangers announced this afternoon that right-hander Cal Quantrill is going on the 15-day injured list with a right lat strain. Fellow righty Winston Santos is being recalled from Triple-A Round Rock to take Quantrill’s spot. The move is 40-man neutral. Quantrill started yesterday against the Blue Jays but was removed after just 1 1/3 innings. He has averaged 93.8 mph on his four-seamer this year, but he averaged just 91.7 mph last night, thr...