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In Wednesday's game, the Blue Jays hit five homers and had 24 hits, and they smacked 13 round-trippers during the series. Toronto also had 40 more hits than the Rockies, the biggest hit differential in a three-game series since 1900. Expert MLB daily picks ...
Shane Bieber is ready to make his 2025 debut and Eric Lauer is the odd man out of the Blue Jays rotation, a change he insists is temporary.
The Toronto Blue Jays evened up their series with the Pittsburgh Pirates with a 7-3 win on Tuesday night. Now, they’ll look for another series win in this afternoon’s matinee rubber match.
Preview the Aug. 20 matchup between the Toronto Blue Jays and Pittsburgh Pirates with recent trends, how to watch, livestream info, and more.
Surprisingly, it has been the red-hot southpaw Eric Lauer who has been bumped from the rotation as of now. The left-hander has been excellent for the Blue Jays, but he will be the one going to relief as of now.
George Springer resides in quite the place in MLB history. Anytime you can be second in a statistic in the history of baseball, you're probably doing something right. And that's where Springer sits in leadoff home runs.
Springer was hit by a pitch in the top of the first inning against the Pittsburgh Pirates, perhaps as restitution for the two teams' bench-clearing incident on Monday. Instead of escalating the situation, Springer simply waited a couple of innings, then launched a home run off pitcher Mitch Keller his next time up.
This article was originally published on www.si.com/mlb/bluejays as Blue Jays Relief Pitcher Has Been Team's Most Surprising Rookie This Season. The Toronto Blue Jays have received a lot of major contributions from players up and down their roster during the 2025 MLB regular season, leading to a lot of success on the field.