Starting lineups for Blue Jays at Pirates - Aug. 20, 2025
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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.
Blue Jays' George Springer 2nd in MLB history to Rickey Henderson in cool stat originally appeared on The Sporting News 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.
The Guardians traded Bieber to the Blue Jays July 31, 2025, getting right-handed prospect pitcher Khal Stephen in return. As it turn out, Stephen is now said to be progressing well after experiencing a right shoulder impingement.
The Toronto Blue Jays have climbed inside the Top 5 of the latest power rankings by MLB insider, Will Leitch. He placed the Jays at No. 3, the highest American League team, in his rankings earlier this week. Toronto trails the No. 1 Milwaukee Brewers and last year's world champions, the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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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.
The Toronto Blue Jays' starting rotation has not been their strength, but they are getting reinforcements this weekend. Ace-caliber starter Shane Bieber is slated to make his Toronto debut Friday.
The Toronto Blue Jays remained hot on Tuesday, defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-3 at PNC Park. As they attempt to win the American League East, Toronto is now
The Toronto Blue Jays and Pittsburgh Pirates got into an altercation on Monday night stemming from a Tommy Pham walk in the seventh inning.
Toronto Blue Jays outfielder Anthony Santander is progressing in rehab, eyeing return as team leads tight AL East race.
The expectation was that he would help fill in the rotation behind Jose Berrios, Chris Bassitt and Kevin Gausman. But, since that point, the team has been receiving consistent production from Max Scherzer and Eric Lauer as well.