TORONTO -- Soon enough, we’ll be longing for an afternoon baseball game, but Saturday afternoon’s won’t be the one we romanticize. The Blue Jays lost to the Reds, 5-1, on a quiet afternoon at Rogers Centre, teeing up the season finale on Sunday with Max Scherzer taking the mound in

TORONTO -- The sun is setting on two of this era’s greatest pitchers. Justin Verlander threw the final pitch of his remarkable career on Saturday afternoon in Detroit, and while Max Scherzer isn’t ready to make a decision just yet, he’ll take the mound Sunday in Toronto knowing it could

TORONTO -- Max Scherzer still rocks back and forth and bounces when he talks about baseball. The topic alone electrifies him. Scherzer said Saturday at Rogers Centre that he’s not going to make any decisions yet on his future, but it’s so clear that this game gives him something irreplaceable.

TORONTO -- After Vladimir Guerrero Jr. kicked off the day with a public apology for his recent comments about his $500 million contract, it felt like everything else would live in that shadow. The Blue Jays pulled off a comeback win, though, 6-5 over the Reds, rewarding their fans who

TORONTO -- It was the biggest crowd of media and cameras Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has faced all season, crowded around the face of the Blue Jays on Friday afternoon as he tried to right the week’s wrongs. Guerrero wanted to apologize for comments he made earlier in the week in

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BALTIMORE -- It takes a lot for the Blue Jays’ 2026 elimination to dip below being the story of the day, but that’s exactly what happened Wednesday in Baltimore, as Vladimir Guerrero Jr. addressed some controversial quotes from a recent Spanish-language interview. In a conversation recently with Veronica Batista, Guerrero

BALTIMORE -- That’s it, that’s all. The Blue Jays have been eliminated from postseason contention. You’ve already known that for a few days now, but after Wednesday afternoon’s 4-2 loss to the Orioles in Game 1 of their doubleheader at Camden Yards, the math agrees with it, too. Later in

BALTIMORE -- That’s baseball. You’ve heard manager John Schneider say it a hundred times this season, or at least one of its variations. Baseball happened. Baseball is going to baseball. It’s his own version of “c’est la vie.”

BALTIMORE -- In a season short on it, let’s start with the good news. Dylan Cease’s MRI revealed only inflammation in his right shoulder, nothing structural and nothing more. Cease won't pitch again in 2026 after he was placed on the 15-day injured list following Wednesday's 4-2 loss to the

BALTIMORE -- Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is making a late, surprising return to the Blue Jays’ lineup to open Wednesday’s doubleheader against the Orioles. Just over 30 minutes prior to first pitch at Camden Yards, the Blue Jays announced that Guerrero would be sliding back in, batting second and playing first

BALTIMORE -- As Pete Alonso’s two-run shot soared out to right field, Blue Jays fans must have all had the same thought: “Of course.” The Blue Jays dropped their opener to the Orioles on Monday, 4-3, and the clock has almost struck midnight on their season. They lost Brett Bateman

BALTIMORE -- Brett Bateman left Monday night’s game with right hip discomfort after making a sliding catch in center, one more cruel twist at the end of a frustrating season. Bateman was racing in on a sinking liner off the bat of Rece Hinds when he slid to make the

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ARLINGTON -- With just nine games left in the regular season, this weekend’s series between the Rangers (76-77) and Blue Jays (76-77) could swing both the American League West and Wild Card races. Following the Rangers' loss to the Red Sox on Thursday night, Texas dropped one game back of

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TORONTO -- The Blue Jays salvaged one game from their series against the Tigers, but they’ve left themselves with some serious work to do. Wednesday afternoon’s 5-1 win at Rogers Centre leaves the Blue Jays (76-77) 1 1/2 games back of the final AL Wild Card spot, now held by

TORONTO -- Trey Yesavage made a rehab start with the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons Tuesday night, setting up the star right-hander to return just in time for the final week of the season.

TORONTO -- Already stuck in a dreadful night of their own, the out-of-town scoreboard turned on the Blue Jays. As the Blue Jays trudged through the eighth inning of their own 10-1 loss to the Tigers, the Guardians walked off the White Sox in Cleveland, causing a massive shift in

TORONTO -- A night that could have been so many spectacular things crashed and burned on the Blue Jays. It could have been a no-hitter, which José Soriano carried into the seventh inning. It could have been Kazuma Okamoto's defining game with the Blue Jays after he launched a three-run

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TORONTO -- Doesn’t this team feel different than it did when you woke up this morning? There’s something about watching Vladimir Guerrero Jr. finally hit a home run out of Rogers Centre that can tempt you into believing again. The 8-1 victory to win the series over the Orioles doesn’t

TORONTO -- Vladimir Guerrero Jr. didn’t move an inch. He wasn’t leaving the box until that ball left the yard. Finally, he had done it.

TORONTO -- One day after looking like a team with no shot at the postseason, the Blue Jays pulled everyone back in. Over and over again, they keep doing it. Saturday afternoon’s 7-3 win over the Orioles was bold and convincing, an immediate reversal of the energy that filled Rogers

TORONTO -- All of the Blue Jays’ momentum coming into this homestand came crashing down in a few early, ugly minutes on Friday night. The 7-4 loss to the Orioles leaves the Blue Jays two games behind the Guardians for the final AL Wild Card spot, but at this point,