Latest blog entries from Toronto teams across every league
We could have our World Series matchup by the end of the night. After the Dodgers punched their ticket to the Fall Classic on Friday, the spotlight shifted over to the ALCS, where the Mariners have made it farther than they ever have in franchise history by going up 3-2 on the Blue Jays. Saturday […]
Clearly, the lead story tonight is Anthony Stolarz’s frustration after the game. What were you seeing and feeling when Mason Marchment crashed into you? Stolarz: I mean, I am not happy. Guys are going to run me. I am going to try to stand up for myself. I heard the ref say we got a […] The post Game Review: Anthony Stolarz demands more from his team after Leafs’ OT loss to Seattle appeared first on Maple Leafs Hotstove .
Craig Berube addressed the media after his team’s 4-3 overtime loss to the Seattle Kraken, which dropped the Maple Leafs’ record to 3-2-1. On the team’s performance: Inconsistent, more than anything. When we wanted to play the right way and do the things, we were good. We had too many lapses in the game that […] The post Craig Berube on whether his team needs to protect its goalie better: “We have to be harder around our net… I’m not preaching to take guys’ heads off, but enough is enough” a...
The Blue Jays are staring down elimination as they head back to Toronto following a tough loss to the Mariners in Game 5 of the ALCS yesterday. Manager John Schneider spoke to reporters this evening about the health status of a couple of key players, as well as the club’s pitching plans headed into the…
The Dodgers are back in the World Series to defend the title they won last year after sweeping the Brewers out of the NLCS, but while they wait to see which of the Mariners and Blue Jays will emerge from the ALCS to challenge them for the commissioner’s trophy it appears their front office has…
Dan Wilson and the Mariners announced at a pregame conference on Saturday that Logan Gilbert will take the mound for Game 6 of the ALCS. The Blue Jays will also run back their Game 2 starter, starting rookie Trey Yesavage. Gilbert didn’t have a strong outing against the Blue Jays in Game 2, getting bailed […]
Don't go to the bullpen, Leafs.
At the end of a five-games-in-eight-days stretch, the Maple Leafs will need to dig deep as they seek their third straight win against the 2-0-2 Seattle Kraken (7:00 p.m. EST, Sportsnet). Game Day Quotes Lane Lambert on the challenge presented by his former team: They’re a dynamic hockey team with tremendous individual skill. They don’t […] The post Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Seattle Kraken – Game #6 Projected Lines, Preview & TV Info appeared first on Maple Leafs Hotstove .
Seattle Kraken head coach Lane Lambert discussed his time as an assistant coach in Toronto, the matchup against the Leafs, and his new team’s start to the season. Coming back to Toronto, you know this Leafs team very well. What do you expect out of them? Lambert: They’re a dynamic hockey team with tremendous individual […] The post Kraken head coach Lane Lambert on his experience in the Toronto market with the Leafs: “I’d certainly heard stories about how you walk down the street and this or...
Lorentz returns.
The Blue Jays’ 6-2 loss to the Mariners in Game 5 of the ALCS puts the Jays down 3-2 in the series, and in must-win mode heading into Game 6 in Toronto on Sunday. With such a critical game coming up, the Jays are also facing an injury question to one of their best hitters,…
Good morning Birdland, The baseball was electric on Friday night! In Game 5 of the ALCS, the Mariners got back to winning in emphatic fashion. Eugenio Suárez’s eighth-inning grand slam off of friend Seranthony Domínguez had T-Mobile Park rocking. That series heads back to Toronto with the Mariners up 3-2. Shohei Ohtani (almost) single-handedly beat […]
It was a spectacular day of baseball yesterday, Seattle and Toronto kicking things off with a thriller, and Shohei Ohtani putting on a Friday night show to cinch their second-consecutive pennant. After a long year of ups and downs, it’s once again the Dodgers who capture the pennant, and they’ll await a winner from the […]
To fit in with the Blue Jays series, the Kraken have been sent to Toronto.
We may have witnessed – in Game 4 of the 2025 NLCS – the greatest performance in a major league baseball game by a single player. Shohei Ohtani won the MVP award (after being introduced as "the greatest baseball player on the planet") largely because of his unprecedented performance in the Dodgers' pennant-winning 5-1 victory on Friday night in Los Angeles, finishing off a dominating sweep of the Milwaukee Brewers (who had won all six of the games the two teams played d...
Despite the Toronto Blue Jays playing in game five of the ALCS nearly 4,000 miles away, baseball fever coursed through the confines of the Scotiabank Arena, where the Toronto Raptors defeated the Brooklyn Nets 119-114 on Friday. Both Raptors head coach Darko Rajakovic and Nets head coach Jordi Fernandez fielded questions from the media before […]
The Brooklyn Nets played their fourth and final preseason game on Friday night, visiting the Toronto Raptors. Viewers can only hope the first half wasn’t a true preview of their regular season. Not only did Brooklyn fall behind by double-digit immediately — though that part might not bother many — but they looked overmatched by […]
Jays 2 Mariners 6 So that eighth inning was the only one that mattered. Brendon Little came in. People don’t like him but he’s been good this season. Cal Raleigh hit one that just cleared the left field wall. 348 feet homer in 14/32 parks. Four feet less would have been nice. Little gave up […]
Mariners 6, Blue Jays 2 Letting your trolls get on a roll: Dominic Canzone, -.099 WPAMaking your haters be your waiters at the table of success: Cal Raleigh, +.322 WPA Game Thread Comment of the Day (Almost didn’t pick this one because of the chatspeak (we’re serious about that rule!))
More game thread. Maybe this one will be the one where the Mariners hitters make an adjustment and string together some good at-bats?
Milwaukee Brewers at Los Angeles Dodges/Toronto Blue Jays Seattle Mariners – A LCS Game thread for October 17, 2025
Are you a free-agent pitcher who has a four-seam fastball in the 93rd percentile for velocity and the 83rd percentile for extension? Well, then, the Astros might have interest in you. They probably had interest in Nate Pearson for those very reasons. A former first-round pick in 2017 and top prospect of the Blue Jays, […]
After Friday’s practice, Craig Berube discussed the teaching moments for Easton Cowan in his last game, load managing Auston Matthews, Anthony Stolarz’s big performance against the Rangers, and more. Practice Lines – October 17 Leafs lines at practice Knies – Jarnkrok* – CowanMaccelli – Tavares – Nylander Robertson – Domi – McMann Lorentz – Roy […] The post Craig Berube on keeping Easton Cowan on the bench for most of the third period vs. NYR: “He pushed a little bit too much… He knows; he i...
A win would be nice. Lineups: Today’s Lineups BLUE JAYS MARINERS George Springer – DH Julio Rodriguez – CF Nathan Lukes – LF Cal Raleigh – C Vladimir Guerrero – 1B Jorge Polanco – DH Alejandro Kirk – C Josh Naylor – 1B Daulton Varsho – CF Randy Arozarena – LF Ernie Clement – 3B […]
Tonight, we see both the ALCS and NLCS in action. On the ALCS side, the Mariners and Blue Jays hook up for Game 5 in a series tied 2-2. The Mariners started off hot, winning the first two games on the road, but then the Blue Jays offense came alive and pounded the Mariners for […]