Jen Pawol made history in August 2025 as the first female umpire in MLB after nearly a decade working her way up through the minors, totaling over 1,200 games before the call finally came. On Sunday at Petco Park, in the last game before the All-Star break, she was behind the plate for the Padres-Blue […]
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The Blue Jays signed outfielder Daz Cameron to a minor league contract earlier this week, according to Cameron’s MLB.com profile page. The signing comes a few weeks after Cameron was released by the KBO League’s Doosan Bears, and the Jays have assigned Cameron to their Florida Complex League club. Despite Cameron’s strong .287/.360/.473 slash line […]
Blue Jays 4 Padres 3 A rough eight cost them. Hoffman in. Xander Bogaerts, leading off, ground one softly (63.4 mph) up the middle, but between second and short. Ernie Clement got to it too deep to make a play. Bogaerts stole second. Manny Machado lined a single to center, scoring the run. Gavin Sheets […]
LSU has seen it’s 5th player drafted in the 2026 MLB Draft as Santiago Garcia goes to the Toronto Blue Jays in the 12th round at #372 overall. The LHP transferred from Oregon after the first to years of his career and became the top lefty option for the Tigers out of the bullpen. He […]
Toronto's manager went out of his way to slight the guy who's really been the AL's best pitcher so far.
Prior to today’s game with the Padres, the Blue Jays selected the contract of right-hander CJ Van Eyk from Triple-A Buffalo. Toronto had an open spot on the 40-man roster, and right-hander Chad Dallas was optioned to Triple-A in the corresponding 26-man roster move. Trey Yesavage lasted only 1 2/3 innings in Saturday’s 8-7 Jays […]
PHILADELPHIA – Entering Sunday, the only major-league ballpark that Nathan Flewelling had homered in was the Rogers Centre. Then, in the top of the sixth inning
Game three with the Padres. A series win would be nice. Please score some runs. And this is the end of the first half of the season. I had someone argue with me about the first half thing. But I don’t make the rules, baseball says everything before the All-Star break is the first half, […]
The Toronto Blue Jays’ final game before the MLB All-Star break could be the first for CJ Van Eyk. The right-handed pitcher was promoted to the Jays’ 26-man roster ahead of their July 12 game in San Diego. Chad Dallas…
Toronto Blue Jays (45-50) at San Diego Padres (47-48), July 12, 2026, 1:10 p.m. PST Watch: Padres.TV Location: Petco Park – San Diego, Calif. Listen: 97.3 The Fan Please remember our Game Day thread guidelines.
Happy Sunday. Dylan Cease will be the starter for the AL in the All-Star game, John Schneider has decided. The nice part about being All-Star manager is that you can give your own players a little treat (not that Cease doesn’t deserve the starter role). Dave Stieb and Roy Halladay are the other Blue Jays […]
Major league baseball has named its starting pitchers for the Midsummer Classic on Tuesday. And 43 years after Dave Stieb […]
The starting pitching matchup for the 2026 MLB All-Star Game is set with Cristopher Sánchez getting the nod for the National League and Dylan Cease taking the bump for the American League.
It’s been less than a month since the Phillies traded for Derek Hill after Johan Rojas and Adolis Garcia’s injuries. Yet he has done about all you can ask of a bench piece in that time. Hill has been a spark in several ways, whether it’s taking Richard Lovelady deep to help the Phillies squeeze […]
University of Iowa senior Gable Mitchell was selected by the Toronto Blue Jays in the sixth round of the 2026 Major League Baseball Draft. Mitchell was the 193rd overall pick.
As with yesterday, use this open thread to discuss the draft as it happens. We’ll also have a regular game thread closer to 4:00. The Jays have all of their picks today, starting with #164 overall in the fifth round and then selecting 29th in each round thereafter.
The San Diego Padres staked starter Walker Buehler to a 2-0 lead heading into the top of the second inning against the Toronto Blue Jays. He immediately surrendered four runs and the Padres headed back to their dugout for their turn at the plate in the bottom of the inning, trailing the Blue Jays, 4-2. […]
The St. Louis Cardinals selected University Tennessee pitcher Tegan Kuhns with the 32nd pick in the MLB Draft, and he is already drawing comparisons to Cy Young-caliber starters like Mariners' Bryan Woo and Blue Jays' Shane Bieber.
Here's the latest Twins news, which includes 2026 MLB Draft early-round results, new reliever acquisitions, and Eric Orze optioned to Triple-A.
Seventeen walks, eleven issued by the Jays, against just seven strikeouts. Really, on both sides, some of the worst pitching you’ll see in a major league game. Five Jays pitchers played, and all but Spencer Miles gave up a run. On the positive side, the offence actually showed up. They managed seven runs on eight […]
Today was the first day of the 2026 MLB amateur draft. The Jays made three picks, after losing their second rounder as a penalty for signing Dylan Cease, and had their first pick moved back 10 spots (effectively into the top of the second round) for exceeding the second luxury tax threshold last season. Pick […]
We are going out for drinks with friends as the ten days of Stampede partying is running out, so I’m going to miss out on tonight’s game. But going to find a spot to watch England’s World Cup game, wearing my jersey. Just as I was leaving there was this….amazing that someone who can throw […]
Toronto Blue Jays (45-49) at San Diego Padres (46-48), July 11, 2026, 5:40 p.m. PST Watch: Padres.TV Location: Petco Park – San Diego, Calif. Listen: 97.3 The Fan Please remember our Game Day thread guidelines.
Ouch: Josh Naylor and Gabe Speier, -.18 WPA Game thread comment of the day
For a minute there, it looked like the San Diego Padres might continue to move forward. And then they took two steps back. The club lost its second consecutive game to the Toronto Blue Jays in their series opener Friday night after Jhony Brito gave up a three-run shot to Kazuma Okamoto in the fifth […]