#blueJays Dylan Cease has not allowed a HR in 2026 & has faced 133 straight batters without allowing one in a streak that dates back to last season. This leaves him one short of his
career-long stretch of 134 batters faced without allowing a home run back in 2022 with the White Sox.
#BlueJays take on the Los Angeles Angels tonight & will be
looking to continue a one-sided streak in the series. Since 2023, the Jays have won 15 of 19 head-to-head meetings — good for a .789 winning percentage, which is their best against any opponent over that stretch.
Going to look at it thru the "glass is half full" lens, but despite this rough start #BlueJays currently sit a half game out of the third wild card spot with 150 games remaining.
Last night was the first time in franchise history #BlueJays used 5+ pitchers in a game & every one of them gave up a HR. Not going to count Tyler Heineman's appearance (he kept the ball in the yard).
#BlueJays Kevin Gausman is the first MLB pitcher since at least 1901 to record 21+ strikeouts and 0 walks through his first 2 starts of a season
#BlueJays starter Kevin Gausman had a K rate of 24.4% in the 2025 season. After his 2 starts of 2026, that number has jumped 52.5% after striking out 21 of the first 40 batters he has faced.
Prior to this season, the most strikeouts by a #BlueJays pitcher in their first 2 starts of a season is 17 by J.A. Happ in 2017. Kevin Gausman is now tied with Happ through his 6th strikeout in today's game.
First turn thru the rotation this season, #BlueJays starting pitchers currently leads MLB with 14.04 strikeouts per 9 IP this season. Next closest is the Brewers at 12.90.
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#BlueJays pitchers have combined to record 60 strikeouts so far this season, the most through the first 4 game of a season in MLB history, surpassing the 2000 Reds (59).
Kevin Gausman (11), Dylan Cease (12) & Eric Lauer (9) combined to strike out 32 Athletics over the first 3 games of 2026. That's 11 more than any trio of #BlueJays starters in any beginning to a season.
#BlueJays Dylan Cease, in his first start with the team, ties the club record with most consecutive strikeouts with 7, tying Alek Manoah back in July 2021
Well played ✌️❤️🇨🇦⚾️
#BlueJays Kevin Gausman with 10 strikeouts thru 5 innings. That's a franchise record for Ks on Opening Day. Old record of 9 was shared by Esteban Loaiza (2001) & Roy Halladay (2004).
#BlueJays Kevin Gausman's first time thru the order in 2026 & he has thrown a first pitch strike to 8 of the 9 Athletics hitters.
A great night!
Exhale, #BlueJays fans. No baseball until Sunday.
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#BlueJays are on pace to become only the 5th team in the last 40 years to lead MLB in both overall batting average & batting average with runners in scoring position.
#BlueJays Shane Bieber is quite familiar with the Royals from his AL Central days with the Guardians. He boasts an ERA of 1.88 vs Kansas City in 10 starts since 2020. Bieber has struck out 11.46 Royals per 9 IP since 2020, the highest mark in MLB (minimum 30 IP).
Despite yesterday's 19-run loss, #BlueJays have outscored their opponents by 8 runs in September. It would be their fifth month in a row with a positive run margin, tied for the 2nd-longest active streak in MLB. They have a +98 run diff since the start of May, the best mark in the AL.
Including a 20-1 drubbing in yesterday, Kansas City has gotten the better of #BlueJays lately, winning 8 of the last 11 meetings since the start of last season—good for the Royals' 2nd-best record vs any AL team since then. Toronto went 11-3 (.786) against Kansas City from 2022 to 2023.
Clinching the first seed will allow them to set the rotation. That is key to a deep run!
No reason to think they can't. We've been expecting a roll back all season, yet it hasn't materialized.
#BlueJays Trey Yesavage is expected to make his MLB debut on Monday. He enters boasting the highest K rate (14.7%) in
the minors this season (min. 20 starts).
Yesavage is poised to become the 37th different pitcher the Blue Jays have utilized in 2025. That would be their 3rd-highest total ever.
#BlueJays George Springer clubbed his 29th home run of the season on Sunday, which is an unusually high total for a
player who also has stolen at least 15 bases without getting caught once.
#BlueJays Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has absolutely feasted on Rays pitching over the past five seasons (2021-25), leading all opposition hitters with HR (16), RBI (43), XBH (32) & total bases (45). Guerrero has also collected 20 multi-hit games against TB, tied with teammate Bo Bichette.
Not only do the #BlueJays own the best batting average differential in the majors this season (+.031), it's their best
differential ever.
#BlueJays have never before hit as well after the All-Star break as they have this season (.290). Their batting
average in the second half is even higher with runners in scoring position (.314).