While the baseball season is long, it's getting shorter every day for the struggling Toronto Blue Jays.
Where would the Blue Jays be without Yimi? The Jays currently sit with the third-worst bullpen ERA in baseball (5.03) and have four blown saves. Tim Mayza, Génesis Cabrera, Erik Swanson, and Nate Pearson all have ERAs over five.
The Orioles lead the American League with a 26-13 record, putting them half a game above the Yankees at the top of the AL East. Baltimore again looks like one of the best teams in the league and is trending toward buying at the deadline.
Per Baseball Reference, over 137 Canadian-born baseball players have stepped foot on a professional baseball mound, dating back to 1878 with Edward “The Only” Nolan making his debut with the Indianapolis Blues in the National League.
The Toronto Blue Jays activated right-handed relievers Jordan Romano and Erik Swanson from the 15-day injured list on Tuesday ahead of their game against the visiting New York Yankees.
The Toronto Blue Jays bullpen is starting to look like the Blue Jays’ pen of old. On Tuesday afternoon, it was announced that Jordan Romano and Erik Swanson were activated from the 15-day Injured List and were added to the 26-man roster.
The curse seemed to have lifted after the Toronto Blue Jays suffered multiple embarrassing road losses. It also didn’t help that the six losses included scoring fests from the opponents and a historic no-hitter.
In front of the once again newly-renovated Rogers Centre for the first time this season, the Blue Jays won their first series of the 2024 season during a three-game tilt against the Seattle Mariners.
Well, you can’t say that the Blue Jays didn’t have chances to win that game. On Wednesday afternoon, Toronto hosted the Seattle Mariners for the final game of the series, falling 6-1 and bringing their season record to 6-7.
It looks like the Toronto Blue Jays will soon be getting some reinforcements to their active roster. According to TSN’s Scott Mitchell, relievers Jordan Romano and Erik Swanson are expected to pitch for the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons on Thursday.
After boasting a relatively healthy pitching staff last year, the Toronto Blue Jays were dealt some tough blows when it was announced that Alek Manoah, Erik Swanson, and Jordan Romano would all begin the season on the injured list.
The Toronto Blue Jays took a road trip down the coast to bring in the new year, taking on the Tampa Bay Rays in a four-game set at Tropicana Field.
The Toronto Blue Jays might have to piece it together with chewing gum and gumption to start the season as they wait for a few injury returns.
The Toronto Blue Jays are starting another season on the road, the 29th time for the franchise since being added as an expansion team for the 1977 season.
There is never a good time for any team to lose their closer and No. 1 setup man to injury. Even so, the Toronto Blue Jays appear well-positioned to manage the absences of two key members from their bullpen with Opening Day just two sleeps away.
Toronto Blue Jays closer Jordan Romano is likely to start the season on the injured list with an elbow issue. Manager John Schneider said Monday it is "reasonable to say" Toronto will open the season Thursday at Tampa Bay without the two-time All-Star right-hander.
The Toronto Blue Jays have set the position player side of their 26-man roster ahead of Opening Day but there are still decisions to make when it comes to the pitching staff.
It might not be long before the Ricky Tiedemann era begins in Toronto. Blue Jays manager John Schneider told Rob Longley of The Toronto Sun that the team’s top prospect is “in the mix” to be on the 26-man roster when the 2024 season begins next week.
The Toronto Blue Jays were already facing an uphill battle in the AL East, and the climb just got steeper.
Who does Yardbarker's Matt Wiesenfeld like for American League Reliever of the Year? He takes a look at the board and shares his thoughts.
The Blue Jays have one of the best relievers in the game. And on Thursday, Jordan Romano was paid as such, as the 30-year-old right-handed pitcher and the Blue Jays agreed to a one-year, $7.75 million deal to avoid arbitration.
The Toronto Blue Jays entered Wednesday’s deadline to exchange arbitration figures with 12 cases to settle, and they’ve since wasted no time crossing several names off the list.
The Toronto Blue Jays placed closer Jordan Romano on the 15-day injured list Saturday with lower back inflammation. Romano aggravated the injury with two outs in the ninth inning of Toronto's 4-1 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Friday.
The Toronto Blue Jays brass is holding its collective breath on Tuesday night after seeing closer Jordan Romano leave the All-Star Game with injury. Romano came on to pitch the top of the seventh inning for the American League when he surrendered a home run to Lourdes Gurriel Jr.
Sometimes Blue Jays closer Jordan Romano can go entire at-bats without hearing the crowd. Locked on the task at hand, he can feel the energy, but the audio isn't there.
Now six weeks out from surgery, Romano is on pace for a normal spring training and 2022 season — assuming the lockout is resolved in time.
Blue Jays closer Jordan Romano’s stellar 2021 season now seems even more impressive. The 28-year-old told Rob Longley of the Toronto Sun Monday that a postseason MRI revealed a torn meniscus in his left knee (his plant leg)—an injury Romano suspects he suffered while covering first base during the Blue Jays’ return to Toronto on July 30.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is one of those MLB players who never seems to take the game too seriously, and he reminded us of that during Thursday’s game against the Atlanta Braves.
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