https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/page/29/?d=21enhttps://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/how-much-blue-jays-spend-offseason-payroll/The Blue Jays ran a record-high payroll in 2025. According to Cot’s Contracts, their final commitment came in just over $254 million, and just under $279 million for luxury tax purposes. Only four teams, the Dodgers, Mets, Yankees, and Phillies, spent more. Toronto’s payroll estimates from Roste...2839Wed, 05 Nov 2025 11:57:01 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/reliving-top-moments-blue-jays-2025-regular-season/The 2025 Toronto Blue Jays season had some magic to it. It didn’t end the way anyone hoped or the way it felt destined to. For most of the year, it seemed like the baseball gods had chosen this team. But not all great stories end in triumph; some end in heartbreak. And for the 2025 Blue Jays, ba...2838Tue, 04 Nov 2025 17:07:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/alejandro-kirk-deserved-gold-glove/Alejandro Kirk was a bat-first player when he arrived in the big leagues. The diminutive but stocky catcher soared through the minors off the strength of his bat, and at just 21 years old, debuted in the big leagues in the COVID-shortened 2020 season. He produced a 165 wRC+ in 25 plate appearanc...2837Tue, 04 Nov 2025 11:52:01 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/one-magical-world-series-run-and-done/The confetti has yet to be picked up, and the tears have been shed. Major League Baseball even posted on social that there are fewer than 145 days until Opening Day. And inside the offices at Rogers Centre, the Toronto Blue Jays front office is mulling over what next year’s roster will look like...2836Mon, 03 Nov 2025 15:13:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/seven-arbitration-eligible-players-non-tender-deadline/Last month, MLB Trade Rumors published their annual arbitration salary projections. These projections are highly accurate and, therefore, a fantastic tool for fans, media members, and even front office executives, as we all try to guess which arbitration-eligible players will be tendered contrac...2833Mon, 03 Nov 2025 11:52:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/blue-jays-dodgers-world-series-game-seven-everything-on-the-line-all-hands-on-deck-r2834/Pre-game - Win Probability: 50% Max Scherzer gets the ball in what is likely the final start of his career. Addison Barger and Daulton Varsho swap places in the batting order, but otherwise it’s the same lineup as Game 6. The Dodgers' lineup is unchanged. Shohei Ohtani gets the start for the D...2834Sun, 02 Nov 2025 15:17:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/one-game-left-world-series-everything-within-reach/The Blue Jays went to Los Angeles after splitting the first two games in Toronto, and the return trip wasn’t guaranteed for either team. After a successful trip out west, the Jays made sure at least one more game would be played at Rogers Centre. Now we know it will be two. They’ve been called u...2832Sat, 01 Nov 2025 18:17:37 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/blue-jays-dodgers-world-series-game-7-thread-max-scherzer-vs-shohei-ohtani-r2831/Are we all stressed out yet? How are your fingernails doing? Game 7 at Rogers Centre tonight will decide the World Series. The Dodgers forced tonight’s winner-take-all with a 3-1 victory in Toronto on Friday, setting up a marquee pitching matchup: Max Scherzer for the Blue Jays and Shohei O...2831Sat, 01 Nov 2025 13:50:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/dodgers-world-series-game-six-recap/It's Game 6 in Toronto, and the Jays have a chance to win it all. I’ll be tracking their win probability and key plays by inning. Pre-Game - Win Probability: 50% Devon White with the first pitch to Nathan Lukes is perfect. Matt Trueblood wrote about him earlier in the week, and it was nic...2829Sat, 01 Nov 2025 10:57:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/blue-jays-dodgers-world-series-game-6-thread-kevin-gausman-vs-yoshinobu-yamamoto-r2828/Toronto returns home for Game 6 of the 2025 World Series on Friday, Oct. 31, with a 3–2 series lead over Los Angeles. First pitch is 8pm Eastern at Rogers Centre. The scheduled starters are Yoshinobu Yamamoto for the Dodgers and Kevin Gausman for the Blue Jays.  In the regular season, Gaus...2828Fri, 31 Oct 2025 13:20:34 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/how-can-jays-adjust-approach-overcome-yoshinobu-yamamoto/Yoshinobu Yamamoto has been outstanding this postseason, allowing no more than one earned run in three of his four outings. In his last two, Game 2 of the NLCS and Game 2 of the World Series, he threw a one-run complete game both times, with a combined total of just one walk and one home run all...2827Fri, 31 Oct 2025 12:06:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/advantage-jays-head-home-game-6-game-7/This is not the best Blue Jays team ever. Not even close. However, the 2025 Blue Jays are only the third team in franchise history to be a win away from being world champions. And they sure are fun to watch. Game 5 started with a bang. Two bangs, in fact, with both Davis Schneider and Vladi...2825Thu, 30 Oct 2025 15:17:01 +0000