#toronto-blue-jays

#toronto-blue-jays

In the bottom of the first, with Shohei Ohtani on the ropes, Bo Bichette hit a three-run home run to give the Jays the lead. It was just the second time in the series that they've scored first. But the Dodgers started to chip away at the lead. In the fourth, Teoscar Hernández hit a sacrifice fly to make it 3-1, then Tommy Edman hit a sacrifice fly to make it 3-2 in the top of the sixth.

He could be the leader of the most expensive collection of talent in baseball history. He could be the two-time World Series champion manager. He could be part of a dynasty. Don Mattingly said he never viewed his departure from the Dodgers in that context, however. And when he returns to Dodger Stadium this week as the bench coach of the Toronto Blue Jays, he doesn't expect to feel anything he wouldn't feel in a World Series game played at any other stadium.

Popkins, hired in November 2021, oversaw Twins hitters for three years, helping guide an offense that ranked 11th in wRC+ and 13th in runs scored over the stretch despite major injuries to key players. Then he was made a scapegoat for the team's collapse out of postseason contention and fired after the 2024 season. His unemployment lasted less than three weeks before the Blue Jays plucked him in October.

T he Toronto Blue Jays are Canada's team. No doubt about it they have captured the attention of an entire nation with their inspired run to the 2025 World Series. It's a run that has enthralled so many people around the city of Toronto and beyond that it has forced people to find ways to help the team gain any advantage over the LA Dodgers. even if they don't actually work for the team. - Or, at least, that's what Dodgers Manager Dave Roberts would like people to believe.

It's always difficult being on the wrong end of an instant classic. Unfortunately, that's what happened to the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday night as they fell 6-5 in 18 innings to the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 3 of the World Series. At that point, it's anyone's game, and unfortunately, the Dodgers possess a lineup that would give an All-Star team a run for its money.

Before the Blue Jays' winner-take-all Game 7 matchup against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday evening, it was reported that two Hall of Famers, Paul Molitor and Jack Morris, will throw the first pitch. Molitor only played 29 postseason games, but 12 of them were with the Blue Jays in 1993. He slashed .447/.527/.851 with three home runs in 53 plate appearances, winning the World Series MVP as the Blue Jays took down the Phillies in six games to win back-to-back titles.

One of the Jays' prized trade deadline acquisitions this past summer, Ross Atkins sent rising outfielder Alan Roden and prospect Kendrys Rojas to the Minnesota Twins for Varland and his six years of control, with Varland slated for free agency in 2031. Possessing a four-seamer that can hit 100 MPH and a knuckle-curve that keeps hitters off balance, Varland has been called upon in a variety of scenarios for the Jays this postseason.

It was one of the ugliest ways to lose a World Series game in recent memory. A complete base running blunder by Addison Barger in the bottom of the ninth gave the Dodgers a 3-1 win to even the World Series at three games a piece. With runners on second and third and one out, Andrés Giménez hit a line drive to left field that Enriqué Hernandez came running in on to make the catch.

Blake Snell has two starts under his belt in the 2025 World Series for the Los Angeles Dodgers, and they've lost both of those games to the Toronto Blue Jays. After being touched up for five earned runs in Game 1 - he was back on the mound in Game 5 at home, and was once again saddled with the loss.

The Toronto Blue Jays are in the midst of a storybook season. The impossible feels more possible with each passing day. With the club getting ready to put the finishing touches on the 2025 season, it's worth taking a step back and comprehending exactly what this franchise has accomplished in such a short period of time. Mostly, it's been a ridiculous offensive juggernaut that has powered a group of believers to within one game of a World Series championship.