4+ week, 2+ day ago (415+ words) The Toronto Blue Jays are one win away from their first World Series championship since 1993, and they'll have two more chances to add another banner from the rafters of the Rogers Centre. The Blue Jays took a 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven series against the Los Angeles Dodgers after a 6-1 win on Wednesday at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. Toronto's first crack at putting away the defending World Series champions will be in Game 6 at 8 p.m. ET on Friday at Rogers Centre. Whether Toronto does win its third World Series title in franchise history or Los Angeles finds a way to win its second-straight championship, this year was as good of a statement from the Blue Jays franchise and front office that the team is here to stay in the AL picture. For years Toronto fans grew frustrated at the franchise. In…...

1+ mon, 17+ hour ago (404+ words) The Toronto Blue Jays now have all the momentum in the World Series. The Blue Jays beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-1 in Game 5 of the World Series on Wednesday at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. Toronto took a 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven championship series with the victory. Game 5 was the final World Series contest that will take place in Los Angeles this year. Both teams will have an off day Thursday and Game 6 will be on Friday at Rogers Centre in Toronto. The Blue Jays wasted no time pulling ahead of the Dodgers on Wednesday. On the first pitch of the game, Toronto left fielder Davis Schneider hit a solo home run to left field. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit a solo home run two pitches later to give the Blue Jays a 2-0 lead through the first inning. Kike Hernandez brought…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago (401+ words) The St. Louis Cardinals are in the middle of a rebuild, but are looking to take a big jump next season. Any potential jump will start with spring training, and the Cardinals released their Grapefruit League slate Tuesday. The Cardinals' home games will take place at the team's spring training facility of Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium in Jupiter, Fla. St. Louis has 29 games on the schedule. Fifteen of those will take place in Jupiter. The Cardinals' game on March 4 will be a World Baseball Classic exhibition against the Nicaragua WBC team. The 2026 World Baseball Classic takes place from March 1-17. So far, catcher Ivan Herrera is the only player in the organization confirmed for the WBC. He'll play for Team Panama. Feb. 21" St. Louis' Grapefruit League opener against the Washington Nationals. March 1, March 5" The Cardinals will play against their National League…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago (417+ words) The Toronto Blue Jays haven't had a skipper win an American League Manager of the Year award since Bobby Cox, the third skipper in the franchise's history won in 1985. The four decade-long franchise drought for that award will continue for at least one more year. Current Blue Jays skipper John Schneider was one of the three finalists for the AL Manager of the Year award after leading the club to its best season in three decades. Under Schneider, Toronto posted a 94-68 record, an American League East title and the No. 1 seed in the American League in the playoffs. The Blue Jays won their first AL pennant since 1993 and made it to Game 7 of the World Series before falling to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Schneider was one of the three final skippers up for the award alongside Seattle Mariners manager Dan…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago (435+ words) Earlier this week, Boston Red Sox shortstop Trevor Story elected to opt-in to the final two years of his contract with the organization, solidifying the left side of the infield as the Sox work to build upon their solid season of 2025. By opting-in, Story will make approximately $50 million over the next two seasons. The Red Sox will have one less question in the infield. Story spent much of his first three years in Boston injured but rebounded in a big way as the Sox made the playoffs in 2025. He played 157 games, hitting .263 with 25 home runs, 96 RBIs and 31 stolen bases. He only posted a .308 on-base percentage, but still posted a positive OPS+ of 104. He also had 29 doubles. As usual, Story played excellent defense at shortstop. Moving forward, it's unclear who will join him on the left side of the infield. Boston…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago (447+ words) Early indications are that the Boston Red Sox will now prioritize offense in the wake of adding Sonny Gray in a trade with the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday. The following note comes from MLBTradeRumors but links to original reporting from Chris Cotillo of MassLive and Jen McCaffrey of The Athletic. A 13-year veteran of the Oakland Athletics, New York Yankees, Cincinnati Reds, Minnesota Twins, and Cardinals, Gray is now 36 years old. He's gone 125-102 for his career, earning three All-Star appearances. He finished second in the American League Cy Young voting in 2023 with the Twins. This past season, Gray went 14-8 for St. Louis with a 4.28 ERA, though his FIP was just 3.39. He's made 28 starts or more in each of the last three seasons. The Red Sox said they wanted to go out and add an impact starting pitcher to place…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago (428+ words) The St. Louis Cardinals traded away three-time All-Star Sonny Gray on Tuesday afternoon, sending him to the Boston Red Sox for pitcher Richard Fitts and pitching prospect Brandon Clarke. Fitts has already been in the big leagues, appearing in parts of two seasons, though he ended the 2025 campaign on the injured list with right arm neuritis." The trade of Gray leaves a gaping hole in the rotation for the rebuilding Cardinals, who now figure to move on from Nolan Arenado and potentially JoJo Romero, Alec Burleson, Brendan Donovan and Lars Nootbaar. In addition to Gray's exit, veteran Miles Mikolas is now a free agent, leaving two holes to hill. According to pitching insider Nick Pollack on social media: Richard Fitts and Brandon Clarke could both be in the Cardinals' rotation by June 1st, if not sooner. As long as he's healthy,…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago (447+ words) The Toronto Blue Jays were unable to secure a multi-game lead over the Los Angeles Dodgers in the World Series in Game 2 of the best-of-seven series on Saturday at Rogers Centre in Toronto. The Blue Jays fell to the Dodgers 5-1 the visitors scored four runs total in the seventh and eighth innings. The World Series will head to Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles tied 1-1. Games 3, 4 and 5 will all be played in Los Angeles. The two sides were locked into a pitching duel for most of the game. Catcher Will Smith hit an RBI single in the top of the first to pull the Dodgers ahead 1-0. Toronto tied the game 1-1 in the bottom of the third. Catcher Alejandro Kirk brought home designated hitter George Springer with an RBI sacrifice fly. Those runs were the only runs allowed by Blue Jays starting…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago (451+ words) After signing Dylan Cease to a seven-year deal worth $210 million, the Toronto Blue Jays have a full rotation for 2026. Cease will join Shane Bieber, Kevin Gausman, Jose Berrios and Trey Yesavage in the rotation as Toronto looks to get back to the World Series for the second straight season. However, with the rotation now full, the Blue Jays do have a surplus of arms, leading to questions about if they should deal one for bullpen help, bench help or prospect help. Let's look at some of the candidates and the overall situation: --Top 10 prospect Jake Bloss, who is recovering from Tommy John surgery --Lazaro Estrada, who went 4-7 at Triple-A Buffalo with a 5.73 ERA in 2025 --Adam Macko, who went 3-9 with a 4.76 ERA in the minor leagues in 2025. --Bowden Francis, who went 8-5 with a 3.30 ERA in 27 games in 2024, but went just 2-8 with…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago (441+ words) Speaking this week on MLB Network, Insider Jon Morosi said that the Toronto Blue Jays are one of the teams that have checked with the Arizona Diamondbacks on the trade availability of All-Star infielder Ketel Marte. The Philadelphia Phillies are another. Now, that was before the Jays went out and signed Dylan Cease to a seven-year deal worth $210 million on Wednesday, so it's unclear if they'd still have interest in Marte after doing that. That said, we'll take a look at the feasibility: Now 32 years old, Marte will play the entire 2026 season at 32. An 11-year veteran of the Seattle Mariners and Diamondbacks, he's a career .281 hitter with 171 home runs and 587 RBIs. Marte has seven seasons of double-digit home run totals and two seasons of 30 or more. He's got two seasons of 90+ RBIs, is a three-time All-Star, a two-time Silver Slugger…...