Surprisingly, it has been the red-hot southpaw Eric Lauer who has been bumped from the rotation as of now. The left-hander has been excellent for the Blue Jays, but he will be the one going to relief as of now.

The Toronto Blue Jays traded for Cy Young Award-winning pitcher Shane Bieber at this year's trade deadline. Now that he is here, the rotation will change.

George Springer resides in quite the place in MLB history. Anytime you can be second in a statistic in the history of baseball, you're probably doing something right. And that's where Springer sits in leadoff home runs.

This article was originally published on www.si.com/mlb/bluejays as Blue Jays Relief Pitcher Has Been Team's Most Surprising Rookie This Season. The Toronto Blue Jays have received a lot of major contributions from players up and down their roster during the 2025 MLB regular season, leading to a lot of success on the field.

Shane Bieber is ready to make his 2025 debut and Eric Lauer is the odd man out of the Blue Jays rotation, a change he insists is temporary.

The Toronto Blue Jays currently lead the American League East by five games over the New York Yankees, who have overtaken the Boston Red Sox for second place in

Thomas Harrigan of MLB .com recently wrote about the Blue Jays being the biggest risers in the AL East since the All-Star Break. They have seen a dramatic increase in their percentage of winning the division, going from 37.2 percent to 79.7 percent since the break.