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Even if Thursday night offered little worth celebrating, the Blue Jays finally find themselves in a clinch scenario. After an update to the Blue Jays’ official “magic number” early Friday from Major League Baseball -- now at two -- the champagne will be on ice in Kansas City.
Salvador Perez hit a three-run homer in Kansas City's seven-run first inning and the Royals beat the Toronto Blue Jays 20-1.
A borderline pitch on a full count led to a walk to Maikel Garcia — the only one of 13 Royals batters to be held hitless — prompting Walker to come to the aid of his embattled starter. Walker took his objections a bit too far and was ejected.
John Schneider had to express his frustrations somehow after the Blue Jays lost by 19 runs to the Royals on Friday night.
Toronto Blue Jays right-hander Jose Berrios is moving to the bullpen, manager John Schneider told reporters following Friday’s 20-1 loss to the Kansas City Royals. “I
On the AL side, the Guardians will have a chance to sweep their three-game set against the Tigers on Thursday. Cleveland still has a chance to win the AL Central, sitting 4 1/2 games behind Detroit, and it is similarly just 2 1/2 games back for the AL’s final wild-card spot.
M ajor League Baseball has abandoned plans for a two-game London Series between the New York Yankees and Toronto Blue Jays next June 13-14, commissioner Rob Manfred confirmed Tuesday ( via the Associated Press ). London Stadium will be used for a West Ham soccer match on May 24 and there won't be enough time to convert the stadium to baseball.
The former MLB executive has Schneider as the runner-up for the award behind A.J. Hinch of the Detroit Tigers. Alex Cora of the Boston Red Sox finished third. It will be interesting to see how things play out, but the Blue Jays' head man is deserving of the award.
MLB won't be returning to London for the 2026 season due to a scheduling issues with the host site and television networks.
Toronto Blue Jays fans will be able to tune into Sportsnet to watch their team take on the Kansas City Royals on Friday night.