A post-batting-practice feast awaited Vladimir Guerrero Jr. in the visitor’s clubhouse at Petco Park, courtesy of Fernando Tatis Jr. This was no random treat. The two childhood friends have been sending over meals for one another for years. Since Guerrero and his Toronto Blue Jays are the Padres’ guests this weekend, Tatis was on the hook.

Jordan Romano's first outing of the season capped an impressive win in which Yusei Kikuchi allowed one run over six high-octane innings while Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s two-run single was the key blow on a grind-out-the-runs kind of night at the plate.

There’s a lot to work through, then, which is what made the 6.1 innings of one-run ball Chris Bassitt threw at them Monday night in a 3-1 Toronto Blue Jays victory so impressive.

Blue Jays starter Chris Bassitt weighs in on the discourse around the slate of severe pitching injuries to strike the game over the past couple of months.

Yariel Rodriguez's impressive performance in his MLB debut gave the Blue Jays several reasons to exhale. The Cuban certainly did his part, helping stabilize the pitching staff.

The Toronto Blue Jays separated their pitching prospects into three buckets ahead of the 2023 minor-league season — one for starters, one for bulk arms and one for relievers — and set development plans for them accordingly.

Yet in many ways, the third-inning sequence by Daulton Varsho and George Springer that produced the first run of Tuesday’s 5-3 victory over the Seattle Mariners is perhaps most emblematic of the team-centric style of play the Blue Jays aim to make their identity.