at Kansas City Royals
Sep 5 · Scheduled
Pitching matchup: Max Scherzer - 2-7, 6.16 ERA · Seth Lugo - 6-8, 5.03 ERA
63-79 · 5th in AL Central
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Toronto Blue Jays
Toronto · American League · AL East
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At a glance
2026 Regular season
- Record
- 71-71
- Division position
- 4th in AL East
- Wild Card
- 1.0 GB from final WC
- Run differential
- -34
No. 19 MLB
Standing
4th in AL East
Division: 13.5 GB · Wild Card: 1.0 GB from final WC
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Schedule
Recent and upcoming games
Results and the next official games, shown in your local time.
Recent games
at Kansas City Royals
Sep 5 · Final
WP: Mantiply · LP: IV · SV: Lorenzen
Notable: Taillon: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1 HR · ND
at Cleveland Guardians
Sep 3 · Final
WP: Miles · LP: Bibee · SV: Varland
Notable: Soriano: 4.2 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 3 BB, 2 K · ND
at Cleveland Guardians
Sep 2 · Final
WP: Cease · LP: Cantillo
Notable: Cease: 6.0 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K · W
at Cleveland Guardians
Sep 1 · Final
WP: Williams · LP: Arrighetti
Notable: Miles: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K · ND
vs Seattle Mariners
Aug 30 · Final
WP: Scherzer · LP: Gilbert
Notable: Scherzer: 7.0 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 10 K · W
Upcoming games
at Kansas City Royals
Sep 5 · Scheduled
Probable pitchers: Max Scherzer vs Seth Lugo
63-79 · 5th in AL Central
at Kansas City Royals
Sep 6 · Scheduled
Probable pitchers: TBD vs Randy Dobnak
63-79 · 5th in AL Central
Analytics
How this team has performed
Reliable team context, rankings, strengths, and weaknesses using the data available for MLB.
Team Quality
Record, run balance, and expected record from runs scored and allowed.
- Record
- 71-71
- Run differential
- -34
- Runs/game
- 4.0
- Runs allowed/game
- 4.3
- Expected record
- 67-75
- Actual vs expected
- +4.1 wins
No. 14 MLB
No. 19 MLB
No. 29 MLB
No. 12 MLB
Based on runs scored and allowed.
Offense
Team hitting rates and production from verified season totals.
- Runs/game
- 4.0
- OPS
- .691
- OBP
- .309
- SLG
- .382
- AVG
- .247
- Home runs
- 134
- BB%
- 7.5%
- K%
- 19.3%
- Hits/game
- 8.3
No. 29 MLB
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No. 2 MLB
No. 12 MLB
Pitching and Run Prevention
Pitching staff results and opponent production.
- Runs allowed/game
- 4.3
- ERA
- 3.91
- WHIP
- 1.30
- Strikeouts
- 1234
- Walks
- 519
- K/9
- 8.8
- BB/9
- 3.7
- HR allowed
- 146
- Opp AVG
- .237
- Opp OPS
- .688
No. 12 MLB
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Basic Defense
Only basic fielding totals that are available reliably.
- Errors
- 82
- Fielding %
- .984
- Double plays
- 97
No. 22 MLB
No. 19 MLB
No. 20 MLB
Only audited basic fielding totals are shown; unsupported defensive metrics are intentionally omitted.
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