Shi Davidi

The Blue Jays stayed hot on Tuesday as they found their power in a romping of the Rays to remain in the wild-card race.

Five runs off Drew Rasmussen, plus another off the bullpen, should be enough to beat the Rays more often than not. But the Blue Jays weren't able to come away victorious Wednesday on a night when their defence faltered.

TORONTO – The Toronto Blue Jays ran their first bullpen game of the season April 4 at the Chicago White Sox, when they didn't have someone to backfill

While John Schneider has kicked around the idea of dropping Vladimir Guerrero Jr. in the batting order, a shift at this point is more a blind grasp than purposeful plan, writes Shi Davidi.

With a 13-2 thumping at the hands of the Royals, the Blue Jays lost their second straight series and dropped 3.5 games back for the AL's third wild-card spot.

TORONTO – Only a very small handful of people are connected to every generation of the Toronto Blue Jays the way Buck Martinez is, which is why he's such a fitting choice for induction to the club's new Hall of Excellence.

As Buck Martinez was leaving the pregame ceremony adding his name to the Hall of Excellence, new Blue Jay Brett Bateman quickly stopped him and offered congratulations. It was a moment that encapsulated all the teams wants to accomplish with its new display.

"We are going to continue to compete," was the message leading up to and after a chaotic deadline. That vision has become reality for the Blue Jays in their long road back to .500. Shi Davidi has the story after a win over the Royals.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — With three weeks and 18 games to go, the leverage on each day only keeps rising for the Toronto Blue Jays , who have both challenges in their rotation and room to be creative in trying to optimize for the crucial stretch ahead.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Michael Lorenzen has been trying to find himself on the mound over the past five years, and pitching in Denver's high altitude with the Colorado Rockies this season didn't help in the search.