In the shadows, the Blue Jays’ new generation worries

Yesterday, the Blue Jays won against the Yankees.

Trey Yesavage was excellent, as you know. He was removed after 5.1 innings of work to limit his workload and to keep some of the element of surprise about him.

It was the right thing to do, in my opinion… but it exposed the reliever's flaws.

We know that the Blue Jays have a few relievers who are doing well, but yesterday was a festival of mediocre relievers who gave the Bombardiers' hitters wings.

And therein lies the problem.

This lunchtime, colleague Sébastien Berrouard wrote that if any club could come back from a 0-2 deficit, it was the Yankees. And yesterday afternoon, the Blue Jays gave them the confidence to do it.

If there's one club that can do it, it's the Bronx. https://t.co/hct1OTwt4M

– Passion MLB (@passion_mlb) October 6, 2025

Instead of the Yankees thinking they couldn't do anything about it, the Blue Jays let their opponents score seven runs. Normally, seven points is excellent and wins games.

So now, the Yankees are a little more confident, and they have a plan for tomorrow: get Shane Bieber out of the game quickly so it's not just the Louis Varland and Jeff Hoffman of this world who are pitching.

If they win that and wear out the Blue Jays bullpen in the process, they'll face a bullpen day for game #4. And from there, anything is possible.

Of course, there's also a world where Shane Bieber is doing a good job, the Blue Jays' forward is rising and the Toronto club continues to have the Bombardiers' number, on track for a sweep.

But the Blue Jays shouldn't take the Yankees lightly.

Note that today, there was an optional practice in New York and all the Blue Jays guys showed up. It just goes to show that a lot of the guys in this club understand business.

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. says today is an optional workout day for the Blue Jays but the entire team showed up.

– Ben Nicholson-Smith (@bnicholsonsmith) October 6, 2025

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