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Tonight, the Blue Jays take on the Yankees in New York. The Toronto club's goal will be to sweep the series.
If there is a sweep, the Blue Jays can wait patiently for the championship series to begin. But if the Bombardiers win tonight, it won't be so simple.
Why do I say that? Because tomorrow, in the event of game #4, the Blue Jays will have a bullpen day. We're talking about a day dominated by the bullpen, with no real starters.
That's why a win tonight is so important.
That said, if the Blue Jays were to play tomorrow, they could look for help in other ways. How? By putting Kevin Gausman in the game.
According to Andy Martino, the Blue Jays pitcher has postponed his regular bullpen session between starts until tomorrow.
For the Blue Jays, Kevin Gausman will wait until tomorrow to throw his between starts bullpen. He has relief experience earlier in his career. Makes you wonder if he comes into play on short rest in a bulk role in potential Game 4. Jays would then have Yesavage for 5.
– Andy Martino (@martinonyc) October 7, 2025
In other words, if the Blue Jays win tonight, Gausman will do his session tomorrow in preparation for Game 1 of the championship series on Sunday. His preparation won't change too much.
And if the Blue Jays lose? The pitcher could replace his bullpen session with a short outing (two innings, for example) during Game #4, in order to help the club's relievers.
This would be a risk, since Gausman is better at pitching with more rest than not enough. But in Toronto, we'd rather think about getting Gausman out than not.
And that makes sense… especially for a short outing.
In such a case, Trey Yesavage could pitch the next game, be it Game #5 against the Yankees (potentially Friday) or even the first game of the championship series (Sunday).
So, in other words, the Blue Jays are giving themselves options.
- Tigers vs Mariners: today's game will start at 7pm… if all goes well.
Today's first pitch is expected at 7 p.m.
The game will air on FS2, MLB Network and the Fox One App.
– Detroit Tigers (@tigers) October 7, 2025
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“He's a guy they clearly believe they can trust in this environment. That's why they pushed him back to Game 3.”@Ken_Rosenthal talks about the Blue Jays confidence in Shane Bieber pic.twitter.com/AUAJCCceFL
– FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) October 7, 2025
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(@BryanHoch) October 7, 2025
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Bryce Harper on playing in Philly: ‘I love playing at the Bank.
I love our fans. I boo myself when I get out. I'm the same way. So I trust in what they do. They show up for us every day, day in and day out. So if we deserve to be booed…they spend their hard earned dollars to..– Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) October 7, 2025
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New Rays ownership says they want a new ballpark in place by 2029
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