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Has there been a team in Major League Baseball hit harder with injuries to its pitching staff than the Toronto Blue Jays? Despite injuries to just about every single starter and a few important position players, the Blue Jays sit at 27-29, and the good news for Toronto is that the American League is very weak this year.
Recently, per a FanSided.com article by Chris Landers, the Blue Jays were named as one of four MLB teams that are 'much better' than their record indicates.
Will the Blue Jays turn things around this season?
You can perhaps call it a World Series hangover. The Jays advanced to the Fall Classic last season, and seemingly just about every starter (except Kevin Gausman) came into the 2026 season with some sort of ailment.
The good news is Trey Yesavage is back, and Shane Bieber is currently on a rehab assignment. The bad news? Jose Berrios is out for the year, and Dylan Cease just landed on the IL for the first time in his MLB career.
Here's why Landers believes the Blue Jays are better than their 27-29 record:
"But the good news is that most of them aren't long term issues; Cease has already resumed throwing, while Bieber's out on a rehab assignment and Garcia and Kirk could join him soon enough. Toronto has been able to at least stay within shouting distance (with a big assist from the dire state of the AL Wild Card race), and if they can ever just get a little healthy, there's still talent here to make a push."
Although they are two games below .500, the Jays' 2026 season outlook should still be positive with 2/3 of the season remaining.
And once the Blue Jays get healthy? There aren't many teams in that AL Wild Card race that anyone would take over Toronto to finish out the season.
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