Ben Nicholson-Smith

TORONTO — Don Mattingly calls games like this ‘hard hat and lunch pail' days. As in, you'd better show up ready to work, because the opposing starting pitcher is going to bring it.

TORONTO – Despite opening the season with enviable pitching depth, the Blue Jays placed yet another arm on the injured list Monday, raising new questions about how they'll handle an all-too-familiar problem.

TORONTO – In the span of two pitches Tuesday, a rather quiet game turned into something more dramatic.

Reinforcements are coming, and the Blue Jays have been making things close, pushing until the very end again Tuesday. Yet their offence continued struggling as the Blue Jays lost the series opener to the Atlanta Braves 4-3.

ATLANTA — The Worcester Red Sox are in for quite a challenge this weekend, when two Cy Young winners and a runner-up for the award are expected to visit with the Toronto Blue Jays ' triple-A affiliate.

The pressure is building again for the Blue Jays after they fell to the Braves on Wednesday. The loss not only was Toronto's fourth in a row, but it also sets up a tough series finale against Chris Sale.

Still three games under .500 the Blue Jays are not yet where they need to be, but they return home knowing they responded well to a significant challenge Thursday against the Braves, writes Ben Nicholson-Smith

Despite the Orioles' complaints over a controversial play near second base in the sixth inning, the Blue Jays put together a five-run rally that set in motion a series-clinching victory.

TORONTO — A few weeks ago, when the Toronto Blue Jays first moved Vladimir Guerrero Jr. out of the No. 3 spot in the batting order, he said he had no problem hitting second.

Pitching at the MLB level for the first time since April, Max Scherzer reached a historic milestone on Wednesday while also allowing five runs in a game the Blue Jays eventually dropped to the Phillies.