The Toronto Blue Jays have been turning a corner as of late, and this upstart outfielder is a major reason why.

MLB player prop bets and odds for George Chelston Springer on Friday, May 23, 2025, as the Toronto Blue Jays take on the Tampa Bay Rays.

It’s Friday, May 23, and the Blue Jays (25-24) are in Tampa to take on the Rays (23-26). Eric Lauer is slated to take the mound for Toronto against Drew Rasmussen for Tampa Bay.

Tropicana Field is hard on the Blue Jays’ bats, too. During the previous five years, Toronto hit just .234 at Tampa Bay, with a .385 slugging percentage. At every other park, those marks were .256 and .423.

Blue Jays' John Schneider Makes Anthony Santander Announcement After Padres Game first appeared on Athlon Sports on May 22, 2025

After the Baltimore Orioles fired manager Brandon Hyde, MLB insider Ken Rosenthal tags the Toronto Blue Jays as the next team to make a change in the dugout.

Daulton Varsho hit a grand slam in a seven-run eighth inning and the Toronto Blue Jays routed the San Diego Padres 14-0 on Wednesday night.

With Luis Arraez bouncing off third base, threatening to score in Wednesday’s first inning, the Toronto Blue Jays starter fired a two-strike splitter to the bottom of the zone. The pitch lingered in the air before diving under Jackson Merrill’s whiffing bat for an inning-ending strikeout.

The Toronto Blue Jays hosted the Tampa Bay Rays in a series just 10 days ago, and they rolled into the meeting fresh off a sweep of the first-place Seattle Mariners. The Rays wound up winning two of three anyway.