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Blue Jays’ season on the line during a doubleheader with Orioles

Blue Jays game postponed on Tuesday.
ByEdward Eng
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Jun 13, 2025; Baltimore, Maryland, USA; The Baltimore Orioles grounds crew puts down the tarp during a rain delay before a game against the Los Angeles Angels at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. Mandatory Credit: Daniel Kucin Jr.-Imagn Images
Jun 13, 2025; Baltimore, Maryland, USA; The Baltimore Orioles grounds crew puts down the tarp during a rain delay before a game against the Los Angeles Angels at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. Mandatory Credit: Daniel Kucin Jr.-Imagn Images | IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect

The fate of the Toronto Blue Jays 2026 season has been put on hold for one more day as their game against the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday has been postponed due to inclement weather. That game has now been rescheduled as a part of a doubleheader set to take place between the Blue Jays on Wednesday (Sept. 23).

The first game will start at 1:35 pm EST and the second game will go at 6:35 pm in the day-night doubleheader. As a result, Toronto’s season will be on the line in the crucial twin bill against their divisional rivals.

The Blue Jays wouldn’t be in the current position in which they are today had they taken full advantage of the supposedly lighter schedule over the last month of the season. Facing the likes of the Cleveland Guardians, Kansas City Royals, Athletics, Orioles, Detroit Tigers and the Texas Rangers, the Blue Jays have register a putrid 9-10 record to fall off the pace in the AL Wild Card race.

Now currently 3.5 games behind the Chicago White Sox for the third and final Wild Card playoff spot, Toronto will likely need to win out their remaining five games and hope for a miracle to pull off an improbable comeback to make the postseason.

Who will take the mound as the probable starters for the Blue Jays’ most important games of the season?

In terms of the probable starters for the Blue Jays for the doubleheader, they have not been officially announced. Dylan Cease isunavailable due to right shoulder inflammation and Trey Yesavage having pitched on Monday after coming off the IL. That leaves Max Scherzer and potentially José Soriano to factor into the equation.

Scherzer should be well-rested from his previous start, which took place last Wednesday in a 5-1 win over the Rangers. The 42-year-old veteran has actually been one of the more reliable pitchers for the Blue Jays down the stretch, as he has held the opposition to three earned runs or less in eight of his past 10 starts.

As for Soriano, he has shown some inconsistency since joining the Blue Jays at the trade deadline, posting a 3-2 record with a 4.73 ERA, 1.29 WHIP, giving up 27 earned runs with 16 walks and 40 strikeouts in 51.1 innings pitched over 9 starts. Although he has shown flashes of brilliance. Thesix no-hit innings that he had against the Tigers on Sept. 14 prior to things unravelling, was one of his best performances.

But if Toronto doesn’t end up gambling with Soriano on three days rest, then it will be another bullpen game for the taxed Blue Jays relievers to handle the second game. That isn’t necessarily a bad thing as they have been one of the top relief corps in MLB. They just put that on full display this past Sunday when seven of them combined to hold the Rangers to two runs on eight hits with seven strikeouts en route to a 7-2 win over Texas.

Nevertheless, the Blue Jays should throw everything that they have, including the kitchen sink at the Orioles on Wednesday to keep their slim playoffs hopes alive.

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