Does Braydon Fisher deserve an extended look as Blue Jays closer?

When it comes to Toronto Blue Jays reliever Braydon Fisher, there’s no doubt that he has put together an incredible rookie season with the club in 2025. Jays fans may have even wondered how such talent actually began the year in the minors when he has come up in big spots for the team over the course of the season.

The exclamation point of his already exceptional campaign was firmly stamped in Fisher’s recent dominating performance against the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday. Not only was he thrown into some super high-leverage situations for two consecutive innings, he managed to calmly put out the fire and finished off the Rays to secure the victory in extra innings for the Jays. With that performance, should Fisher get an extended look in the closer’s role for Toronto going forward?

Does Braydon Fisher deserve an extended look as Blue Jays closer?

After all, the Jays current closer Jeff Hoffman hasn’t been exactly lights out all season. Despite registering 31 saves on the year, Hoffman has also sported a less-than-stellar 4.64 ERA while blowing seven saves along with suffering seven losses in the process.

When he is on his game, he’s on, but when he is off, he’s way off. That inconsistency could be crucial when the games matter most in the postseason, where one blown game could be the difference between advancing or heading home in a series.

As for Fisher, he has been nothing but reliable and consistent throughout his 2025 MLB campaign. The 25-year-old reliever has compiled a perfect 7-0 record along with a sparkling 2.78 ERA, 0.99 WHIP along with a whopping 60 strikeouts in just 45 1/3 innings pitched. In fact, Fisher has only yielded runs in six of his 47 total appearances on the season, including going the entire month of June without allowing a single baserunner reach home plate.

More importantly, to be a successful, elite closer in the league, not only do they need to shut down hitters coming into a fresh inning to end the game, they have to be able to do so as well coming into the game even with the tying or winning run on base with outs to spare and shut the door as well.

In addition, they need to rely on the big strikeout to get out of the toughest situations. For all those traits, Fisher put those on full display against the Rays on Monday when he would get out of the 10th with a runner on third with less than two outs. To upstage that performance, he would have a runner at third again with nobody out in the 11th inning and calmly proceeded to strike out the side to seal the win for Toronto. 

How many Jays fans felt that Fisher was going to do it despite the immense threatening situation? Pretty sure a lot knew it would happen as he has delivered all season long. As a result, it wouldn’t be a bad idea to test Fisher out at least a couple of more times before the end of the regular season to see if he is up to the task as the team’s potential closer.

That way, if Hoffman ever falters again, the Jays will have the exact solution to quickly rectify the problem immediately to maintain their winning ways without losing a beat.