8 Blue Jays players who won't be back in 2025

Tommy Nance

There was a period of time where it seemed like Nance and his incredible curveball was going to be one of the only reliable faces in the Blue Jays' bullpen. Through his first six outings and 6.1 innings (yeah, yeah, yeah - small sample size), the right-hander had a 1.42 ERA and batters hit just .143 off of him in that span.

At that point, Blue Jays fans were already giving their stamps of approval to Nance's acquisition. A rough outing on Aug. 22 (two innings, three earned runs) inflated his ERA to 4.32 and he never fully recovered from that. Nance made 14 more appearances down the stretch for the Jays, posting a 5.17 ERA and .250 average against in that stretch.

Much like Burr, Nance is not a bad pitcher, but he belongs much more on the 2024 Blue Jays than the 2025 Blue Jays. While not many do, I have faith that the Jays are going to go out and make multiple top tier upgrades to their 'pen this offseason, so Nance is going to be one of the faces squeezed out of the mix.

Despite the fact that he's 33 already, Nance can be kept around until the conclusion of the 2027 season. That control is valuable, so look for him to be DFA'd at some point, perhaps to make room for some of the Rule 5-eligible prospects, at some point this offseason. He'll be sent outright to Triple-A and will likely remain on hand as high-minors depth, but his time in Toronto is done.