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A key contributor to this offensive outburst on Wednesday was outfielder Nathan Lukes. In the fifth inning, with the game scoreless, Lukes launched a two-run homer to right field, igniting the Blue Jays' offense.
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.
The Toronto Blue Jays are a far cry away from where they thought they would be at the beginning of the season, and three players stand out.
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.
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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.
On Friday, Blue Jays Nation's Matthew Spagnuolo named Pittsburgh Pirates lefty Andrew Heaney, a member of the 2023 World Champion Texas Rangers, as a prospective trade deadline target for Toronto.