Bassitt believes his club has suffered a letdown after emerging from the all-star break by winning two of three from the rival New York Yankees and three of four from the Detroit Tigers, who at the time had Major League Baseball’s best record.

Max Scherzer delivered a much-needed classy performance for the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday. The 41-year-old Scherzer (2-1) allowed one run over six innings to lift the Blue Jays (65-47) to a 4-2 win against the Kansas City Royals (55-56) for only Toronto's second win in seven outings. (Aug. 3, 2025)

During the Blue Jays’ dominant stretch that catapulted them atop the AL East, it felt like nearly every single decision worked out in the club’s favour. Sunday was the rare instance where that wasn’t the case,