Shane Bieber is ready to make his 2025 debut and Eric Lauer is the odd man out of the Blue Jays rotation, a change he insists is temporary.

The high-flying Blue Jays play the passive Pirates in Pittsburgh. Toronto’s Kevin “win one, lose one” Gausman’s career record is 110-111. Paul Skenes hasn’t given up an earned run at home in 31 innings. The Jays are 31-31 on the road. The Bucs are 34-29 at home.

As the Toronto Blue Jays look to continue their successful run of late, they have been struggling in one area that could be a bit of a concern.

Preview the Aug. 20 matchup between the Toronto Blue Jays and Pittsburgh Pirates with recent trends, how to watch, livestream info, and more.

George Springer resides in quite the place in MLB history. Anytime you can be second in a statistic in the history of baseball, you're probably doing something right. And that's where Springer sits in leadoff home runs.

Since the All-Star break, Guerrero has a .362/.435.690 slash line to go along with nine home runs. Kirk, over the 30-game span where Toronto found that success, slashed .255/.345/.357 with 25 hits, 14 RBIs, 10 runs scored and two longballs.

This new Toronto Blue Jays pitcher is looking forward to his first start with the team -- for a wide variety of reasons.