Chris Bassitt

And then it all went to heck. Up 2-0, the Jays needed to get seven outs with a fully rested pen and started with their No. 2 guy, Yimi Garcia, finishing off the seventh. Garcia, though, did need to face three batters to get the final out. The Jays opted to lift him and turn to one of their lefties, Brendon Little, against the top of the order in the eighth. It proved to be a big mistake, as he and Nick Sandlin combined to give up three runs. That spoiled one of Bassitt's best outings as a Blue Jay. His nine strikeouts matched his high total of 2024. He has a 0.71 ERA after two starts, but he does have a tough matchup coming up in Boston next week.

Torrens was set to start against Chris Bassitt and Toronto, but instead Hayden Senger will get the start behind the plate. There should be an update on why Torrens isn't going for Saturday's contest shortly.

Bassitt uncorked a wild pitch in the opening frame, which allowed an early run to cross the plate, but he was masterful from that point onwards, limiting the Orioles to just seven hits and a pair of walks over five shutout frames. The 36-year-old veteran offers a ton of appeal for fantasy managers as a back-end rotation stabilizer. He'll face off against the Mets on Saturday in his next outing.

Springer struggled through an abysmal spring training at the dish, so it's a positive development to see some signs of life in the early stages of the regular season. The 35-year-old veteran outfielder put Toronto ahead for good during Sunday's low-scoring affair with a two-run single to right-center field against Orioles starter Tomoyuki Sugano, which wound up being enough run support for Chris Bassitt and the Blue Jays' relief corps.

Gausman will be followed by Max Scherzer and Chris Bassitt to close out the season-opening series against the division-rival Orioles. It'll be Bowden Francis taking the ball on Monday night to kick off a three-game series against the Nationals with Opening Day starter Jose Berrios following afterwards.