This article was originally published on www.si.com/mlb/bluejays as Blue Jays Relief Pitcher Has Been Team's Most Surprising Rookie This Season. The Toronto Blue Jays have received a lot of major contributions from players up and down their roster during the 2025 MLB regular season, leading to a lot of success on the field.

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.

The Guardians traded Bieber to the Blue Jays July 31, 2025, getting right-handed prospect pitcher Khal Stephen in return. As it turn out, Stephen is now said to be progressing well after experiencing a right shoulder impingement.

Surprisingly, it has been the red-hot southpaw Eric Lauer who has been bumped from the rotation as of now. The left-hander has been excellent for the Blue Jays, but he will be the one going to relief as of now.

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