“He was dominating areas up and down and out,” Blue Jays manager John Schneider said. “He is who he is for a reason.” Scherzer claimed his first victory since July 25 last year when he pitched for Texas and the Rangers defeated the Chicago White Sox 2-1.

Despite joining MLB in just 1977, the Blue Jays have managed to become one of the seven franchises to manage back-to-back World Series championships, and, along with the Marlins, are one of just two teams with both multiple titles and no World Series defeats.

The Pittsburgh Pirates have the MLB trade deadline coming up in three weeks and may move one of their starting pitchers to an American League team.Pirates right-handed starting pitcher Mitch Keller is one player that trade talks continue occurring around over the recent weeks.