Max Fried (elbow) to face hitters this weekend

The 19-year-old phenom suffered the injury while sliding into third base. He had to be carted off the field and was taken to the hospital for further evaluation. The Brewers should provide an update on his status as soon as more information becomes available, but given the timing, it sounds like this will end his 2026 season.

The 26-year-old right-hander has been working behind an opener lately, but he’ll take the ball as a traditional starter on Sunday instead. Arrighetti has struggled to a 6.55 ERA over 11 innings in three appearances since joining the Jays.

Kay gave up six hits, walked one and struck out three. He fell to 9-8 with the loss. Kay has now allowed 14 earned runs in 13 2/3 innings (9.55 ERA) over his last three starts. His 3.96 ERA prior to that stretch has increased to 4.47 on the season. Kay is lined up to face the Cardinals on the road next weekend.

Bradley gave up four hits, walked two and struck out six. He improved to 11-6 with the win. Bradley wasn’t quite as sharp as his last start, when he allowed one run in seven innings against the Tigers. He has a 3.95 ERA on the season. Bradley is lined up to face the Guardians at home next weekend.

Perez is in the middle of the worst season of his career at the plate, though he’s picked things up lately. The 36-year-old has a four-game hitting streak and back-to-back games with two hits. He’s hitting .226 with a .647 OPS and 66 RBI.

Okamoto was a hit machine on Saturday. His most impactful hits were his RBI double in the third inning and RBI single in the seventh inning. Okamoto broke out of a 3-for-17 (.176) slide in his last five games entering play Saturday. He’s hitting .233 with a .750 OPS and 81 RBI.

Varland came on with a one-run lead in the bottom of the ninth, but the Royals didn’t put up much of a fight. A groundout, a strikeout and another groundout ended the game. He threw 13 pitches. Varland has a 1.15 ERA in his breakout season as the Blue Jays closer.

Lugo gave up eight hits, walked two and struck out one. It was a somewhat passable start for the 36-year-old right-hander, though he allowed at least eight hits for the third time in his last four starts. At least he didn’t allow nine runs like he did against the Guardians in his previous start. Lugo has a 5.04 ERA. He’s lined up to face the Red Sox on the road next weekend.

Scherzer gave up five hits, walked one and struck out two. He was coming off his best start of 2026 and maybe the last few years when he struck out 10 and shut the Mariners out for seven innings. Scherzer has completed at least five innings in six of his last seven starts after failing to complete four innings in five of his first seven starts this year. He has a 6.03 ERA on the season, but a 3.79 ERA and 30 strikeouts in 38 innings over seven starts since the beginning of August. Scherzer is lined up to face the Orioles at home next week.