Could the Blue Jays add a former All-Star starting pitcher to help bolster their rotation for the pennant race?

Donaldson won the American League MVP in his first season in Toronto in 2015, whereas Jose Bautista put his name forever in the upper echelon of “cool baseball dudes” with an iconic bat flip after a go-ahead home run in Game 5 of the American League Division Series that same year in a win over the Texas Rangers.

Bo Bichette hit a go-ahead, two-run double in a four-run fifth, Kevin Gausman worked seven strong innings and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the New York Yankees 4-1, extending their home winning streak to a franchise-record 11 games.

The Toronto Blue Jays are the real deal and it isn't just because of their strong offensive production, but their pitching staff as well. Their batting rotation

The Toronto Blue Jays used a speculative 12th-round pick on a high school shortstop with concerns about signability. They signed him. It just took an MLB record to do so. The bonus the Blue Jays paid to Blaine Bullard is the highest for any 12th-round pick in league history. Bullard will get $1,697,500 to sign with Toronto.

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Game 100 just teased Game 1. The Blue Jays’ rotation is ol’ reliable, built around veteran starters who are the very definition of dependable, but they’ve needed some dominance to step forward as the ace again,

The Tigers return home for the first time after the All-Star Break. They visited the Texas Rangers for a trio of games. Detroit dropped the first two games of the series with limited offense, but relied on great pitching from Tarik Skubal and company kept the Tigers from getting swept.

Vladimir Guerrero Jr.'s aggressive slide into home had Toronto Blue Jays fans fired up as Toronto padded their AL East lead to four games.