It was a forgettable first half for the Toronto Blue Jays, one which most fans have already purged from their memory. In case there are any masochists out there who love to re-live some of the pain from the first three-plus months of the season, we’ve got you covered.

Instead of just crying and looking back at how bad these Blue Jays games were, why not also laugh through the tears at how poorly they performed? At the very least, some of their most brutal losses were memorable, but for all the wrong reasons.

These were the most painful losses of the first half by the Blue Jays.

I remember the narrative of this game in the early frames; this was supposed to be Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s breakout game of the year. He connected on a three-run home run to put the Blue Jays ahead 5-1 against the Nats.

This was also supposed to be Alek Manoah’s comeback game as well, as he looked okay through his first three innings. But that’s when the wheels fell off, and by the time Manoah was out of the game, that comfortable lead evaporated into a 6-7 deficit for the Blue Jays.

The Nats piled on a few extra runs against Genesis Cabrera, Erik Swanson and Zach Pop to make it an eventual 8-11 loss for the Blue Jays. An afternoon that started so promising for the Blue Jays promptly went to bleep.

Surprisingly, the Blue Jays split this four-game series with the Yankees at Rogers Centre, but they had a prime opportunity to take three out of four from their division rival.

This was a close game up until the sixth inning, when the Blue Jays held a slim 3-1 lead over the Yankees, but that somehow felt like it was destined to come undone. The Yankees exploded for a 6-spot in the sixth, followed by two runs in the eighth, and an unnecessary “stop they’re dead already” seven runs in the top of the ninth.

Overall, the Yankees tagged the Blue Jays bullpen for 10 runs and 14 hits over the final four frames of this game. Kikuchi did his best to keep this one close through five innings, but once this game was in the hands of the bullpen, it went as expected.

This one is still fresh in the minds of many since it only happened a week ago, but coughing up a two-run lead with two innings left to play is a pretty brutal way to go out. Kikuchi had one of the best games of his career, striking out 13, but the underlying storyline was the Giants’ improbable comeback.

Trevor Richards was called upon in the ninth inning to protect a one-run lead, and he was one strike away from securing the win, but a questionable ball four call at the bottom of the zone to Tyler Fitzgerald put two runners on base, and that’s when it all came crumbling down.

Danny Jansen could not corral a breaking ball in the dirt, which bounced off his shoulder and allowed the winning run to score, giving the Giants the 4-3 victory. Poor Kikuchi whose efforts were overshadowed, but yet another painful loss by the Blue Jays this year.

I can’t remember who said it, but I recall one Blue Jays player saying this was one of the most debilitating losses they experienced in their career. With two innings left to play and a 97% win probability, the Blue Jays coughed up yet another winnable ball game.

This may have been the beginning of the end for Tim Mayza’s time with the Blue Jays, as he came in after Nate Pearson and could not record an out. It went single, double, intentional walk, before John Schneider brought in Zach Pop to give up the game-tying single to Romy Gonzalez.

At least the Blue Jays didn’t drag this thing out as the Red Sox walked them off the following inning thanks to a single, balk and a single from Pop.

Through seven innings, this was along the lines of typical fare from the 2024 Blue Jays. Yusei Kikuchi was lit up for five runs through the first three innings, and while they chipped away, this felt like a game that was out of reach for the Blue Jays, losing 6-9 after 7 innings.

Until the Blue Jays put up a 5-spot in the top of the eighth inning, aided by a two-run single from Bo Bichette and a three-run home run by Daulton Varsho. Somehow, the Blue Jays stormed back to take an 11-9 lead over the Tigers.

But since the game was in the hands of the Blue Jays’ bullpen, of course, it went sideways. The usually lights-out Yimi Garcia got tagged for two runs in the bottom of the frame, tying the game at 11-11.

And for one last stomp on the heart, Jordan Romano came in and gave up the walk-off three-run home run to Matt Vierling. It was a game the Blue Jays had no business winning anyway, but that they closed an 8-3 gap and blew it 11-14 was a true head-scratcher.