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Blue Jays’ Braydon Fisher set to open for third time in MLB career on Thursday night
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Michael Coyle
May 21, 2026, 14:00 EDTUpdated: May 21, 2026, 10:43 EDT
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On Thursday night, the Toronto Blue Jays are going for a series split in the Bronx with the New York Yankees. 
After dropping the first two games of the series, the Blue Jays rebounded last night on a brilliant pitching effort by Trey Yesavage, flashing the dominance that Blue Jays fans came to know during last year’s run to the World Series. 
Blue Jays’ right-hander Spencer Miles is set to get most of the innings, if all goes according to plan, in the series finale. However, the pitcher taking the mound to open the game in the bottom of the first inning will be right-hander Braydon Fisher. 
After being acquired by the Blue Jays on June 12, 2024, in exchange for Cavan Biggio, Fisher has worked his way into becoming an integral part of the Blue Jays’ bullpen. After going 7-0 with a 2.70 ERA and 1.02 WHIP last season, where he held opposing batters to a .181 average against, Fisher has continued to hit his stride, working as a high-leverage arm capable of tossing multiple innings for Blue Jays manager John Schneider. 
Through 24 games (one start) this year, Fisher is 2-1 with a 3.08 ERA and 1.06 WHIP. Over 26 1/3 innings, the 25-year-old has once again stymied opposing hitters, holding them to a .205 average against, all while striking out 24 batters. 
Fisher has worked as an opener twice in his career, once during the 2025 season and once in April of this year.
The first time came on May 31, 2025, the eighth big-league appearance for the right-hander. The outing was the worst of his young career, turning in a line of 1 1/3 IP, 4 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 1 BB, 1 K against the Athletics. Fisher allowed the first runs of his MLB career, including his first two home runs, to Tyler Soderstrom and Denzel Clarke. 
The second time around, the opener experiment went much better. On April 17 against the Arizona Diamondbacks, Fisher was tasked with getting the Blue Jays off on the right foot. The right-hander required 11 pitches (nine strikes) to set down Ketel Marte via lineout, Corbin Carroll on a flyout, and Jose Fernandez on a groundout to shortstop Andrés Giménez, working around a two-out double by Geraldo Perdomo. In total as an opener, Fisher brings a career pitching line of 2 1/3 IP, 5 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 1 BB, 1 K.
With a dangerous Yankees lineup, Fisher figures to face some combination of Ben Rice, Aaron Judge, and Cody Bellinger, giving the young right-hander one of the toughest assignments of his career to date.

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