The Toronto Blue Jays are starting to look like themselves, despite the plethora of injuries.

Tuesday’s series opener was a staple victory, something you’d see the 2025 Blue Jays do all the time. Kevin Gausman allowed a three-run home run, but the Blue Jays whittled down that lead, and eventually took the lead in the top of the ninth. Of course, they blew it, but were able to close it out in extra innings for their seventh victory of the season.

It looks like the Blue Jays could be getting some reinforcements in the near future, as Trey Yesavage made his third rehab outing on Wednesday afternoon. Right now, they’re basically down to a two-man rotation, as Eric Lauer and Max Scherzer haven’t given them much length in their last two outings.

Thankfully, they have Dylan Cease on the mound in Wednesday’s affair. In his three starts, the Blue Jays’ big free agent signing is rocking a 2.45 ERA in 14.2 innings pitched, with 26 strikeouts. Tuesday’s game saw the Blue Jays use five relievers, so a deep start would be nice ahead of Thursday afternoon’s series finale.

On the mound for the Milwaukee Brewers is Chad Patrick, who has given up just on earned run in his 12 and one-third innings of work this season. That run came thanks to an earned run, as he’s given up just five hits over his three outings. That said, he’s not a big strikeout arm like Jacob Misiorowski, as Patrick has just seven strikeouts, along with five walks.

He’s a pitch-to-contact type hitter, but only has a 35.9% ground ball percentage. If the ball is hit, nearly half are of the flyball variety, as Patrick has a 48.7% flyball percentage.

With the righty on the mound, the Blue Jays have four lefties in the lineup. Nathan Lukes is leading off for the first time this season, followed by Daulton Varsho in the two-hole. Once again, Jesús Sánchez is batting fourth, while Andrés Giménez is batting seventh. Both Giménez and Varsho went deep on Tuesday.

Kazuma Okamoto will serve as the Blue Jays designated hitter and is batting fifth, meaning Ernie Clement will slide over to third base and bats sixth. That opens the door for Lenyn Sosa to make his first start as a Blue Jay, he’ll bat eighth and play second. Of course, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is batting third.

With Tyler Heineman dealing with back issues, Brandon Valenzuela will make his fifth consecutive start. Through his first eight games, the switch-hitting catcher is slashing just .150/.190/.300 with a home run in 21 plate appearances, but is off to a solid start behind the dish.

Let’s set up Wednesday evening’s game, as the Blue Jays look to win their first series since the first series of the season.

Toronto Blue Jays – Dylan Cease: 0-0 record, 2.45 ERA, 14.2 IP, 26 SO, 9 BB

Milwaukee Brewers – Chad Patrick: 1-0 record, 0.73 ERA, 12.1 IP, 7 SO, 5 BB