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Blue Jays pitching prospect Jake Bloss struck out four in return to game action
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Ryley Delaney
May 12, 2026, 18:00 EDTUpdated: May 12, 2026, 16:54 EDT
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The Toronto Blue Jays could have another internal option for the fifth spot in the rotation sooner rather than later.
On Tuesday afternoon, Jake Bloss returned to the mound after a year off, pitching for the Florida Complex League Blue Jays. Over two and one-third innings, Bloss allowed a single, but struck out four players without giving up a run.
Bloss, 24, most recently pitched for the Buffalo Bisons on May 3rd, 2025, but departed that game. Shortly after, it was announced that the right-handed pitcher underwent Tommy John surgery, missing the rest of the 2025 season and the first month of the 2026 season.
With Eric Lauer being designated for assignment on Monday afternoon, the Jays are looking for a starter to fill the fifth spot in the rotation, whether it be an external option, or an internal option like Chad Dallas, CJ Van Eyk, or Bloss.
Of those three internal options, Bloss is the only pitcher with big league experience. Drafted 99th overall in 2023 by the Houston Astros, Bloss joined the Astros’ Arizona Complex League team, then their Single-A team to finish out the season. The following season, his first full professional season, Bloss pitched at the High-A, Double-A, and Triple-A level.
Due to injuries in the Astros’ rotation, Bloss was called up to the big leagues, where he made three starts and had a 6.94 ERA and 7.62 FIP in 11.2 innings pitched. Just over a week after his third start, Bloss was traded alongside Will Wagner and Joey Loperfido to the Blue Jays for Yusei Kikuchi.
Joining the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons to end 2024, he didn’t allow an earned run in his first 10.2 innings pitched, but ultimately finished with a 6.91 ERA and 5.87 FIP in 27.1 innings pitched after the trade. In his first five starts in 2025 before the injury, Bloss had a 6.46 ERA and 4.76 FIP in 23.2 innings pitched.
Bloss is still widely considered one of the Blue Jays’ best pitching prospects. Hopefully, the stuff is still there because he could be a big help to the rotation this season.
Ryley Delaney is a Nation Network writer for Blue Jays Nation, Oilersnation, and FlamesNation. She can be followed on Twitter @Ryley__Delaney.
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