After his strikeout in the second, Joey Ortiz has 39 plate appearances with the bases loaded since the start of the 2025 season, the most in the majors.
DeCosta on positional value: "If the guy is a great football player who can change the face of your program, you take them."
Points out that some of the organization's best ever players played "non-premium" positions.
This ballgame is tied.
After an intentional walk of Jake Bauers puts the winning run on, Brandon Lockridge makes the Blue Jays pay with a single to cap a grinder of an AB.