The Toronto Blue Jays head into the final week of the 2025 regular season with the best record in the American League.

They also just gave up 20 runs in a single game to the Kansas City Royals. The tsunami of runs allowed was a little misleading because two of the pitchers the Blue Jays used were actually position players, with backup infielder Isiah Kiner-Falefa rescuing backup catcher Tyler Heineman by getting the final two outs of the bottom of the eighth inning. Fluky stuff, right?

The problem is, 41-year-old right-hander Max Scherzer started the game, and could get only two outs himself before being taken out by manager John Schneider. Scherzer allowed seven runs, and his ERA is 5.06, which would be easily the worst of his career if the season ended today.

At a time the Jays find t

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