Toronto entered the game with a five-game lead over the Boston Red Sox in the AL East standings, while the Yankees sat 5.5 games back. The Blue Jays are pushing for their first division title in a decade, and losing Guerrero for any length of time would make that climb much harder.

The Toronto Blue Jays have been dealing with injuries to key contributors on their roster throughout the 2025 MLB regular season, and just when they look to be

Even at the age of 37, Pirates player Tommy Pham is a late entry on the all-time Toronto Blue Jays villain list.

Vladimir Guerrero Jr has been arguably the Blue Jays' most valuable player this year, but he may miss significant time after sustaining an injury in their loss in Pittsburgh on Monday.

The Toronto Blue Jays fell to Paul Skenes and the Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday night, but still sit five games ahead of the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox

Guerrero left the contest in the fifth inning when Ty France pinch hit in his place. The franchise first baseman felt hamstring tightness in the third frame after doing the splits to field a throw from across the diamond,

Paul Skenes kept the American League-leading Blue Jays in check for six innings, helping the Pirates secure a 5-2 victory.

The expectation was that he would help fill in the rotation behind Jose Berrios, Chris Bassitt and Kevin Gausman. But, since that point, the team has been receiving consistent production from Max Scherzer and Eric Lauer as well.