Patrick Corbin will make his team debut for the Blue Jays in a series against a Twins squad on a win streak
The Toronto Blue Jays managed to salvage something out of its most recent series against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
The Blue Jays avoided another disastrous injury to its starting rotation during the series, and snapped a six-game losing streak in the third of the three-game series Wednesday.
Toronto will look to get back on track in a three-game series against the Minnesota Twins, which begins at 7:07 p.m. ET on Friday at the Rogers Centre in Toronto.
Unfortunately for the Jays, the Twins will be heading to the Great North confident and with momentum after completing a four-game sweep against the Detroit Tigers.
Here's the pitching matchups for the series between the two American League foes.
April 10: Patrick Corbin (Blue Jays, season debut) vs. Simeon Woods Richardson (Twins, 0-1, 2.31 ERA)
Corbin, a two-time All-Star, was signed to help make up for the mountain of injuries to the Blue Jays' starting rotation this season.
Corbin last pitched in the big leagues with the Texas Rangers in 2025. The 36-year-old had a 4.40 ERA and struck out 131 hitters in 151.1 innings pitched across 31 appearances (30 starts) with the Rangers.
Corbin's debut will come against Richardson, who's coming off his first quality start of the season.
Richardson fanned four batters, walked two and allowed one earned run on five hits (one home run) in 6.2 innings pitched against the Tampa Bay Rays on April 5.
April 11: Eric Lauer (Blue Jays, 1-1, 4.91 ERA) vs. Joe Ryan (Twins, 1-1, 4.40 ERA)
Lauer will be looking for a longer outings this time round against Minnesota compared to his last against the Chicago White Sox on April 5. He didn't record a strikeout, walked three and allowed two earned runs on three hits in two innings pitched.
Lauer threw 49 pitches in his two innings of work.
Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Eric Lauer throws during a game against the Chicago White Sox on April 5 at Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago. | Matt Marton/Imagn Images.Ryan went deeper into his last outing compared to Lauer, but the former had by far his largest workload of the season.
Ryan threw 101 pitches against the Tigers on April 6. He struck out seven hitters, walked three and allowed three runs (two earned) on three hits in five innings pitched.
April 12: Max Scherzer (Blue Jays, 1-1, 3.38 ERA) vs. Taj Bradley (Twins, 2-0, 1.08 ERA)
Scherzer exited early from his last start against Los Angeles on April 6 due to a bout of forearm tendinitis. He fanned two, walked one and allowed two earned runs on two hits (one home run) in two innings pitched.
Bradley will look to continue this incredible start to the season. He's posted two-straight quality starts and hasn't allowed more than one earned run in his trio of outings this season.
Bradley had 10 strikeouts, hit two batters and allowed one earned run on six hits in 6.1 innings against Detroit on April 7.
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