{"id":20545,"date":"2025-07-19T03:27:06","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T03:27:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/20545\/"},"modified":"2025-07-19T03:27:06","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T03:27:06","slug":"first-place-blue-jays-to-welcome-giants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/20545\/","title":{"rendered":"First-place Blue Jays to welcome Giants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\tBy Gregory Strong<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Canadian Press\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tPosted July 18, 2025 5:01 am\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t1 min read\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>TORONTO \u2013 After a strong performance over the first half of the season, the first-place Toronto Blue Jays are hoping to pick up where they left off now that the all-star break is complete.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Chris Bassitt is scheduled to start for the Blue Jays tonight as Toronto welcomes the San Francisco Giants in the opener of a three-game series at Rogers Centre.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tRelated Videos\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'One-on-one with up and coming Toronto Blue Jays prospect Arjun Nimmala'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/STILL_GN_ARJUN_NIMMALA.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   data-\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t18:46<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOne-on-one with up and coming Toronto Blue Jays prospect Arjun Nimmala\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\tPrevious Video<\/p>\n<p>\t\tNext 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