The Lead

Yesavage Ends the Bleeding, Barely

Trey Yesavage pitched 6 2/3 innings of one-run ball Monday night and the Blue Jays beat the Mets 2-1, snapping a six-game losing streak. The more telling number: Toronto is 1-6 on its current 10-game homestand, and the win came against a Mets team that has lost eight of nine and just fired its manager.

At 39-45, the Jays are not in crisis, but they are not building anything either. The rotation has the talent, Louis Varland has been perfect in the closer role, and George Springer still finds ways to produce. The problem is that this team keeps losing ground at home, and the schedule does not get forgiving before the trade deadline. Tonight's Game 2 against Kevin Gausman is less a momentum test than a reveal: is Monday a reset, or just a pause?

The Rest of the Slate

World Cup

Morocco eliminated the Netherlands on penalty kicks Monday night, winning 3-2 on spot kicks after a 1-1 draw through 120 minutes, and that result now has direct Canadian consequences: Canada faces Morocco in the Round of 16 on Saturday, July 4, in Houston. Morocco arrives as the sixth-ranked side in the world having just beaten the seventh-ranked Dutch.

Maple Leafs

The Leafs confirmed that Gavin McKenna will headline a 53-man development camp roster, with the camp running July 1-4 and the first on-ice session set for July 2 at Ford Performance Centre. NHL free agency opens July 1 with the Leafs carrying significant cap space and a public focus on upgrading the defence, making this week the most consequential stretch of GM John Chayka's tenure so far.

MLB

The Tigers routed the Yankees 7-3 Monday, and with Aaron Judge still on the injured list with no confirmed return date, New York's AL East standing is visibly eroding. The White Sox beat Baltimore 8-2, the Pirates took down the Phillies 11-7, and the Dodgers hammered the Athletics 9-4, with Shohei Ohtani hitting a three-run home run as part of a big multi-run inning.

The Number

Louis Varland's save count in 2026 Varland has been perfect in the closer role, and that number is one of the quietest assets on a team that desperately needs reliability. The Jays' deadline calculus this summer hinges partly on whether the back of the bullpen is solved or just masked by a streak — if that holds through July, it changes what the front office actually needs to buy.

What's On Tonight

            7:07 PM ET · Toronto Blue Jays vs. New York Mets · Sportsnet
00 PM ET · Ivory Coast vs. Norway (World Cup Round of 32) · TSN
00 PM ET · France vs. Sweden (World Cup Round of 32) · TSN
00 PM ET · Mexico vs. Ecuador (World Cup Round of 32) · TSN
          

Top Dog — Betting Angle

The pick: Blue Jays -126 moneyline tonight vs. the Mets. Kevin Gausman at home against a Mets lineup that has scored two or fewer runs in six of its last ten games is a better spot than the price suggests, and Toronto's bullpen has not blown a save all year.

“A six-game losing streak snapped by a Little League homer off a New York Mets outfielder who bobbled a backup — the Jays will take it”