Patrick Corbin (2-1, 3.65) draws Grant Holmes (3-2, 3.95) at Truist Park with first pitch at 7:15 PM ET. Corbin was steady in his last turn against Baltimore — 5 innings, 1 earned, no decision — and Holmes is coming off a wobbly 4.2-inning outing in Cincinnati where he gave up 7 hits and 3 runs.
The Braves are 41-20 and rolling. They've won 4 of 5, the only blemish being a Saturday loss in Cincinnati, and Tuesday's 4-3 walk-off-ish win was decided by an Olson opposite-field shot that scraped the right-field foul pole — his 17th of the year per ESPN. Toronto, at 29-32, has now lost 3 in a row after taking the first two from the Orioles last weekend.
The Blue Jays' injury list reads like a depth chart of guys they wish they had. Scherzer (forearm/ankle/thumb), Cease (hamstring), Bieber (elbow), Berrios (Tommy John) and Bowden Francis are all out of the rotation. Kirk is on the 60-day with the thumb, Anthony Santander's still shelved with the shoulder, and Jesus Sanchez was out of Tuesday's lineup with a wrist. That's the actual story of Toronto's season — they're running Corbin out there because the in-house options got obliterated.
- Day-To-DayJesus Sanchez RF — Sanchez (wrist) is out of the lineup for Tuesday's game against Atlanta.
- Day-To-DayGeovanny Jesus Planchart C — no
- Day-To-DayChay Yeager RP — Yeager will undergo season-ending UCL surgery on his right elbow Wednesday, Arden Zwelling of Sportsnet.ca reports.
- Day-To-DayCJ Stubbs C — The Blue Jays signed Stubbs to a minor-league contract Friday that includes an invitation to spring training.
- Day-To-DayJaven Coleman P — no
- 10-Day-ILAddison Barger RF — Barger (elbow) has been hitting in the batting cage at Toronto's complex in Dunedin, Florida, Arden Zwelling of Sportsnet.ca reports.
- 10-Day-ILLenyn Sosa 2B — Sosa went 2-for-5 with a solo home run, an additional run and an additional RBI on Saturday against the Twins in an 11-4 victory.
- 15-Day-ILMax Scherzer SP — Scherzer (forearm/ankle/thumb) expects to make his next rehab start with Triple-A Buffalo on Friday, Mitch Bannon of The Athletic reports.
- Day-To-DayBlake Burkhalter RP — Triple-A Gwinnett placed Burkhalter on the 7-day injured list March 27 with back spasms, Jonathan Mayo of MLB Pipeline reports.
- 10-Day-ILSean Murphy C — Murphy had the cast on his left hand removed Tuesday and is now wearing a splint to protect his fractured middle finger, Grant McAuley of the Marietta Daily Journal reprots.
- 10-Day-ILDrake Baldwin C — Atlanta manager Walt Weiss said Tuesday that Baldwin (oblique) could be activated from the 10-day injured list during the team's June 16-21 homestand, Mark Bowman of MLB.com reports.
- 10-Day-ILKyle Farmer DH — Farmer went 1-for-3 with a double, a run scored and two RBI in Sunday's rout of the Guardians.
- suspensionJurickson Profar LF — Profar will miss the full 2026 season after the appeal of his 162-game PED suspension was denied Thursday, Jeff Passan of ESPN.com reports.
- 60-Day-ILHurston Waldrep SP — Waldrep (elbow) allowed no hits and walked two batters over two scoreless innings during a rehab start Monday in the rookie-level Florida Complex League.
- 60-Day-ILSpencer Schwellenbach SP — Schwellenbach (elbow) has begun throwing on flat ground, Chad Bishop of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.
- 60-Day-ILAJ Smith-Shawver SP — Manager Walt Weiss said Friday that Smith-Shawver (elbow) has been throwing bullpen sessions, and the next step in his rehab is to face live hitters, Grant McAuley of the Marietta Daily Journal reports.
Atlanta isn't fully healthy either — Sean Murphy is in a splint with a fractured finger, Drake Baldwin is still on the oblique IL, and the rotation behind Sale and Holmes has been thinned by Schwellenbach, Waldrep and Smith-Shawver all on the 60-day. But the lineup is intact enough that Olson, Acuña and Riley are doing the heavy lifting, and at home they've been the better team by a wide margin.
Pinnacle has Atlanta at -145 with a total of 8.5, which feels about right given the matchup and the venue. Toronto's best path is Corbin keeping the ball on the ground and the bullpen not coughing it up in the 7th — they already lost a tight one Tuesday, and Thursday's Sale start projects as a buzzsaw. If the Jays want to leave Georgia with anything, this is the night.