Blue Jays Castoff Sends 4-Word Message On Dodgers ‘Rental’ Trade

BALTIMORE, MD - JULY 29: Eric Lauer #56 of the Toronto Blue Jays looks connected earlier crippled 2 of a divided doubleheader against the Baltimore Orioles astatine Oriole Park astatine Camden Yards connected July 29, 2025 successful Baltimore, Maryland. (Photo by Scott Taetsch/Getty Images)

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The Toronto Blue Jays person been incapable to recapture the magic that won them the American League pennant past year. Ever since they were defeated by the Los Angeles Dodgers successful other innings of Game 7 successful the World Series, the squad has struggled pinch injuries and setback performances.

And 1 of the Blue Jays’ cardinal players from past season, who was enduring a unsmooth commencement this season, has abruptly enjoyed a resurgence by joining Toronto’s National League foe.

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After Eric Lauer saw his domiciled pinch the Blue Jays changed to 1 of agelong relief, he publically expressed his vexation and struggled connected the mound. That led the squad to designate him for duty and past waste and acquisition him to the Dodgers, who were clear that he astir apt wouldn’t beryllium location for long/

“When the Dodgers acquired the 31-year-old left-hander earlier this year, plucking him disconnected the DFA scrap heap successful a waste and acquisition pinch the Toronto Blue Jays, they told him early connected that his stint mightiness only beryllium temporary; that he was a stopgap for a rotation that had endured a mates cardinal early injuries,” Jack Harris wrote for the New York Post.

But, amazingly enough, Lauer has go a successful starter for the Dodgers, who quickly moved him backmost to starting games aft the Blue Jays’ demotion.

Toronto Blue Jays Former Pitcher Sends Los Angeles Dodgers Trade Message

But moreover pinch his newfound success, Lauer's domiciled could soon vanish done nary responsibility of his own.

“And though Lauer has exceeded each expectations since past –– going 5-0 pinch a 2.96 ERA successful 9 Dodgers outings, each of which person besides been Dodgers wins –– that request he was filling will soon beryllium invalidated, pinch Blake Snell, Tyler Glasnow and (eventually) Shohei Ohtani each expected to rejoin the team’s rotation for the agelong tally of the year,” Harris added. “That has meant, for a Dodgers squad agelong inclined to trading excess players astatine the deadline successful hopes of cashing connected inflated midseason prices, Lauer has agelong looked for illustration a imaginable waste and acquisition candidate.”

Whether the Dodgers yet support Lauer aliases move him earlier the deadline, his capacity has dramatically changed the cognition surrounding his career. And while he is nary alien to midseason transactions, Lauer sent a clear four-word connection connected really his family feels astir the ongoing waste and acquisition rumors.

“My woman hates it,” Lauer said, according to The Athletic’s Fabian Ardaya.

The erstwhile Blue Jays castoff has gone from organizational extent to a valuable waste and acquisition asset, and his comments suggested that, while he understands some the business broadside of shot and the opportunity Los Angeles has provided, he’s still hoping to enactment pinch the squad that bested his Blue Jays successful the World Series.

“No, I mean, it's thing that I was alert of coming complete present that it mightiness beryllium for illustration a rental thing,” Lauer added, per Ardaya. “See a need, capable a request benignant of thing. But I mean, I emotion it here. I deliberation I'm thriving here, arsenic acold arsenic I tin tell.”

After abruptly rediscovering his shape pinch the National League juggernaut, it’s understandable that Lauer would for illustration to enactment successful Los Angeles. But if he is moved, he’s judge to speak his mind astir his domiciled wherever he goes next.