Chad Green gave up his 14th home run of the season.
Blue Jays Facing Chad Green Decision After Ugly Loss to Orioles originally appeared on Athlon Sports.
The Blue Jays are on a three-game losing streak, and with their 16-4 loss to the lowly Orioles in the first game of a day/night double-header, are now more than justified in sounding the alarm bells on their bullpen.
Jays pitchers have given up 10 or more runs during their three-game losing streak, with two of those losses coming to the Orioles. The bullpen in particular appears weak, with Toronto relievers pitching to a 17.25 ERA in their three losses (23 earned runs in 12 innings pitched).
One reliever that has seen his stuff fall off the shelf is longtime Yankees arm Chad Green, who has given up three runs or more in three straight starts, ballooning his ERA from 3.79 to 5.56 since July 19.
Green gave up four runs in one inning of work in Tuesday's loss, including a three-run home run to Gunnar Henderson, his MLB-worst 13th and 14th home runs allowed this season.
As the trade deadline approaches, the question remains what the Blue Jays will do with players like Green, especially given their 'speed dialing' of the Twins about their bullpen and players like Jhoan Duran and Griffin Jax.
Rumors have also swelled around the Jays' interest in Pirates relievers David Bednar and Dennis Santana.
With all of that said, will the Jays look to distance themselves from Green if/when they trade for any of the names above, or draw from the litany of relievers available at this year's deadline?
The prospect of trading Green is not outlandish - his ERA never eclipsed 5.00 in any of his seven years with the Yankees, but if the season finished today, two of his first three seasons in Toronto, both of which came after his first Tommy John surgery, would have an ERA north of five.
His expected ERA is a third percentile 5.91, and his hard hit percentage as well as average exit velo are a first percentile 51.5% and 92.1 miles per hour, meaning he has been hit harder and at a higher velocity than just about any pitcher in baseball.
The Jays might seek to cut ties with Green (owed the remainder of his $10.5 million salary for 2025) and his -11 pitching run value if they acquire a strong set of one or two relievers at the deadline to fortify their bullpen, and they might be the wiser for it.
This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jul 29, 2025, where it first appeared.
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