Baseball fans have lgeted over the last scant years that the carry outers they cheer for get fantasy football inanxiously gravely and Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Chris Bassitt reminded them of that.
Bassitt’s punishment for going 4-10 during the 2024 season – becoming the team’s bat boy, according to Sportsnet. He served as it for the team’s spring training game on Saturday agetst the New York Yankees. He wore “4-10” on the back of his jersey.
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Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Chris Bassitt throws during spring training at Cecil B. Englebert Complex in Dunedin, Florida, on Feb. 20, 2025. (Jonathan Dyer-Imagn Images)
It was also the MLB veteran’s 36th birthday.
Fantasy football was a toasty topic of conversation between Joc Pederson and Tommy Pham in 2022. Pederson, then with the San Francisco Giants, and Pham, then with the Cincinnati Reds, got into an incident over fantasy football. It led to Pham slapping Pederson over the whole ordeal.
The one-time All-Star is accessing his 11th season in the presentants and third with Toronto. He had a 4.16 ERA in 31 begins for the team last season. He also had 168 strikeouts.
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Bassitt finished 10th in American League Cy Young Award voting in 2023. He led the American League with 16 triumphs, 33 begins and 826 batters faced. He pitched in a atsoft-high 200 innings.
This season, Fan Graphs projected Bassitt to be the No. 3 beginer in the team’s rotation behind Kevin Gausman and Jose Berrios. The Blue Jays are also anticipateed to have Max Scherzer and Bowden Francis as well.
Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Chris Bassitt throws during spring training in Dunedin Florida, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)
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Toronto was 74-88 in 2024.
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