The Toronto Blue Jays and Pittsburgh Pirates got into a strange scuffle on Monday night, with outfielder Tommy Pham at its center.

Toronto entered the game with a five-game lead over the Boston Red Sox in the AL East standings, while the Yankees sat 5.5 games back. The Blue Jays are pushing for their first division title in a decade, and losing Guerrero for any length of time would make that climb much harder.

Pirates outfielder Tommy Pham may have wanted a piece of Blue Jays catcher Tyler Heineman on Monday night in Pittsburgh, but his beef with the opposition didn’t stop there.

Its a Paul Skenes Monday as the Pittsburgh Pirates (52-73) host Kevin Gausman and the Toronto Blue Jays (73-52) in the first of a three-game series at PNC Park.

Pittsburgh Pirates veteran Tommy Pham accused Toronto Blue Jays outfielder Addison Brager of using steroids in a since-deleted X post.

Preview the Aug. 18 matchup between the Pittsburgh Pirates and Toronto Blue Jays with odds over/under, game spread, betting lines and more.

The wait is over. Friday night in Miami, Shane Bieber will make his Blue Jays debut. Manager John Schneider announced the news ahead of Monday’s series opener against the Pirates at PNC Park, and while the string of “TBD” that follows Bieber still holds plenty of intrigue,

Toronto Blue Jays first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. left Monday night's 5-2 loss to Pittsburgh due to hamstring tightness.