Marlins vs Blue Jays: Starting Lineup - Game Preview
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The Miami Marlins take on the Toronto Blue Jays in their first meeting of 2026 Spring Training at TD Ballpark in Dunedin, Florida.
Toronto Blue Jays veteran right-hander Kevin Gausman will make his Spring Training debut today versus Braxton Garrett right-hander Braxton Garrett. First Pitch 1:07 PM ET on Sportsnet
Toronto Blue Jays Starting Lineup
1. DH George Springer
2. CF Daulton Varsho
3. 1B Vladimir Guerrero Jr
4. RF Addison Barger
5. C Alejandro Kirk
6. 3B Kazuma Okamoto
7. 2B Ernie Clement
8. SS Andres Gimenez
9. LF Myles Straw
SP Kevin Gausman
2. CF Daulton Varsho
3. 1B Vladimir Guerrero Jr
4. RF Addison Barger
5. C Alejandro Kirk
6. 3B Kazuma Okamoto
7. 2B Ernie Clement
8. SS Andres Gimenez
9. LF Myles Straw
SP Kevin Gausman
Starting pitchers overview
In the first four seasons in Toronto, Gausman has put up a 48-41 record with a 3.48 ERA across 125 starts with the club.
He has also recorded 793 strikeouts and is on pace to hit 800 this coming season.
He's also thrown three complete games, two of those being shutouts.
His 11.2 WAR stands out as the best of any team he has pitched with over his MLB career.
In the 2025 postseason, Gausman was lights out with a 2.95 ERA in five starts (he appeared out of the bullpen in Game 7 of the ALCS).
Gausman is entering the final year of the 5-year, $110 million deal he signed with Toronto in the winter of 2021.
Braxton Garret gets the Ball for the Marlins today. Garrett missed the entire 2025 season after December 2024 internal brace surgery on his left elbow but has no restrictions at the beginning of camp.
The left-hander averaged 90.7 mph with his four-seamer in 2024 and has never averaged more than 91.5 mph with the pitch, so the fact that he's already touching the mid-90s early on in spring training is a good sign.
Garrett will likely have some kind of workload restrictions in 2026, but he should have a spot in the Marlins' rotation locked up.
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