Baseball fans have learned in the last few years that players who take fantasy football very seriously have taken it very seriously, and Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Chris Bassitt gives them the idea. It reminded me.
According to Sportsnet, Basit's punishment for going 4-10 during the 2024 season became the team's bat boy. He served it for the team's spring training game against the New York Yankees on Saturday. He wore a “4-10” on the back of his jersey.
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Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Chris Bassit will pitch during spring training on February 20, 2025 at Cecil B. Englebert Complex in Dunedin, Florida. (Jonathan Dyer-Imagn image)
It was also the 36th birthday of the MLB veteran.
Fantasy Football was a hot topic in the conversation between Jock Pederson and Tommy Femme in 2022. Along with Pederson, the San Francisco Giants, the Femme and the Cincinnati Reds, they were caught up in an incident through fantasy football. That led to slap Pederson throughout the ordeal.
The one-off All-Star is in its 11 major seasons and its third season in Toronto. He won a 4.16 ERA in the team's 31 starts last season. He also had 168 strikeouts.
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Basit finished 10th in the American League Cy Young Awards poll in 2023. He led the American League with 16 wins, 33 starts and 826 batters. He pitched in a career-high 200 innings.
This season, Fan graph Basitt predicted he would be the third starter in the team rotation behind Kevin Gaussmann and Jose Bellios. The Blue Jays are also expected to have Max Scherzer and Boden Francis.
Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Chris Bassitt will pitch on Sunday, February 16th, 2025 during spring training in Florida. (Canadian media via Nathan Dennet/AP)
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Toronto was 74-88 in 2024.
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