Leo Jimenez is still a free agent, and the Blue Jays could bring him back for these final games.

Toronto has Thursday off after dropping two of three to the Tigers, though a 5-1 win in Wednesday's finale kept the series from being a total loss.

Jimenez remains available to sign with any club as of Sept. 18, weeks after Miami released him.

MLB.com confirmed the move on Sept. 5: "Miami Marlins released 3B Leo Jimenez."

He'd been designated for assignment and went unclaimed on waivers before Miami cut him loose entirely.

With Miami, Jimenez hit .199 with 33 hits, two home runs, 14 RBIs, and 18 runs across 66 games this season.

That production never really got going, echoing the same struggles that defined his time in Toronto before the trade.

Why a reunion might make sense this late in the season

Jimenez spent his first two big-league seasons with the Blue Jays, from 2024 through 2025.

As a rookie, he hit .229 with 41 hits, four home runs, 19 RBIs, and 18 runs across 63 games, showing flashes of the versatile infielder Toronto once viewed as a real prospect.

Toronto traded him to Miami earlier this year, closing that chapter before this current stretch run even began.

A late-season reunion wouldn't require much financial commitment given his available status, and Toronto's infield has dealt with injuries at multiple spots throughout the year.

With the wild-card race this tight, any low-cost roster addition gets weighed against what it could mean for the final stretch, even a marginal one.

Whether Toronto actually pursues this, or Jimenez signs elsewhere first, remains to be seen. For a player still searching for his footing in the majors, any opportunity right now beats sitting unsigned through the season's final weeks.