The Blue Jays could cut ties with Jake Bloss this winter. Spencer Arrighetti, despite a brutal finish, looks safe for now.

Bloss arrived as a key piece of the 2024 Yusei Kikuchi trade with the Astros. Little has gone his way since.

Tommy John surgery in May 2025 knocked him out until this season. The comeback has been rough.

Over 11 minor league starts in 2026, he posted a 6.18 ERA and a 1.42 WHIP.

The long ball was the killer. He allowed 10 home runs in just 39.1 innings.

And the clock is ticking. Several of Toronto's young arms are close to passing him on the depth chart, which makes him expendable when the roster crunch arrives.

Spencer Arrighetti survives despite a nightmare finish

The Jays are still giving Bloss a look in the Arizona Fall League. Farm director Joe Sclafani said his outings there are capped at four innings and 60 pitches.

Sclafani noted the stuff has ticked up since surgery, but "he's got to throw more strikes." He spent a lot of time behind in the count after coming back.

Is that enough to save him? Probably not, with roster spots also needed for names like Nolan Perry, Gage Stanifer and Jay Harry.

Arrighetti's case is different. He came over from Houston in the Daulton Varsho trade after looking unbeatable for the Astros early in 2026.

Then the command disappeared. Over his final two months, he posted a 6.35 ERA and a 1.54 WHIP.

He allowed six homers in 22.2 innings, with hittable fastballs over the middle doing much of the damage.

Keeping him is the right call. He's already shown what his best looks like, and a bullpen role could help him rebuild.

They're two used cars with the check-engine light on. The Jays already saw one run at full speed, and that's the one they're keeping.

Bloss has the fall league to change the conversation. If the strikes don't come, his time in Toronto may end before spring training starts.