Andrew Painter’s follow-up act to his scoreless 2026 spring debut was another scoreless outing, this one an inning longer against the Blue Jays. In three frames, he surrendered one hit (a single) and one walk — on four pitches to the game’s leadoff hitter, whom he promptly picked off.
The line, though, was just fine. Painter didn’t record any strikeouts on Saturday. He threw 34 pitches (with 16 swings) and generated just three whiffs. He had three in his first outing on 20 pitches (11 swings), with just one strikeout in that one.
Painter’s four-seam velocity was down just a tick (96.