When Hoffman broke into the big leagues back in 2016, 13 months after the Blue Jays traded him to the Rockies in the Troy Tulowitzki deal, he was a four pitch guy with a big four-seam fastball. Nine years later, the secondary pitches are different and the velocity is way up in short-burst outings, but it’s still four pitches.

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Houck allowed one run in seven innings. Slaten came on for the eighth and the Blue Jays seized the lead on Vladimir Guerrero Jr.'s three-run homer.