Pro athletes are just like us. They antagonize their friends and teammates during fantasy football season. While gambling is not allowed among MLB players, there are no rules against friendly fantasy football leagues.
The players can’t win money from the leagues or it becomes gambling, so instead there are fun punishments that teams comes up with. For the past few years, the Blue Jays have had an iconic punishment. The loser of the fantasy football league is given a custom jersey and has to serve as the team’s ball boy during a spring training game.
Here is who lost the team’s fantasy football league in 2025 and how they served the punishment.
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Blue Jays fantasy football punishment
Fantasy football punishments come in all shapes and sizes. We have seen losers having to re-create music videos, spend 24 hours in a Waffle House, or taking the SAT amongst a room of 18-year-old college hopefuls.
Toronto’s punishment is more about humiliation, but it is still in good fun. The Blue Jays player who finishes last in the league is given a custom jersey of their record from the fantasy football season. They then have to serve as the team’s ball boy in a spring training game.
The 2024-2025 league loser was starting pitcher Chris Bassitt. He was donned with a 4-10 Bassitt jersey and served his punishment Saturday against the Yankees. To make things better, it was the pitcher’s 36th birthday.
Chris Bassitt is serving as the Blue Jays ball boy today after finishing 4-10 in the teams fantasy football league
It is also Bassitt’s 36th birthday today pic.twitter.com/ou5ap5XsQN
— Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia) February 22, 2025
Last year’s league loser was relief pitcher Tim Mayza.
Can you guess Tim Mayza’s fantasy football record this year? 😅 pic.twitter.com/XtfYWCF6Hy
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) February 24, 2024
Chris Bassitt career stats
Bassitt attended the University of Akron and served as a relief pitcher. He was drafted by the White Sox in the 16th round of the 2011 MLB Draft. He made his MLB debut in 2014. Since then, Bassitt has pitched for the Athletics, Mets and Blue Jays.
| Year | Team | Games | Wins | Losses | ERA | Strikeouts |
| 2014 | White Sox | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3.94 | 21 |
| 2015 | Athletics | 18 | 1 | 8 | 3.56 | 64 |
| 2016 | Athletics | 5 | 0 | 2 | 6.11 | 23 |
| 2018 | Athletics | 11 | 2 | 3 | 3.02 | 41 |
| 2019 | Athletics | 28 | 10 | 5 | 3.81 | 141 |
| 2020 | Athletics | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2.29 | 55 |
| 2021 | Athletics | 27 | 12 | 4 | 3.15 | 159 |
| 2022 | Mets | 30 | 15 | 9 | 3.42 | 167 |
| 2023 | Blue Jays | 33 | 16 | 8 | 3.60 | 186 |
| 2024 | Blue Jays | 31 | 10 | 14 | 4.16 | 168 |
| Total | 4 Teams | 200 | 72 | 56 | 3.59 | 1,025 |
