{"id":105277,"date":"2025-06-15T09:11:16","date_gmt":"2025-06-15T09:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/105277\/"},"modified":"2025-06-15T09:11:16","modified_gmt":"2025-06-15T09:11:16","slug":"toronto-blue-jays-pitcher-jeff-hoffman-shocked-by-phillies-fans-in-return-to-philadelphia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/105277\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Jeff Hoffman shocked by Phillies fans in return to Philadelphia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nToronto Blue Jays pitcher Jeff Hoffman shocked by Phillies fans in return to Philadelphia <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>PUBLICATION<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bluejaysinsider.com\/collaborators\/bobby-ohr\" class=\"lediv\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bobby Ohr<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJune 14, 2025\u00a0\u00a0(9:46)<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/569837.webp.webp\" style=\"width:100%;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Phillies fans do not give Blue Jays pitcher Jeff Hoffman warm welcome back to Philly #bluejays #mlb\" title=\"Phillies fans do not give Blue Jays pitcher Jeff Hoffman warm welcome back to Philly #bluejays #mlb\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Photo credit: x.com<\/p>\n<p>Toronto Blue Jays closer Jeff Hoffman made his first return to Philadelphia since signing in Toronto in the off-season and was shocked the reception Phillies fans gave him.<\/p>\n<p> Blue Jays pitcher Jeff Hoffman receives warm welcome from Phillies fans<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/player\/jeff-hoffman-656546\" class=\"lien_marqueur\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Hoffman<\/a> signed a three year deal with the Blue Jays in the off-season and this weekend is the first time he is back in Philadelphia since his all-star season in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Before the game, the Phillies showed a tribute video for Hoffman who spent his last two seasons with the Phillies putting up some of the best numbers for a closer in baseball.<\/p>\n<p>The 2024 All-Star makes his return to Philly!<\/p>\n<p>Welcome back, Jeff Hoffman The 2024 All-Star makes his return to Philly!<\/p>\n<p>Welcome back, Jeff Hoffman <\/p>\n<p>After the video played, fans gave Hoffman a very weak round of applause in which he stated that he would not be surprised if they boo him during the series if he ends up getting into a game.<\/p>\n<p>They just showed a video tribute for former Phillie, Jeff Hoffman. <br \/>Hoffman tipped his cap to a smattering of applause. Said he wouldn&#8217;t be surprised if he gets boo&#8217;d when he appears in a game.<\/p>\n<p>Clearly fans are not too fond of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/player\/jeff-hoffman-656546\" class=\"lien_marqueur\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Hoffman<\/a> wanting to leave Philadelphia in free agency even if there were no reports of the Phillies making him any time of offer due to his shoulder issues.<\/p>\n<p>The Phillies ended up replacing Hoffman with former Blue Jays closer Jordan Romano who has been on fire lately.<\/p>\n<p>Previously on Blue Jays Insider<\/p>\n<p>POLL<\/p>\n<p>19 HOURS AGO\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0811 ANSWERS<\/p>\n<p>Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Jeff Hoffman shocked by Phillies fans in return to Philadelphia<\/p>\n<p>Does Jeff Hoffman deserved to be boo&#8217;d?<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tBLUEJAYSINSIDER.COM<br \/>COPYRIGHT @2025 &#8211; ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bluejaysinsider.com\/terms\" class=\"lediv\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TERMS<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bluejaysinsider.com\/politic\" class=\"lediv\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">POLICIES<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":105278,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2378],"tags":[5,377,2554,1622,380,4,25,2320,282,70,2553],"class_list":{"0":"post-105277","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-toronto-blue-jays","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-blue-jays","10":"tag-bluejays","11":"tag-fans","12":"tag-jeff-hoffman","13":"tag-mlb","14":"tag-philadelphia-phillies","15":"tag-pitcher","16":"tag-toronto","17":"tag-toronto-blue-jays","18":"tag-torontobluejays"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/114686610722312021","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105277"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105277\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}