Courtesy of MLB.com
The Toronto Blue Jays host the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 1 of the World Series on Friday night and Tyler Heineman is ready to catch or pinch hit if called upon. The 34-year-old Palisadian is the Blue Jays’ backup catcher (behind Alejandro Kirk) and did not see action in the American League Championship Series against Seattle.
Growing up, Tyler and his younger Scott lived on Radcliffe Avenue in the Palisades. Tyler made his major league debut in 2019 with the Miami Marlins a month after Scott’s MLB debut with the Texas Rangers. The next season they became the first brothers to face off in a MLB game when Tyler caught for San Francisco and Scott played center field and hit a home run for Texas.
Tyler appeared in 61 regular-season games in 2025, batting .289 with 43 hits, three homers, 20 RBIs and 25 runs. Toronto won the AL East Division with a 94-68 record— one game better than the NL West champion Dodgers.
Heineman hit a school-record .619 as a junior at Windward then walked on at UCLA, becoming the Bruins’ starting catcher his junior year.
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