The Blue Jays entered tonight’s game with an opportunity to win their fourth straight series and guarantee at least a .500 record during their twelve-game stint against the Yankees and Red Sox. Starter J.A. Happ looked shaky through the first few innings, missing his spots and giving up a double in each of the first […]
Day: May 31, 2016
Blue Jays to Acquire Jason Grilli
It looks like the Blue Jays are going to be getting some bullpen reinforcements after all, #BlueJays acquiring Jason Grilli from #Braves in exchange for Sean Ratcliffe, sources say. Story coming soon on @BB_Essential. — Robert Murray (@RobertMurrayBBE) May 31, 2016 According to reports, the Jays have agreed to a swap of minor league pitcher […]
The Blue Jays “Stuff” Report – Volume 4
The Blue Jays Stuff Report will be appearing in this space every two weeks. The metric was created by Dr. Mike Sonne, who has a PhD in biomechanics from McMaster University. For his work on pitcher fatigue, injury, and other baseball related research, please visit his website over at www.mikesonne.ca. It’s that time of the month […]
One At-Bat: Craig Kimbrel vs. Russell Martin
Here we are again, ready for another edition of One At-bat. Welcome. I must confess, I had an interesting ‘throwback’ sort of OAB suggested to me. I was about to write it up, and then Saturday, May 28th happened. The Red Sox came into the Rogers Centre the night before, and, but for the grace […]