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Blue Jays Acquire SP Francisco Liriano from Pittsburgh Pirates

After a couple of seemingly innocuous, if useful depth moves, the Blue Jays have acquired a legitimate front of the rotation type of arm. As first reported by Robert Murray, the Blue Jays have picked up Francisco Liriano and two prospects (via Davidi) from the Pittsburgh Pirates: Source: Blue Jays get Liriano from Pirates — Robert […]

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Blue Jays Acquire Mike Bolsinger for Jesse Chavez

 With less than half an hour remaining in the non-waiver trade deadline, the Toronto Blue Jays acquired pitcher Mike Bolsinger from the Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for Jesse Chavez and an as-yet undisclosed amount of cash. Source: #Dodgers acquire Jesse Chavez from #BlueJays. — Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) August 1, 2016 #bluejays getting Mike Bolsinger […]

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Blue Jays Acquire Scott Feldman from the Astros

First Melvin Upton Jr., and now this. The Blue Jays like cross-clubhouse trades, apparently. According to Brian McTaggart of MLB.com, the Blue Jays have reportedly acquired Scot Feldman from the Astros. First Melvin Upton Jr., and now Scott Feldman. Astros have traded RHP Scott Feldman to Blue Jays. — Brian McTaggart (@brianmctaggart) August 1, 2016 […]

Stuff is an interaction between velocity, pitch usage, pitch movement, and change of velocity. Previous articles on the development of the stuff equation have found that it is significantly correlated with both K/9, WAR, and xFIP/ERA. The benefit of using the Stuff metric, is you could theoretically look at a pitcher’s arsenal in a bullpen session, and with the use of radar guns and spin trackers, could calculate their stuff. This has implications for both scouting, and rehabilitation.

THE BLUE JAYS “STUFF” REPORT – VOLUME 8

Welcome back from the All Star break. Consider this the Bossman Junior of Stuff reports. Starting Pitchers Without a doubt, Aaron Sanchez has established himself as one of the finest pitchers in Major League Baseball; by all metrics, he is elite. Since starting the Stuff report, he has not dropped below the “Elite line” of […]