Toronto and Houston wrapped up their four game series on Thursday night at Minute Maid Park with another low scoring affair. The Blue Jays sent left-hander J.A. Happ to the mound to face Houston righty Mike Fiers. Similar to the other games in this series it would be the starters who dominated. Fiers went six innings, […]
Day: August 4, 2016
Aaron Sanchez is Going to Stay in the Rotation
After four months of publicly stating that at some point this season, Aaron Sanchez would be transitioned to a reliever role as a way of managing his workload – a debate that came to a head this week when first Russell Martin expressed his disapproval of the decision – general manager Ross Atkins has announced that […]
Assessing the Trade Deadline: The Upgrades We Haven’t Talked About
This week marked the passing of the Major League Baseball non-waiver trade deadline. With the Blue Jays a year removed from the trade deadline to end all trade deadlines, this season’s transactional activity lacked the same excitement as 2015. While this year’s moves may not be as sexy, that doesn’t mean the Blue Jays’ front […]
Artificial Turf Wars Ep. 23: It’s a Pirate’s Life for Us
Stephen J. Nesbitt of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette stops by to discuss the Francisco Liriano to Toronto deal with a focus on how the move is being received in Pittsburgh, the value and upside of the prospects in the deal, and what the Blue Jays can expect to get out of the mercurial lefty. Greg and […]