MLB: Oakland Athletics at Toronto Blue Jays

3 Things to Watch for Against the Oakland Athletics

Written by Andrew Munn, Matt Gwin, and Cole Nefsky The Trade Watch Entering Monday’s series, the Blue Jays and Athletics find themselves in comparable but distinct situations. The Athletics sit 44-54, 6.5 games back of the second wild card spot, and a whopping 21 games back of the silly-good Astros in the AL West. Returning home […]

Francisco Lindor Blue Jays

3 Things to Watch for Against Cleveland

Written by Nick Dika, Cole Nefsky, and Joshua Howsam Kendrys Morales and Edwin Encarnacion are NOT really Having Similar Seasons With Toronto taking on Cleveland this weekend, the comparisons of two players inextricably tied to each other in many Blue Jays’ fans minds will face off for the second time this season: Kendrys Morales and […]

Danny Barnes Bullpen

3 Things to Watch for Against the Red Sox

Written by Sean Addis, Dave Church, and Mike Passador Next Man Up in the Rotation Coming into the season the Blue Jays were counting on last years league best rotation to help them contend in the American League. But injuries, ineffective performances, and a lack of depth have resulted in the rotation being ranked 12th in […]

Kendrys Morales Curveballs

Kendrys Morales’ Trouble with the Curve

Written by Charlie Clarke Kendrys Morales hasn’t exactly come as advertised. While he is still on pace for 30 home runs and has delivered some big hits in big moments, nobody can be thrilled with an overall line of .256/.305/.466. So what has happened to the slugging Cuban? Last December, BP Toronto’s Elie Waitzer wrote […]

Ubaldo Jimenez Orioles Blue Jays Rotation

3 Things To Watch For Against The Orioles

Written by Rachael McDaniel, Nick Dika, and Elie Waitzer The Orioles Rotation Is Terrible, But Don’t Get Your Hopes Up  Going into this season, everyone knew that the Orioles rotation was bad. It was just the truth, and we all knew that no matter how much they outperformed their Baseruns record in April via two-out home runs […]

Eric Hosmer Blue Jays Royals

3 Things to Watch for Against the Royals

Written by Joshua Howsam, Jenn Smith, and Richard Lee-Sam Soft Slinging Success You could probably be forgiven if you forgot that Jason Vargas was in the league. The soft-tossing lefty signed a four year, $32M contract with the Royals prior to the 2013 season, but missed most of 2015 and 2016 following UCL-replacement (or Tommy John) surgery. Even […]