Much has been written about how the catcher position has become one of depth in the organization recently and it’s for good reason. Here’s a quick rundown of the highlights: Danny Jansen has turned himself into a masher Reese McGuire has turned himself into a masher Max Pentecost has turned back into a catcher Two […]
Author: Cole Nefsky
What Makes a Successful End to the Blue Jays Season?
The Toronto Blue Jays are out of the playoffs. If not mathematically; spiritually, practically, and deservedly so. As a bunch, the team has not played well this season. Players have been injured, other have showed skills they’ve then lost, and others further have aged to a dangerous degree. Things have not gone as planned, nor […]
Shred It Up, Then Burn What’s Left: What the Blue Jays Should do at the 2017 Trade Deadline
The Toronto Blue Jays should sell everything they can, as quickly as they can. Period. While talking to Jays fans, there are a couple arguments that they seem to make for why they must either be buyers or stand pat this trade deadline. They’ll tell you that they don’t want to suffer through millennia of […]
How to Build a Blue Jays Fire Sale
I am not saying we should do this. The Toronto Blue Jays currently are projected for 78 wins, with a 6.3% probability of making the playoffs. That looks bleak, but it also comes with a couple of caveats. Primarily, PECOTA is built on nearest neighbors, a method of projection that uses individual player/team comparisons as the baseline of […]
Joe Biagini’s Outstanding, Yet Perfectly Average Fastball
A few weeks ago at BP Toronto, I wrote a piece about Joe Biagini that essentially listed all of the reasons he’d fail as a starting pitcher. He seems to be doing better than expected, but the issues raised in that piece are still of concern. As he’s started more games, the release speed of his […]
Heart and Eyes vs. Brain: The Joe Biagini Starter Warning
Joe Biagini burst onto the scene last year, straight out of the Richmond Flying Squirrels (Giants’ AA team) and into our hearts. As a Rule 5 pick, the odds are stacked against you because you have to be able to stay on a Major League roster for the entire season or be offered back to […]