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The 30th Percentile Blue Jays

In this space last week, I wrote about what Baseball Prospectus’ projection system PECOTA thinks would happen to the Toronto Blue Jays in 2017 if their players would hit their 90th percentile projections. That best case scenario looked like a 119-43 record, compared to the 81-81 record the normal PECOTA projected for the 2017 Blue Jays. Today, I […]

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The Blue Jays Should Be Pursuing Curtis Granderson, Not Jay Bruce

Today, the New York Mets and Yoenis Cespedes agreed to a four-year deal worth $110 million, representing the first major free agent contract to be handed out this winter. While this move certainly seemed likely given the mutual interest expressed by both sides in hammering out a deal, it was shocking because the Mets now still have more […]