Derek Norris, the former top catching prospect who has bounced around recently and was released by the Washington Nationals on March 15th, signed with the Tampa Bay Rays today. Of more note to this website is that Norris was deciding between the Rays and the Blue Jays according to Robert Murray of FanRag Sports, but […]
Author: Gideon Turk
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 […]
The 90th Percentile Blue Jays
Baseball Prospectus released their PECOTA projections for the 2017 season earlier this month, and in the aggregate, they weren’t so kind to the Toronto Blue Jays, projecting an 81-81 record for a team that has made it to the ALCS in two straight seasons. Mike Passador already broke down the individual projections in this same […]
Blue Jays Reportedly Agree to Sign RHP Mat Latos to Minor League Deal
Even with players reporting to Dunedin for Spring Training this week, the Blue Jays front office didn’t decide to slow down their work, agreeing to a deal with RHP Mat Latos according to David Bules, a friend of the pitcher. The deal is a minor league contract with an invite to Spring Training, and would have a base salary of $1.5M […]
What If Kevin Pillar Was Vladimir Guerrero?
Kevin Pillar will swing at virtually any pitch that is thrown at him. Sometimes it works out, and he’ll hits a home run on a pitch like this. However, most of the time you get swings like this one, from a game against the Houston Astros on August 3rd of this past season. Needless to say, […]
Report: Blue Jays and C Jarrod Saltalamacchia “Nearing Agreement”
The Blue Jays *may* have found their back up catcher for 2017 according to Shi Davidi of Sportsnet and Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports. The team and C Jarrod Saltalamacchia are nearing an agreement on a minor league deal that will pay Salty $1.25M if he makes the majors, plus an additional $250K in incentives. The […]
On Clinton Hollon and Prospects Breaking Your Heart
Clinton Hollon was never the most highly publicized Blue Jays prospect in his tenure with the club. Taken in the 2nd round of the 2013 MLB draft, he was only given 40 percent of the allotted slot value because of an arm injury, which allowed the club to spread the wealth and obtain higher level […]
Jose Bautista Officially Signs with the Blue Jays
Update: Wednesday, January 18th 2017 1:00 PM EST Bautista:18M in '17. 17M mutual option in '18, 500K buyout. 20M vesting option in '19 w/300G in 17-18 and healthy — Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) January 18, 2017 So much for the idea of the vesting option being easy to reach! The odds of Bautista playing 300 games […]
Blue Jays Add RHP Glenn Sparkman in Rule 5 Draft
As is customary Winter Meetings procedure, the Rule 5 Draft was held this morning in Washington D.C., with teams able to take a flyer on select minor leaguers for a price of only $100,000, but must keep them on the roster all season. The Blue Jays took advantage of this last season and struck gold with […]
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 […]