Thank you

Thank You

Hello Blue Jays fans, As some of you may already be aware, BP Toronto is joining the rest of the BP Locals in shuttering its doors. After three seasons covering the club at our own special little corner of Baseball Prospectus, we are officially closing up shop as of this post. The good news is […]

Jaime Market Ineffiency

The Danger in Hunting for Market Inefficiencies

This past spring, I wrote a piece for this site hypothesizing that the Blue Jays had decided on a new way of targeting pitchers, something I termed as a potential market inefficiency: choosing to go after pitchers with outlier movement on their fastballs. At the midway point of the 2018 season, it’s clear things haven’t […]

Teoscar Hernandez

The New Teoscar Hernández May be Here to Stay

At this point, there are no Blue Jays fans who are unfamiliar with Teoscar Hernández. The 25-year-old outfielder burst onto the scene with eight home runs last September, and has done nothing but hit in the early going in 2018. As such, the conversation has shifted from “how long will Hernández stay with the big […]

Tyler Clippard Blue Jays

Tyler Clippard is Getting Back to Basics

DUNEDIN, FL – If you only watched Tyler Clippard pitch for playoff teams last year, you might not have been too impressed when the Blue Jays inked the 33-year-old righty to a minor league deal a couple of weeks ago. He’s coming off a season where he posted his worst ERA (4.77), walk rate (11.7 percent), and […]

Trevor Cahill Fastballs

Four Potential Relief Options With Outlier Fastballs

With the signing of starter Jaime Garcia last week to a one-year deal worth a guaranteed $10 million, the Blue Jays’ offseason shopping list is almost complete. The only area left to address (since they seem to have no inclination to improve at backup catcher) is the bullpen. Given the loss of Dominic Leone in the […]