While it has clearly been one of the slowest offseasons many of us can remember, the Blue Jays have at least been making some moves. They have addressed the glaring problem with the middle infield depth – adding Yangervis Solarte and Aledmys Diaz – and added a couple of intriguing, if flawed, outfielders in Curtis […]
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Blue Jays Sign OF Curtis Granderson
In a surprise move late Monday evening, the Blue Jays announced the signing of 36-year-old (will be 37 on opening day) outfielder Curtis Grandserson. Free-agent outfielder Curtis Granderson in agreement with #BlueJays on one-year, $5M contract, sources tell The Athletic. Deal also includes incentives and is pending a physical. — Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) January 16, […]
Blue Jays Trade for INF Yangervis Solarte
In a surprising move Saturday afternoon, the Blue Jays further bolstered their infield depth in a trade with the San Diego Padres. Per Jeff Passan, Toronto has picked up utility player Yangervis Solarte, with Edward Olivares going the other way according to Robert Murray. Source: The Toronto Blue Jays have traded for Yangervis Solarte from […]
Why We Should Believe in Dominic Leone
When the Blue Jays plucked Dominic Leone off waivers from the Arizona Diamondbacks last offseason, the move went by with hardly a whisper. Despite having had some success with the Mariners back in 2014, Leone was seen only as a depth reliever, with some hope that he could improve enough to help a big league bullpen […]
How Pitchers Should Mix the Sinker and the Fastball to Be Successful
Back in September, Matt Trueblood wrote a fascinating piece for Baseball Prospectus exploring why many pitchers are ditching sinkers, relying instead on fourseam fastballs. You should read it for yourself, but the general point is that in addition to combating hitter adjustments to the sinker, the fourseam just interacts much better with traditional offspeed/breaking pitches.[1] […]
What Happened To Marco Estrada’s Changeup in 2017?
Marco Estrada had a rough 2017 season. As a pending free agent who had just posted two well above-average season, another good turn would likely have led to a very healthy contract going forward. Instead, after a tremendous start, everything went sideways for the Jays’ hurler. He posted a 4.98 ERA, dealt with personal issues off […]
Toronto Blue Jays Non-Tender Ryan Goins and Tom Koehler
The Toronto Blue Jays announced today that they have tendered contracts to arbitration-eligible players Josh Donaldson, Roberto Osuna, Marcus Stroman, Aaron Sanchez, Devon Travis, Kevin Pillar, Dominic Leone, Aaron Loup, and outfielder Ezequiel Carrera, as well as the other 40-man roster players who were not eligible for arbitration. Blue Jays decline to tender contracts to RHP […]
Blue Jays Add Five Prospects Ahead of Rule 5 Deadline
The Blue Jays added five prospects to their 40-man roster ahead of today’s 8:00 pm ET deadline to protect players from being eligible for the Rule 5 draft, according to a team release: Selected to the Blue Jays 40-man roster – RHP Conner Greene, C Dan Jansen, C Reese McGuire, LHP Tom Pannone & 1B Rowdy […]
Shohei Ohtani, Bo Bichette, and a Window Into the Minds of Blue Jays Fans
Thanks to a late end to the postseason (the final game World Series game was played on November 2nd), we sit here on November 17th and the Hot Stove is still sitting comfortably on “low.” The only move of consequence so far was Ryon Healy going from Oakland to the Mariners for a couple of players who […]
Why This Offseason Will Be Ross Atkins’ Most Active One Yet
With the GM Meetings taking place in Orlando, Florida this week, the baseball hot stove season is finally in full swing. We’re hearing the trade rumours, outlandish contract requests, and traditional posturing that all start to show up as the time for offseason moves nears. From the Blue Jays perspective, their needs are pretty clearly […]