Coming off the big comeback victory on Tuesday, the Blue Jays turned to J.A. Happ to try and finish off the series win during and afternoon tilt in the Bronx. The Yankees countered with struggling lefty, C.C. Sabathia. The scoring started early in this one, as the Blue Jays put up a three spot in […]
Author: Joshua Howsam
Blue Jays Showing Financial Flex
Amid all the deadline hysteria and the excitement of following a team that briefly reached first place this past week, people can be forgiven if they’ve forgotten the somber mood that was so prevalent among the Blue Jays fanbase this past offseason. Coming off a year that saw the GM make two huge splashes at the […]
Blue Jays Acquire SP Francisco Liriano from Pittsburgh Pirates
After a couple of seemingly innocuous, if useful depth moves, the Blue Jays have acquired a legitimate front of the rotation type of arm. As first reported by Robert Murray, the Blue Jays have picked up Francisco Liriano and two prospects (via Davidi) from the Pittsburgh Pirates: Source: Blue Jays get Liriano from Pirates — Robert […]
Aaron Sanchez is Making Adjustments
As Aaron Sanchez prepares to take the ball against the Arizona Diamonbacks in his first start of Baseball’s “second half,” the focus is almost entirely on if/when he will leave the starting rotation for a vacation in the Blue Jays bullpen. The reasons are obvious, as the team has openly stated that such a move […]
How Marco Estrada Dominated Baseball’s First Half
It’s been a bit of a whirlwind half season for Marco Estrada. He started the year on the disabled list with back issues, returned to the rotation in mid April, ran off a record-breaking streak, was named to the All-Star game…and now finds himself back on the DL with back issues. Despite the stretches of […]
Recap: Blue Jays 9, Cleveland 6; So Cleveland Can Lose After All
Coming off a loss on Canada Day and facing a series loss, the Blue Jays were looking to rebound against the surging Clevelanders. Winners of 14-straight, the Indians were in tough this game as they were forced to use today’s scheduled starter, Trevor Bauer, in Friday’s 19-inning affair. The Jays put up three early runs […]
Key Blue Jays Relievers Showing Signs of Life
It’s been an odd season thus far for the Blue Jays. Everything that we expected to be a strength has been mediocre at best, and that which the popular opinion believed to be a weakness has been mostly excellent. In recent weeks, however, the strangely average offense has started to show some signs of life. […]
Blue Jays to Acquire Jason Grilli
It looks like the Blue Jays are going to be getting some bullpen reinforcements after all, #BlueJays acquiring Jason Grilli from #Braves in exchange for Sean Ratcliffe, sources say. Story coming soon on @BB_Essential. — Robert Murray (@RobertMurrayBBE) May 31, 2016 According to reports, the Jays have agreed to a swap of minor league pitcher […]
Recap: Blue Jays 10, Red Sox 9; Partying Like it’s 2015
Sometimes baseball is heartbreaking, and sometimes it provides extreme, uplifting joy. This one did a little of both, depending on your side of the aisle. The seesaw battle saw the Blue Jays jump out early, putting up three runs in the third inning to take a 3-0 lead. They were unable to hold the lead, […]
The Blue Jays Hitters Need to Adjust to Adjustments
It’s no secret that the Blue Jays vaunted offense isn’t quite living up to expectations. Last year’s squad scored 5.5 runs per game, lapping the field by such a wide margin that the second place Yankees were closer to the 26th ranked Reds than the league-leading Blue Jays. This year, the Jays have scored a […]