Since they say starting pitching wins championships, each time through the rotation we’re going to break down each individual start to see what the pitchers did well and what they didn’t, with an attempt to go a little bit deeper than just the box score. You can read all past Rotation Reviews here. The Blue […]
Author: Joshua Howsam
Suspensions Announced for Blue Jays-Rangers Brawl
Sunday’s Blue Jays-Rangers game was, undeniably, a bit of a circus. There were hit batters, punches, tackles, and a takeout slide. I’m not going to get into it too deeply, as you can see it for yourself (below) and make your own decisions as to who was in the wrong here (The Rangers). Of course, […]
Marco Estrada Is Changing Things Up
Coming into the season, much of the talk surrounding the Toronto Blue Jays was based around the volatility in the starting rotation, with most people reasonably secure with the bullpen and the offense. Well, in the early parts of 2016, the truth has been anything but. The lineup has really struggled at times, and the […]
Blue Jays Rotation Review: Holding Five Aces
Since they say starting pitching wins championships, each time through the rotation we’re going to break down each individual start to see what the pitchers did well and what they didn’t, with an attempt to go a little bit deeper than just the box score. You can read all past Rotation Reviews here. Sadly there […]
How Fantex is Hurting Front Offices and Helping Players
Last week, Fantex Holdings announced that they had purchased ten percent of the future earnings of five major league baseball players (in addition to four golfers and one football player): Maikel Franco, Jonathan Schoop, Collin McHugh, Yangervis Solarte, and Tyler Duffey. This news didn’t exactly send shockwaves through the baseball world, as most of these […]
J.A. Not Happy With The Status Quo
This piece was co-authored by Chris Sherwin. It’s no secret that J.A. Happ is a different pitcher from the one we saw back in 2013 and 2014 for the Toronto Blue Jays. He’s also a different pitcher than he was in Seattle. As you may know, a whole lot of that credit goes to Pittsburgh […]
Blue Jays Rotation Review: The Return of Drew
Since they say starting pitching wins championships, each time through the rotation we’re going to break down each individual start to see what the pitchers did well and what they didn’t, with an attempt to go a little bit deeper than just the box score. You can read all past Rotation Reviews here. The last […]
Chris Colabello Suspended 80 Games for PEDs
It all started out so innocently. In a pair of tweets, Ben Nicholson Smith announced that the Blue Jays have called up sidearming lefty reliever Chad Girodo from Buffalo, and that Chris Colabello was not on the roster. #BlueJays promoted LHP Chad Girodo — Ben Nicholson-Smith (@bnicholsonsmith) April 22, 2016 Colabello not listed on #BlueJays lineup […]
Blue Jays Rotation Review: Beasts vs the East
Since they say starting pitching wins championships, each time through the rotation we’re going to break down each individual start to see what the pitchers did well and what they didn’t, with an attempt to go a little bit deeper than just the box score. You can read all past Rotation Reviews here. After an […]
Making Sense of Confusing Managerial Decisions
Last week I wrote a piece for this site wherein I expressed displeasure at how John Gibbons, and other managers, ignore leverage when deciding who should be coming out the bullpen at key points in games. I feel that I had good cause to make that point, as the very next night in the sixth […]