Twelve short games in to the Blue Jays season, and the Kevin Pillar leadoff experiment is over. As we say during today’s game, and as we learned via Richard Griffin this morning, the Jays have moved Michael Saunders in at the top of the lineup, and have pushed Pillar down to No. 8. Big move in #bluejays lineup […]
Author: Matt Gwin
How Much Should We Believe in Aaron Sanchez’s Hot Start?
On Tuesday, Aaron Sanchez will take on the New York Yankees for his second start of the season. On one hand, that’s not particularly notable; he made 11 starts just last season. On the other hand, I wasn’t in the camp that thought he’d start the season in the rotation, so it’s newsworthy to me. During […]
Recap: Red Sox 8, Blue Jays 4; Bautista’s Two Homers Weren’t Enough
Throughout Spring Training, the line from pundits was that the offense will be there, and the pitching just has to be good enough for the Blue Jays to win. However, that doesn’t quite work when a third of the team’s starting lineup is comprised of bench players. Of Ezequiel Carrera, Josh Thole, and Darwin Barney, […]
The Season That Will Be: It’s The Jays’ Time to Shine
Tell me if you’ve heard this line before: “The Blue Jays have a lot of players with upside, and they just might make the playoffs if everything breaks right.” If you’ve been following the Blue Jays blogosphere long enough, that may sound eerily familiar. That’s because, for the past ten odd seasons, that line above […]
Why I Love to Hate Kevin Pillar
Last Friday, it became all but official: Dalton Pompey is not going to be in the Blue Jays’ outfield on opening day. This is the reality now that Pompey has been sent down to minor league camp. Granted, it was never a likely possibility…save for the one day where we thought that Michael Saunders would […]
The Major Aaron Sanchez Debate Should be Minor(s)
Oh, Spring Training. A time of mascot antics, stories about players in the best shape of their lives, and hot takes for the sake of hot takes. On Sunday, the latter was fulfilled by Sportsnet’s Mike Wilner, as he argued that the Jays should use Aaron Sanchez solely as a relief pitcher in 2016. Given […]