Ben Revere stepped up to the plate in the ninth inning of Game 6 of the 2015 American League Championship Series against the Royals with his team down 3-2 in the series and 4-3 in the game. Dalton Pompey and Kevin Pillar, the tying and go-ahead runs, were in scoring position with just one out. The name […]
Author: Richard Lee-Sam
The Problem with Osuna’s Pitch Mix
What happens when a confident closer loses his fastball? Through three seasons, Roberto Osuna has become a star closing out games for the Toronto Blue Jays. The now 23-year-old right hander has brought stability to a volatile world of bullpens. The 2015 season doesn’t seem like it was that long ago, but from the time […]
How the Blue Jays Rotation Stacks Up With the Division
We’re almost at the start of the 2018 season. There’s been a lot of talk on Blue Jays Twitter about how Toronto’s rotation stacks up against the rest of the teams in their division. With the return of the American League Beast, the Blue Jays are going to need all the help they can get […]
How Worried Should We Be About Justin Smoak’s September Struggles?
As the calendar inches towards March, the Blue Jays find themselves entering a season where almost everything would have go according to plan in order to be in the wild card race come September. In past springs, you had the idea that if Justin Smoak could chip in on offense, the team would be in a […]
Why Randal Grichuk Means the Blue Jays Should Trade Kevin Pillar
The mantra of this Blue Jays offseason seems to be something to the to the tune of “raise the floor.” Enough has been said about the 2017 Blue Jays having needed regular appearances from guys like Darwin Barney and Ryan Goins, so I won’t get into it here. We know that Aledmys Diaz and Yangervis Solarte […]
How to Build the Best Blue Jay of All-Time
Sports media coverage is sometimes maddening. Even more so when you’re the general manager of a team in one of the biggest North American cities that’s also starved for success. After roster suggestions from family, friends, his barber, random people on the street, and scrolling through Twitter on one of his four ghost accounts, Ross […]
Blue Jays Acquire SS Aledmys Diaz from Cardinals
Moments after non-tendering Ryan Goins, the Toronto Blue Jays traded for St. Louis Cardinals shortstop Aledmys Diaz. Heading to St Louis is 22-year-old outfield prospect J.B. Woodman. The former second round pick was ranked the 28th best Jays prospect by MLB.com for the 2016 NL All Star. With the 27-year-old Diaz, Toronto now has insurance […]
How Bad Luck Stopped the Blue Jays from Being Better
You’ve got to be good to be lucky, and lucky to be good, and in 2017, the Blue Jays were equal parts awful and unfortunate. Even before the season began, Dalton Pompey was sidelined with a concussion after stealing a base playing for Canada in the World Baseball Classic. Pompey, who was in the mix […]
Josh Donaldson: The Next Blue Jays All-Time Great
What makes an all-time great? Every so often in this city, you see a player come along and dominate, only to move on way too soon. Just last month, we got the honour of sending long time Blue Jay Jose Bautista off into the abyss, or wherever aging sluggers without bat speed go. As send-offs […]
Jose Bautista and the Unpredictability of Baseball
Over the past few weeks, there has been spirited debate over who deserves the title of “The Greatest Blue Jay of All-Time.” Everybody’s top five consisted of a mix of players that captivated a country and rose to immortality like Roberto Alomar, Roy Halladay, Dave Stieb, Carlos Delgado, Tony Fernandez, and maybe even George Bell […]