Hello, friends. As we anticipate the Jays opening the 2018 season, we’re all very excited. Maybe we’re basking in the glow of spring, in players being in the best shape of their lives, of veterans coming to camp renewed, and prospects showing flashes of exciting talent, tantalizing us with glimpses into the future. As we drown in […]
Category: Articles
Artificial Turf Wars Ep. 94: Let’s Play Ball!
Episode 94 Greg, Josh, and Nick look ahead at the upcoming Toronto Blue Jays season with their annual “25 in 50″ preview episode. The trio spend 2 minutes talking about each of the 25 players slated to make the opening day roster with a quick chat about a couple of players still on the roster bubble. […]
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 […]
What Would an “Optimized” Blue Jays Lineup Look Like in 2018?
The 2018 season opens this week, and with it comes the annual debate about who should be leading off the Blue Jays lineup. Toronto has not possessed a prototypical leadoff hitter for a few years now, which has resulted in John Gibbons rolling out some fascinating lineup configurations in recent memory. Along with the leadoff […]
BP Toronto’s Bold Predictions for 2018
It’s almost baseball season again! All of us here at BP Toronto have consulted our crystal balls and our Ouija boards so we’re ready to predict the future of the 2018 Toronto Blue Jays. Qualms? Questions? Comments? Be sure to let us know what you think of our picks in the comments below. RECORD IN 2018 Andrew Arnold […]
The Consensus Top Prospects and Where to Find Them
Various sites and publications, some carrying more weight than others, publish top prospect lists throughout the offseason each year. They are each informative in their own way, as they can include players others didn’t mention or provide you with some tidbit of scouting information you may not have seen otherwise. For a prospect fangirl like myself […]
Artificial Turf Wars Ep. 93: The Empires Strike Back
Episode 93 In the final episode of the AL East Preview Series, Stacey Gostulias of Baseball Prospectus looks ahead at the 2018 Yankees (15:17) and Matt Kory, also of BP, takes a look at the reigning division champion Boston Red Sox (45:23). Greg and Josh also talk about the signing of Danny Espinosa, the performance […]
A Fantasy Baseball Guide to the 2018 Toronto Blue Jays
With the start of the major league season quickly approaching, many of us will be drafting our fantasy baseball squads over the next couple of weeks. Assessing players on your favorite team can be tricky – we can sometimes overvalue players we see every day and undervalue players we don’t. Just because you as a Blue […]
What Does Danny Espinosa Bring to the Table?
Minor league signings aren’t all that meaningful, typically. At least not at this time of year, especially following the extremely cool free agent market that’s pushed all sorts of useful players to the fringes. But the Jays seem surprisingly set at this point in time so let’s take a look at what the team’s latest, […]
Tyler Clippard is Getting Back to Basics
DUNEDIN, FL – If you only watched Tyler Clippard pitch for playoff teams last year, you might not have been too impressed when the Blue Jays inked the 33-year-old righty to a minor league deal a couple of weeks ago. He’s coming off a season where he posted his worst ERA (4.77), walk rate (11.7 percent), and […]