Episode 70 Greg, Josh, and Nick discuss the relatively successful last week of Blue Jays baseball. They talk about the crazy AL Wild Card race, Marco Estrada’s waiver claim, Jose Bautista’s hot streak, Marcus Stroman becoming a true staff ace, the constant injury roster shuffle, the signing of Brett Anderson, Aaron Sanchez to the pen, and […]
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How Great Minor League Teams Prepare for a Busy Offseason
There are two questions that I get asked often about my time as a minor league GM: 1. How did you get into sports? This is a story for another day and another article. 2. What goes on in the off-season? Over the next few months, I will break down the latter question, as different […]
Source: Marco Estrada Claimed on Revocable Waivers By AL East Team
Jon Morosi reported this afternoon on Twitter that Marco Estrada was claimed on revocable waivers. A source with knowledge of the situation has told BP Toronto that the claiming team is one that plays in the American League East. The source was not able to directly name the team, but implied heavily that it was […]
How Increased Team Interest May Actuallly Hurt the Blue Jays
It’s incredibly touching to see so many Canadians getting back in to baseball; enjoying a once forgotten professional sport in Canada. Having become attached to this team in an era in which attending a game with more than 20,000 fans was a blessing, walking in to the Rogers Centre with a near sold out crowd these […]
3 Things to Watch for Against the Rays
Written by Greg Wisniewski, Sean Addis, and Richard Lee-Sam A Slugger Returning to form, or not Hey there, let’s watch Josh Donaldson. He’s been looking pretty sharp, especially with that 1.162 OPS in August. Instead of the video highlights, I want to look at this chart, which looks complicated, but might inform us about what’s been […]
What’s Up with Roberto Osuna’s fastball?
While the Blue Jays remain improbably close to the second Wild Card (at least in terms of games behind), the team continues the tenuous balancing act of having some of its most dependable and relied upon talent excel and flounder simultaneously. In a season where the entire roster has yet to get on an upswing […]
Blue Jays Minor League Update: Down the Stretch Edition
It’s the closing stretch of the minor league season now, any team not making the playoffs has only a little over three weeks, at most, left to play. Observers, qualified and otherwise, can begin to draw some pretty firm conclusions about most of the guys in the system who stayed healthy enough to get significant […]
3 Things to Watch for Against the Pirates
Written by Sean Addis, Rachael McDaniel, and Gideon Turk Rowley to the Rescue In the middle game of the three game series against the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates, the Toronto Blue Jays will use their 12th different starting pitcher of the 2017 season. Right-hander Chris Rowley will be given the ball on Saturday afternoon. The 26-year-old may […]
We Need to Stop Saying Ryan Goins is Bad, Even if He Is
It’s been a frustrating stretch in a frustrating season. Over the last week, the Blue Jays have lost games despite late leads, including one instance against a White Sox team that looks more triple-A than Major League caliber. As the season moves into mid-August, there has been plenty of bad to talk about, even with […]
3 Major League Rule Changes to Test in the Minors
Increasing the speed and pace of MLB games, with the main goal of appealing to a younger audience, has been at the forefront of Rob Manfred’s brief tenure as MLB commissioner. Give MLB credit, they acknowledge that the average age of a baseball fan is getting older and that fewer younger kids are playing and following the game […]