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Minor League Update: What’s Next Edition

As of this writing, the complex league teams are already done, Bluefield has but one more (regular season) game, and the rest of the affiliates have at most a week’s worth of regular season play. The good news is that three teams are postseason bound and another is in serious contention. Likewise, beginning Saturday major […]

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Artificial Turf Wars Ep. 114: The Future is Now

Episode 114 Greg and Josh take a look at the debuts of Sean Reid-Foley and Danny Jansen and what they showed they can bring the table going forward, discuss Aaron Sanchez’ return and what his rest of season performance means for the future of the roster, Curtis Granderson’s waiver clearance, Josh Donaldson’s qualifying offer situation, […]

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Aaron Loup Probably Deserved Better

On July 31, the Blue Jays traded Aaron Loup to the Phillies for Jacob Waguespack. A simple breakdown of the deal would tell you that Waguespack is a 24-year-old right-handed pitcher with impressive strikeout numbers in the minors. He was originally drafted in the 37th round out of high school by the Pirates back in […]

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Minor League Update: Arbitrary Endpoint Edition

For half a season now, I’ve been speculating that this player or that is due for a promotion. Even in the last month of the minor league season I’ve noted other writers commenting on the subject. But I’ve reversed field. Let me explain why. As of this moment, five of the Jays’ six non-complex teams […]