The Out Of The Park (hereafter referred to as OOTP) franchise is not new to baseball fans who own a PC. The series has been around in some form since 1998, and has managed to improve incrementally every year. This is difficult for a sports game that has committed to a new iteration every season: there would […]
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Troy Tulowitzki is Barrelling Towards a Strong 2017
This current era of the Toronto Blue Jays is certainly not what we would have expected in the recent past. If you were to ask fans five years ago who the face of the franchise would be for the latter part of the decade, you would probably hear something along the lines of Brett Lawrie, Jose […]
3 Things for Blue Jays Fans to Think About on Opening Day
In a Tough AL East, Games Like These Still Matter If there is one thing baseball prognosticators can agree on this season, it’s that the AL East is pretty evenly matched. It may not be the best division in baseball, but one through five it the the most parity. Because of that, every interdivisional game will […]
Why the Blue Jays Chose Ryan Goins for their Opening Day Roster
No, this won’t be the roster the Blue Jays use for all 162 games, and it probably won’t even be the roster they use a week from now, but if you’re wondering about what the Blue Jays did to their roster today despite it seeming like a bunch of backwards decisions, you aren’t alone. 12 […]
Chris Coglan Arrives During Blue Jays Eleventh Hour Shuffle
Your Toronto Blue Jays made two moves of significance today, with at least one more to go before Sunday’s 12 p.m. roster deadline. The first and most intriguing move came when the team announced they had signed OF/IF Chris Coghlan to a minor league contract. Blue Jays have agreed to terms with Chris Coghlan on […]
Projecting the 2017 Blue Jays STUFF
Stuff is a known contributor to success in MLB pitchers that also can be used to look at injury trends in pitchers. In 2016, we tracked the Stuff of the Blue Jays pitching staff – the Starters, and the Bullpen. We learned that Aaron Sanchez is a monster amongst men, and that Marco Estrada was […]
Rowdy Tellez Is Making His Way to Toronto One Page of Notes at a Time
DUNEDIN – From the moment he was drafted, Rowdy Tellez gained minor celebrity status among fans in Canada because of his peculiar yet endearing name. That fame drifted off into the background over the past few seasons as Tellez has been developing in the low minors, occasionally resurfacing with a #LetsGetRowdy on Twitter during a particular stretch […]
Big Data, Beer, and Influencing Rogers
Since his arrival, Mark Shapiro has been pushing the Jays forward on multiple fronts. His baseball decisions have been much debated, but we know there has been a heavy investment in building analytical capability in the baseball operations department. Arden Zwelling wrote a great piece about Toronto’s new, highly publicized high performance department, but the Jays are […]
BP Toronto’s Bold Predictions for 2017
It’s that time again! All of us here at BP Toronto have dusted off our crystal balls and attempted to predict the future of the 2017 Toronto Blue Jays. Qualms? Questions? Comments? Be sure to let us know what you think of our picks in the comments below. Record in 2017 Andrew Munn – 89-73 […]
How Kevin Pillar Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Plate Discipline
DUNEDIN – Compared to years past, the Blue Jays Spring Training camp this season has been relatively quiet. There have been no outlandish contract demands from star players, no soul-crushing injuries to fan favourites, and no prospects taking everybody by surprise. That’s probably a good thing. Spring Training narratives tend to be distractions for players, and […]









