EE on meeting: “We can’t wait two more weeks, we have to do it now if we want to win. We’ve got to turn things around. It’s now or never" — Shi Davidi (@ShiDavidi) September 10, 2016 Awful. There is no other word to describe the past week for the Blue Jays, during which they […]
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Recap: Blue Jays 3, Red Sox 2; Happ And Upton Bust the Slump
Fresh off the most embarrassing game of the season, the Toronto Blue Jays tried to exact a measure of revenge against the first place Boston Red Sox. Unlike last night, both teams had serious trouble scoring runs on the day, with J.A. Happ and Eduardo Rodriguez both turning in nice games. Thankfully Happ was just […]
Minor League Update: September 10 Edition
Welcome again to the Minor League Update. This weeks edition is, of course, abbreviated. Only five of the seven farm teams had games remaining in this coverage week, and four of those only played four games. The exception isthe Dunedin Blue Jays who qualified for the playoffs and played a thrilling three game set with […]
Recap: Red Sox 13, Blue Jays 3; Jays Get Knocked Down, Don’t Get Up Again
After dropping two of three to the Rays and getting swept by the Yankees, the Jays could have used a good game against the Red Sox to get back into the thick of things in the American League East. They didn’t get that, as a bad start from Marco Estrada combined with a defense that seemed to […]
This One is Huge: Red Sox Series Preview
Toronto Blue Jays vs. Boston Red Sox September 9 – 11 Written by Eric Mercer and Dave Church There’s no other way to put it: This series is absolutely massive. Most fans are greatly anticipating the last series of the year against the Red Sox, but the team needs to get to a point where those games matter. […]
Joe Biagini: A Starter in a Reliever’s Uniform
Joe Biagini has been nothing short of a revelation this season. He started off as an irreverent Rule 5 pick who didn’t even know the rules about if/how he could stay on the Blue Jays. And even with the Rule 5 designation, he needed injuries to earn a real chance at making the team out […]
The Worst Possible Blue Jays Lineup
The debate about the batting order is usually a fun exercise for Jays fans, given how many great hitters are currently on their payroll. Occasional gripes about manager John Gibbons’ preferences for the order are generally outweighed by the depth of talent that’s on the ros-…wait they just hit another home run, because they all hit […]
Artificial Turf Wars Ep. 28: Red Sox and Rants
Matt Kory of Baseball Prospectus (and many other sites) stops by to discuss the upcoming battle between the Boston Red Sox and the Toronto Blue Jays with a note on which hitters and pitchers are coming in playing well. He also discusses the challenges that Yoan Moncada faces as a young prospect who has been […]
Catcher Framing and Dioner Navarro
This post is going to be about how Dioner Navarro is a bad pitch framer. However, before we get into it, lets get one thing out of the way: one of the best things about baseball is that a player’s value is segmented into tools. Billy Hamilton is a bad hitter, but his defence and speed […]
Checking in on the First Shapiro/Atkins Draft
There was a time, in the not too distant past, when minor league player development happened outside the intense scrutiny of all but the most obsessive fans. Most paid little attention to the farm teams unless they happened to live in a city that hosted one, and only the most well established prospects were on […]









