The Blue Jays dropped the rubber game of a three game set to Kansas City on Sunday afternoon as the offense once again failed to deliver in a 7-1 defeat at the hands of the reigning champs. Marcus Stroman was bested by Yordano Ventura and the Jays failed to take advantage of their nine baserunners […]
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Recap: Royals 4, Blue Jays 2; Royals Rake on Sanchez
With his spot in the new six-man rotation solidified, Aaron Sanchez took the hill tonight against the Royals to try and keep the Jays undefeated against the Royals in 2016. But before he stepped over the white line tonight, he had a 1-0 lead courtesy of Devon Travis, who hit the Jays’ 16th straight solo […]
Minor League Update: August 6th Edition
Obviously the biggest news this week was the fallout from the non-waiver trade deadline deals. A couple of talented but raw Latin players in rookie ball got dealt – Hansel Rodriguez and Guadolupe Chavez guys who by any reasonable projection were five or more years away even if they pan out, and rather surprisingly two […]
Looking for the Royal Flush: Royals Series Preview
Toronto Blue Jays @ Kansas City Royals August 5th – August 7th Written by Joshua Howsam and Molly Tissenbaum Coming off a series win in Houston, the Jays arrive in Kansas City tied for first place with the Baltimore Orioles. The pitching is flying high, with both the starters and relievers delivering consistently good performances, but the hitting has […]
Recap: Blue Jays 4, Astros 1; If You’re Happ-Y and You Know It Win Fifteen
Toronto and Houston wrapped up their four game series on Thursday night at Minute Maid Park with another low scoring affair. The Blue Jays sent left-hander J.A. Happ to the mound to face Houston righty Mike Fiers. Similar to the other games in this series it would be the starters who dominated. Fiers went six innings, […]
Aaron Sanchez is Going to Stay in the Rotation
After four months of publicly stating that at some point this season, Aaron Sanchez would be transitioned to a reliever role as a way of managing his workload – a debate that came to a head this week when first Russell Martin expressed his disapproval of the decision – general manager Ross Atkins has announced that […]
Assessing the Trade Deadline: The Upgrades We Haven’t Talked About
This week marked the passing of the Major League Baseball non-waiver trade deadline. With the Blue Jays a year removed from the trade deadline to end all trade deadlines, this season’s transactional activity lacked the same excitement as 2015. While this year’s moves may not be as sexy, that doesn’t mean the Blue Jays’ front […]
Artificial Turf Wars Ep. 23: It’s a Pirate’s Life for Us
Stephen J. Nesbitt of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette stops by to discuss the Francisco Liriano to Toronto deal with a focus on how the move is being received in Pittsburgh, the value and upside of the prospects in the deal, and what the Blue Jays can expect to get out of the mercurial lefty. Greg and […]
Recap: Blue Jays 3, Astros 1: Solo Shots Enough to Back Estrada’s Wobbly Back
The Toronto Blue Jays entered tonight’s game 13 games above .500 and just one game back of the division-leading Orioles, sending Marco Estrada to the mound to face Houston’s Collin McHugh. The concern entering the game was Estrada’s recurring back pain, which was clearly an issue for him in his previous two starts. Estrada, however, appeared […]
Blue Jays Showing Financial Flex
Amid all the deadline hysteria and the excitement of following a team that briefly reached first place this past week, people can be forgiven if they’ve forgotten the somber mood that was so prevalent among the Blue Jays fanbase this past offseason. Coming off a year that saw the GM make two huge splashes at the […]









