Toronto Blue Jays vs. Arizona Diamondbacks Tuesday, June 21st – Wednesday, June 22nd Written by Joshua Howsam and Eric Mercer Coming off a tough series loss to the first place Orioles, the Blue Jays come home to take on the Diamondbacks for a brief two-game set. The Jays bats definitely came to play in Baltimore, but the […]
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Why Marcus Stroman Needs to be Sent Down
I’ve written a couple of articles about Marcus Stroman for Baseball Prospectus Toronto this year. In March, I wrote that the Blue Jays needed to sign him to an extension that resembles the one Corey Kluber inked with Cleveland last year. Two weeks ago, I wrote about a way to try to fix Marcus’ struggles, […]
Josh Donaldson: The Draft Versus Development
Josh Donaldson was a first round draft pick, and given that he was named the American League’s Most Valuable Player just eight short months ago, this probably doesn’t come as much of a surprise. With the draft, and prospects, and international signings transitioning from niche interest to national news over the last decade, these young […]
Recap: Orioles 11, Blue Jays 6; Stroman Falters on Father’s Day
That wasn’t fun. Coming into today’s game, Chris Tillman had a 5.65 ERA against Toronto in 21 career starts. His inability to retire Blue Jays batters continued on Sunday as he allowed four runs in five innings pitched, but Baltimore was still able to get the victory thanks to Marcus Stroman pitching even worse than Tillman. He […]
Recap: Orioles 4, Blue Jays 2; Jays Streak Snapped, but it Means Nothing
The Toronto Blue Jays came into Sunday’s day game as winners of their last four straight. More intriguingly though, they also had the best outfielder in all of baseball (measured by TAv) in Michael Saunders. Technically tied with Mike Trout, Saunders currently has a .344 TAv. In the month of June, he has an isolated […]
Minor League Update: June 18th Edition
This weekend marks the rough halfway point of the full-season teams. Dunedin is in the midst of the Florida State League All-Star break, the Midwest League break will idle the Lansing team starting Monday, and of course, as noted yesterday, the short season squads are set to begin play. That makes it the time of […]
Recap: Blue Jays 13, Orioles 3; Michael Saunders for MVP
The Blue Jays have scored 51 first-inning runs this year, including three tonight against the Orioles. Michael Saunders hit his first homerun of the night to left field in the top of the first inning, cashing in Josh Donaldson and Edwin Encarnacion. Aaron Sanchez labored through the first inning, and the Orioles got one back […]
Jose Bautista Takes a Trip on the Disabled List
After injuring his toe during Thursday’s game against the Philadelphia Phillies, Jose Bautista will be spending at least the next 15 days on the disabled list. Replacing him on the roster will be Darrell Ceciliani, while Ezequiel Carrera will be taking his place in the starting lineup. Blue Jays have yet to announce anything officially but it's […]
What Will the Blue Jays Short Season Rosters Look Like?
While mid-season is on the doorstep for the full season farm teams, Friday night marks Opening Day for the short season Vancouver Canadians. As well, next week they’ll be joined in action by the Bluefield Blue Jays and the GCL Jays. This is an exciting time for the prospect hounds among us. We finally get […]
Recap: Blue Jays 13, Phillies 2; The Hits Keep Coming for the Jays
The Toronto Blue Jays and Philadelphia Phillies played their final game of the 2016 season Thursday night at Citizen Bank Ballpark. Jays sent lefty JA Happ (7-3, 3.70) against young Phillies right-hander Aaron Nola (5-5, 2.98). Nola was coming off his shortest start of the season, 3.2 innings against the Washington Nationals, and he would […]









