Well, the Blue Jays are playing some good baseball again. Aaron Sanchez was phenomenal, going six and two thirds while giving up no runs on seven hits and two walks and striking out six. The offense was silent early on, but scored seven runs in the fifth through seventh innings on the strength of 12 hits. […]
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Pitch Homogenization and Marcus Stroman’s Breaking Balls
Prior to being selected by the Blue Jays as the 22nd overall pick back in the 2012 draft, Marcus Stroman was drawing attention as an amateur prospect primarily for two reasons: a mid-90’s four-seam fastball and an upper 80’s slider, the combination of which guided him to an impressive 136 strikeouts over 98 innings in […]
Recap: Blue Jays 4, Yankees 1; Faltering Yankees Bullpen Gives Toronto Another Win
The Blue Jays entered tonight’s game with an opportunity to win their fourth straight series and guarantee at least a .500 record during their twelve-game stint against the Yankees and Red Sox. Starter J.A. Happ looked shaky through the first few innings, missing his spots and giving up a double in each of the first […]
Blue Jays to Acquire Jason Grilli
It looks like the Blue Jays are going to be getting some bullpen reinforcements after all, #BlueJays acquiring Jason Grilli from #Braves in exchange for Sean Ratcliffe, sources say. Story coming soon on @BB_Essential. — Robert Murray (@RobertMurrayBBE) May 31, 2016 According to reports, the Jays have agreed to a swap of minor league pitcher […]
The Blue Jays “Stuff” Report – Volume 4
The Blue Jays Stuff Report will be appearing in this space every two weeks. The metric was created by Dr. Mike Sonne, who has a PhD in biomechanics from McMaster University. For his work on pitcher fatigue, injury, and other baseball related research, please visit his website over at www.mikesonne.ca. It’s that time of the month […]
One At-Bat: Craig Kimbrel vs. Russell Martin
Here we are again, ready for another edition of One At-bat. Welcome. I must confess, I had an interesting ‘throwback’ sort of OAB suggested to me. I was about to write it up, and then Saturday, May 28th happened. The Red Sox came into the Rogers Centre the night before, and, but for the grace […]
Recap: Blue Jays 4, Yankees 2; Estrada Dominant Once Again
After a Saturday slug fest and a Sunday extra inning game, the Toronto Blue Jays bullpen was tired and needed a quality start from tonight’s starter Marco Estrada. He gave them exactly what they needed, throwing eight excellent innings, giving up no runs, three hits, three walks and six strike outs. The biggest threat came […]
Back to the Bronx: Yankees Series Preview
Toronto Blue Jays vs. New York Yankees May 30th – June 1st Written by Sean Addis and Joshua Howsam The Blue Jays are coming off an emotional roller coaster of a series against the division foe Boston Red Sox that saw the home side take two of three. The bats finally bailed out the pitching in game two […]
This Week in Blue Jays: “It’s Early” Works Both Ways
Regardless of whether or not you subscribe to the “it’s early” mantra that so many hopeful fans evoke when their team begins a season below expectations, there is likely little dissent amongst Blue Jays fans that the first fifty games have, as a whole, been both disappointing and frustrating. With memories of bat flips all […]
Recap: Blue Jays 10, Red Sox 9; Partying Like it’s 2015
Sometimes baseball is heartbreaking, and sometimes it provides extreme, uplifting joy. This one did a little of both, depending on your side of the aisle. The seesaw battle saw the Blue Jays jump out early, putting up three runs in the third inning to take a 3-0 lead. They were unable to hold the lead, […]









