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David Aardsma Opts out of Contract

Veteran reliever David Aardsma has opted out of his minor league contract with the Blue Jays and is now a free agent. Source: David Aardsma has opted out of his minor league contract with the #BlueJays. — Steve Adams (@Adams_Steve) May 23, 2016 Back in February, Aardsma signed a minor league deal with an invitation […]

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This Week in Blue Jays: On The Outside Looking In

There exists no other sport that relies more heavily on analytics than baseball to break down on-field performance into measurable, mathematically-relevant facts to help better understand performance. Yet, no other sport lends itself more to the creation and propagation of narrative – an account of events that lends itself to storytelling, either real or imaginary, […]

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Minor League Update: May 21st Edition

In reading first edition of MLU last week, one might have been forgiven if you looked it over and had a few moments when you said “Who?” But in one short week the names on this list have normalized to what you might expect quite nicely, thanks to some nice news regarding players who’ve been […]