Toronto Blue Jays @ New York Yankees Tuesday, May 24th – Thursday, May 26th Written by Jenn Smith and Nick Dika After being swept by the Tampa Bay Rays in embarrassing fashion at the Rogers Centre, the Toronto Blue Jays travelled to Minnesota. There, several of their clubhouse leaders approached coaches with a line up shake up highlighted […]
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Blue Jays Rotation Review: A Mixed Bag of Tricks
Since they say starting pitching wins championships, each time through the rotation we’re going to break down each individual start to see what the pitchers did well and what they didn’t, with an attempt to go a little bit deeper than just the box score. You can read all past Rotation Reviews here. The Blue […]
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 […]
Why The Blue Jays Should Be Talking Extension With Michael Saunders
Much has been written and spoken over the previous six months about the pending free agency of Jose Bautista and Edwin Encarnacion. Whether or not the Blue Jays can or even should pay what it might take to retain one or both for years to come, particularly in light of the very thin crop of free agents […]
Recap: Blue Jays 3, Twins 1; Successful Stroman Silences Minnesota
After a disappointing 8th inning in yesterday’s game, the now last place Blue Jays were all business this afternoon in Minnesota. Jose Bautista and Josh Donaldson went back to back to start the game in a three run-first inning, the first time that the Blue Jays have gone back to back to start a game […]
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, […]
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 […]
How Biagini is Bottling up Hitters
The Toronto Blue Jays bullpen has clearly left much to be desired this season. The first month and a half has seen a handful of solid outings by the starters go for naught thanks to awful outings from a variety of relievers. One of the few positives so far has been the performance of Joe […]
Recap: Blue Jays 3, Twins 2; Biagini Grants Wish and Saves Win
On Star Wars night at Target Field, this wasn’t the Blue Jays offense you were looking for. Despite a reshuffled lineup that featured Jose Bautista leading off, the Blue Jays struggled to score and had to work hard to capitalize on another great start from Marco Estrada. They finally received some timely hits and were […]
One Team Will Need to Win: Twins Series Preview
Toronto Blue Jays @ Minnesota Twins April 19 – May 22 Written by Steve McEwen and Dave Church After being swept at home by Tampa Bay, and losing two of those games by more than ten runs, there’s probably no team more in need of an easy victory than the Toronto Blue Jays. After facing tough division opponents […]









