After a couple of seemingly innocuous, if useful depth moves, the Blue Jays have acquired a legitimate front of the rotation type of arm. As first reported by Robert Murray, the Blue Jays have picked up Francisco Liriano and two prospects (via Davidi) from the Pittsburgh Pirates: Source: Blue Jays get Liriano from Pirates — Robert […]
Tag: Drew Hutchison
Blue Jays Storylines to Watch in the Second Half
It’s been a crazy few months for the Blue Jays. The team was supposed to possess an otherworldly offense, but instead, for a long time, the hitters were nowhere to be found, and the Blue Jays survived on a starting rotation that finished the first half of the season with the best earned run average among […]
Recap: Blue Jays 5, Tigers 4; The Real Troy Tulowitzki is Back
Two years ago, if I’d told you that Drew Hutchison pitched just as well as Justin Verlander, you’d have been ecstatic. Well, that happened today, but there was no ecstaticism to be found. Verlander isn’t much like his 2011 Cy Young and MVP award winning self these days; today’s game epitomized that. He struck out five […]
This Week in Blue Jays: Don’t Count Out Marcus Stroman
It is unusual that one game during the course of a week can eclipse all others so completely, given that each game is equally weighted over the course of the season. But, there’s nothing usual about a nineteen inning game. Friday’s game is tied for the longest game in Blue Jays’ franchise history in innings […]
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, […]
Blue Jays Rotation Review: The Return of Drew
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 last […]
How the Blue Jays Can Emulate the Rays Pitching Success
The 2016 season opens for the Blue Jays in Tampa Bay against the Rays, and it’s an interesting coincidence, at least in the purview of this article, given the way that the new Toronto front office appears to be constructing its pitching staff. It’s certainly not a bad strategy to mimic; despite getting just 24 total […]