For all the potential frustration from fans about a quiet offseason, the Blue Jays’ braintrust has had some small victories recently when it comes to building the bullpen. Getting J.P. Howell and Joe Smith added some much needed depth to the relief core, supplementing 2016 holdovers Roberto Osuna, Jason Grilli, and Joe Biagini. The Blue Jays bullpen […]
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Assessing the Trade Deadline: The Upgrades We Haven’t Talked About
This week marked the passing of the Major League Baseball non-waiver trade deadline. With the Blue Jays a year removed from the trade deadline to end all trade deadlines, this season’s transactional activity lacked the same excitement as 2015. While this year’s moves may not be as sexy, that doesn’t mean the Blue Jays’ front […]
The Jays Don’t Need to Add to Win a World Series
Think back to 2014. This team had Jose Bautista, Edwin Encarnacion, and an adequate supporting staff. However, they couldn’t quite make the playoffs. In fact, at five games back, they weren’t particularly close. What was the issue? Again, team had a lot of adequate talent. It also had two very impressive players, but it just didn’t […]
Surprise! Blue Jays Designate Drew Storen for Assignment, Recall Ryan Tepera
In a relatively shocking move Sunday morning, the Blue Jays have designated right handed relief pitcher Drew Storen for assignment and have recalled Ryan Tepera to take his place on the roster. The Blue Jays will now have 10 days to waive, trade, release, or outright Storen to the minor leagues, the last of which […]
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 […]
This Week in Blue Jays: Why It’s Ok to Worry
“I work hard not to draw any conclusions until 40 games in. Everything is amplified, magnified early in the season, just because of the number of games you’ve played. The most fortunate thing that’s happened is that the division is pretty wide open. We are not where we want to be, let me make that […]
Gavin Floyd: The Quasi Drew Storen
The closer debate began the moment the Blue Jays traded for Drew Storen back in January, and the embers of the competition were stoked throughout the full duration of camp. It wasn’t until March 30th that manager John Gibbons made the announcement that Roberto Osuna had won the battle and would continue the role in […]
Artificial Turf Wars Ep. 10: Jonah Keri and Wish Lists for Winning Streaks
Jonah Keri of Sports Illustrated, CBS, and Sportsnet stops by to talk about writing for a living, analytics on the Blue Jays broadcast, and fighting the steroid stigma. The boys also discuss booing Brett Cecil, the recent walkoff wins, Drew Storen’s resurgence, 8-man bullpens, and the brewing position battle between Ryan Goins and Darwin Barney. […]
Recap: Blue Jays 6, Rays 1; The Good Aaron Sanchez is Back
The Toronto Blue Jays opened a three game series against the Tampa Bay Rays Friday night in St. Petersburg. This is already the second trip in 2016 to the “House of Horrors” for the Blue Jays. The last time they split a four game series at Tropicana Field but missed an opportunity to sweep the […]
Recap: Blue Jays 4, Red Sox 3; Better Late Than Never
They almost blew it, but luckily Drew Storen was able to lock this game down by getting David Ortiz to strikeout looking in the ninth inning. As a result, the Blue Jays came away with a 4-3 victory and a split of the four game series. After a pitcher’s duel between Clay Buchholz and J.A. Happ […]