With so much of the focus on baseball shifting to the statistical side in recent years, early season anomalies can get a lot of undeserved attention. Players can get lucky and can ride that luck to sky high batting averages or micro-ERA’s. However, eventually, as the sample grows, the good luck tends to balance out […]
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Recap: Blue Jays 5, Rays 3; Dickey Dances and Saunders Smashes
Didn’t we just do this? The Blue Jays won another 5-3 game, though they took a bit of a different path to get there today. Dingers, umpires, knuckleballs, and the Blue Jays going to the bullpen early rather than the Rays. R.A. Dickey picked up the win, going the minimum five innings but getting the job […]
Drew Storen Named Setup Man; A Temporary Loss for Progressive Thinking
Just yesterday it was announced that Roberto Osuna, the 21-year old Mexican who single handedly kept the bullpen looking somewhat respectable over the first two months of the 2015 season, would again be acting as the fireman at the back-end of John Gibbons’ bullpen to start the 2016 season. While Osuna did absolutely nothing to lose the […]
Roberto Osuna is the Right Choice for Closer
Early this morning, the Toronto Blue Jays finally made a decision on who would be handling closing duties at the outset of the 2016 season. Both Roberto Osuna and Drew Storen had legitimate cases to handle the ninth inning, but in true Highlander fashion, there can be only one. Osuna is closer — Shi Davidi […]
If He’s Not Going to Start, the Jays Should Trade Aaron Sanchez
The Great Aaron Sanchez Debate of 2016 is finally coming to a close. The Blue Jays regular season opens up this coming Sunday against Tampa, so Toronto will have to very quickly decide who fits into the rotation plans. The overwhelming majority of fans want Sanchez to start, the front office seems to want him […]
A Fantasy Baseball Guide to the Toronto Blue Jays
March baseball can get tedious. The games are slow and full of players most of us will never see or hear from ever again. Thankfully, there is something to break up all the split-squad games, designated hitters in the National League, and Goose Gossage rants. If, like me, you think you know more about running a […]
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 […]