Part of the fun of following the Blue Jays is all of the spirited debate, and (hopefully) friendly arguments born out of discussions about our favorite team. With the rise of blogging, Twitter, and the continued prominence of things like talk radio, we are able to have these debates whenever we want, with virtually whomever […]
Tag: Jose Bautista
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 […]
Bold Predictions for the Second Half of the Season
As the calendar turns to July, half of the baseball season is now in the rearview mirror. In watching the first half of the Jays’ 2016 season, we have come to establish a new set of ideas about what the 2016 team is. Things that we would have never believed at the start of the […]
Jose Bautista Takes a Trip on the Disabled List
After injuring his toe during Thursday’s game against the Philadelphia Phillies, Jose Bautista will be spending at least the next 15 days on the disabled list. Replacing him on the roster will be Darrell Ceciliani, while Ezequiel Carrera will be taking his place in the starting lineup. Blue Jays have yet to announce anything officially but it's […]
How Does Jose Stack Up Against the Game’s Best Leadoff Hitters?
At the beginning of the season, there weren’t many people who envisioned Jose Bautista as the Blue Jays leadoff hitter. For multiple seasons in a row, Bautista has occupied the three-slot and there was no reason to assume that anything would change. When the team is scuffling, however, anything is possible. As a result, Jose found himself […]
Recap: Orioles 6, Blue Jays 5; Baltimore Beats the Blue Jays Bullpen
Jays fans had every right to be nervous about this game. As measured by OPS, the Orioles featured the second most prolific offense in the AL to this point (.775, as compared to Toronto’s .720) and even better in June (a robust .892) and Marcus Stroman had been pretty awful in 3 of his last […]
This Week in Blue Jays: A Tale of Twelve Games
It’s just twelve games. Just twelve games of one-sixty-two. Yet, this current stretch against division rivals had the potential to tell the tale of how the remainder of the Blue Jays’ season might pan out, or so went the narrative leading up to them. The most perplexing aspect of the Jays’ play this season has […]
This Week in Blue Jays: “It’s Early” Works Both Ways
Regardless of whether or not you subscribe to the “it’s early” mantra that so many hopeful fans evoke when their team begins a season below expectations, there is likely little dissent amongst Blue Jays fans that the first fifty games have, as a whole, been both disappointing and frustrating. With memories of bat flips all […]
The Blue Jays Hitters Need to Adjust to Adjustments
It’s no secret that the Blue Jays vaunted offense isn’t quite living up to expectations. Last year’s squad scored 5.5 runs per game, lapping the field by such a wide margin that the second place Yankees were closer to the 26th ranked Reds than the league-leading Blue Jays. This year, the Jays have scored a […]
Recap: Blue Jays 9, Twins 3; Jays Bats Breakout in Minnesota
While the Jays’ struggled to put up runs early on against Minnesota curveballer Tyler Duffey, the team broke through in the 6th inning, scoring 5 runs and staking Aaron Sanchez to a 7-1 lead. The newly re-arranged lineup paid dividends for the Blue Jays as leadoff hitter Jose Bautista hit a three run home run […]