On Tuesday at FanGraphs, Jeff Sullivan asked his readers “What if the Twins Won the World Series?” Although the question was an interesting one, what interested me more is the cause for the article to be written in the fist place. The Twins lost 102 games in 2016, and have now clinched a spot in the postseason […]
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Recap: Blue Jays 8, Twins 7; Upton Sinks Twins On Little League Home Run
The Blue Jays battled back from an early five-run deficit to take the series and extend Minnesota’s losing streak to nine games. With Baltimore suffering another blowout loss at the hands of the Yankees, the win gives the Jays a three game lead over the Orioles and puts the ball squarely in Boston’s court. It was a […]
Recap: Blue Jays 15, Twins 8; Offense Comes to Life to Destroy the Twins
The Blue Jays offence came roaring back to life on Friday night, scoring 15 times on the way to a 15-8 win against the last place Minnesota Twins. The Jays got the party started early, scoring five times in the second inning off Twins’ starter Pat Dean. Dean, the soft tossing lefty who was able […]
Battle vs the Bottom: Twins Series Preview
Toronto Blue Jays vs. Minnesota Twins August 26th – August 28th Written by Eric Mercer and Gideon Turk The Blue Jays are a good team, which means they are supposed to beat bad teams. That wasn’t the case earlier in the week when they lost two of three to the lowly Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, but the Blue Jays and […]
Know Your Enemy: A Look at Blue Jay Haters Around the League
According to many people outside of Canada, the Blue Jays are not the most loved team in baseball. It’s starting to feel like every other week someone is spouting off, or throwing at, one of the Jays’ best players. I, like most Blue Jays fans, do not understand all of the hate. While I can […]
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 […]
Recap: Twins 5, Blue Jays 3; Jays Unravel in the 8th
After Josh Donaldson was thrown out of the game in the first inning, the Blue Jays’ offence reverted back to its bizarre 2016 form on Saturday afternoon in Minnesota. Facing Twins’ rookie lefty Pat Dean (who?), who had allowed 14 hits in his first eight big league innings, the Blue Jays managed just three hits in […]
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 […]
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 […]