Written by Nick Dika, Bennett Brauer, and Joshua Howsam Can the Blue Jays Pitcher’s Exploit Baltimore’s Swing First Lineup? The Orioles have spent most of their 2017 season following their typical formula for contention: pair a strong offence with an elite bullpen and cross your fingers that the starting pitching will be good enough. Despite […]
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3 Things to Watch for Against the Tigers
Written by Dylan Svoboda, Joshua Howsam, and Rachael McDaniel Lumbering Tigers The Blue Jays won’t have to worry about the Detroit Tigers while the latter are on the bases this week. The Tigers have been the second-worst base running team at -8.2 base running runs according to Baseball Prospectus. They have also stolen just twenty-nine bases […]
3 Things to Watch for Against the Rangers
Written by Mike Passador, Andrew Munn, and Greg Wisniewski Coming in Hot The Blue Jays have done well to climb out of an early hole, but can’t seem to crack .500. They found themselves gifted with four consecutive series against lackluster opponents but have squandered their opportunity thus far, having dropped the first two sets against Oakland […]
3 Things to Watch For Against the Yankees
Written by Matt Gwin, Rachael McDaniel, and Joshua Howsam Attack of the Yankees Young-ins The Yankees have the second best record in the American League. At an active roster age of 28.1 years, they’re also quite young. If it were any other team, that’d be a nice feat, but for the ‘aging’ Yankees, it’s seems […]
3 Things to Watch for in the Upcoming Blue Jays Series Vs the Orioles
Written by Andrew Munn, Matt Gwin, and Mike Passador An Orioles Pitching Staff in Shambles The Blue Jays enter the weekend losers of their last series, seeming to have lost some of the momentum that they gained winning eight of the previous ten. What made this past series all the more frustrating is that it […]
Not Those Guys Again: Rays Series Preview
Toronto Blue Jays vs. Tampa Bay Rays September 12 – 14 Written by Elie Waitzer and Greg Wisniewski The Tampa Bay rays have 82 losses already, guaranteeing them a losing season, and it’s only the 12th of September. This looks especially bad, since the rest of the division has no more than 66 losses apiece. Truly, the Rays are the […]
It Can’t Be Any Crazier: Rays Series Preview
Toronto Blue Jays vs. Tampa Bay Rays May 16 – May 18 Written by Tammy Rainey and Michael Bradburn In recent history, no team has a more well earned reputation for being a thorn in the Blue Jays’ side than the Tampa Bay Rays. It has been 10 years since the Toronto club dominated the […]
The Trop is Calling: Rays Series Preview
Toronto Blue Jays vs. Tampa Bay Rays Friday, April 29th – Sunday, May 1st After a disappointing end to a home stand that saw the Blue Jays (10-13) swept at the hands of the Chicago White Sox, the team hits the road momentarily this weekend to take on the Tampa Bay Rays. The Rays and […]
So There IS Another Division: Athletics Series Preview
Toronto Blue Jays vs. Oakland Athletics Friday, April 22nd – Sunday, April 24th Preview written by Jenn Smith and Sean Addis. The Blue Jays head home after completing a disappointing road trip through Boston and Baltimore, finishing with two one-run heartbreaking losses. The offence continues to struggle if your name isn’t Donaldson, Bautista, Encarnacion or the […]
More Home Cooking: Yankees Series Preview
Toronto Blue Jays vs. New York Yankees April 12th – April 14th By: Greg Wisniewski & Tammy Rainey The first week of the season failed to live up to expectations of Blue Jays fans, as many were expecting a continuation of the intoxicating final third of the 2015 season. However, the ever-timely words of the late Douglas Adams (or […]