Written by Bennett Brauer, Cole Nefsky, and Gideon Turk Hot Corner Hitting With the Rays and Blue Jays fighting for the 2nd AL Wild Card position, both teams will need their all-world Third Basemen – Evan Longoria and Josh Donaldson, respectively – to carry them to the next level. Aside from being their team’s best players, […]
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3 Things to Watch for in the Blue Jays Series vs. the Rays
Written by Nick Dika, Andrew Munn, and Gideon Turk Tulo and Donaldson to Be Re-Evaluated in Florida This Weekend The most interesting thing to watch during this weekend’s series in Tampa might not take place on the field at all, but rather down the interstate in Dunedin where the left side of the Blue Jays […]
3 Things to Watch for in the Blue Jays Series vs. Tampa Bay
Written by Rachael McDaniel, Gideon Turk, and Elie Waitzer Steven Souza Jr.: A Familiar Foe, Now with Added Plate Discipline Steven Souza Jr. has been a thorn in the side of Blue Jays pitching for the entirety of his two seasons with the Rays. In his 34 career games against the Jays, he is slashing […]
Blue Jays Claim Catcher Luke Maile from Rays
The Blue Jays have acquired catcher Luke Maile from the Rays on a waiver claim, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports: #Rays C Luke Maile, who was DFA'd on Saturday, is heading to the #BlueJays — Marc Topkin (@TBTimes_Rays) April 6, 2017 Topkin also reports that Maile, 26, will be assigned to the […]
Recap: Rays 6, Blue Jays 2; At Least the Defense Was Good?
The Blue Jays continued to struggle in the month of September, dropping the second game of a three game series against the Tampa Bay Rays by a score of 6-2. Tonight the issue was once again the lack of production from the offense, as they managed just nine hits and two walks in their faint attempt […]
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 […]
Recap: Blue Jays 5, Rays 3; Bullpen Bails Out Happ As Jays Salvage Finale
Toronto and Tampa Bay completed the three game series on Sunday afternoon at Tropicana Field. The game seemed to follow the same pattern of the first two games: Jays score early, bats go silent and the pesky Rays start adding on runs. Today, however, the Jays were able to alter the script. The Blue Jays […]
Recap: Rays 7, Blue Jays 5; Jays Lose Another Tough One In Tampa
The Toronto Blue Jays and Tampa Bay Rays played game two of their three game series Saturday night at Tropicana Field, and the script was reminiscent of game one: Blue Jays score first, bats go silent, Jays pitchers have one bad inning, and the Jays add runs late but come up short. Blake Snell threw […]
Recap: Rays 8, Blue Jays 3; Stone Hands Sink Jays In Opener
The Jays played a sloppy game against the Rays in the series opener in Tropicana Field, losing 8-3. Toronto was unable to field the ball cleanly all game and it was largely their defense which lost them the game. The offense didn’t produce either. Donaldson and Encarnacion hit back-to-back doubles in the first which showed […]
Recap: Rays 9, Blue Jays 2; Everything Goes Wrong in Ugly Loss to Tampa
Marco Estrada has been stellar this season. I’d be comfortable saying he hasn’t had one game where he has been truly terrible. Until tonight. It just wasn’t working for him. The final line doesn’t look too bad. Five innings pitched while only giving up three runs is fine. However, the process to get to those numbers […]