As is customary Winter Meetings procedure, the Rule 5 Draft was held this morning in Washington D.C., with teams able to take a flyer on select minor leaguers for a price of only $100,000, but must keep them on the roster all season. The Blue Jays took advantage of this last season and struck gold with […]
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The Blue Jays Should Be Pursuing Curtis Granderson, Not Jay Bruce
Today, the New York Mets and Yoenis Cespedes agreed to a four-year deal worth $110 million, representing the first major free agent contract to be handed out this winter. While this move certainly seemed likely given the mutual interest expressed by both sides in hammering out a deal, it was shocking because the Mets now still have more […]
Who Might the Jays Protect in the Rule 5 Draft?
Friday brings us another one of the milestone dates that litter the MLB off-season as clubs set out to shuffle their organization in preparation for the season ahead. To-wit, it is the day that teams must finalize their 40 man roster in anticipation of the Rule 5 Draft that takes place at the end of […]
An Open Letter to Jose Bautista: Blue Jays Legend
Dear Jose, I write on behalf of an entire generation of Blue Jays fans. I’m part of a group that never saw the World Series banner fly north of the border or got the chance to see Joe touch first, let alone “‘em all”. But it’s not just World Series glory this generation has missed […]
Give the Blue Jays Off-Season Some Time
It’s Mark Shapiro and Ross Atkins’ second winter at the helm of the this club, and they are tasked with the daunting assignment of trying to appease a fanbase that is thirsty for a winner after back-to-back ALCS appearances and exits. Getting the team back to the post-season will be harder in 2017 than it […]
Report: Blue Jays Sign DH Kendrys Morales
Transaction Friday indeed! Apparently Ross Atkins was busy at the GM Meetings, as the Toronto Blue Jays have apparently just completed their second big move of the day: Kendry Morales deal with the Blue Jays is for 3 years. — Christopher meola (@DfineNrmLC) November 11, 2016 @JimBowden_ESPN @MLBONFOX Done Deal: Blue Jays Sign Kendry Morales […]
Blue Jays Bridge Gap, Sign Lourdes Gourriel
It wasn’t the move people were expecting, but the Toronto Blue Jays have still started off the 2016-2017 offseason with a big splash in International Free Agency. can confirm @JesseSanchezMLB #Bluejays signed Lourdes Gurriel. I hear it is a 7 yr $22M deal — Joel Sherman (@Joelsherman1) November 11, 2016 Gourriel defected from Cuba last […]
The True Legacies of R.A. Dickey and Josh Thole
TORONTO – The good, the bad, the ugly, and the great. That’s how Josh Thole described his time in Toronto over the past four years. It was a fitting description for the tumultuous times he and batterymate R.A. Dickey shared while in a Blue Jays uniform. The duo entered their time in Toronto with a […]
On Michael Saunders and Defying Expectations
There were high expectations for the Toronto Blue Jays coming into the 2016 season. The end to 2015 was thrilling, and the Jays had made the playoffs for the first time in 22 years. Most of that exciting team was coming back, and there were even places a couple of places where you’d expect improvement. […]
On Brett Cecil, Ignorance, and the Illusion of Happiness
There is a famous French novel from the revolutionary period written by Claire de Duras titled Ourika. It deals with, among many other themes, the question of whether ignorance truly is bliss. Ourika is a black woman who was brought to France at the age of two from Senegal where she was orphaned and destined to become […]