Every week in this space, we’re going to be running down the “Hitter of the Week” for the Toronto Blue Jays. This won’t always be the best hitter, but it will always be someone who did something notable that we can break down further. Using information from games through Friday (Saturday-Friday), we will try to […]
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3 Things To Watch For In The Blue Jays Series Against The Orioles
Written by Dave Church, Sean Addis, and Mike Passador 1. Baltimore’s Brilliant Bullpen Given the Jays’ early offensive struggles, they could use a few easy marks on the opposite side. While a rickety Orioles rotation may seem like just such a group, the bullpen has been a much tougher task for the Jays to conquer of late, […]
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 […]
3 Things for Blue Jays Fans to Think About on Opening Day
In a Tough AL East, Games Like These Still Matter If there is one thing baseball prognosticators can agree on this season, it’s that the AL East is pretty evenly matched. It may not be the best division in baseball, but one through five it the the most parity. Because of that, every interdivisional game will […]
Why the Blue Jays Chose Ryan Goins for their Opening Day Roster
No, this won’t be the roster the Blue Jays use for all 162 games, and it probably won’t even be the roster they use a week from now, but if you’re wondering about what the Blue Jays did to their roster today despite it seeming like a bunch of backwards decisions, you aren’t alone. 12 […]
Rowdy Tellez Is Making His Way to Toronto One Page of Notes at a Time
DUNEDIN – From the moment he was drafted, Rowdy Tellez gained minor celebrity status among fans in Canada because of his peculiar yet endearing name. That fame drifted off into the background over the past few seasons as Tellez has been developing in the low minors, occasionally resurfacing with a #LetsGetRowdy on Twitter during a particular stretch […]
How Kevin Pillar Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Plate Discipline
DUNEDIN – Compared to years past, the Blue Jays Spring Training camp this season has been relatively quiet. There have been no outlandish contract demands from star players, no soul-crushing injuries to fan favourites, and no prospects taking everybody by surprise. That’s probably a good thing. Spring Training narratives tend to be distractions for players, and […]
Report: Blue Jays Were Finalists for Catcher Derek Norris
Derek Norris, the former top catching prospect who has bounced around recently and was released by the Washington Nationals on March 15th, signed with the Tampa Bay Rays today. Of more note to this website is that Norris was deciding between the Rays and the Blue Jays according to Robert Murray of FanRag Sports, but […]
Gibby the Best: Blue Jays to Extend John Gibbons
Update: Source says #BlueJays and John Gibbons reach agreement on extension that adds two guaranteed years plus 2020 option. Steve Phillips first — Shi Davidi (@ShiDavidi) March 21, 2017 It appears as though the deal may be done, keeping ol’ Gibbers around through at least 2019, with a club option for 2020. With his current […]
The 30th Percentile Blue Jays
In this space last week, I wrote about what Baseball Prospectus’ projection system PECOTA thinks would happen to the Toronto Blue Jays in 2017 if their players would hit their 90th percentile projections. That best case scenario looked like a 119-43 record, compared to the 81-81 record the normal PECOTA projected for the 2017 Blue Jays. Today, I […]