The Blue Jays got back on track today and established new season highs with nine runs and 13 hits, thanks to contributions from all over the lineup. As Sean touched on in Friday night’s recap, a late offensive outburst did indeed carry over to Saturday afternoon. A strong seven inning effort from J.A. Happ (who’s […]
Tag: Troy Tulowitzki
Troy Tulowitzki: The Blue Jays’ Linchpin Shrouded in Uncertainty
Josh Donaldson is going to be great. Jose Bautista is in week three of his six month rampage towards free agency. It’s probably not going to be pretty, and will assuredly include many thrown bats, nicks, bumps, and bruises along the way, but somehow Edwin Encarnacion is going to mash forty home runs. With the […]
Recap: Blue Jays 5, Rays 3; Stroman Dominates While Tulo Homers
Well that was fun, eh? From the get go, the Blue Jays made this an entertaining game to watch. Before Chris Archer could get settled down, the offense made him throw 34 pitches in the first inning and with Marcus Stroman on the mound, the two runs they scored was almost enough for the entire […]
How to Beat PECOTA With the Blue Jays
This season, Baseball Prospectus’ editor-in-chief, Sam Miller, will be curating an entertaining game called Beat PECOTA. If the idea doesn’t already appear self evident, allow me to explain. For the completely uninitiated, PECOTA is the projection system employed by Baseball Prospectus. PECOTA forecasts many things about a player’s future performance, including BP’s in-house stats: True […]
How Kevin Pillar Plans to Get Better on Defense
One year ago today, Kevin Pillar was the guy who wouldn’t take a walk, and couldn’t handle centerfield. Sure, he was a shoo-in to make the Blue Jays Opening Day roster, but he was only guaranteed that spot because Michael Saunders had stepped on a sprinkler head and lost part of his knee. Flash forward to the […]
Artificial Turf Wars Ep 4: Turf Central with Jamie Campbell
Jamie Campbell stops by to discuss Sportsnet’s Jays coverage and his favourite moments from last year, as well as to look ahead to the 2016 season. Greg, Josh, and Chris also discuss Roberto Osuna’s desire to pitch in relief, the Aaron Sanchez/Gavin Floyd fight for the fifth starter spot, Troy Tulowitzki’s injury scare, Marcus Stroman […]
A Fantasy Baseball Guide to the Toronto Blue Jays
March baseball can get tedious. The games are slow and full of players most of us will never see or hear from ever again. Thankfully, there is something to break up all the split-squad games, designated hitters in the National League, and Goose Gossage rants. If, like me, you think you know more about running a […]
Should We Be Worried About Who Leads Off for the Jays?
In this newly stabilized world of Blue Jays baseball, where so many jobs and roles are either already set in stone, or at least written in ink, the observer and the commentator has far fewer items over which to speculate than in previous years. For the most part, there are only two significant between-the-lines questions, […]