MLB: Toronto Blue Jays at Tampa Bay Rays

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 […]

MLB: Spring Training-Tampa Bay Rays at Toronto Blue Jays

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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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, […]