The Houston Astros sold their soul for a World Series. They won it all in 2017, but haven’t won a championship since, despite playoff berths in four of the last five seasons. The Astros prove…
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... oincidental there were banging noises before each of these pitches from this Blue Jays-Astros game in 2017. pic.twitter.com/FLevUbzKnj — Ian Hunter (@BlueJayHunter ...
Major League Baseball’s annual General Managers Meetings in Arizona kicked off this week, so we’re starting to get an idea as to how things are going to play out this off-season. Ross A…
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... own for quite some time that Shoemaker is interested in carrying on with the Blue Jays, as he expressed interest back during the season in signing a multi-year dea ...
The Rule 5 draft is just around the corner and with that comes decisions on what players should be added to the 40-man roster to avoid being selected. The deadline to add a player to the 40-man to …
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... s. So just how good is Thomas Hatch? And can he be a contributor to the 2020 Blue Jays pitching staff? For starters Hatch is a starter, having made 27 starts at Do ...
Welcome to The Shapkins Defender, where I inhale your toxic screeds and spit out the fresh oxygen of optimism, like a tree that kind of understands WAR. (Just don’t ask me to explain it.) Let’s get…
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... became the President, holding that position until he moved north to take the Blue Jays job in 2015. And how did the Cleveland baseballers fare during those various ...
When I wrote earlier today about Shi Davidi mentioning how teams around the league are kicking tires on Toronto’s young crop of catchers, I briefly mentioned how he cryptically brought up Lou…
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... lity pitching. Here’s an interesting one: Heard from multiple people lately #BlueJays could be open to moving Lourdes Gurriel Jr. this winter, especially if it br ...
According to Shi Davidi, the Blue Jays could be exploring other avenues beyond free agency in order to upgrade their starting rotation. Specifically, they could sell high from a position of strengt…
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... Jays sell high on in this situation. Jansen has frequently been mentioned by Blue Jays executives as part of the team’s core moving forward. Here’s a quote from Ma ...
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... ign an ace. Speaking of free-agent starters, Shi Davidi did a primer on the Blue Jays ahead of MLB’s annual Winter Meetings over at Sportsnet in which we should e ...
Over at Baseball America, Matt Eddy did some incredibly heavy lifting for all the rest of us by compiling a list of all 510 minor-league players who have become free agents. Seriously, what a grind…
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... nes, Matt Dermody, John Axford, and Mark Leiter Jr. have all pitched for the Blue Jays in the past but have struggled with injuries recently, putting their futures ...
by OddsShark (@OddsShark) Coming close to a championship helps shape World Series futures for the following autumn, but it is not necessarily a predictor of success. One week after the Washington N…
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The Blue Jays’ acquisition of right-handed starter Chase Anderson from the Milwaukee Brewers Monday is not going to be the difference between the team reaching the 81-win plateau or not next season…
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... e that looks good from every angle. This shouldn’t necessarily satisfy Blue Jays fans, but it should at least bring them some moderate level of comfort in kn ...
The Blue Jays acquired Chase Anderson from the Milwaukee Brewers yesterday. Anderson comes to Toronto as a reliable innings eater, throwing around 140-150 innings with an ERA around four each seaso…
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... comparable to the one thrown by Brock Stewart, who was just released by the Blue Jays. He should drop the usage of his four seamer in favour of his cutter. Ander ...
With Monday being the deadline to reinstate players from the 60-day Injured List, the Blue Jays were forced to make some difficult roster decisions. They needed to free up two spots on the 40-man i…
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... ay being the deadline to reinstate players from the 60-day Injured List, the Blue Jays were forced to make some difficult roster decisions. They needed to free up ...
