Boston Red Sox pitcher Ranger Suarez was well on his way to throwing a no-hitter against the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday. I, for one, am glad that he couldn’t get the job done. If you aren’t aware of the circumstances, let me paint the picture for you. Suarez allowed just one hit across eight […]
A light Monday slate, along with some of the Yanks’ rivals facing each other, made for a quiet night. The good news about these teams playing each other is that someone has to lose. The bad news is someone has to win. Monday, for example, Boston and Tampa took down Toronto and Cleveland, respectively. With […]
Red Sox 5 Blue Jays 0 Any game where your team only gets one hit is not going to be a good game. Jesús Sánchez had our hit, a double. That and Davis Schneider’s walk, gave us two base runners on the day. Whoops make that three base runners, Daulton Varsho doubled in the ninth, […]
It was Ernie Clement hockey sweater night in Toronto, and the Sox won 5-0. Sorry to Ernie Clement, but you stink now. Them’s the rules. Ranger Suarez doesn’t. He is good. He is very good! And there was much rejoicing. Three Studs Ranger Suarez This was an incredible performance. Eight innings, no runs, one walk, […]
We get the Red Sox, with their new manager, for however long he lasts, for the next three games. And, we’ve had the post on Max Scherzer, we won’t have him to kick around (more like other teams won’t have him to kick around) for at least the next 15 days. I wonder if he’d […]
Hey look, Roman Anthony’s back! That’s nice. The Sox are in Canada for the first time this year to take on the Blue Jays tonight at 7 p.m. Here’s who’s playin’ behind Ranger Suarez: As for the World Series American League Champions, Dylan Cease leads the Blue Jays on what I understand to be Ernie […]
The Jays have placed Max Scherzer on the IL with forearm tendinitis and left ankle inflammation, backdated to his last start. Chase Lee has been called up and will be available tonight. Lee has been, well, interesting for the Bisons. A 1.32 ERA in 9 appearances, 13.2 innings (maybe we can use him for more […]
Former Jay first baseman Willie Upshaw turns 69 today. Willie Upshaw was a rarity, a successful Rule 5 draft pick. We took him from the Yankees in 1978, who had drafted him in the 5th round in 1975. He quickly moved up through the minor leagues, but the Yankees had Chris Chambliss, who left after […]
Well that sure was a weekend. Back-to-back wins. Scoring 17 in 1 game. A Caleb Durbin home run. The coaching shuffle. Alex Cora out, Chad Tracy in. And now the Red Sox are off to Toronto to play the Blue Jays in a Battle of AL East Disappointments. The Jays realized their rotation wasn’t quite […]
Guardians 2 Blue Jays 4 It didn’t come particularly easily but the Jays win their second in a row. We only had 6 hits on the day, but they were grouped nicely. We scored: Sánchez had a big day with three of our four RBI. And Vlad had a good day, 3 for 4, with […]
Game two of this series. Another win would be nice. And it would also be nice if Yohendrick Pinango does so well that the Jays can’t bring themselves to send him back to the minors. The lineup is interesting. Today’s Lineups GUARDIANS BLUE JAYS Steven Kwan – CF Ernie Clement – SS Angel Martinez – […]
Happy Sunday. I thought I was over the jet lag, when I slept great on Friday night, then last night I couldn’t sleep at all. Anyway, today we have our first look at Yohendrick Pinango. I remember, back in my school days, the teach would have to say Yohendrick Pi, so that the 12 other […]
Guardians 3 Blue Jays 5 It seemed like the Kazuma Okamoto show. He was 2 for 3 with a homer, walk, 2 RBI and a number of nice plays at third. The home run, like yesterday’s was crushed to dead center, 425 feet, 108.9 mph. Just a terrific day for him. But Kevin Gausman was […]
So there was a bit of Jays news today, check out the posts, but the short of it: I feel bad for Lukes, battling through vertigo, finally starting to hit the way we’d expect and then this. That’s the thing about the game, we don’t know what the players are going through at anytime. Sometimes […]
The Texas Rangers have traded catcher Willie MacIver to the Toronto Blue Jays for cash considerations, the team announced yesterday. MacIver was claimed on waivers by the Rangers from the A’s at the end of the 2025 season. The 29 year old had been originally drafted by the Colorado Rockies out of the University of […]
They couldn’t have announce this before I hit publish on the last post? Trey Yesavage will make Tuesday’s start for the Jays, against the Red Sox. That doesn’t quite lineup with Max Scherzer’s next start, which would be Wednesday if the rotation stayed the same. Whoops, now I see that Eric Lauer is being moved […]
I guess the headline says it, Nathan Lukes hits the IL with a left hamstring strain. Yohendrick Piñango gets the call up. Yimi Garcia was moved to the 60-day IL to make room for Yohendrick. Piñango is hitting .288/.370/.488 with 3 home runs in 22 games. He is a left-handed batter and also throws left-handed. […]
Guardians 8 Blue Jays 6 I really hated them signing Max Scherzer again this season (even if it was cute that his daughter wrote to the Jays to plea for them to sign him). I didn’t think Scherzer had much left last year, I couldn’t imagine he’d be any better this year. So far, I’m […]
There were some bits of Jays news while I was out: Tonight’s lineups: Today’s Lineups GUARDIANS BLUE JAYS Daniel Schneemann – 2B Nathan Lukes – RF Chase DeLauter – RF Ernie Clement – 2B Jose Ramirez – 3B Vladimir Guerrero – 1B Kyle Manzardo – 1B Jesus Sanchez – LF Rhys Hoskins – DH Lenyn […]
Stealing eight bases and not getting caught once, the Great Lakes Loons ran all over the Sky Carp in a high-scoring win with both teams combining for 21 runs—meanwhile, the Tulsa Drilers set a new team record. Player of the day While a few candidates emerged on the hitting side of things, the clear choice […]
We have made it back from Japan. It was a wonderful holiday. Thanks to Tom M for doing a great job of running things while I was gone. The last few days we saw a fair bit of sports. We went to a: Wearing Blue Jays caps got me into a lot of conversations. Everywhere […]
Blue Jays 3 at Angels 7 You didn’t really think they were going to get a sweep, right? The Jays were in tough against Jose Soriano, off to the kind of start that only a handful of pitchers have in the last century. And it was easy to see why he’s yet to allow more […]
Game three of three with the Angels. When I went to watch games in Anaheim, I really enjoyed the stadium. It was the first ballpark I’d been to that basically had a shopping mall in it. I remember looking in the Oakley store at over priced sunglasses and one of the sales person said I […]
Welcome to the second edition of the revamped Rivalry Roundup! The Yankees were able to address one of their main rivals head-on last night, blanking the Red Sox behind a sterling effort from Luis Gil and a power display from Giancarlo Stanton. Even if it’s April 22nd, there’s never a bad time to see the […]
Patrick Corbin turned in a second pretty good start in a row today, giving the offence time to overcome a slow start. Jeff Hoffman continues to be disturbingly combustible, but the rest of the bullpen did good work. Louis Varland picked up his first MLB save, and you have to wonder whether he’ll start to […]