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The Jays signed Jeff Hoffman to a three-year, $33 million contract, before the 2025 season, after deciding not to sign Jordan Romano. Romano ended up with the Phillies, Hoffman’s former team, and had 8 saves and an 8.23 ERA in 49 games. It turned out the Jays were right not to sign him. Hoffman had […]
David Cone turns 63 today. Cone had two short stints with the Blue Jays. The Jays traded for him in 1992 at the end of August. We were in first place, 2.5 games ahead of the Baltimore Orioles. We were doing alright except for the 5th starter spot. Dave Stieb had the role, but his […]
Unsurprisingly, there is little Jays’ news today. The team signed Josh Winchowski to a two-year minor league contract. Winchowski is recovering from ‘internal brace surgery’. He’ll likely be able to pitch towards the end of this season, but then he should be good to go the second year. He’s a right-handed, 27-year-old pitcher who has […]
The Jays signed RHP Nic Enright to a two-year minor league contract. Generally minor league contracts are one-year but Enright will be rehabbing from Tommy John surgery most of the coming season. Enright turns 29 on January 8th. He’s thrown 31 MLB innings with a 2.03 ERA for the Guardians, all last season. He was […]
Oh, this won’t be fun. The Jays picked up Brendon Little in November 2023, in a trade for cash. Little was a first round draft pick in 2023. He pitched in 49 games in 2024 with a 3.74 ERA, 0.1 bWAR with 1 save, 7 holds and 3 blown saves. Not bad for a guy […]
I fully expect the Nolan Arenado rumor mill to start churning at full blast now that it appears the Los Angeles Angels have a clear path for him to potentially join the team, but there are still so many questions. Let’s start with what we know. MLB Trade Rumors just shared word that the Angels […]
The New York Yankees tied for the best record in the AL East last year, losing out on a division title (and postseason bye) via the tiebreaker with the Toronto Blue Jays. What this should tell you is that the Yankees had a decent enough team, albeit one that had a number of players potentially […]
After signing Adolis Garcia as a free agent, Phillies president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski says he envisions his starting 2026 outfield consisting of Garcia, Brandon Crawford, Brandon Marsh, and likely a righthanded platoon partner for Marsh. But with Red Sox outfielder Jarren Duran lingering on the trade market, it’s worth wondering if the Phillies […]
20 Years Ago Well, the Jays made it official on the 27th. We knew about it before Christmas. Orlando Hudson and Miguel Batista went to the Arizona Diamondbacks, and Troy Glaus and Sergio Santos came to the Blue Jays. The trade was a surprise because the Jays had Corey Koskie, Shea Hillenbrand, and Eric Hinske […]
I thought about exploring this possibility when the offseason started, but dismissed it since it felt extraordinarily unlikely. But, I have seen many comments over the past few weeks that mentioned why the St. Louis Cardinals should attempt to sign free agent Bo Bichette. Let’s dig into why this might be a great idea, but […]
It’s the day before Christmas and there is no Jays news to talk about. So I’m going to recycle a post. Let’s talk about our favourite Christmas songs. I’m not a huge fan of Christmas songs, especially when they start playing them in early November. I like some of the traditional ones if they are […]
It was three years ago today that the Jays traded Lourdes Gurriel and Gabriel Moreno to the Diamondbacks for Daulton Varsho. I think it is fair to say the trade wasn’t universally loved at the time. Moreno was one of our top prospects and wearer of the ‘Catcher of the Future’ medalion, which was passed […]
Sixteen years ago today The Blue Jays traded Brandon League and Johermyn Chavez to the Mariners for Brandon Morrow. Hugo posted this: Ken Rosenthal reported last night that the Jays traded sometimes-brilliant pitcher Brandon League to the Seattle Mariners for sometimes-brilliant pitcher Brandon Morrow. The Jays also included a “prospect” in the deal, but we […]
Ken Rosenthal, in The Athletic, writes that the Jays are showing interest in Alex Bregman: Team officials have been in recent contact with Bregman’s agent, Scott Boras, according to sources briefed on the conversations. Ideally, the Jays want to add a left-handed hitter, but either the right-handed Bregman or Bichette would fit their defensive alignment […]
Tom Henke turns 68 today. Seeing the age of some of these guys makes me feel older than when I think of my age. The Blue Jays got Henke as compensation for the Rangers’ signing of Jays’ free-agent Cliff Johnson. Back then, teams that signed another free agent gave up a player to the original […]
It is December 20th, which means I’m going to have to start my Christmas shopping soon (joking, I’m pretty much done). I’d like some Jays news, or even a reasonable rumor, if Santa is interested in getting me something. I guess their is some almost rumors out there:
29 Years Ago Today: The Blue Jays traded 28-year-old John Olerud to the Mets for 27-year-old Robert Person. I don’t know if it is the worst trade in team history, but it is my least favourite. We won the World Series in 1992 and 1993. Then 1994, 95 and 96 didn’t go as well. The […]
Nick Frasso returned from shoulder and hip surgeries that wiped out his 2024 season for a full 2025, but he struggled in Triple-A to end his time with the Dodgers. Acquired from the Blue Jays in the Mitch White trade in 2022, the 6’5 Frasso was ranked the 79th-best prospect in baseball by Baseball Prospectus […]
It took nearly a month after Dylan Cease’s massive deal with the Blue Jays, but we finally have another major starting pitcher deal to potentially kick off an additional flurry of moves. There’s not much of an argument that the Michael King signing wasn’t bad news for the Cubs. I don’t just mean because the Cubs didn’t get him, mind you, though I am bummed about that part. Even in a world where the Cubs, themselves, had no interest in King, he was an option out of the market for othe...
Although the free agent relief market has been extremely active of late, the free agent starter market hasn’t really gotten going. Dylan Cease’s big deal with the Blue Jays was over two weeks ago, and none of the other big-name free agent starters have signed since ( unless you count Merrill Kelly ). Until tonight! According to multiple reports, rumored Cubs free agent target Michael King has a new home. Well, an old home, new again. Let me state that more clearly: He’s going back to...
The Blue Jays picked up Tyler Heineman off waivers from the Red Sox in September of 2024, and he got into five games with the Jays, after playing two with the Red Sox. Before that, he played parts of four seasons with three different teams. He had 10 games with the Jays in 2022. He’d […]
We have a quartet of Blue Jays’ birthdays today. Jim Clancy would have turned 70 (but he died in July of this year), Roy Howell turns 72, Jeremy Accardo turns 44, and Willie Blair turns 60. Clancy was an original Jay, picked up in the expansion draft in 1976. The Jays called him up in […]
We come back to a former Blue Jays player. Well, a sort of former Jay. He played 60 games for us. It is Omar Vizquel’s ninth time on the ballot. He hit a high of 52.6% in 2020. In 2023, he dropped to 19.5%; the last two were 17.7 and 17.8% (so we know exactly […]
We’ve entered a slow stretch of the offseason, with the early deals done and the free agent market now seemingly frozen as everyone waits for Kyle Tucker to make his decisionThere were little bits of Jays news: • Jose Berrios says he was battling bicep and elbow issues all season, which contributed to his down year. […]
Mike Flanagan was a left-handed pitcher who played in the majors for 18 seasons. Four of them with the Blue Jays. He would have turned 74 today, but he passed away in 2011. He was a good pitcher. You don’t play for 18 years without being a good pitcher. He finished 167-143 with a 3.90 […]