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Blue Jays 1 Rays 5 That was a very frustrating game. The Jays had ten hits, but just one extra base hit, a double by Yohendrick Piñango. It is hard to have 10 hits and only get one run. You really have to work at it. And, the Rays scored three in the first. Eric […]
So the Jays don’t appear to be using an opener today, it is Eric Lauer right from the first pitch. Let’s have a good start Eric. And there is no Heineman or Springer. Springer is supposed to be available off the bench and he’s supposed to be starting tomorrow. We’ll see I guess. That ball […]
There is a whole mess of injury news this afternoon: Today’s lineup is similar to yesterday’s, minus Sosa and Heineman, and Varsho is DH today. He was having some better at bats yesterday. Hopefully that will continue. Today’s Lineups BLUE JAYS RAYS Yohendrick Pinango – LF Chandler Simpson – LF Kazuma Okamoto – 3B Junior […]
Rick Leach turns 69 today. In 1979, the Tigers picked him 13th overall. Leach reached the majors in the 1981 strike season, hitting .193/.320/.289 in 83 at-bats, mainly pinch-hitting with some first and right field. He played three seasons for Detroit without much success at the plate before his release. After leaving Detroit, the Blue […]
Happy Monday. So there is a little bit of good news, Louis Varland was named AL reliever of the month. He pitched a bunch, 16 innings, 0.56 ERA, 1.0 WAR, 4 saves. Batters hit .200/.277/.254 against him. We are pretty lucky to have him, I don’t know who would be closing games for us without […]
Blue Jays 3 Twins 4 That was irritating. Joe Ryan left the game with a sore elbow after walking the second batter and we had to think we had a good chance. But no. Trey Yesavage wasn’t good, but then only gave up one run. In four innings he allowed five hits, three walks and […]
Game four of four. A win would mean a series win. And a win would bring us back to .500 for the first time since April 4th. They are 6-2 over the last 8 games. And it is a Trey Yesavage start. 5.1 shutout innings in his first start. The Jays made some minor league […]
Blue Jays 11 Twins 4 Jays did everything they needed to do in the top of the eighth: But there was also bad news, George Springer took a pitch off the, already broken, toe and had to come out of the game. I’d imagine he’ll be back on the IL. I was wrong the Jays […]
A series win would nice. George Springer is in the leadoff spot again. And no Andrés Giménez. It is against a lefty. Today’s Lineups BLUE JAYS TWINS George Springer – DH Byron Buxton – CF Ernie Clement – SS Trevor Larnach – LF Vladimir Guerrero – 1B Josh Bell – DH Kazuma Okamoto – 3B […]
Today’s game is a 2:00 starts. It made it nice for me, I could enjoy the Newcastle United win without leaving it at the end. I haven’t had enough Newcastle wins this year. Andrés Giménez isn’t in the lineup again today. After yesterday’s error, I was wondering if he was 100%. He didn’t look right. […]
Jays 7 Twins 3 Kazuma Okamoto had a slow start to the season, but he’s picked things up lately. Today he had 2 home runs, a walk, 3 runs and 3 RBI. 31 games into his MLB career he has 7 home runs, and 18 RBI. And, unlike yesterday, the pitching was good and the […]
Game two of the series with the Twins, where it is 12C today. It has to be a better game than yesterday’s, right? Ernie Clement gets his first day off of the season. Lineups: Today’s Lineups BLUE JAYS TWINS George Springer – DH Byron Buxton – CF Jesus Sanchez – RF Austin Martin – RF […]
Happy Friday. Here is your weekly OpenThread (or semi weekly depend on whether I post one on any given week. This was an idea suggest by the PTB here at SB Nation, and it is good for a Friday when there isn’t much I want to write about and when there is no Jays news. […]
Blue Jays 1 Twins 7 That was awful in a lot of ways. The offense was sad, just six hits, only one an extra base hit, Daulton Varsho’s fourth of the season. It was good to see, because he’s looked lost at the plate. George Springer had two singles. Vlad, Clement, and Valenzuela had one […]
It is nice to have Springer back in the lineup. Today’s Lineups BLUE JAYS TWINS George Springer – DH Byron Buxton – CF Jesus Sanchez – RF Trevor Larnach – LF Vladimir Guerrero – 1B Ryan Jeffers – C Kazuma Okamoto – 3B Josh Bell – DH Daulton Varsho – CF Austin Martin – RF […]
George Springer is back in the lineup and hitting lead off in the first of four games against the Twins. And Pinango is in the lineup too. It looks like they are going to give him some playing time. Brandon Valenzuela gets a start again, after a great game yesterday. Austin Martin is having a […]
There is a story in the Wall Street Journal called ‘In Defense of Umpires’ in which the author complains about the ABS Challenge System, which kind of surprised me. Of course, there are people who will complain about anything, but I’ve liked the challenge system. I’ve been surprised at how quick it is, I was […]
Red Sox 1 Blue Jays 8 That turned into a surprisingly comfortable win. I didn’t think Eric Lauer looked great today, lots of deep fly balls finding gloves, but he only allowed one run in his 4.1 innings, on a Willson (who puts two L’s in Wilson?) Contreras home run. He gave up 5 hits, […]
So we have an afternoon game. Game three of Three with the Red Sox. Then the Jays fly off to Minnesota to play the Twins for four games. George Springer is back, but not in the lineup. That seems strange to me. Why put him on the roster if he isn’t going to play? Jays, […]
George Springer is back from the IL and Eloy Jiménez has been DFAed to make room. Jiménez was hitting .290/.343/.290 in 35 PA with no extra base hits. I’ll admit to being surprised, I figured it would be Yohendrick Pinago heading back to Buffalo, but if Eloy isn’t hitting for power, he doesn’t have much […]
Red Sox 0 Blue Jays 3 That’s all the Jays need for a win, have their pitchers throw a shutout. . Trey Yesavage continued on from where he finished off last year. He went 5.1, allowing just 4 hits, no walks, with 3 strikeouts. John pulled him at 74 pitches. Trey seemed a bit bemused […]
Yesavage is back. Yay. And we are facing a lefty, for the second day in a row. It went so well yesterday. The lineup is much the same as yesterday, but Andres Gimenez is in after missing a couple of games. George Springer faced live pitching in batting practice again. He must be close to […]
We knew this was happening but it is official. Trey Yesavage has been added to the active roster and will start tonight. Chase Lee was sent back to Buffalo. I’m sorry for Lee, he looked pretty good yesterday, but we knew he was only up for the day. I’m sure we’ll see him again this […]
It’s time to repost the rules. Things aren’t bad, but I like to remind myself—and you—how we do things. Welcome to Bluebird Banter! Our little space on the web where we chat, argue, complain, and praise the Toronto Blue Jays. Most rules boil down to one idea: treat this blog as our living room. Respect […]
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, […]