Congratulations to the Seahawks. I was hoping for a better game, it was pretty boring. I guess defensive battles tend to be boring. Field goals are boring too. It didn’t really keep my attention. I did enjoy the half-time show. The question of the day is: Which off-season decision makes you nervous? Hmmmm…..I don’t know. […]
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Today’s question: Which trade, in Jays history, still bothers you the most? Well, the question was supposed to be “Is this team actually trying to contend or are they just pretending?“ but I didn’t think that would give us much to talk about. This is an easy one for me, the trade that still pisses […]
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Tyler Heineman is a 34-year-old journeyman catcher. He’s 35 in June, so it will go down as his age 35 season He’s played parts of six seasons in the majors. His 174 PA in 2025, tied his career high. Also, his .289 batting average was a career high, as well as the 3 home runs. […]
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Instead of a question, today, we have an open thread to let out all your complaints about the Jays, or about the MLB if you want. (I’ll admit these topics aren’t my choosing, it’s an SB Nation thing). Hmmm vent…. Well, I would have liked them to sign Bo, but I can’t blame them for […]
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Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is a right-handed hitting first baseman who turns 27 in March. And, yeah, we really don’t need a ‘better know’ for him. He signed a 14-year contract extension back in April of last year, worth half a billion dollars. Seven seasons into his MLB career, he has a 25.9 bWAR, a .288/.366/.495 […]
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We are going be posting a question of the day, more or less everyday, with the idea to get conversation going (not that we have a problem getting conversations going). Today’s question: What would a successful 2026 season look like? I don’t like to come into a season with huge expectations. I’m pretty easy. I’d […]
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Longtime Blue Jays TV announcer Buck Martinez announced his retirement this morning. Martinez joined the Jays’ booth as a colour commentator nearly 40 years ago, for the 1986 season. He moved down to the dugout to manage the 2001 and 2002 seasons. After leaving the team, he worked for seven years in the the Baltimore […]
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We are going to be (trying) to ask a ‘Question of the Day’ to get a discussion going. Today’s question is “Which year permanently changed how you watch baseball?” Hmmmm that’s a tough one for me. I’ve watched baseball my whole life. I guess the change came when Bill James started publishing his ‘Baseball Abstracts’ […]
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Andrés Giménez is a 27-year-old, left-handed hitting, middle infielder. The Jays picked him up in trade from the Guardians in early December 2024, along with Nick Sandlin for Spencer Horwitz and minor leaguer Nick Mitchell. Horwitz was quickly flipped to the Pirates. Horwitz hit .272/.353/.434 with 11 home runs for Pittsburgh, playing first base with […]
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2025 started with nothing but optimism. The team had landed the biggest free agent on the market in Juan Soto. They were stocked with talent and even brought back fan favourite Pete Alonzo. The season opened with the Mets playing some of their best baseball in their history, storming out to a 45-25 in the […]
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Kevin Gausman is entering the last year of his five-year, $110 million contract. In his first four years with the Jays, he made 125 starts, posting a 48-41 record, a 3.48 ERA, and an 11.2 bWAR. We don’t really need a ‘better know’ for him, we’ve been watching him for the last four years. By […]
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We’ve hit the fun time of the off-season where there is almost nothing for news. The Jays pitchers and catchers report on the 11th, so at least we’ll start hearing about who is in the best shape of their lives soon. Actually, we don’t hear that much anymore as we’ve all made fun of it […]
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Yimi García is a 35-year-old, right-handed relief pitcher. The Blue Jays signed him to a two-year contract before the 2022 season, but then traded him to the Mariners in July of 2024, getting Jacob Sharp, a minor league catcher who hit .161/.271/.206 for the Fisher Cats last year, and Jonatan Clase, who we talked about […]
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Bowden Francis is a 29-year-old, right-handed pitcher. He’ll be 30 in April. He came to the Jays in trade with the Brewers, along with Trevor Richards, for Rowdy Tellez, in July 2021 (which seems a long time ago now). After getting into a few games in 2022 and 2023, he had a breakout season in […]
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We have a bunch of birthdays today: First, Matthew Boyd turns 35. Boyd was a left-handed pitching prospect for the Jays and ranked #15 on our 2015 Top 40 Prospect list. He didn’t throw especially hard, but mixed in a breaking ball and a changeup. In 2015, he made a couple of spot starts for […]
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Sorry about the lack of content the last couple of days. It has been busy. It should ease off soon. Mason Fluharty is a 24-year-old left-handed pitcher. The Jays picked him in the fifth round of the 2022 draft. He was #40 on our 40-man prospect list in 2022. Matt said: Listed at 6’2” and […]
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Braydon Fisher is a right-handed pitcher who came to us from the Dodgers, in trade for Cavan Biggio, in June of 2024. Fisher was a fourth-round draft pick in 2018. Cavan played 30 games for the Dodgers, hitting .192.306/.329 and was released in early August. He went from there to the Giants, then the Braves, […]
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We had a couple of outlets drop their farm system rankings today, so I thought it’d be a good time to see how our readers are feeling about the state of the farm. Keith Law at The Athletic ranks them 25th, noting that they’ve traded away a lot in win now moves recently and are […]
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Lázaro Estrada is a 26-year-old (27 in April), right-handed pitcher, from Cuba. He made it to the majors for the first time last year, pitching in two games, 7.1 innings. He was hit pretty hard, 10 hits in 7.1 innings, but he also had 10 strikeouts. Lázaro was #36 on our Top 40 Prospect list […]
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Ernie Clement is a 29 (40 in March) year-old, right-handed hitting infielder. The Guardians picked him in the fourth round of the 2017 draft. He is, to this point, the most successful player taken in that round, by a long shot (the others from that round who have played in the major have negative bWARs). […]
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Former Blue Jays first baseman Lyle Overbay turns 49 today. Overbay was selected by the Diamondbacks in the 18th round of the 1999 draft. He had a couple of brief stints in the majors in 2001 and 2002 before making the team out of spring training in 2003, having been ranked Baseball America’s 65th-best prospect. […]
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Jonatan Clase is a 23-year-old (24 in May), switch-hitting outfielder from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. He came to us in trade from the Mariners, along with catcher Jacob Sharp, for Yimi Garcia. Sharp played in New Hampshire in 2025, hitting .161/.271/.206 in 68 games He has played 60 major league games, and lost his rookie […]
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Dylan Cease (how come I’ve been saying his name Cleese like he’s John Cleese son?) is a 30-year-old, right-handed pitcher whom the Jays signed to a 5-year, $210 million contract. It is more than possible that the last couple of years of that contract won’t go well. Cease has pitched seven seasons in the MLB […]
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There are three Blue Jays on Keith Law’s Top 100 Prospect list. You can likely guess who they are: Among the things Law said: ….throwing both from a very high slot that gives the fastball more riding life and more generally makes it harder for hitters to pick the ball up out of his hand. […]
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Jake Bloss is a 24-year-old (25 in June), right-handed pitcher. We picked him up (with Joey Loperfido and Will Wagner) from the Astros, at the trade deadlin in 2024, for Yusei Kikuchi. Kikuchi made 10 starts for the Astros and had a 2.70 ERA with a 5-1 record, helping them get the Wild Card spot […]
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