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Blue Jays Trade Deadline Quick-Reaction Grades
Some quick grades for the Jays deadline day deals. Kevin Gausman to the Cubs for Ty Southisene and Brett Bateman Gausman’s having the poorest season of his five with the Jays, but still has a 102 ERA+, so he’s still a useful pitcher. And he could step it up in a pennant race. The Jays […]
Jays Beat Astros
Blue Jays 3 Astros 1 After Shane Bieber’s last start, we were a little worried about how tonight would go. Well….he gave up 9 hits and 2 walks in just 5.2 innings but only allowed 1 run. The nice thing to say is he made the pitches when he needed to. The less nice thing […]
Jays @ Astros Game Thread
After all that happened today, there is still a game tonight. Shane Bieber gets the start, since he’s still there. Cristian Javier starts for Houston. Daulton Varsho hits cleanup tonight for the Astros. That will be weird. He had a rather emotional press conference before the game. It does have to be hard on guys […]
Jays Roster Moves
The Jays have made some roster moves: George Springer, Max Scherez and Shane Bieber are still Blue Jays after the deadline has past. I would have bet Springer would be moved. Daulton Varsho is in the lineup for the Astros against the Jays tonight. All in all, I’m happy enough with the return on the […]
Jeff Hoffman Traded To The Twins
Jeff Hoffman is off to the Twins. No word yet on on the return. Going the other way are lefty Dasan Hill, righty John Klein and infielder Dameury Pena. Hill is a 20-year-old, LHP, he is #7 on MLB Pipeline’s top Twins prospect list. They say: The Twins were thrilled with how Hill acclimated to […]
Jays Trade Daulton Varsho
The Jays made yet another trade. Daulton Varsho goes to the Astros for pitcher Spencer Arrighetti. The Jays are sending some money along with Daulton to Houston. Varsho, as you know, hasn’t have the best season with the bat, hittnig .243/.307/.375 with 7 home runs, 29 walks and 71 strikeouts. And he’s a step slower […]
Adam Mack Traded to Rangers
The Blue Jays have traded swingman Adam Macko to the Texas Rangers for utility infielder Josh Smith and prospect Josh Stephan, per Ben Nicholson-Smith: Macko, the first Slovak MLB player since the retirement of Elmer Valo in 1961, appeared in /2 games this season for the Jays, posting a 4.91 ERA and 23 strikeouts against […]
Blue Jays Trade For José Soriano
So sell off a starting pitcher one day, buy a starting pitcher the next. The Jays have picked up 27-year-old José Soriano from the Angels. José Soriano is a very good pitcher, and much younger than Kevin Gausman. He has a 3.29 ERA in 22 starts this year, with a 2.7 bWAR. Batters are hitting […]
Jays Trade Kevin Gausman To Cubs
At the moment, that’s all we know. Shi Davidi, among others, is reporting it. No word on who is coming to the Jays. We’ll update as we learn more. Jim Bowen tells us: So they get: Bateman is 24, a left-handed batter. Very fast and a good fielder. MLB Pipeline (who has him their #21 […]
Another Depressing Loss For The Jays
Cardinals 5 Blue Jays 1 Well….it was a close game until the top of the ninth. Tie game, Louis Varland comes in. He’s been so good, I’m already thinking about the bottom of the inning. Well, he wasn’t ‘so good’ today. His inning went: Max Scherzer was terrific. 6 innings, 4 hits, 1 earned, 1 […]
Cardinals @ Blue Jays Game Thread
Game #112 We have baseball to watch, while we wait for trade news. We can be on hug watch if nothing else. A three game win streak shouldn’t excite us so much, but we haven’t won three in a row since….well, early in July. I thought it would be longer. But if we win four […]
Sunday Bantering: Too Quiet
We are about 31 hours short of the trade deadline and the Jays haven’t made a move yet. I’m expecting trades, but I will be sad to see guys leaving the team. I’ve been putting off hitting publish hoping something comes up. The Jays have been too quiet, there aren’t any rumors or anything at […]
A Win For Kevin Gausman
Cardinals 1 Blue Jays 5 Three in a row. I think they need six in a row before I start thinking they can get back in the race, but I’ll never complain about a win. Well, if that was Kevin Gausman’s last start for the Blue Jays, it was a good one. It was very […]
Cardinals @ Blue Jays Game Thread
No trades yet for the Blue Jays. And Kevin Gausman is making his start today. Likely his last start for the Jays. Maybe they will try to sign him again for next season, but I’m doubting it at the moment. But, few Blue Jays players have made it so clear that they like Toronto and […]
Jays Beat Cardinals
Cardinals 1 Blue Jays 3 A very nice win. Dylan Cease maybe wasn’t as good as he’s been in his last couple of starts, but he was still very good. 6 inning, just 3 hits, 3 walks with 7 strikeouts, and 1 run against. A pretty good month for Cease, 5 starts, 36 innings, 4 […]
Cardinals @ Blue Jays Game Thread
I’m getting this together ahead of time in case I’m not back for game time. Vlad is back in the lineup, as is Jesus Sanchez who is back along with Braydon Fisher. Lips and Macko are back in Buffalo Today’s Lineups CARDINALS BLUE JAYS JJ Wetherholt – 2B Nathan Lukes – RF Jordan Walker – […]
Blue Jays Top 40 Mid-Season Review Part 2: Additions, Subtractions, and Risers
Yesterday, I looked at the prospects on our top 40 or various honourable mention lists who were still prospects in the organization. Today, a look at changes prior to the deadline. I’ll do a follow-up next week to look at the prospects they add (and any they happen to subtract). No Longer In the Organization: […]
Today in Blue Jays History: David Price Trade
Since the Jays aren’t going to make any trade news until I walk into the theater, let’s look back. On this day 11 years ago: The Blue Jays traded Daniel Norris, Matt Boyd, and Jairo Labourt to the Tigers in exchange for David Price. At the time of the trade, the Jays were 52-51, tied […]
Blue Jays Farm System Mid-Season Review Part 1: Top 40 Prospects
Today and tomorrow, in advance of the trade deadline, I want to do a quick (relatively, it’s me writing) review of the state of the farm. It’s been an eventful year to date, with significant graduations, a trade addition already and more to come, and the draft, plus significant movement among the extisting members of […]
Off-Day Open Thread
The Jays have the day off and then play 17 days in a row. One of those fun parts about being a baseball player is that there are often long stretches between weekends and, generally, weekends are just one day long. I’m using much of this day off watching The Odyssey. I haven’t been to […]
Jays Beat Nationals
Blue Jays 5 Nationals 2 That was a fun game. Until the sixth inning, we were losing 1-0. Well, from the fourth inning until the sixth inning we were losing 1-0. We tied it in the sixth. George Springer walked to lead off the game. Two outs later, Ernie Clement doubled him home. And we […]
Wednesday Bantering: Jays Notes
They say the fun part about watching baseball is that you can always see something you’ve never seen before. But there is nothing fun about watching a former Cy Young winner walk six batters in the first inning. They are saying it was the heat and the sweat that made it so that Bieber couldn’t […]
Draft Signing Deadline: Jays Sign All Expected Players
The deadline for signing 2026 MLB draft picks was at 5:00pm ET on Monday. The Toronto Blue Jays had 19 picks in this year’s draft, having forfeited their 2nd and 4th round selections for signing Dylan Cease after he rejected the San Diego Padres’ qualifying offer but receiving a compensation pick in the fourth round […]
Jays Lose to Nationals, 8-6
Shane Bieber melted down, which cost the Jays a chance to win but probably more importantly derailed a string of solid starts that had hopefully been pushing his trade value back up. Also, Vladimir Guerrero jr. left the game before the bottom of the fourth after legging out an infield single and throwing error in […]
Blue Jays @ Nationals Game Thread
The start of the game will be delayed because of ‘inclement weather’. So Ernie will be called inclement today? Yesterday’s game was very entertaining, and the good guys won. Hopefully, tonight will be more of the same. And it is Canada-US Friendship Day. We steal your team, and put tariffs on your products, but let’s […]
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