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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 […]
Today in Blue Jays History: Jays trade for Tulowitzki
Eleven years ago today: The Blue Jays made a blockbuster trade for Troy Tulowitzki. You know you are getting old when things you think happened a few weeks ago actually happened 11 years ago. The deal sent Tulowitzki and LaTroy Hawkins to Toronto in exchange for Jose Reyes, Jeff Hoffman (I wonder what ever happened […]
Okamoto Stole A Base! Oh, And Jays Win
Blue Jays 3 Nationals 2 A lot happened in that game. But that Kazuma Okamoto stole a base was the biggest surprise to me. And it led to a run. He singled with one out. Stole second and scored on a Myles Straw single (yes, there was a Luis Urías walk that would have moved […]
Blue Jays @ Nationals Game Thread
Game 107. The first of three against the Nationals. Tomorrow’s is a 6:45 start time too, then a 1:00 game on Wednesday/ It is Max Scherzer starting for us tonight. And James Wood, taking a few years off acting, leads off for the Nationals. I was trying to think of the best movies I’ve seen […]
Monday Bantering: Barger “Is Expected” To Be Ready For Spring Training
The Jays say that Addison Barger ‘is expected’ to be ready for spring training, which suggests he didn’t have full Tommy John Surgery. That’s good news. ‘A repair not full reconstruction’. They are saying a six month recovery. I’m hoping he doesn’t push himself too hard in the gym. Jesus Sanchez will play for Buffalo […]
Today In Jays History: Jays Trade For Colby Rasmus
Twelve years ago today: The Blue Jays acquired Colby Rasmus in a multi-player deal. The transaction unfolded in two distinct acts. Act One: Toronto sent veteran reliever Jason Frasor and prospect Zach Stewart to the White Sox in exchange for pitcher Edwin Jackson and Mark Teahen—who was nearly Canadian, given his father’s Ontario roots and […]
Jays Lose To Red Sox
Blue Jays 1 Red Sox 6 If the Jays aren’t going to put an effort into the game, I’m not going to effort into the headline. That was far less fun than yesterday. Kevin Gausman was pretty good, really. Some weak contact that fell in, but not much hit hard. He went 6 innings allowing […]
Blue Jays @ Red Sox Game Thread
A series win would be nice. I wonder if Dylan Cease would be winning to start this one too? Kevin Gausman gets to try to build some trade value. He’s had a rough last few starts, with a 6.56 ERA in his last 9 starts. Today’s lineups. Weirdly, Nathan Lukes is leading off against the […]
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