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Blue Jays 5 Orioles 6 All that really mattered happened in the bottom of the ninth: Jeff Hoffman got the ninth, in what was a non-save spot. Hoffman got a strikeout, hit a batter, gave up a triple and single, scoring a run and putting the tying run to the plate. A double put the […]
The Jays are .500, coming into today’s game, and they hold the final Wild Card spot, which seems hard to believe. It would be nice to be a game above .500 after today’s game. The Jays have a new member of the constantly evolving bullpen. Hayden Juenger is the latest contestant. Today’s lineup. No Lips […]
This is the stuff that other teams do that I make fun of, but the Jays, after deciding that Austin Voth was the guy that could be the bulk guy yesterday, and when he has a bad game, he gets DFAed. If you believed in him, you wouldn’t let one game change your mind. Hayden […]
Blue Jays 6 Orioles 5 Back to .500. Bullpen days are a terrible thing to watch. One of my lines is that if you use a lot of relievers, you are likely to find the one that doesn’t have it on that day. And the Jays did find that guy. The second pitcher into the […]
Adam Macko gets the ‘start’ tonight (likely closer to an opener). I don’t know what they expect out of him. Two innings, three? The most he threw in Buffalo is 2.1 innings. Austin Voth is to be the ‘bulk’ guy. And they are planning another bullpen day Sunday. And Charles McAdoo makes his MLB debut, […]
The MLBPA issued their proposals for the new CBA a few days ago and the MLB did so yesterday. The link below to Fangraphs will give you a good list of the details: The MLBPA’s offer is a list of initiatives designed primarily to lift starting salaries and get players to Free Agency earlier, reflecting […]
Today marks Joe Biagini’s 36th birthday. Biagini joined the Jays as a Rule 5 draft pick before the 2016 season and, somewhat unexpectedly, became a key bullpen contributor. He appeared in 60 games with a 3.06 ERA and served as a long reliever, pitching two innings in 13 of those outings. He was also known […]
Blue Jays 2 Orioles 1 I guess we scored some runs yesterday, so it was too much to ask for us to get more than two today. We scored: We had 6 hits and 5 walks, so you would have hoped for more runs. But such is life. No one had two hits. Okamoto was […]
Game one of four in Baltimore. There have been moves. McAdoo is up. Sosa is on the Il. I bet you didn’t know that inability to take a walk was something that could land you on the IL. Seabold is on the roster, Chase Lee is headed to Buffalo. Today’s Lineups BLUE JAYS ORIOLES George […]
The Baltimore Orioles went into the 2026 offseason with a purpose, making significant moves like signing slugger Pete Alonso, Ryan Helsley, and Leody Taveras and dipping into their deep farm system to trade for Taylor Ward, Andrew Kittredge and Shane Baz. Between those moves and the graduation of top prospects like Sam Basallo, many considered […]
I missed this yesterday (being fair, I haven’t turned on the computer for two days, but I did ride my bike 100 very hill kilometers over the last couple of days). Charles McAdoo will be getting the call-up today. He is hitting .250/.356/.436 with 6 home runs, 28 walks, 40 strikeouts and 6 stolen bases […]
Today marks Duane Ward’s 62nd birthday. Duane ranks second on the Blue Jays’ all-time saves list with 121. Jordan Romano is third with 105 saves. The way pitching is changing, I don’t see anyone getting into that top three for a long time, unless the tide changes again and we go back to one reliever […]
Well, after a one day only engagement, the offence has gone back on hiatus. It didn’t end up mattering, though, as a combination of solid work from Kevin Gausman and the bullpen and questionable Marlins base running held them to only one run in spite of racking up 11 hits. The Jays are back within […]
Better late than never.
That was a little better. Spencer Miles continues to impress, stretching out to 4.1 innings this time while stifling the Marlins offence with a steady stream of induced ground balls. The offence was distributed, with seven Jays sharing the 12 hits and three different guys going deep. Braydon Fisher worked as the opener today. Otto […]
Not a ton going on in Jays news today. A couple of minor notes: Here are the lineups: Today’s Lineups MARLINS BLUE JAYS Xavier Edwards – 2B George Springer – DH Liam Hicks – DH Daulton Varsho – CF Otto Lopez – SS Jesus Sanchez – RF Kyle Stowers – RF Kazuma Okamoto – 3B […]
Marlins 8 Jays 2 That was just pathetic. I don’t really want to recap that, but….the Jays have had a lot of poor defensive outfielders, but Yohendrick Piñango had what must be one of the worst defensive games in team history. He seems to be scared to take charge. Scared to call ‘mine’ and go […]
I’m sure you’ve heard the news: Lineups: Today’s Lineups MARLINS BLUE JAYS Xavier Edwards – 2B George Springer – DH Liam Hicks – 1B Nathan Lukes – CF Otto Lopez – SS Yohendrick Pinango – LF Kyle Stowers – DH Kazuma Okamoto – 3B Jakob Marsee – CF Jesus Sanchez – RF Javier Sanoja – […]
Well, that stuff about Dylan Cease making his next start? Not so much. The team has put him on the IL. “It doesn’t look too terrible, knock on wood. Just trying to be smart and not have it get worse. Don’t know the exact timeline yet, hoping it’s a minimal stay.” The team hasn’t said […]
Per Wilner: Lukes isn’t having a great season, slashing .250/.286/.327 (a 73 wRC+) in 56 PA before he went down with a hamstring injury. To be fair, though, he was hampered by some strange issues with vertigo in the first three weeks of that time. In 21 PA since seeing a specialist to work out […]
After an unexpected couple of weeks’ hiatus, I wanted to get back to looking at one promising Blue Jays prospect each week. Today, the Blue Jays’ intriguing 12th round selection in last year’s draft, who’s nearly matching the performance of his much more highly touted teammate, first rounder Jojo Parker. Blaine Bullard was considered a […]
Tonight, we are at the 1/3 mark of the season. The team is 25-28, which, rather amazingly, puts them just one game back of a Wild Card playoff. The AL is not exactly firing on all cylinders this year. A year ago, the Jays were 26-27, which had them two games back of a Wild […]
Pirates 4 Blue Jays 1 The worst parts about today’s game was that Dylan Cease and Vladimir Guerrero each left the game with injuries. Cease in the fifth, the Jays are calling it hamstring discomfort, which is about as good as the news could be. Vlad was hit on the inside of the right arm […]
In the space of one inning Dylan Cease and Vladimir Guerrero each walked off the field with injuries. Cease looked like he was shaking out a leg, the trainer and manager came out and he stayed in the game. A couple of pitches later, it happened again and he came out of the game. There […]
Time for a sweep. Two games under .500 and tied to for the last Wild Card spot. It seems strange to have a playoff spot while being under .500, but I’ll take it. Nathan Lukes is playing for Dunedin today, so he should be back soon. George Springer is hitting again, six game hitting streak […]