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Poll Time: Which Jays Batter Will Improve The Most In The Second Half?
I thought I’d ask the question, Who do you think will improve the most the second half of the season? I planned on have all the Jays regulars in the poll, but I’m limited to six option in the poll. Oh well. There is room for any of our hitters to improve, but let’s go […]
Blue Jays All-Star Memories: The 1993 All-Star Game
After the Jays won the 1992 World Series, Cito Gaston was named manager of the American League team for the 1993 All-Star Game. Three Jays—Joe Carter, John Olerud, and Roberto Alomar—were selected as starters by fan vote, a testament to the enthusiasm of Blue Jays fans. Cito further demonstrated his loyalty by adding four more […]
Open Thread For Home Run Derby
I’ll admit, I have no interest in the home run. I think my lack of interest comes, in part, from listening to Chris Berman saying back back back back back back, like he was a chicken. But, mostly, because it the home run derby is the same thing over and over. But I realize, my […]
Happy Birthday Bill Caudill
Bill Caudill celebrates his 70th birthday today. For those unfamiliar, Caudill was the Blue Jays’ answer to B.J. Ryan back in the 1980s. He broke into the majors with the Cubs, then found his stride as one of baseball’s elite closers in Seattle, before moving to Oakland, where he racked up 36 saves in a […]
Favourite Blue Jays All-Star Memories: Dave Stieb, Damaso Garcia and Afredo Griffin?
With All-Star week upon us, I wanted to share a few favorite All-Star memories, beginning with 1984. In 1984, for the first time, more than one of our players was named to the All-Star team—we had three: Dave Stieb, Damaso Garcia, and Alfredo Griffin. Stieb earned his fourth All-Star nod that year. He ultimately set […]
Blue Jays Draft Recap: Day 2
The second 80% of the 2026 MLB amateur draft occurred yesterday afternoon. The Blue Jays made 16 additional picks following the three they had yesterday. The theme today was cutting deals. The Jays will likely need to come up with extra money to pay Cole Carlon and Will Brick, both of whom were generally expected […]
Jays Lose To Padres
Blue Jays 4 Padres 3 A rough eight cost them. Hoffman in. Xander Bogaerts, leading off, ground one softly (63.4 mph) up the middle, but between second and short. Ernie Clement got to it too deep to make a play. Bogaerts stole second. Manny Machado lined a single to center, scoring the run. Gavin Sheets […]
Blue Jays @ Padres Game Thread
Game three with the Padres. A series win would be nice. Please score some runs. And this is the end of the first half of the season. I had someone argue with me about the first half thing. But I don’t make the rules, baseball says everything before the All-Star break is the first half, […]
Sunday Jays Notes: Cease To Start All-Star Game
Happy Sunday. Dylan Cease will be the starter for the AL in the All-Star game, John Schneider has decided. The nice part about being All-Star manager is that you can give your own players a little treat (not that Cease doesn’t deserve the starter role). Dave Stieb and Roy Halladay are the other Blue Jays […]
Draft Day 2 Open Thread
As with yesterday, use this open thread to discuss the draft as it happens. We’ll also have a regular game thread closer to 4:00. The Jays have all of their picks today, starting with #164 overall in the fifth round and then selecting 29th in each round thereafter.
Jays Lose Pitching Non-Duel to Padres 8-7
Seventeen walks, eleven issued by the Jays, against just seven strikeouts. Really, on both sides, some of the worst pitching you’ll see in a major league game. Five Jays pitchers played, and all but Spencer Miles gave up a run. On the positive side, the offence actually showed up. They managed seven runs on eight […]
Blue Jays Draft Recap: Day 1
Today was the first day of the 2026 MLB amateur draft. The Jays made three picks, after losing their second rounder as a penalty for signing Dylan Cease, and had their first pick moved back 10 spots (effectively into the top of the second round) for exceeding the second luxury tax threshold last season. Pick […]
Blue Jays @ Padres Game Thread
We are going out for drinks with friends as the ten days of Stampede partying is running out, so I’m going to miss out on tonight’s game. But going to find a spot to watch England’s World Cup game, wearing my jersey. Just as I was leaving there was this….amazing that someone who can throw […]
Draft Day 1 Open Thread
Today marks the first of two days of the 2026 MLB amateur draft. You can find part 1 of our draft preview (schedule and rules, etc.) here, and part 2 (some first round names to watch) here. The Jays pick at #39 overall and again at #103 and #131. The first selection will probably occur […]
Okamoto Homers, Jays Win
Blue Jay 5 Padres 3 A three-game win streak. A few days ago that would have seemed impossible. We owe this one to Kazuma Okamoto, who hit a three-run home run in the fifth. In that fifth inning, Myles Straw started it with a bunt single (very nicely done Straw). Jonatan Clase flied out. Then […]
Jays @ Padres Game Thread
The Jays traded away Tommy Nance (and $250,000 in international signing bonus money) to the Twins for Catcher/Infielder Ryan Sprock (he’s assigned to Vancouver). FanGraphs had him at #31 on their Top Prospect list. They must see something in Sprock. He has a .297/.427/.428 in 67 games at A ball. Also Braydon Fisher has activated […]
Tommy Nance Traded to Minnesota
The Blue Jays have traded right handed reliever Tommy Nance to the Minnesota Twins in exchange for A+ catcher Ryan Sprock: Nance has been with the organization for two years, after being acquired from the Padres in the middle of the 2024 season. He filled innings capably down the stretch in that lost season, and […]
Taking Wing: Jay Harry
When the Jays dumped Trevor Richards on the Twins at the 2024 deadline, the return was an infielder who’d signed a way under slot deal in the sixth round of the previous year’s draft out of the decided non-baseball hotbed of Penn State University by the name of Jay Harry. Baseball America ranked him 426th […]
Off Day Open Thread
I’m out for much of the day, so figured I’d put up an open thread. As always discuss what ever you’d like, Jays related or not. The songs of Mac Davis? Sure. Songs of Roger Miller? Fine. World Cup? Fine. Movies you want to see or have seen. Fine. Best thing you’ve walked on Netflix […]
Bluebird Banter 2026 MLB Draft Preview Part 2
Yesterday, I went over the details of the draft and the Jays’ potential strategy. Today, a quick review of the farm, the shape of the draft class, and some names. The Farm Baseball America refreshed their farm system rankings the day before yesterday, in anticipation of the draft. They currently have the Jays 18th. Fangraphs […]
Cease Allows One Hit In 8 Innings, Jays Win
Blue Jays 10 Giants 0 What an amazing start by Dylan Cease. I wasn’t all for sending him back out for the eighth inning at 104 pitches. But Clease isn’t going to make a start in several days, with the All-Star break ahead (well, he might start the All-Star game). But in the eighth Daulton […]
Blue Jays vs. Giants Game Thread
Well, let’s see if the magic of the toy dragon will work two days in a row. Please Jays score some runs. Feeling bad for Braydon Fisher and family losing his father. 65 is too young to die. Today’s Lineups BLUE JAYS GIANTS Ernie Clement – 2B Heliot Ramos – LF Nathan Lukes – RF […]
Springer Back In The Lineup
George Springer is back playing today and batting fourth, which is a choice. I don’t know, it likely better than him leading off. I know that we worry too much about batting order, because that’s one of the things we can easily see, judge. Lineups: Today’s Lineups BLUE JAYS GIANTS Ernie Clement – 2B Heliot […]
Bluebird Banter 2026 MLB Draft Preview Part 1
The 2026 MLB draft kicks off this Saturday, at 1:00pm ET. Because of MLB’s ironclad commitment to preventing this from becoming an event, it will occur while several teams are playing actual MLB games, although the Jays specifically will be in San Diego and don’t go until 8:40pm. The first 10 picks, which will inexplicably […]
Jays Actually Score And Win
Jays 9 Giants 3 Before the game, I asked the Jays to score and not just one run. And they did….I should have asked earlier. The Jays scored: We did go five inning there without getting a baserunner. But let’s focus on the nine runs instead. We had 13 hits. Clement (leading off) had three […]
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