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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 […]
Happy Birthday Brandon Morrow
Today marks Brandon Morrow’s 42nd birthday. The Blue Jays acquired Brandon Morrow in December 2009, just before Christmas, in a trade that sent Brandon League and Johermyn Chavez to Seattle. I wonder how many Brandon-for-Brandon trades have occurred in MLB history. Hugo wrote about the trade at the time and correctly highlighted the upside. He […]
Dylan Cease Throws A One Hitter, Jays Win!
Blue Jays 6 Red Sox 0 Dylan Cease went nine complete, giving up just one hit (with three walks and twelve strikeouts). He was just amazing, even with Dan telling us he wasn’t throwing as hard as usual. And the offense did the job. We got: We had 15 hits, 14 more than the Red […]
Jays @ Red Sox Game Thread
Game #105. After yesterday’s game, John said that Tyler Rogers wasn’t available for the game and that Louis Varland would only be used if there was a save situation. It was nice to see them score more than one run. Today let’s shot for more than one run and a win. I know that is […]
Happy Birthday Ed Spraque
Today marks the 59th birthday of Ed Sprague, former third baseman for the Toronto Blue Jays. Sprague spent eight seasons with the Blue Jays, from 1991 until his trade to the Oakland Athletics on July 31, 1998. In return, the Jays acquired Scott Rivette, who ultimately never reached the major leagues. During his time in […]
Jays Lose To Red Sox
Blue Jays 4 Red Sox 6 So it was a better effort than we’ve seen of late. Kuzuma Okamoto hit a three-run home run in the seventh (which got us back into the game). Andrés Giménez hit a sac fly in the eighth (which tied the game). That was homer 23 for Okamoto, setting a […]
Blue Jays @ Red Sox Game Thread
An Apple TV game, because MLB will never turn down a dollar. It would be nice to win a game or two this series. Today’s Lineups BLUE JAYS RED SOX Ernie Clement – SS Anthony Seigler – 2B Vladimir Guerrero – 1B Ceddanne Rafaela – CF Kazuma Okamoto – 3B Wilyer Abreu – RF George […]
Barger To Have Season Ending Elbow Surgery
I remember, when I was young and playing sports, the parents, who we called coaches, said ‘give 110%’. Well, you can’t/shouldn’t do it all the time. You go all out, you are likely to injury something, Addison Barger is going to have season ending elbow surgery. He’ll either have Tommy John or an internal brace […]
Friday Open Thread
I’ve been trying to do one of these open threads once a week, generally on off-days, but we don’t have an off-day this week. And we get to play the very hot Boston Red Sox this weekend. Tonight’s game is one of those fun Apple TV games, because MLB will do anything for a dollar. […]
Contest Time: Guess Which Jays Will Be Gone By The Deadline
So now that we are firmly in the sell camp, let’s have a contest to guess which players will be traded away. The problem the Jays have is that they don’t have that guy who will net them top prospects. They don’t have Tarik Skubal, who will be the one that everyone will be bidding […]
Jays Win!
Rays 1 Blue Jays 3 WE SCORED THREE RUNS! It isn’t like we had a lot of hits, just seven (with three walks). But it was enough We scored a run in each of the first, third and seventh innings: Vlad and George (with a walk) had two hits each. Yohendrick, Clement, and Kirk had […]
Rays @ Jays Game Thread
Game #103. Some runs would be nice. Some defense too. The Jays made another move, picking up outfielder Rudy Martin off waivers from the Orioles. The Orioles had just picked him up in trade from the Royals and DFAed him, which I imagine we’ll be doing soon enough. He is a 30-year-old left-handed hitting outfielder […]
Jays Roster Moves: Schneider, Macko Up
We haven’t hit the daily roster moves frequency that Alex Anthopoulos gave us, but we are making moves lately. Corbin pitched Tuesday and it didn’t go well, 2.1 innings, 7 hits, 4 earned, 3 strikeouts. His ERA has jumped to 5.51. It was 3.65 at the end of May. Had to figure something was going […]
Another Game, Another Loss
Rays 4 Blue Jays 2 Well, we scored two runs. For a moment, it looked like we could have big first inning. With one out (an Ernie Clement strikeout), Nathan Lukes walked and Vladimir Guerrero doubled high off the wall in right center. A few feet left and it would have been a home run […]
Rays @ Jays Game Thread
This is game 102. Which is good, because a 60 game win streak might just get them into the playoffs. There are a couple of roster moves: Kevin Gausman can block any trade to the Reds, Brewers, Tigers, Mets, A’s, White Sox, Pirates, and Mariners. I don’t know if that will cause a problem trading […]
Where To Go From Here?
The last several games have been incredibly disappointing. Not because they lost. Because they haven’t played well in any part of the game. 1-6 in the last seven games. They’ve scored 2.7 runs per game. They’ve allowed 6.7 runs per game. And they have been making errors far too often. It seems like they’ve shut […]
Happy Birthday Dave Stieb
Today marks Dave Stieb’s 69th birthday. We saw Stieb on the weekend. He looks like he could still play. Stieb holds the franchise records for wins, innings pitched, strikeouts, games started, complete games, and many other pitching categories. His 103 complete games in 408 starts for the Blue Jays is a mark unlikely to be […]
Jays Still Stink, Lose to Rays 12-2
The Jays haven’t, obviously, been good this season. This week has felt like the bottom finally falling out, though. They’re now equidistant between the third wildcard and last place in the American League. Their run differential is tied with the last place Angels. It hasn’t been fun to watch, but after months of thinking they […]
Rays @ Jays Game Thread
Game #101. With 2 wins in the last 7 playoffs seem a long lost hope. I would like some runs. Note the plural form of the word. We went through a nice stretch where we scored 39 runs in 6 games, just a few days ago. Could we please do that again? There has been […]
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