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Quick Spring Recap: Jays Beat Braves
Braves 0 Blue Jays 7 Nice to see the Jays score some. Early in spring we didn’t seem to be able to score. Dylan Cease was really good. 3 innings, 2 hits, and 3 strikeouts. Reached 97.5 mph on the fastball. Other pitchers: Offense, Starters: Others: The Jays are 7-8 on the spring now. Tomorrow […]
Spring Game Thread: Braves @ Blue Jays
After an off-day, the Jays are back at it, hosting the Braves. I’m putting this together Monday night, so I don’t have the lineups. But the Jays have Dylan Cease making his second spring start. I’d guess they would want 3-4 innings out of him. The Braves are starting JR Ritchie, who pitched in the […]
Monday WBC GameThread
There are six WBC games today, which is nice because there are no Blue Jays games. The games: I think the Mexico/USA game is the one I’m most interested it.
Better Know Your Blue Jays 40-Man: Louis Varland
Louis Varland is a 28-year-old, right-handed reliever. He was a 15th round draft pick by the Twins, in 2019. Louis has one option year left. He will likely be arbitration eligible after this season (Super 2) and he would be free agent eligible after the 2030 season. He could be a Blue Jay for a […]
Quick Recap: Two Spring Wins
Two games, two wins. Blue Jays 1 Orioles 0 Cody Ponce had a nice time against the Orioles today. He threw 3 no-hit innings, no walks with 1 strikeout. I was impressed. Other pitchers: Hitters, starters: Others: Tigers 0 Blue Jays 5 Kevin Gausman looked good too. 3.1 innings, 3 hits and 3 strikeouts. Hitters, […]
Spring Training GameThread for Two Games
The Jays play two games today. Both starting at 1:00 Eastern which….well I don’t know what time that is in various places in Canada since the clocks have changed in at least some of Canada. So where ever you are in Canada, there are two game today (or two games a week from Thursday depending […]
GameThread For Sunday’s WBC Games
There are a whole mess of WBC. One game is already finished, Japan beat Australia 4-3. That seems way to close for a game between Japan and Australia. Australia walked 12 batters but only gave up 5 hits with a Masataka Yoshida home run being one of them. Kazuma Okamoto was 0 for 2 with […]
Quick Spring Recap: Jays Beat Phillies
Jays 1 Phillies 0 The best part of this one was that Max Scherzer started and threw 4 no-hit innings, allowing just 1 walk with 1 strikeouts. He was helped out by some defensive play, but he got through the four innings on just 40 pitches (29 strikeouts). Max was terrific. I didn’t think he’d […]
Spring GameThread: Jays @ Phillies
The Jays make the short drive to Clearwater to play the Phillies. We get out first look Max Scherzer this spring. He says he’ll be ready for opening day. I didn’t expect that he would be in the rotation to start the season. I think the odds of him being able to give us 30 […]
GameThread For Saturday WBC Games
There are a mess of WBC games today. I’m out in the morning, but I’m hoping to be back to watch at least some of the Columbia/Canada game
Better Know Your Blue Jays 40-Man: Brandon Valenzuela
Brandon Valenzuela is a 25-year-old switch-hitting catcher born in Hermosillo, Mexico (he has a good role model as a Mexican-born catcher in Kirk). The Blue Jays picked him up from the Padres in trade for Will Wagner. MLB.com has Valenzuela as #24 on their Jays top 30 prospect list. He was added to the Jays’ […]
Quick Recap: Jays Beat Pirates
Pirates 2 Blue Jays 9 Not that it really matters, but it is nice to have a win. José Berríos wasn’t great but only allowed 2 earned, with 5 hits, 1 walk, 3 strikeouts and a home run. His ERA is now 3.38 on the spring. Normally, I’d say his spring training numbers don’t matter, […]
Spring GameThread: Pirates @ Jays
The Pirates are coming to Dunedin from Bradenton. I thought Bradenton was the prettiest town. A very nice downtown area and a great spring ballpark. Not that Dunedin isn’t a pretty town. The Jays brought a few of the ones who should be regulars and a couple of guys on the bubble on the bus […]
GameThread for Friday WBC Games
There are many many WBC game today. One already finished, Japan beat Taipei 13-0. Ohtani went 3 for 4, with a home run, with 5 RBI. Okamoto was 1 for 4, with a walk. The other games, all times Eastern: I’m likely to watch bits and pieces of some of the games, but I doubt […]
Spring GameThread: Jays @ Braves
A question off the top….do we want GameThreads for WBC games? Just for Team Canada games? USA games? Japan? Dominican Republic? All the games? I guess I could put up a GameThread, each morning, for all the WBC games of that day. Anyway give your opinion. Today we have the Jays traveling to North Port, […]
Better Know Your Blue Jays 40-Man: Ricky Tiedemann
Ricky Tiedemann is a 23-year-old, left-handed pitcher. The Jays picked him in the third round of the 2021 draft. He was added to the 40-man roster on November 18th, 2025. He’ll be using his first option year this year. As you know, he had Tommy John surgery in August of 2024, missing all of the […]
Happy Birthday Bo Bichette
Bo Bichette turns 28 today. Bo played seven seasons with the Jays before signing with the Mets this offseason. With the Jays, he hit .294/.337/.469 with 111 home runs, 60 steals and a 21.0 bWAR. Except for 2024, he was very consistent. He posted an OPS+ in the 120s five times. In 2024, he started […]
Better Know Your Blue Jays 40-Man: Myles Straw
Myles Straw is a 31-year-old, right-handed hitting, center fielder. The Jays traded for him on January 17th, 2025. We got Myles Straw and some international bonus pool money money. At the time we thought/hoped the money would go to Roki Sasaki. Unfortunately, Roki went to the Dodgers and the Jays had to pretend they wanted […]
Wednesday Open Thread
Last week, Thursday Open Thread day happened on Friday. This week it is happening on Wednesday. Why? Well, because today is an off-day for the Jays and I’m going to be away from the computer for a good part of the day. So why don’t we have the Open Thread today. The rules? You are […]
Quick Recap: Jays Beat Team Canada
Canada 7 Blue Jays 10 It looked like a runaway, early, the Jays were up 7-0 after 2 innings. But Team Canada tied things in the top of the eighth. Then the Jays scored three more in the bottom of the inning. Kevin Gausman cruised through his two innings, allowing a hit and a walk […]
Spring GameThread: Team Canada @ Jays
And you thought the Jays were Team Canada. This is a 1:00 Eastern start and it is on Sportsnets The Jays lineup has a bunch of the regulars: And Kevin Gausman is starting. Hazel Mae posted the Team Canada lineup: Team USA is playing the Giants at 3:00 Eastern. I don’t think that one is […]
Better Know Your Blue Jays 40-Man: George Springer
George Springer is a 36-year-old, right-handed hitting, DH/OF, who signed a six-year contract with the Jays back in 2021, for $150 million, so an average of $25 million a year. He’s now played (counting on his fingers), five of those six years. He seems like just a great guy. Always seems happy. Over those five […]
Quick Spring Recap: Jays Lose to Red Sox
Red Sox 7 Blue Jays 6 I know it is spring, but it would be nice to win occasionally. Cody Ponce threw 2 innings, allowed 4 hits, 1 earned with 2 strikeouts. Not bad for his first time out there. Other pitchers: Hitters, Starters: Others: Tomorrow the Jays host the WBC’s Team Canada. Kevin Gausman […]
Spring GameThread: Red Sox @ Blue Jays
I’m running out this morning, so I’m posting this early. The Red Sox are coming to Dunedin for a 1:00 Eastern game. There are a number of regulars (or at least guys likely to make the roster) in the lineup today. And Cody Ponce is starting, so there are reasons to watch. Today’s Lineups RED […]
Question Time: WBC Predictions
In today’s installment of our daily thrice weekly occasional spring series, I wanted to ask about the World Baseball Classic. Exhibition games kick off tomorrow, WBC squads facing off against MLB teams. The Jays host Team Canada at their usual 1:07pm ET spring timeslot. Canada then visits the Phillies on Wednesday before flying to Puerto […]
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