Blue Jays outright pitchers Buddy Boshers, Brock Stewart
It’s the start of the best time of year — transaction season baby! To start it off, the Blue Jays have reportedly outrighted pitchers Buddy Boshers and Brock Stewart.
October 2019
MiLB Roster Housekeeping: Rule 5 and More
[Note: I wrote this earlier in the week and the team has already made a couple of the anticipated moves. What follows is the original text] With the World Series over now the business of the off season will commence. This includes the business of who’s potentially not going to be in your organization next…
The Scumbag Organization Lost, Thank God
Turns out, karma might exist.
There’s a key lesson to be learned from the Washington Nationals’ excellent story
The Washington Nationals, just as we all predicted, are World Series champions. The Little Team That Could, against all odds, just kept chugging their way along and ultimately slayed the dragon known as the Houston Astros, who pretty much everyone had already crowned as champs before the series began.
What other positions could use an upgrade this off-season?
Good lord, it’s finally almost over. Either the Houston Astros or the Washington Nationals will win game seven of the World Series tonight and we can get into the real stuff that actually matters — Transaction Season.
Blue Jays claim Anthony Bass off waivers from Mariners
When a team can claim a pitcher from the 2019 Seattle Mariners, you just have to take the opportunity.
Teoscar Hernández and Catching the Ball Out Front
When I first looked at Teoscar Hernández back in July it was only a month since he had been recalled from Triple-A Buffalo. He had a new swing, lowering his hands, getting his bat to the ball quicker, and in turn making more contact. He was also using the opposite field more. Today I wanted…
The Shapkins Defender – Fishing for J.D. Martinez
Welcome to The Shapkins Defender, where I inhale your toxic screeds and spit out the fresh oxygen of optimism, like a tree that kind of understands WAR. (Just don’t ask me to explain it.) For this edition, I take a deeper look at the Derek Fisher trade, much maligned in some circles of Blue Jays…
Head trainer Nikki Huffman leaving Blue Jays
All around baseball, front office and coaching staff are leaving their now former teams and the Blue Jays aren’t an exception.
Justin Smoak, Danny Jansen named as Gold Glove finalists
In a season that ended up being only known for some star debuts, the 2019 Toronto Blue Jays have two finalists for the Gold Glove Award for their positions.
What if you could bat whoever you wanted in extra innings?
Like most sports enthusiasts, I spend a lot of time thinking about wild hypotheticals — What if Bo Jackson never got injured? Could LeBron play in the NFL? Or, what if the Leafs traded their leading scorer of the past two seasons for a pile of magic beans?
Let’s talk about the non-Gerrit Cole free agent starters
I wrote a while back about how Gerrit Cole would be a perfect fit on the Blue Jays, but, for a variety of different reasons, that it wouldn’t happen. It’s a shame we can’t even bother getting our hopes up about adding this insanely-good ace, but that’s life. Let’s talk about some other non-Cole starters…