Its official the Blue Jays will play Tampa Bay in the Wild Card round. Tampa Bay was the class of the American League in this shortened season. They went 40-20 to lead the AL finishing just three games behind the Dodgers for the MLB lead. The Blue Jays went 32-28 taking the second wild card….
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is heating up at just the right time for the Blue Jays. Over his last six games he is hitting .478/.500/.826. If the Blue Jays are going to be successful in the playoffs Vlad is going to be a big reason why. He’s the type of hitter when he’s hot he can…
Randal Grichuk started this abbreviated season hot. The first 11 games he was hitting .289 with a .372 on-base percentage. Great numbers no doubt, but the question remained, as it did for a lot of the Blue Jays where is the power? Grichuk responded by rattling off six home runs over his next six games….
The Blue Jays bench has been a weak point for them this season. They lacked a true power threat, they lacked a good base runner and with Bo Bichette hurt they didn’t have a great backup shortstop. Joe Panik is exposed defensively at SS, and Santiago Espinal is still young and developing. They addressed the…
It’s been mentioned time and time again that the Blue Jays have a “type” when targeting and acquiring starting pitching. They have been targeting pitchers with lower velocity who have a large pitch mix. Their acquisition of Robbie Ray didn’t quite fit that, but their second pitching add of trade deadline day sure does. Ross…
For a team that has struggled on defence like the Blue Jays have, getting a strikeout pitcher like Robbie Ray should be a great add. Ray has struck out 12.48 batters per nine this season, his fourth consecutive season over 12 K/9. Though any pressure Ray takes off the defence with strikeouts he gives right…
The Blue Jays’ acquisition of Daniel Vogelbach raised a few eyebrows. Does this team really need another bad body first base/DH type? They already have Vlad Guerrero Jr. and Rowdy Tellez.
Having lost Nate Pearson, Matt Shoemaker and Trent Thornton to injury, the Blue Jays were desperately in need of some pitching. So they went out and got Taijuan Walker from the Seattle Mariners. Walker will bring some stability to the back-end of the rotation.
No matter how you slice it, Teoscar Hernández has been one of the best power hitters in baseball this season.
It’s only been nine innings in this short season, but Jordan Romano is easily the biggest success story of the season.
I originally was going to title this “The Danny Jansen Breakout is here” but after only four games that felt a little premature.
Trent Thornton was announced this week as the Blue Jays fourth starter. He was the Blue Jays only reliable starter last season, throwing 154.1 innings over 29 starts. The results were a mixed bag with a 4.84 ERA, 4.59 FIP and 4.94xFIP. Thornton has a bit of a funky delivery which made repeating his mechanics…
