Yusei Kikuchi is coming off his best start as a Blue Jay. On Monday against the Seattle Mariners, his former team, he threw six shutout innings, allowed just one hit, and struck out six. He did walk three batters, but that was the only blemish in what was otherwise a great outing. After the game,…
Jordan Romano broke out as the Blue Jays closer last season, with a 2.14 ERA and saving 23 games.
The Blue Jays lost three key players in free agency from last season’s 91-win team: Robbie Ray, Steven Matz, and Marcus Semien. They replaced those three players with Kevin Gausman, Yusei Kikuchi, and Matt Chapman.
With the trade of Randal Grichuk it’s the end of a mini era for the Blue Jays.
From 2018 to 2019 Matt Chapman was one of the most valuable players in baseball. He hit a combined .263/.348/.507 good for a 132 wRC+. That batting line plus his outstanding defence at third made Chapman the sixth most valuable position player over those two seasons, worth 12.8 WAR.
The Blue Jays rounded out their rotation over the weekend, inking Yusei Kikuchi to a three-year $36 million deal.
The Blue Jays ZiPS projections came out over at FanGraphs this week, and the Blue Jays project as one of the best teams in the league. Vladdy and Bo project to have star level seasons. The rotation looks to be very strong and the bullpen much improved from where it was last season. The one…
They have finally done it. The Blue Jays have been after Kevin Gausman forever it seems and on Sunday they landed their guy signing Gausman to a 5-Year $110 million contract.
Yesterday morning the Blue Jays signed José Berríos to a seven year contract worth $131 million dollars. This is the largest deal the Blue Jays have given to a pitcher in club history and shows that Berríos, who was acquired from the Minnesota Twins at the trade deadline, was well worth the cost of acquisition.
As we enter the offseason it appears all the more likely that the Blue Jays will lose Marcus Semien in free agency.
We don’t have any idea how the off-season is going shake out but it is entirely possible the Blue Jays enter next season without their ace Robbie Ray. Ray, the likely American League Cy Young Award winner, is in line for a big payday, potentially as high as the 6-year, $140 million deal Patrick Corbin…
Hyun Jin Ryu has been struggling here down the stretch.
