Ross Atkins doubled down on his John Gibbons vote of confidence last night by saying that he’ll finish up the year as manager of the Toronto Blue Jays, and after that, his future with the club will be “revisited.” Earlier this month, Atkins told Sportsnet’s Ben Nicholson-Smith that Gibbons was part of the conversations about…
Read More →Billy McKinney is being given a shot to show up his former team. The Blue Jays have recalled the outfielder acquired in the J.A. Happ trade to replace Luke Maile who was placed on the paternity list.
Read More →One of the biggest reasons for the letdown in 2018 has been a calf injury that ultimately derailed Josh Donaldson’s season. The former MVP has played in just 36 games for the Blue Jays this year and has been on the disabled list since late May. As a result, the Jays weren’t able to deal Donaldson…
Read More →It was an interesting night in Toronto’s farm system on Thursday. Down in Bluefield, 17-year-old Eric Pardinho threw the best start of his professional career, tossing six-and-a-third perfect innings. In New Hampshire, Cavan Biggio smacked two bombs, including a walk-off home run, to improve on his league-leading total.
Read More →What were you doing at 19? I was skipping this lame Jane Austen class I had to take in my first year of university. I was also spending too much time at the casino in Niagara Falls. Damn, I miss being 19 and all the shenanigans. But, I don’t miss writing all those boring essays…
Read More →I haven’t really paid much attention to the Atlanta Braves this season. I don’t know why, to be honest, considering they’re a fun team loaded with young talent that literally nobody expected to be good this year. But after Ronald Acuna got drilled in the elbow by Jose Urena last night — for no other…
Read More →Over a decade later, MVP Baseball is still the best baseball video game ever made. The game was overflowing with stuff to do, like a franchise mode where you could manage three minor league affiliates and the entire financial side of your organization, an owner mode where you could build your own stadium over time,…
Read More →When it comes to feel good stories this season, there hasn’t been too many. Most Jays fans are looking at the farm system to help cope with another lost season. A ton of the noise being drummed up is off the bat of Vladdy G, of course, as he continues to make MiLB pitchers suffer….
Read More →Editor’s Note: Why is everyone trying to force it to be a certain thing when they can chill the fuck out and slam a cold one – Cam Lewis Baseball is a beautiful sport. It’s peaceful, but also passionate. Simple, but complex. Mellow, but suspenseful. As great as it can be, baseball currently has a problem:…
Read More →The rebuild is full on and we’re all drunk on future Jays stuff right now. It beats maudlin around in the 2018-season-has-been-worse-than-the-2017 woes and sighs that have had us all howling into the I miss 2015 and ’16 winds. Danny – I mean Daddy – Jansen hit his first dinger in his young AF MLB…
Read More →It was a Large Adult Son overload in Kansas City tonight as Danny Jansen and Sean Reid-Foley each made their Major League debuts. Reid-Foley struggled a little bit with command but showed nice poise to grind through five innings of work while Jansen picked up a couple hits and threw out a baserunner.
Read More →Let’s talk about Vlad, Bo, and some of the new Large Adult Sons acquired prior to the trade deadline.
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