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The Blue Jays have “new threads coming soon”
Twitter was sent into a frenzy today as the Blue Jays mailed out packages to Toronto media members containing a baseball that read “New threads coming soon #NewBlue.” This clearly means the Jays are adding a new uniform to their collection.
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20 Things: Pitching depth has become a legitimate organizational strength
Welcome to Blue Jays Nation’s Season In Review. Instead of doing boring-ass, standard player-by-player reviews or handing out some arbitrary report cards, I’m going to talk about 20 things that are on my mind heading into 2020. Today, we have the impressive stockpiling of pitching depth up and down the system.
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20 Things: The love for Derek Fisher, the forgotten Anthony Alford, and the Blue Jays’ gaping hole in centre field
Welcome to Blue Jays Nation’s Season In Review. Instead of doing boring-ass, standard player-by-player reviews or handing out some arbitrary report cards, I’m going to talk about 20 things that are on my mind heading into 2020. Today, we have Derek Fisher and Anthony Alford and whether one of them can take an opportunity and…
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Richard Ureña’s tenure with the Blue Jays was a rocky, mistimed spectacle that shouldn’t be repeated
It was August 21, 2016, and the sun was scorching down on the seats at Northeast Delta Dental Stadium in Manchester, New Hampshire. The New Hampshire Fisher Cats, the Double-A affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays, were hosting the Altoona Curve in a typical midsummer matinee. As is typical for minor league games, rows and…
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Ken Giles signs a one-year, $9.6 million deal, Blue Jays avoid arbitration with everyone
The final arbitration-eligible Blue Jay has settled. The Jays and their star closer agreed upon a one-year deal worth $9.6 million ahead of arbitration.
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Matt Shoemaker settles ahead of arbitration with one-year, $4.2 million deal
One more down, one more to go. The Blue Jays and Matt Shoemaker have reportedly avoided arbitration, agreeing on a one-year deal worth $4.2 million. The deal is $400k above what Shoemaker was projected to earn in arbitration by MLB Trade Rumours.
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Let’s not forget how good Danny Jansen is
There has been plenty of talk this off-season about the Blue Jays catching tandem of Danny Jansen and Reese McGuire. The Blue Jays were rumoured to be interested in Yasmani Grandal leading to speculation that one of the back-stops could be moved via trade. Adding to that was the fact that the Blue Jays have…
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Digging into Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s defensive struggles
Earlier this week, MLB Statcast released its Infield Outs Above Average Leaderboard, and along with it, a treasure chest of defensive metrics. If you scroll to the end of the page, you’ll find one name at the very bottom of the list: Vladimir Guerrero Jr. In his first full season at third base, Vladdy ranked…
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Brandon Drury avoids arbitration with a one-year deal
With the arbitration deadline right around the corner, the Blue Jays have come to terms with one of their three unsigned players, inking Brandon Drury to a one-year deal worth $2.05 million.
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20 Things: It’s sink or swim time for a handful of young-ish Blue Jays
Welcome to Blue Jays Nation’s Season In Review. Instead of doing boring-ass, standard player-by-player reviews or handing out some arbitrary report cards, I’m going to talk about 20 things that are on my mind heading into 2020. Today, we have the futures of multiple young Blue Jays bubble players.
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Who’s still out there?
The Blue Jays have already made their big free-agent splash of the off-season, adding Hyun-Jin Ryu to a four-year deal. But there’s still a month-and-a-half left until the beginning of spring training and plenty of names left on the open market. Are there any fits that make sense?
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