Roto Roundup: Nathan Eovaldi, Jose Bautista, Zack Greinke and Others
Fake Teams Podcast, Episode 24: The Lost PodcastLost podcast, not last podcast. I sat down with Andrew Ball and Daniel Kelley on Thursday night to discuss our recent Midseason Starting Pitcher...
View Article8/10 - Blue Jays MiLB Recap: Gustavo Pierre hits for the cycle, Barreto...
The Blue Jays affiliate teams went a combined record of 4-3 in action yesterday. It was a pretty exciting day for prospect watching as Gustavo Pierre hit for the cycle with Dunedin and Franklin Barreto...
View ArticleBlue Jays 4 A's 6: Jays take 11 base on balls, but can't win.
A's 6 Blue Jays 4Add it to the list of games we should have won.2 for 11 with RISP, 15 left on base. We took 11 walks. 11. And still lost. Every Jay that batted had at least one walk, even pinch hitter...
View ArticleTodd Redmond to start Tuesday for Blue Jays, Esmil Rogers to the pen
So more roster moves.Todd Redmond is being called back up, to start Tuesday, Esmil Rogers is going to the pen. Good move Jays.J.A. Happ starts tomorrow, after the start he is leaving the team to go to...
View Article8/11 - Blue Jays MiLB Recap: Pillar slugs away in Buffalo, Stroman struggles...
Last nights' events involving the Blue Jays affiliate teams in the minor leagues were not nearly as exciting as the night prior, but there still are some nice things to make note of. 2012 first round...
View ArticleThe Smallest Sample Size 8/12/13: Giant meltdowns
Yesterday, the Giants looked like they were going to win against the Orioles only to completely melt down over the last two innings. Also, a tumultuous ninth inning between the Tigers and the Yankees...
View ArticleGAPPER Report: Rank thru 8-19-13
This is the point in the season where things start to get messy. Doing this the standard way is ugly, doing it with percentages is ugly. The short season players really mess with things this time of...
View ArticleWhite Sox sign Tommy Manzella
The Chicago White Sox have signed shortstop Tommy Manzella to a minor league contract, a source has confirmed to MLB Daily Dish. The 30-year old will report to Double-A Birmingham after being released...
View ArticleBlue Jays 1 A's 5: a good J.A. Happ start wasted
A's 5 Blue Jays 1That was painful.Game tied, at home, in the bottom of the 9th. The right move was to bring in Casey Janssen. It didn't work. Casey gave up 4 hits and 4 runs. I'm glad to have a manager...
View ArticleA's explode in the 9th for 5-1 victory over Jays
All's well that ends well. The A's fanbase was on pins and needles for nearly the entire game, as the A's clung to a 1-0 lead on Chris Young's leadoff home run crushed to the second deck. The...
View ArticleYankees lineup vs. Angels; Derek Jeter set to rehab injury in Tampa
The Yankees managed to win last night against the Tigers even after Mariano Rivera blew his third consecutive save, thanks to a Brett Gardner walk off home run. They won their first series of the...
View Article"Space Jays 2: The Wrath of Zaun", a new Blue Jays video from Cashew Mirman
The wonderfully talented Cashew Mirman has recently published his newest Blue Jays video: "Space Jays 2: The Wrath of Zaun". Check it out below and look for a Sportsnet Graph!Of course, be sure to...
View ArticleToday in Blue Jay History (or yesterday actually): Rajai Davis makes the...
One year ago yesterday, this happened:Your browser does not support iframes.It was a pretty amazing game for Rajai Davis. The Yankees would go on to score 3 runs that inning, off of Brad Lincoln, to...
View ArticleThe Smallest Sample Size 8/13/13: Darvish dominates
Yesterday featured some dazzling pitching performances from Yu Darvish, Mat Latos, Hiroki Kuroda, Cole Hamels, Andrew Albers and Chris Sale in which they carried their teams to victory. Meanwhile, the...
View ArticleAround the Bases: Yu Darvish falls short of no-hitter vs. Astros again,...
Rangers 2, Astros 1: For the second time this season, Yu Darvish flirted with a no-hitter against the poor Astros, and for the second time this season, he fell short. Darvish allowed a one-out solo...
View ArticleTuesday BBB Links: Midday Madness Edition
J.A. Happ was really good yesterday. Everything else is a quagmire of pain.JAYS LINKSBlue Jays lose 5-1 to Oakland A’s despite strong outing from J.A. Happ | Toronto Star"Happ gave up one run on just...
View ArticleThe Rays Tank: 46 games in 48 days
That road trip was hardly what any Rays player, coach or fan of the team could have wanted.But the five-game losing streak hasn't defeated the players, just yet:"We've just hit a little rough patch for...
View ArticleToday in Blue Jay History (or yesterday actually): Rajai Davis makes the...
One year ago yesterday, this happened:Your browser does not support iframes.It was a pretty amazing game for Rajai Davis. The Yankees would go on to score 3 runs that inning, off of Brad Lincoln, to...
View ArticleWhy Boston is in First and Toronto is Not: Pitching
In looking for writing inspiration today I searched around for Blue Jays articles on the web and came across this Richard Griffin piece about John Farrell getting the last laugh. Aside from making me...
View ArticleBluebird Banter Mid-Season Top Prospect Review: 1-10
It's about time we took a look at how the players on our Bluebird Banter Top 40 Prospects list are faring this season. This is just a review, not a reorder, we'll save that for the off-season. The...
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