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One more off the board: A.J. Burnett signs with Phillies
So there is another little fantasy signing that we can stop dreaming about, A.J. Burnett signed a one-year, $16 million contract, with the Phillies.If the Jays are going to upgrade the starting...
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Organizational All-Upside Team: Infield
With all the prospects rankings basically released by now, it seems like a good time to put together a team of the highest upside players in the Blue Jays organization. A little bit of positional...
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More Blue Jays Spring Games on Sportsnet
Good news, Sportsnet will carry all the Blue Jaysspring games on radio and on audio at sportsnet.ca (no word on who replaces Jack Morris as Jerry Howarth's partner in the booth) (I see on...
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Brett Lawrie is on the Cover of MLB 14: The Show
I guess this counts as Blue Jays news at this point, doesn't it? Canadian superstar Brett Lawrie will be on the cover of MLB 14: The Show when it hits stores north of the border this year. After...
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Daily Red Sox Links: Valentine's Day Edition
The 2014 Valentine's Day edition of Daily Links features stories on Felix Doubront's 2014 season, a look at the starting rotation, and LOVE (because you can't have Valentine's Day without love,...
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Jose Reyes Will Not Be Cheated
If Jose Reyes is going to strikeout, not something he's in the habit of doing, he's going to go down swinging.When watching a baseball game, especially a Blue Jays game, on television you are likely to...
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The 2014 Bluebird Banter Top 40 Prospects: 26-30
On to the next group of prospects. We are getting into the guys that are real prospects. 30.Miguel Castro: Miguel was an international free agent signing in 2012, out of the Dominican Republic. He just...
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Saturday Bantering: On Jim Fregosi, and the continuing Santana saga
I'm late to it, yesterday was a busy day, but very sorry to hear about the passing of Jim Fregosi.One of the several mistakes of the Gord Ash era was replacing Fregosi with Buck Martinez, as manager of...
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Predicting the first Blue Jays major league debut of 2014
After seeing nine players play their first major league game in 2012, the 2013 Blue Jays were not expected to have too many debuts because of the dearth of major league-ready prospects in the upper...
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Countdown to Spring Training Links Feb 16, 2014
Another week and Spring Training is almost here meaning that someone will be in the best shape of their lives. A whole pile of links today including how not to take a picture.JAYS LINKSThe Blue Jay...
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Organizational All-Upside Team: Outfield
After some good discussion about the infield portion of the organizational all-upside team, we move to the outfield where there are tools galore for the Blue Jays. The top outfielders in the Toronto...
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Blue Jays Adventure: 2014 Expansion Pack
Around this time last year, Cashew Mirman released the trailer to "Blue Jays Adventure", an eight-bit video game based on the 2013 season. I loved it at the time, even certifying it as the Greatest...
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Uh Oh: Ubaldo to Orioles?
What started out as a search for a free agent starting pitcher that had multiple targets at the beginning of the offseason has dwindled to just one choice, as it sounds like Ubaldo Jimenez is going to...
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Depression and the Blue Jays fan
So let's start off by saying I think 4 years is too long for Ubaldo Jimenez.$12.5 million a year, I think that's a fair amount, but 4 years is too long.The trouble is that we need another starter, and...
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R.A. Dickey tapped as Blue Jays' opening day starter and other notes
For a second straight season, knuckleballer R.A. Dickey will take the hill on opening day for the Toronto Blue Jays, acording to the Blue Jays' official Twitter account. The game will start at 4:10 pm...
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Does Edwin Encarnacion Have Another Gear?
Edwin Encarnacion has already broken out to become an elite offensive force over the last two seasons. Is it possible he has a little bit more breaking out to do?In the wake of the Ubaldo Jimenez...
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The 2014 Bluebird Banter Top 40 Prospects: 21-25
Our next five in our Top 40 Prospect list roll out. If you've missed one, the 26-30 is here, 31-35 here and 36-40 here. 25. Adonys Cardona: Number #14 on last year's list, a second year in a row of an...
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Blue Jays 'unlikely' to sign Ervin Santana
Despite speculation that the Blue Jays would add to their rotation this offseason, they haven't yet, and now they are unlikely to sign the best remaining free agent pitcher in Ervin Santana.The Toronto...
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Jonah Keri: Jays "look like a last-place team"
Over at Grantland, Jonah Keri has written a Offseason Stock Report, ranking all 30 Major League teams (with a lot of words).The Jays? Number 22, lowest ranked team in the AL East, the Orioles are 18th....
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Melky Cabrera 'in the best shape of his life'
Normally I ignore the 'player X came to camp in great shape stuff' but, in this case, I'm going to take any good news I can get:Gibbons expects Melky Cabrera to be back to normal after surgery last yr...
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