The Toronto Blue Jays managed to come back to beat the New York Yankees last night, pulling out an exciting 8-7 victory in the 11th. Lost in the excitement was another two pitchers going down with injuries, as both Henderson Alvarez and Aaron Laffey suffered injuries on line drives to their legs. A remote possibility [...]
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As you’ve heard by now, the Boston Red Sox have completed a monster deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers. But just in case you haven’t, to refresh your memory - superstar Adrian Gonzalez, free agent busts Carl Crawford and Nick Punto along with struggling starter Josh Beckett were all shipped to Los Angeles. In return, [...]
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Carlos Villanueva is a fascinating story for the Toronto Blue Jays. He started off the season in the bullpen, struggling significantly to get opposing hitters out. Once the pitching staff was decimated with injuries Carlos Villanueva was thrust into a starting role, and he’s been dominant ever since. As a pending free agent, some have [...]
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It’s been nearly 20 years since the Toronto Blue Jays have made the post season. What’s interesting about this is that the Jays haven’t struggled to get superstar calibre players. During that time the team has developed or acquired players like Carlos Delgado, Shawn Green, Roy Halladay, Roger Clemens. At one time or another during [...]
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He wasn’t on any top prospect list. Even the most hardcore of Toronto Blue Jays fans likely wouldn’t have heard of the 24 year old southpaw who was drafted in the 9th round of the 2009 draft. Prior to this season it looked like Aaron Loup would be no more than an organization filler, a [...]
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In part one of our offseason review, we took a look at the first 5 majors moves made by GM Alex Anthopoulos. In part two we’ll take a look at some of the other big signings and trades made by the Toronto Blue Jays. #6 Jason Frasor re-acquired for Daniel Webb and Myles Jaye Frasor [...]
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The Toronto Blue Jays were relatively quiet during the offseason. While nobody could have predicted this many injuries, it’s clear the Blue Jays depth has been put in question. We’ve already seen Alex Anthopoulos make an effort to improve the Jays pitching depth during the trade deadline, and it’s quite possible we’ll see him do [...]
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The Toronto Blue Jays have struggled since the All Star break, going 10-16 while being outscored by 29 runs. They’re scoring 3.8 runs a game since the All Star break, a far cry from their 5 runs a game in the first half of the season. Losing key bats such as Jose Bautista and Brett [...]
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Michael Bourn is in the middle of the best year of his career, and it couldn’t have come at a better time. He’s a free agent at the end of the season, and his all around game makes him one of the best centerfielders, and possibly one of the best outfielders heading to free agency. [...]
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