Blue Jays Aiming At Division Or 2nd Wild Card
It’s July 24th, a week away from the non-waiver trade deadline and your Toronto Blue Jays are in 2nd place in the AL East, 3 games back of 1st place. They are also 0.5 games back of the Seattle...
View ArticleThe Future is Bright for Toronto Blue Jays Rotation
For many years, the Toronto Blue Jays have failed to develop high end starting pitchers consistently. With high draft picks such as Ricky Romero and Brett Cecil, who have had success as starters in the...
View ArticleRyan Goins Should Be Staying In Toronto
Let’s put this bad pun to rest: Ryan isn’t Goins anywhere other than with the Toronto Blue Jays for a while. At least, as long as the impending trade deadline is concerned. Did we survive it? Good....
View ArticleDioner Navarro: The Bat is Back
Dioner Navarro entered Spring Training with the Toronto Blue Jays as a beacon of hope behind the plate. Just months removed from the J.P. Arencibia experience, Jays fans wiped the final tears from...
View ArticleKendall Graveman: What’s the rush?
On August 1st two Toronto Blue Jays prospects received promotions, Kendall Graveman and Taylor Cole. Of the two promotions, the Kendall Graveman promotion had me scratching my head wondering, “what’s...
View ArticleWas Beaning Melky Cabrera Intentional?
A collective gasp was heard throughout Blue Jays-land when Melky Cabrera was beaned by Miguel Gonzalez, which resulted in a welt that was reminiscent of the ones found on Freakshow’s head/neck. That’s...
View ArticleBlue Jays Rotation: Who’s the Sixth Man?
The Toronto Blue Jays have fallen victim to a rash of critical injuries in 2014, but luckily, the majority of those issues have stayed clear of the starting rotation. Outside of the annual injury to...
View ArticleBlue Jays Final 40: Encarnacion In, Excuses Out
The Toronto Blue Jays are reeling following a series sweep at the hands of the Seattle Mariners, leaving them 7.5 games out of the AL East lead and 3.0 games out of the AL Wild Card. This fall from...
View ArticleBig League Chew: Blue Jays’ Beeston Comments
In a season that has seen the Toronto Blue Jays finally playing meaningful baseball in August, there are no shortages of stories, opinions, and controversy. At Jays Journal we feel it is our...
View ArticleToronto Blue Jays Minor League System: Philosophy Change?
August has seen a flurry of movement involving some of the Toronto Blue Jays higher ranked prospects, which is not the norm. This raises two very interesting questions….Has the “Blue Jays Philosophy”...
View ArticleBlue Swagger: The Top Blue Jays Of The Week
What does it mean to have Blue Swagger? You flourish in the heat of battle. You brandish skill that was sharpened through courage, mental toughness, and dedicated preparation. You strut with pride in...
View ArticleBig League Chew: Aaron Sanchez…Closer?
In a season that has seen the Toronto Blue Jays finally playing meaningful baseball in August, there are no shortages of stories, opinions, and controversy. At Jays Journal we feel it is our...
View ArticleBlue Jays’ Alex Anthopoulos Must Bolster and Balance Farm System
With the news earlier this week that Toronto Blue Jays GM Alex Anthopoulos would return to the helm in 2015, a debate has been re-ignited among fans and media regarding his tenure. While rebuilding a...
View ArticleThe Psychology of a clubhouse: The Blue Jays edition
Somewhere, out there, hopefully in a very dark, gloomy room sits Shea Hillenbrand probably giggling to himself hysterically because he was spot-on back in 2006 when he so immaturely wrote the, “ship...
View ArticleBlue Swagger This Week: Keep Calm & Carry On
The dog days of summer doesn’t quite encompass how the Toronto Blue Jays did the last seven days. It’s been emotional for many Jays fans, watching their team struggle at the plate and the mound at key...
View ArticleBig League Chew: Money doesn’t buy wins for Blue Jays
For this edition of Big League Chew, Shaun Doyle (@JaysFromCouch) and I (@MuellerRyan11) wanted to look at Craig Calcaterra (NBC Sports) article on the correlation between payroll and winning, which...
View ArticleBlue Jays Melky Cabrera needs a thunder buddy!
All sports fans know that feeling that you’re going to miss something the moment you walk away from a game, even if just for a minute. We convince ourselves that we are the cog in which the sports...
View ArticleBlue Jays pulling right strings by going with youth over status quo
Unfortunately for Toronto Blue Jays fans, September is a month that is often forgotten and buried under the rubble of disappointment for another season lost. It’s almost become a yearly rite of...
View ArticleMelky Cabrera: Is this the End?
I woke up this morning to see the Blue Jays winning streak had ended with a 1oth inning loss in Boston. I am holding out hope that they can still make a late push for one of the final play off spots....
View ArticleShould Brandon Morrow and J.A. Happ Be Back in 2015?
Alex Anthopoulos and the rest of the Blue Jays management have angered a large number of fans in 2014 by using the following terms when talking about player transactions: Minor League options Prospect...
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