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TORONTO – In an especially slow-paced off-season, deadlines of any kind offer a little nudge for teams otherwise content to bide their time. And...
TORONTO – At first, the idea feels a little counterintuitive. Why would the Toronto Blue Jays, a team with one of the game’s best young...
TORONTO – Every November since the 1980s, baseball’s general managers have convened for a few days of meetings that signal the start of off-season...
The first MLB off-season since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic threatens to be a difficult one for the industry. After a season in which fans...
TORONTO – The Toronto Blue Jays made their first move of the off-season Friday, declining a $9.5 million club option on right-hander Chase Anderson...
TORONTO – Long before he actually pitched for the Toronto Blue Jays, Taijuan Walker learned first-hand just how far the team’s fanbase reaches. In...
Back in February, when the Los Angeles Dodgers first reported to spring training, they had ambitious goals for the year ahead. They had come close to...
Down to their last out in Game 4 of the World Series, the Tampa Bay Rays sent Brett Phillips up to the plate to face Kenley Jansen. On paper it was a...
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If only it were always this easy. The Dodgers’ best starter pitched like an ace and their best position player looked like an MVP. As for the Rays,...
It’s fitting that the Rays and Dodgers are the ones playing in the 2020 World Series. Not only were they the best regular season teams during this...
Even as the Houston Astros come closer and closer to completing a historic comeback, it’s still the Tampa Bay Rays who are best positioned to win...
The challenge facing the Dodgers is all too familiar. Down 3-1 to Atlanta in the NLCS, they must rally for three straight wins or settle for another...
Plenty of players emerged from Tuesday’s games disappointed, but perhaps none more so than a former MVP and a three-time Cy Young Award winner. All...
The opportunity in front of the New York Yankees Friday is at once familiar and unique. It’s familiar in that high-stakes playoff games are almost...
The opportunity in front of the New York Yankees Friday is at once familiar and unique. It’s familiar in that high-stakes playoff games are almost...
From umpire warnings and historic home runs to big-league debuts and strategic misfires, Tuesday’s slate of MLB playoff games had a little bit of...
TORONTO – If there was ever a time that a little extra movement and velocity would make a difference, it would be in a game like this: must-win,...
TORONTO – The Blue Jays had the better part of five days to prepare for their first playoff game since 2016. They’ll have less than 24 hours to...
TORONTO – Already, the strategic gears are moving for the Toronto Blue Jays and their first-round playoff opponent, the Tampa Bay Rays. On Monday,...
TORONTO – All it took was three pitches for Nate Pearson to remind the Toronto Blue Jays what they’ve been missing for the last five weeks....
TORONTO — Just one year after losing 95 games, the Blue Jays are back in the playoffs despite never playing a game in their home ballpark. Sure,...
TORONTO – Just last week, the Yankees swept the Blue Jays in a series so one-sided that manager Charlie Montoyo started fielding regular questions...
TORONTO – Just a few days ago, Ken Giles was looking forward to what the rest of the season had in store. After six weeks on the sidelines, he was...
If the final stretch of the season goes according to plan for the Toronto Blue Jays, they’ll be in a playoff game two weeks from today. Even with...
TORONTO – If you think about it, the ask was pretty considerable. At 21 years old, Alejandro Kirk had never played above class A. And setting...
TORONTO – How often in the course of the last few weeks have the Blue Jays wondered what it would be like to play a low-leverage baseball game...
TORONTO – For three years, the Toronto Blue Jays have been wondering what it might look like if Teoscar Hernandez could put it all together. In the...
TORONTO – If we’re being objective about this, we should do away with the idea that good teams don’t make mistakes. If you play enough games,...
TORONTO – As soon as the Toronto Blue Jays acquired Robbie Ray, it was clear they were acquiring a project, rather than someone performing at his...
After a disappointing 2019 season, San Diego Padres chairman Ron Fowler was candid in his assessment of the team – “embarrassing” – and clear...
TORONTO — If the trade deadline goes according to plan for the Toronto Blue Jays, their roster will look a little different by 4 p.m. ET Monday...
TORONTO – For a while there, the Toronto Blue Jays were on the brink of handing over a winnable game to the Baltimore Orioles. A bloop single off...
TORONTO – Around 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday evening, just as Julian Merryweather was heading to the Sahlen Field bullpen to warm up for his first career...
TORONTO – In baseball, four years is a long time. Back in 2016, Troy Tulowitzki was among the American League’s best shortstops. Michael Saunders...
TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays’ first trade of the 2020 season didn’t address their biggest need or even land someone playing all that well....
TORONTO – About 45 minutes before the first pitch on Sunday, the Blue Jays’ pitching staff took its first hit of what would prove to be a costly...
TORONTO – Considering the 2020 season is just four weeks old, the Toronto Blue Jays have already experienced their share of disappointment. Between...
TORONTO – In Buffalo last week, when Nate Pearson was in the midst of his third-ever major-league start, he found himself falling into what he...
TORONTO – A few weeks ago, the Toronto Blue Jays’ season was just getting started. It was just last week that they played their home opener. And...
TORONTO – The MLB trade deadline adds intrigue to every summer, and to some extent that’ll even be true in 2020. It’s just that this summer’s...
TORONTO – A couple of hours before the Blue Jays took the field for the final game of their three-week-long road trip, Charlie Montoyo reflected on...
Twenty-one pitchers started games for last year’s Toronto Blue Jays, and more often than not they left the mound disappointed. From veterans like...
They’ve only played nine games this year, but it’s already time for the Toronto Blue Jays to start trimming their roster. MLB teams have until...
TORONTO – In theory, Matt Shoemaker was supposed to spend his Saturday afternoon on the mound at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia. Although if...
TORONTO – You know what the Toronto Blue Jays could really use? Well a few things, maybe. A home stadium, for instance, or someone to play this...
TORONTO – Four days ago, the Toronto Blue Jays were still homeless. Three days from now, they’re slated to play in Philadelphia, where the Marlins...
TORONTO – In recent days, as Blue Jays decision makers have attempted to map out their pitching plans for the week ahead, Nate Pearson‘s name has...