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Blue Jays set for big weekend in the Bronx

08.09.2025 30

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Blue Jays need bullpen to go on the attack

01.09.2025 30

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Bieber back on a big-league mound

22.08.2025 20

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Nothing stopping Jays from making deep postseason run

18.08.2025 20

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Jays land in L.A. with offence flying high

Just when it looked like the Blue Jays were cooling off and regressing back to the pack, they went to Colorado. The Rockies are the worst team in...

09.08.2025 20

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Blue Jays bolster pitching staff but don’t add premium talent

Wow, what a trade deadline! We saw big names changing teams. The price of impact bullpen help was astounding. So too was the price for players with...

02.08.2025 10

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It’s time for Blue Jays to get even better

The Blue Jays took three out of four games over the weekend against the AL Central-leading Detroit Tigers. They have opened up a 5.5 game lead over...

29.07.2025 10

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Jays' front office will be calculated at trade deadline despite pressure to win

General managers and team presidents are people too. They have feelings. They share the same concerns that everybody else does. They think about how...

19.07.2025 10

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Blue Jays look like a team that has found its identity

I guess I was the problem. I went out of the country for about 10 days and the Blue Jays went from third place to first. What a dramatic turnaround....

12.07.2025 20

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Crowded playoff race clouds Jays’ trade deadline plans

The Toronto Blue Jays are 42-37 and in third place in the AL East. They are currently in the second wild-card position. Obviously, nothing is certain...

27.06.2025 20

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Bichette, Guerrero join Jays’ offensive surge

The Toronto Blue Jays are 14-6 in their past 20 games and playing much better baseball than they did in the first couple of months of the season. They...

21.06.2025 30

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Depth players have sustained hot run by Jays’ offence

The Toronto Blue Jays were 26-28 after a 2-1 loss to the Texas Rangers on May 26. The next day, a 2-0 win – thanks to a pinch-hit home run by Bo...

14.06.2025 40

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Things are looking up for the Blue Jays

The month of May was pretty good to the Blue Jays. They went 16-12 after going 11-14 in April. The biggest difference in the two months was offensive...

07.06.2025 20

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Judge-Ohtani matchup showcases best baseball has to offer

It’s time for a rematch. After going head-to-head in the World Series last fall, the New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers are set to begin a...

31.05.2025 40

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Soto must improve effort before things get ugly

New York was abuzz when the Mets signed Juan Soto for 15 years and $765 million this past off-season. Yankees fans were disappointed and angry that...

24.05.2025 30

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Rose, Shoeless Joe and confronting baseball’s checkered past

Earlier this week, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred lifted the lifetime bans of Pete Rose, Shoeless Joe Jackson and 15 other people who had been on the...

17.05.2025 40

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Jays treading water but badly need improvement in key areas

Just when it seemed the Jays had gained some traction with a three-game winning streak last week, they dropped two out of three to the Guardians over...

07.05.2025 40

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The Jays desperately need to start hitting for power

Here we go again.  The Blue Jays can’t score runs. It seems like the theme of an anemic Jays’ offence has been at the forefront of discussion...

26.04.2025 30

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With contract signed, Guerrero needs to relax at the plate

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and the Blue Jays negotiated on and off over the past few years and finally agreed to a 14-year $500 million contract extension....

19.04.2025 30

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Guerrero deal a major win for Blue Jays

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and the Toronto Blue Jays will be attached for the rest of this season and 14 more. The two sides reportedly finally got an...

09.04.2025 30

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Torpedo bats could be solution to MLB’s search for offence

“Incoming! Take cover!” That has been heard at ballparks around the game this year, especially wherever the New York Yankees are playing. The...

03.04.2025 20

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Bullpen a question, but Blue Jays have reasons to believe

We are on the precipice of another Major League Baseball season. Once again, there are no perfect teams – not even the defending champion Los...

27.03.2025 40

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Jays’ roster full of players with something to prove

The dust has settled from Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s line-drawn-in-the-sand date. The Blue Jays were unable to sign their best player to a contract...

13.03.2025 30

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Guerrero is as good as gone

Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s self-imposed deadline came and went without a contract extension, which means the slugging first baseman...

21.02.2025 10

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Guerrero is as good as gone

Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s self-imposed deadline came and went without a contract extension, which means the slugging first baseman...

20.02.2025 30

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