https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays-history/page/3/?d=21News: Toronto Blue Jays Historyenhttps://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays-history/jose-bautista-extension-2011/When the Blue Jays arrived in Baltimore for the final three games of their dismal 2009 season, the team was in complete disarray. A variety of resentments towards manager Cito Gaston and his coaching staff boiled over into a “mutiny,” the funniest recorded level of clubhouse revolt. As team pres...3053Sun, 15 Feb 2026 11:51:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays-history/2006-rewind-moods-of-spring-training/With his eighth big league camp over a week away, Vernon Wells already felt a spark for the upcoming season. Wells and a dozen other Blue Jays showed up in Dunedin well before their scheduled check-ins to get a head start on their preseason work at the Bobby Mattick Training Center. Wells’...3038Sun, 08 Feb 2026 11:56:01 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays-history/2006-rewind-building-up-bats/The second day of the 2005 Winter Meetings would see just how aggressive J.P. Ricciardi was willing to be in his efforts to revamp the Toronto Blue Jays. The signing of A.J. Burnett was official, but not after a tiresome back-and-forth through the early morning hours, with the pitcher’s cam...3017Tue, 27 Jan 2026 11:59:01 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays-history/2006-rewind-starting-with-all-initials/"So, we've got J.P. and now, maybe B.J., and maybe we get A.J. too. Let's get all those guys with the initials." - John Gibbons The Boston Red Sox were not going to persuade J.P. Ricciardi away from his plans for the Toronto Blue Jays. After his friend Theo Epstein shocked the baseball...2951Sat, 20 Dec 2025 11:58:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays-history/david-cone-1995-trade-deadline/Through no fault of his own, David Cone’s return to Toronto had not gone to plan. Cone first arrived in Toronto late in the 1992 season and, after helping the Blue Jays win their first World Series, the Kansas City native signed a three-year deal to pitch for his hometown Royals. He was his...2652Wed, 06 Aug 2025 10:58:01 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays-history/blue-jays-1982-draft-retrospective-boomer-and-bust-r2600/The name sitting atop the Toronto Blue Jays’ draft board was notable. It was a logical pick. Heading into their sixth ever amateur draft in 1982, Toronto felt their minor league system was still lagging behind others in overall talent. Prior to the draft, executive Elliott Wahle told the To...2600Sun, 20 Jul 2025 10:51:01 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays-history/blue-jays-2000-draft-review-the-last-of-the-belgian-blues-r2567/The name at the bottom of Gord Ash’s cheque had not changed, so neither had the names on his draft board. Ted Rogers would buy control of the Toronto Blue Jays in August, which couldn’t have come soon enough for Ash and everyone involved. Belgian-brewer Interbrew had owned the team for five...2567Sun, 29 Jun 2025 10:52:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays-history/nolan-reimold-wolfpac/Before fans began filing into Houston’s Minute Maid Park, it had already been an interesting day at field level for the visiting Toronto Blue Jays. In the away dugout, José Bautista spoke freely with reporters about the sourness of the occasion. Fresh off sweeping the Red Sox at Fenway, Tor...2536Sun, 15 Jun 2025 13:14:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays-history/felipe-crespo-the-almost-successor-to-roberto-alomar-r2502/Felipe Crespo was part of Toronto’s 1990 draft class, which was lauded thanks to the Blue Jays opening up their wallet. 22nd overall pick Steve Karsay received top dollar from Toronto to turn down a scholarship from LSU, and it took even more cash for future Heisman Trophy winner Chris Weinke to...2502Sun, 01 Jun 2025 10:50:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays-history/sergio-santos-wipe-out-sliders-and-injuries-r2460/It was a question Sergio Santos had been asked before. Scuffling in his seventh professional season as an infielder, Santos won a bet with his Twins’ minor league teammates by hitting 97 on the radar gun. Minnesota asked him to try the mound for real, but Santos had dreamed of his first maj...2460Sun, 11 May 2025 16:17:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays-history/the-big-hurt-was-big-mad-r2409/Things escalated quickly between Frank Thomas and the Blue Jays at the start of the 2008 season. Thomas was entering the second season of a three-year contract with a vesting option for the following season. The contract would void if Thomas did not collect 350 at-bats, leaving the Big Hurt out...2409Sat, 19 Apr 2025 10:55:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays-history/leon-roberts-stay-for-a-minute-r2383/Leon Roberts left his home in Arlington, pool freshly in, for a ten-day road trip with Texas following the 1982 All-Star break. The team spent the night in Toronto before the second half, starting against the Blue Jays. The outfielder was summoned to manager Don Zimmer’s hotel room in the mornin...2383Tue, 08 Apr 2025 12:10:00 +0000