https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/page/15/?d=21enhttps://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/position-analysis-first-base-guerrero/Jays Centre is taking a close look at every position on the Toronto Blue Jays heading into the 2026 season. Check out prior entries in the series here: Catcher Toronto Blue Jays First Basemen at a Glance Starter: Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Backup: Kazuma Okamoto, Ernie C...3135Mon, 16 Mar 2026 10:55:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/position-analysis-catcher-kirk-heineman/The Toronto Blue Jays have had some of the strongest catching tandems in the sport over the past decade, as they have the third-highest fWAR amongst catchers since the 2015 MLB season. They’ve now locked up their star catcher Alejandro Kirk for the foreseeable future, and with some recent trades...3137Sun, 15 Mar 2026 10:58:01 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/mason-fluharty-arsenal-role-2026/After being a relatively unknown commodity entering spring training last season, Toronto Blue Jays left-hander Mason Fluharty changed his story. Major League Baseball’s 2026 regular season is just two weeks away, and Fluharty is expected to contribute meaningful innings for Toronto. After b...3122Fri, 13 Mar 2026 10:56:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/braydon-fisher-bullpen-role-arsenal-2026/The natural state of a major league bullpen features a lot of in-season personnel turnover thanks to injuries, matchup planning for a given series, and the relative expendability of pitchers who fill a short-inning role. Thanks to the Blue Jays' ample starting pitching depth, as well as the fact...3126Thu, 12 Mar 2026 10:50:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/eloy-jimenez-roster-fit/Eloy Jiménez was once a promising rookie, blasting 31 home runs in his MLB debut in 2019, but injuries and poor production since then have made him an afterthought. He spent last season in Triple A, mainly with the Tampa Bay Rays' affiliate.  He was released in July and signed by the Toront...3121Tue, 10 Mar 2026 14:16:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/trey-yesavage-usage-2026-rotation/Trey Yesavage took the baseball world by storm last fall, shining on baseball’s biggest stage against some of MLB's biggest stars.  Last season, Yesavage climbed the ranks of the Blue Jays’ farm system, starting the season in Single-A Dunedin before finishing the 2025 campaign as a member o...3103Tue, 10 Mar 2026 10:58:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/spring-training-whos-hot-early-march/Spring training can feel sluggish at times. The initial buzz of pitchers and catchers reporting is long gone, and the euphoric high of finally getting game action has faded. Opening Day is still more than two weeks away. If spring training had its own version of the regular season's “dog days,”...3118Mon, 09 Mar 2026 15:19:03 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/brendon-little-2026-bullpen/Brendon Little had an up-and-down 2025 season. Before August, among relievers with at least 20 innings, his xERA and K-BB% percentile rankings were 85th and 82nd, respectively. However, for the balance of the regular season, Little’s xERA and K-BB% percentile rankings slipped to 32nd and 7th, re...3102Mon, 09 Mar 2026 10:52:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/vladimir-guerrero-jr-homers-in-dominican-republic-win-over-netherlands-r3117/Sunday morning in loanDepot park, home of the Miami Marlins, was an exciting one as the Dominican Republic, which hit three homers, defeated the Netherlands by a final score of 12-1. Toronto Blue Jays star first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. was a big reason, driving in three runs. Guerrero...3117Sun, 08 Mar 2026 21:13:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/one-improvement-each-starting-pitchers/The Toronto Blue Jays were aggressive this offseason in their efforts to bolster their team in hopes of making another World Series trip, but with a different outcome. The starting rotation was a focus after it finished last season ranked 20th in ERA (4.34), 17th in WHIP (1.27), and 14th in stri...3105Sat, 07 Mar 2026 16:19:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/giaconino-lasaracina-world-baseball-classic/Make that 13 players from the Blue Jays organization participating in the World Baseball Classic.  Giaconino Lasaracina has two transactions listed on his MLB.com player page. In February, he was named to Team Italy's roster for the World Baseball Classic. A month later, the Toronto Blue Ja...3095Fri, 06 Mar 2026 11:53:00 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/how-to-watch-team-canada-wbc/Fans caught their first glimpse of the roster Canada is bringing to the World Baseball Classic on Tuesday, when Team Canada took on the Blue Jays in a pre-tournament exhibition match. While the Blue Jays came out on top, Team Canada put up one heck of a fight, thanks to an offense led by Josh Na...3091Wed, 04 Mar 2026 14:32:02 +0000