https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/page/16/?d=21enhttps://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/brandon-valenzuela-defensive-hero/Monday was a rough one for Brandon Valenzuela. The Blue Jays catcher made two errors and let the Yankees steal five bases. He was well off the mark in his only ABS challenge of the game. His called strike rate on pitches in the shadow zone was uncharacteristically poor. Overall, his pitchers onl...3356Wed, 20 May 2026 19:02:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/pattern-of-losing-baseball/You can whine about another narrow loss, or you could call it progress. If you are looking for trends, then perhaps the Blue Jays winning five of their last nine series (and they split one as well) is a positive development. Sure, the Jays dropped the opener against Detroit in a way that f...3354Wed, 20 May 2026 13:48:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/kazuma-okamoto-chasing-greatest-rookie-season-franchise-history/Hitting major league pitching is hard. Hitting major league pitching as a rookie is even harder. Pitchers routinely throw 100+ mph, breaking pitches move just a little bit more, and the challenge extends beyond the batter's box. Even if traditional rookie hazing has mostly disappeared, firs...3346Tue, 19 May 2026 10:51:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/clutch-plays-varsho-grand-slam/Welcome back to Blue Jays Clutch Plays, a recurring post that highlights the six most pivotal plays (three pitching, three hitting) from the past week of Blue Jays baseball, according to MLB's win probability model. Click here to read last week's edition. The Toronto Blue Jays remained a to...3348Mon, 18 May 2026 15:32:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/spencer-miles-rotation-depth-problem/The Toronto Blue Jays have had unfortunate, unexpected bad luck with their starting rotation's health. José Berríos was expected to return to Toronto soon, but he has suffered a setback with his elbow injury. He recently met with Dr. Keith Meister, a renowned elbow surgeon, and they are continui...3342Sat, 16 May 2026 10:58:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/nine-pitcher-errors-highlights/On Thursday, I wrote about the nine errors that the Blue Jays' pitchers have made in 2026. Instead of discussing the individual plays, I focused on the high total and how unusual it is – especially when errors, on the whole, have never been less frequent.  Personally, I'm a glutton for stat...3340Fri, 15 May 2026 14:45:01 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/cease-guerrero-guasman-analysis/Welcome to Shape of the Blue Jays, my column where I dig into Statcast numbers to analyze recent pitch shape and swing shape trends for Toronto Blue Jays players and discuss how they have impacted their performance. Click here to read the last edition. Quick Hits: Prospects When Eri...3343Fri, 15 May 2026 10:56:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/proliferation-pitcher-errors/Earlier this week, Jays Centre's Owen Hill wrote about the Blue Jays' defense. He pointed out that the Jays are one of the best teams in the league according to Baseball Savant's Fielding Run Value (FRV), despite ranking as one of the worst in errors and fielding percentage. After reading O...3338Thu, 14 May 2026 15:13:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/jesus-sanchez-power/Before the 2026 season, Jesús Sánchez generated a .181 ISO in his six-year MLB career. That ISO ranks in the 66th percentile among the 382 hitters with at least 1,000 plate appearances during that period. Accordingly, it is easy to understand why the Blue Jays would be interested in Sánchez’s po...3325Wed, 13 May 2026 10:50:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/bo-bichette-turnaround-moment-2026/The 2025 Blue Jays had a season so magical we’re likely to talk about it for a generation. The home stretch and finish of the season is what will stick the most in our memories, while the start of the season might have been mostly forgotten if not for the team seeming to play the same song again...3322Tue, 12 May 2026 16:00:03 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/bad-or-elite-defense/The Blue Jays have placed an emphasis on defense when it comes to roster building for years now. They’ve gone out of their way to trade for notoriously good defenders like Matt Chapman, Daulton Varsho, Myles Straw, and Andrés Giménez.  They’ve found value in defensive-minded free agents lik...3326Tue, 12 May 2026 14:16:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/kevin-gausman-2000-strikeouts/Facing Hunter Feduccia to lead off the fourth inning and throwing a four-seam fastball on a 2-2 pitch, Kevin Gausman notched the 2000th strikeout of his career. Of those 2000, 510 have come in that count. It also marked the 468th time that Gausman had sat down the leadoff hitter of an inning on...3333Tue, 12 May 2026 10:53:02 +0000