https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/page/21/?d=21enhttps://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/position-players-pitching-2026/Early injuries have turned April into a test of endurance, pushing the Blue Jays to treat position player pitching not as a novelty, but as a necessary strategy built on velocity control, strike throwing and protecting pitching arms. While some were surprised by the team's signing of so many pit...3222Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:18:04 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/lost-identity-early-2026/“This is not our brand of baseball.” That was manager John Schneider’s message after the Blue Jays were shut out by the Chicago White Sox on Sunday, a loss that capped off a series sweep and dropped the Blue Jays to a 4-5 record. It marked the first time the team had been below .500 since M...3220Wed, 08 Apr 2026 10:54:00 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/addison-barger-injured-list-roster-shuffle/On Tuesday afternoon, the Toronto Blue Jays announced that Addison Barger is heading to the injured list with a left ankle sprain. The injury appeared to occur during the Blue Jays’ series in Chicago against the White Sox, when Barger landed awkwardly on first base after trying to beat out a gro...3224Tue, 07 Apr 2026 22:17:00 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/sky-not-falling-yet/The temperature always turns up quickly in Toronto when it comes to sports. The start of the baseball season shouldn’t be any reason for that to change. The Jays’ offence goes quiet – meaning a bunch of low-scoring games, a few missed opportunities with runners on – and suddenly it feels like th...3218Tue, 07 Apr 2026 19:02:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/scherzer-barger-fitzgerald-kirk-fleming-voth/There has been a lot of Toronto Blue Jays news over the past couple of days, so instead of writing separate notes for each item, I decided to combine them all in one piece. Here's what's been going on with the Blue Jays lately (besides the fact that they've lost five straight). Max Scherzer...3221Tue, 07 Apr 2026 12:55:10 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/clutch-plays-week-one/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. There are still 153 games left, and...3214Mon, 06 Apr 2026 10:59:01 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/blue-jays-injury-nightmare-continues-alejandro-kirk-heading-to-injured-list-with-fractured-thumb-r3212/The injury nightmare continues. The Toronto Blue Jays have announced that starting catcher Alejandro Kirk will be heading to the injured list with a fractured left thumb. Kirk has also been diagnosed with a dislocation in his thumb and is set to meet with a doctor in the coming days to plan out...3212Sat, 04 Apr 2026 16:45:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/daulton-varsho-rogers-centre-outfield-defense/The Toronto Blue Jays have spent much of the last half‑decade reshaping their roster around a clear defense-first philosophy. Basically, it is just as valuable to save runs as it is to score them. That philosophy has been most visible in the outfield, where elite defenders like Kevin Kiermaier a...3150Sat, 04 Apr 2026 10:53:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/rotation-status-cody-ponce-injury/On Tuesday, the Toronto Blue Jays announced that Cody Ponce has been diagnosed with a right ACL sprain and will miss a significant period of time.  Ponce sustained the injury after trying to field a groundball off the bat of Jake McCarthy, which resulted in the 31-year-old’s knee buckling a...3206Fri, 03 Apr 2026 14:14:01 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/cease-scherzer-sanchez-trends/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. Quick Hits: Offense The momentum from a season-opening sweep of the...3210Fri, 03 Apr 2026 10:54:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/2026-first-week-lessons/No one ever expected the Toronto Blue Jays to go 162–0, but that truth does not make the first week of the season feel any lighter. All these close games, and dropping a couple during the opening stretch against clearly beatable opponents, is not a crisis. Wins do not always come easy, and even...3204Thu, 02 Apr 2026 10:51:01 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/favourites-al-rookie-of-year-okamoto-yesavage/Editor's Note: Bryan originally wrote this article the day before the news broke that Trey Yesavage would start the 2026 season on the injured list. I wasn't sure what to do with it at first, but given the encouraging news about Yesavage’s ramp-up (he'll throw a three-inning simulated game on Fr...3157Wed, 01 Apr 2026 15:08:02 +0000