https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/page/29/?d=21enhttps://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/bullpen-turned-things-around-2025/Remember the 2024 Blue Jays season? Most fans would rather forget about it. Toronto finished last in the AL East amid disappointing offensive seasons from George Springer and Bo Bichette, and with a pitching staff that lacked consistency from top to bottom. By Baseball Reference WAR, Bowden Fran...3007Tue, 20 Jan 2026 11:52:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/hall-of-fame-ballot-2027-soria-happ-axford/Tomorrow, the results of the BBWAA Hall of Fame election will be announced on MLB Network. Carlos Beltrán will be a Hall of Famer. Andruw Jones is likely to join him. Meanwhile, most of this year’s newcomers to the process will officially fall off the ballot and out of consideration. That includ...3002Mon, 19 Jan 2026 11:55:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/tommy-nance-role-2026/Tommy Nance played a small role in the Jays’ 2025 success, but whether that will guarantee him a spot in 2026 is uncertain. The future of a fringe‑roster big league pitcher is rarely straightforward, and in the case of Nance, the Jays face a particularly intricate decision. The right‑hander find...2996Sun, 18 Jan 2026 11:51:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/goodbye-bo-bichette/On March 27, the Blue Jays will take the field for Opening Day 2026. They'll do so as the reigning American League champions for the first time in 32 years. But they'll do it without Bo Bichette for the first time since 2019.   Here's what Toronto's Opening Day lineup looked like the last t...2999Sat, 17 Jan 2026 11:51:01 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/outbid-top-free-agent-kyle-tucker/The Blue Jays once again found themselves among the finalists for the offseason's top free agent, only to be outbid. A tale that has repeated itself three offseasons in a row. The heartbreaking trend began during the 2023-24 offseason when Shohei Ohtani was the prize. The Blue Jays were among th...2998Fri, 16 Jan 2026 16:48:01 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/world-baseball-classic-participants/Ernie Clement is no stranger to the big stage. Blue Jays fans have known how talented Clement is for a while, but the rest of baseball took notice this postseason. With an MLB record 30 hits, hitting over .400, he was firmly in the World Series MVP conversation for much of the series....2995Fri, 16 Jan 2026 11:50:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/improve-bullpen-before-opening-day/The Toronto Blue Jays have been busy this offseason and still don't seem to be done, with rumors swirling about Kyle Tucker. Entering the winter, the bullpen was a massive area of need; however, Tyler Rogers is the only MLB-ready addition the front office has made. Chase Lee, Jorge Alcala,...2993Thu, 15 Jan 2026 14:07:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/myles-straw-play-meaningful-role-2026/Last year, the Toronto Blue Jays were able to reap the benefits of having Myles Straw land in their laps as a result of their efforts to secure more international bonus pool money with which to woo Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki. That part of the plan ended up failing, but the Straw experiment cer...2987Wed, 14 Jan 2026 16:18:01 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/zips-projections-key-takeaways/It's forecasting season! An annual staple at the dawn of the new year is the gradual release of player projections for the upcoming campaign on websites such as FanGraphs and Baseball Prospectus. FanGraphs alone hosts an entire army of projection models, each with its own estimates and methodolo...2991Wed, 14 Jan 2026 13:55:01 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/cody-bellinger-point-counterpoint/Point: The Toronto Blue Jays should make a serious effort to sign Cody Bellinger, one of the top free agents left on the market. Counterpoint: Signing Bellinger would all but certainly mean giving up on Bo Bichette and Kyle Tucker, widely considered the superior players.  Point: Tucker...2992Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:18:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/eric-lauer-headed-arbitration/Everything has been coming up roses for the Blue Jays this offseason, but there is one small blemish that will work its way through the arbitration process in the next month or so. The Jays came to agreements with Daulton Varsho ($10.75 million), Ernie Clement ($4.6 million) and Tyler Heineman (...2986Tue, 13 Jan 2026 16:11:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/mark-buehrle-hall-of-fame-case/It’s an honor just to be included on the National Baseball Hall of Fame ballot.  To be eligible for election by the BBWAA, an individual “shall have ceased to be an active player in the major leagues at least five (5) calendar years preceding the election” (per the Hall of Fame’s official w...2981Mon, 12 Jan 2026 11:59:02 +0000