https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/page/36/?d=21enhttps://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/predicting-alds-roster/October is fast approaching, and while the Blue Jays own the American League's best record, playoff baseball is a different beast. One swing, one error, or one wild inning can decide everything in a five-game series. This makes the decision of who the Blue Jays put on their ALDS roster so much m...2737Fri, 19 Sep 2025 19:01:01 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/new-shortstop-andres-gimenez/Stats in article updated prior to games on September 18. Blue Jays fans received both good and bad news about Bo Bichette earlier this week, neatly rolled into one brief injury update.  Let’s start with the good news: His knee sprain isn’t particularly serious. The only treatment he ne...2736Fri, 19 Sep 2025 11:50:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/answers-questions-jays-postseason-rotation/When the Blue Jays host Game 1 of the ALDS next month, Kevin Gausman will throw the first pitch of the series. Sure, I’m making some assumptions, but at this point, they’re safe assumptions to make. The Blue Jays have separated themselves from the pack in the Junior Circuit. They are heavy favor...2734Thu, 18 Sep 2025 16:01:01 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/toronto-blue-jays-cult-heroes-bracket-loonie-dogs-region-r2733/Twins Daily recently ran a list of the top nine cult hero, fan favourite Minnesota players since the 2000 season. Trying to come up with a similar list of Blue Jays was difficult. Not lacking for names, determining how certain Jays resonate with us is incomplete without input from you. In order...2733Thu, 18 Sep 2025 14:33:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/anthony-santander-impending-return-complicated-roster-decisions/Hopes were high after the Blue Jays signed 2024 Silver Slugger Anthony Santander to a five-year, $92.5 million contract this past offseason. But his debut season with the team has been rough. Expected to be a key contributor, Santander struggled before being placed on the injured list on May 29...2732Wed, 17 Sep 2025 22:11:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/top-prospect-trey-yesavage-starting-tonight/Trey Yesavage threw his first professional pitch for the Single-A Dunedin Blue Jays on April 8, 2025. One hundred and sixty days later, he's getting ready to throw his first major league pitch for the Toronto Blue Jays. At some point in the next six hours, the Blue Jays will officially select hi...2730Mon, 15 Sep 2025 17:10:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/week-review-strong-week-jays-on-top-american-league/Weekly Snapshot: Mon, 9/8 through Sun, 9/14 *** Record Last Week: 5-1 (Overall: 87-62) Run Differential Last Week: +21 (Overall: +86) Standings: First Place in AL East (4.0 games up on NYY), First in AL (2.5 games up on DET) Last Week’s Results Game 144: HOU 3  - TOR 4 (10) Bieb...2729Mon, 15 Sep 2025 13:13:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/is-the-blue-jays-defence-slipping-just-when-it-matters-the-most-r2727/As of September 10, according to the Fielding Run Value metric (“FRV”), the Toronto Blue Jays have MLB’s best defence with a +40 FRV. However, Toronto’s relative ranking slipped after June. By June 30, Toronto’s defence posted a 36 FRV in 748 innings, 17 FRV units better than the next best team...2727Sun, 14 Sep 2025 10:58:00 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/kevin-gausman-best-start-career/Fifty-five fastballs, thirty-seven splitters, and eight sliders. Those 100 pitches were all it took for Kevin Gausman to sit down 27 Astros on Thursday afternoon. He struck out nine and faced just three batters over the minimum as he led the Blue Jays to a 6-0 victory and a satisfying series win...2726Fri, 12 Sep 2025 19:10:01 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/tough-competition-team-gold-glove-award/The Gold Glove Team Award was introduced in 2020 to recognize, in the words of Rawlings, “the best team defense over the course of the regular season.”  Unlike the individual Gold Gloves, this award is determined solely by the SABR Defensive Index (SDI). The exact formula for the SDI is not...2725Fri, 12 Sep 2025 13:54:01 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/end-of-season-mlb-awards-update/With less than three weeks left to play in the regular season, most of the major end-of-year awards are still up for grabs – and plenty of Blue Jays are in the running. I've sorted all of Toronto's award candidates into five tiers: Likely Winners, Strong Contenders, In the Running, It's Possible...2720Thu, 11 Sep 2025 10:53:01 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/bo-bichette-injured-list-affect-blue-jays/The Toronto Blue Jays have entered the final weeks of the season. They hold a narrow lead over the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox in the AL East. Teams hope to be at their best for the final push, but the Blue Jays recently suffered a massive blow. On Saturday, star shortstop Bo Bichette su...2722Wed, 10 Sep 2025 20:50:01 +0000