https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/page/38/?d=21enhttps://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/week-in-review-tale-two-series/Weekly Snapshot: Mon, 5/19 through Sun, 5/25 *** Record Last Week: 3-3 (Overall: 25-27) Run Differential Last Week: +1 (Overall: -27) Standings: Fourth Place in AL East (7.0 GB), 12th in AL (3.0 GB of Third Wild Card) Last Week’s Results Game 47: SD 0 - TOR 3 Bassitt: 6.0 IP, 4...2490Mon, 26 May 2025 13:11:00 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/straws-on-second-r2489/In the bottom of the sixth inning on Sunday, Myles Straw made a terrific catch. With two outs, Rays batter Chandler Simpson lined a Paxton Schultz fastball to shallow center field. Straw made the sliding grab look easy, but, of course, it wasn’t. Even a slightly slower outfielder would have...2489Mon, 26 May 2025 10:57:01 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/is-2025-daulton-varsho-for-real-r2487/Through his first 17 games, Daulton “Darth” Varsho has a .400 ISO (which would be the highest in baseball if he had enough plate appearances to qualify), a .615 slugging percentage (fourth in MLB if he qualified), and seven home runs (the most on the Blue Jays). All this from a player whose care...2487Sun, 25 May 2025 10:55:04 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/who-can-be-blue-jays-ace/When it comes to the Blue Jays’ rotation, most of the talk this season has revolved around the fifth starter (or really, the lack thereof). Fair enough. Max Scherzer lasted just three innings on March 29. He hasn’t pitched since. The Jays have filled the gap with a rotating crew of fungible dept...2485Sat, 24 May 2025 10:52:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/kick-off-tough-stretch-best-way-sweep-padres/Tuesday was a pitchers duel. Wednesday was a blowout. Thursday was a nail-biter, capped off by a walk-off in extras. They were three very different victories, each satisfying in its own way. In the end, the Blue Jays came away with a sweep over one of the best teams in baseball.  Entering p...2484Fri, 23 May 2025 15:03:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/stolen-base-crackdown-jays-controlling-running-game/Stealing bases has always been one of the most thrilling aspects of the game of baseball. The mind games going on between the baserunner and the pitcher are fascinating. Picking the right pitch to run on is an art, and just the threat of being a menace on the bases can sometimes be enough to get...2480Fri, 23 May 2025 10:56:00 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/bullpen-trust-rankings/Despite a few blips on the radar and injuries to some key guys, the Blue Jays' bullpen has been a bright spot for the team early in the season. Jays relievers have paired their league-best K% of 28.4% with a 9.0% BB% to get the best K-BB% in baseball (entering games on Wednesday).  Despite...2481Thu, 22 May 2025 10:50:01 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/vladimir-guerrero-jr-swing-chase-rate-strikeouts/On May 10, Sportsnet's Ben Nicholson-Smith noted in a Bluesky post that Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has chased less in each of the past three seasons. I updated the data to May 18, and the 2025 trend continues. Let's take a closer look. Table 1 shows that since 2023, Guerrero Jr.'s Chase% has st...2478Wed, 21 May 2025 10:52:01 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/battle-against-500-record/It’s hard to believe that we’re already talking this way, but we’re now more than a quarter of the way through the 2025 MLB season. After 46 games, the Blue Jays are 22-24, two games below .500. There have been a number of high points, including sweeps of the Nationals and first-place Marin...2476Tue, 20 May 2025 12:50:01 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/catchers-kirk-heineman-major-strength/Following a slow start to the season, Alejandro Kirk has been red-hot since the end of April. In his last 17 games, he is 24-for-65 (.369) with an .871 OPS and a 148 wRC+. That stretch includes the two most impactful hits of his career, at least according to Win Probability Added. On April 25, w...2470Tue, 20 May 2025 10:55:04 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/toronto-blue-jays-week-in-review-two-dropped-series-r2475/Weekly Snapshot: Record Last Week: 2-4 (Overall: 22-24) Run Differential Last Week: -6 (Overall: -27) Standings:  Place in AL East (4.5 GB), 10th in AL (3.0 GB of Third Wild Card) Last Week’s Results May 12 - 18 Game 41: TB 11 - TOR 9 Jose Berrios: 5.1 IP, 5 H, 5 ER, 4 K, 3 B...2475Mon, 19 May 2025 02:41:00 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/vladimir-guerrero-jr-500th-run-scored/Ahead of spring training, we looked at some milestones that Blue Jays players might reach this season. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. getting to 500 runs is the last of the “Ironclad Locks” to fall, with Andrés Giménez's 100th stolen base and José Berríos’ 100th win being the others. The big part of Vlad...2465Sat, 17 May 2025 11:57:59 +0000