https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/page/39/?d=21enhttps://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/jake-bloss-injury-blue-jays-starting-pitching-depth/  Entering the 2025 season, it felt like every prospect evaluator had a slightly different opinion about Jake Bloss’s potential. That’s not uncommon, especially when it comes to a young pitcher with tremendous skills and equally un-tremendous numbers from his first showing in the major leag...2469Thu, 15 May 2025 15:03:41 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/eric-lauer-gotten-job-done/Eric Lauer made his Blue Jays debut on April 30, 2025. It was a long time in the making.  In the summer of 2013, the Jays saw something they couldn’t resist in Lauer. Days after his 18th birthday, the southpaw heard his name called in the 17th round of the MLB draft. The Blue Jays must have...2466Wed, 14 May 2025 10:53:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/bats-are-back-will-they-stick-around/The Jays capped off a three-game sweep of the Mariners in Seattle on Sunday with a nine-run explosion. The victory marked the first time Toronto has scored nine runs in a game this year and only the second time they’ve scored at least eight since the second day of the season (the other being the...2463Tue, 13 May 2025 10:50:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/week-in-review-bats-coming-alive/Weekly Snapshot: Mon, 5/4 through Sun, 5/11 *** Record Last Week: 4-2 (Overall: 20-20) Run Differential Last Week: +11 (Overall: -22) Standings: Third Place in AL East (3.0 GB), 10th in AL (1.0 GB of Third Wild Card) Last Week’s Results Game 35: TOR 3 - LAA 8 Ureña: 4.1 IP, 4 H,...2462Mon, 12 May 2025 13:35:01 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/chris-bassitt-walking-tall-not-walking-anyone/Following a hot start to the season, Chris Bassitt is looking more like his old self. We knew that the version of Bassitt with a sub-1.00 ERA was never going to stick around all year. He has more than quadrupled his ERA over his last four starts, bringing it up from 0.77 on April 16 to 3.3...2461Mon, 12 May 2025 10:52:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/blue-jay-batter-barrel-blues-r2459/On April 28, on Bluesky, MLB.com’s Mike Petriello noted that Toronto’s batters posted the second-lowest Barrel% in 2025. Although Toronto's ranking has since improved to 20th, should the Blue Jays be concerned? Can the team improve their Barrel% performance for the rest of the season? Let’s dig...2459Sun, 11 May 2025 10:52:01 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/should-we-be-worried-about-the-hoff-r2457/Tuesday night against the Angels, Jeff Hoffman was brought in to stop the bleeding after Yimi García and some bad luck saddled him with a blown save and the Jays with a tied game. Instead, Hoffman turned in his worst performance of the season (to date), allowing the inherited runners plus three...2457Fri, 09 May 2025 20:24:00 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/addison-barger-slow-start-improvement/Aside from a (glorious) three-game blip at the end of last week, the Blue Jays' offense has been starving for power since the outset of the season. Even with the offseason acquisition of Anthony Santander, the consensus around the roster coming into the year was that the offense was going to be...2454Thu, 08 May 2025 12:58:00 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/andres-gimenez-quest-40-steal-season/Andrés Giménez is one of seven players with at least 30 stolen bases in both of the past two seasons. He is also one of seven with at least 20 stolen bases in each of the past three seasons. He is one of just three players to appear on both lists, along with Nico Hoerner and Bobby Witt Jr. All t...2455Wed, 07 May 2025 19:08:00 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/toronto-lineup-leaving-runs-on-table/The Toronto Blue Jays aren't scoring enough runs, but that's not new news. The team's lack of offence has been the storyline of the young season, with several articles written about it. Back in early April, it was noted that the Blue Jays were just hitting the ball on the ground too much, and th...2452Wed, 07 May 2025 15:36:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/spencer-turnbull-more-than-stopgap/It is no secret that the Jays have been struggling to find a fifth starter. Max Scherzer is hurt, Yariel Rodríguez seems more suited to the bullpen, Jake Bloss is struggling in Buffalo, and Easton Lucas’ first two outstanding starts were not sustainable. Toronto’s signing of Spencer Turnbull has...2446Wed, 07 May 2025 12:54:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/george-springer-hot-start-no-clutch-hitting/Where would the Blue Jays be without George Springer? The veteran outfielder was Jays Centre’s Hitter of the Month for March/April, and his bat has stayed hot into May. In three games this month, he is 3-for-9 (.333) with a double, a home run, three walks, and a stolen base.  Since Opening...2450Tue, 06 May 2025 19:35:01 +0000