https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/page/4/?d=21enhttps://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/smith-soriano-okamoto/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. Click here to read the last edition. All stats entering September 10, 2026,...3661Fri, 11 Sep 2026 10:53:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/healthy-postseason-roster-best-case-scenario/The Blue Jays are in the midst of a tight battle for the final Wild Card spot. They trail the Cleveland Guardians, who have the spot, by one game, while the Texas Rangers and Baltimore Orioles are close behind. The last 15 games will be a fight, although the Blue Jays have one of the easier rema...3660Thu, 10 Sep 2026 15:33:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/spencer-arrighetti-role-change/With three weeks remaining in the regular season, every game counts. The Toronto Blue Jays are in the midst of a logjam, vying for the last Wild Card spot. Entering play on Tuesday, they trail the Cleveland Guardians by a game, and two other teams are within three games. With each loss carrying...3656Wed, 09 Sep 2026 10:51:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/clutch-plays-best-late-inning-relievers/This past week ended with a dud for the Blue Jays, but they're once again improving their standing after consecutive series wins in Cleveland and Kansas City. For 24 hours, they were finally above .500 for the first time since April 3, and even after Sunday's loss, they're just a game back of a...3652Mon, 07 Sep 2026 17:18:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/andres-gimenez-glove-bat-dilemma/Andrés Giménez has been an elite shortstop defensively this season. As of September 1, in 1,025 innings, he has posted a +15 Fielding Run Value (“FRV”) that trails only Kansas City’s Bobby Witt Jr.’s +18 FRV score. For the Blue Jays, this is a significant improvement over Bo Bichette’s -28 FRV i...3650Sun, 06 Sep 2026 10:50:01 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/george-springer-resurgence-complicated/George Springer takes some wild swings. There have been several moments over the past month when Springer has loaded up at the plate, taken a big swing, and fallen over or gone down to one knee after coming up empty. But those wild swings aren’t limited to the batter's box; his offensive pr...3648Sat, 05 Sep 2026 10:52:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/toronto-blue-jays-pitchers-of-the-month-august-2026-r3649/In part fueled by the trade deadline, the Jays used more pitchers in August than in any previous month of the season. New acquisitions José Soriano and Spencer Arrighetti made their Blue Jays debuts, and so did long-time Blue Jays prospect Ricky Tiedemann. August also saw the final innings pitch...3649Fri, 04 Sep 2026 20:06:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/reach-playoffs-relying-bullpen-games/The Toronto Blue Jays have posted a 9-7 record in games classified as bullpen days, a surprisingly strong mark for a club that has been forced to improvise. The approach has helped keep the Jays in the playoff race, but whether it remains a viable path to the postseason is another question entir...3646Thu, 03 Sep 2026 20:35:01 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/mason-fluharty-games-pitched-record/The Toronto Blue Jays bullpen has been heavily relied on this season due to the plethora of injuries to the team's starting rotation. There are currently seven starters on the IL, though Jameson Taillon is looking to return as early as tomorrow (Friday, September 4). With the depth thinned out,...3644Thu, 03 Sep 2026 10:52:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/toronto-blue-jays-hitters-of-the-month-august-2026-r3643/The Toronto Blue Jays turned their season around in August with a 17-11 record. They scored 115 runs, which is their second-highest monthly total this season, trailing only May (122). The resurgence brought them to within 1.5 games of the third Wild Card position, in a group of four teams behind...3643Wed, 02 Sep 2026 10:55:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/alejandro-kirk-second-half-hero/If the Blue Jays had a hero in the first half of the 2026 season, it was Brandon Valenzuela. That's not to say the rookie catcher was Toronto's biggest star. But his success was wholly unexpected, and his breakout made a world of difference in keeping an injury-decimated ballclub afloat. He hit...3634Mon, 31 Aug 2026 16:00:10 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/sweep-mariners-pivotal-guardians-series-up-next/The Royals were supposed to be one of the Blue Jays' weaker opponents down the stretch, but KC has been hot lately. The Jays dropped their series with the Royals last week, suffering a particularly embarrassing 13-2 loss in the rubber match.  Thankfully, over the weekend, the Blue Jays took...3632Mon, 31 Aug 2026 10:54:02 +0000