https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/page/42/?d=21enhttps://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/week-review-timely-hits-wanted/Weekly Snapshot: Mon, 4/14 through Sun, 4/20 *** Record Last Week: 3-3 (Overall: 12-10) Run Differential Last Week: -6 (Overall: +2) Standings: Second Place in AL East (2.0 GB), 3rd Place in AL Wildcard (0.0 GB) Last Week's Results: Game 17: | ATL 8  - TOR 4  Lucas: 5.0 IP, 6 H,...2414Mon, 21 Apr 2025 17:35:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/roster-moves-sandlin-injured-barnes-dfa-tate-schultz-recalled/Jacob Barnes was always the 13th pitcher for the Blue Jays, and it was kind of a surprise when he was announced to have made the Opening Day roster. However, since he was out of options, it seemed likely that he would be one of the first pitchers to be designated for assignment if the Jays neede...2413Mon, 21 Apr 2025 14:15:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/do-the-blue-jays-have-the-right-stuff-r2411/Some pitches are nasty: Nolan Ryan’s fastball, Randy Johnson’s slider, Mariano Rivera’s cutter, Sandy Koufax’s 12-6 curveball. But until recently, there was no real statistical measure of “nastiness”.Fans would talk about velocity, and generally about movement, but such discussions were largely...2411Mon, 21 Apr 2025 10:55:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/alan-roden-has-taken-a-surprisingly-rare-route-to-the-show-r2410/Last month, Alan Roden was added to FanGraphs' list of the top 100 prospects. Simon Li wrote about it and noted that the Jays “haven't drafted and developed a solid starting outfielder in a long while.” That got me thinking about it, so I went back and looked at the players who have made up the...2410Sun, 20 Apr 2025 10:51:00 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/davis-schneiders-offensive-woes-leads-to-demotion-r2408/Davis Schneider had an excellent spring training for the Blue Jays, slashing .333/.487/.633 in 39 plate appearances and earning his spot on the roster as a platoon bat against lefties. There was reason for optimism that he’d found himself and could contribute in a limited role. Projections were...2408Fri, 18 Apr 2025 10:57:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/should-alejandro-kirk-have-tagged-up-r2405/There was a moment in Wednesday’s game against the Braves that highlighted a small piece of baseball strategy. Leading off the bottom of the second, Alejandro Kirk singled, then moved up to second on an Alan Roden hit-by-pitch. After Ernie Clement popped out, Addison Barger hit a hard line drive...2405Thu, 17 Apr 2025 13:02:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/swing-and-a-whiff-brendon-littles-curveball-is-nasty-r2407/Remember the 2024 Blue Jays? Of course, we do. A season that was full of optimism fell apart pretty quickly for the team. Bo Bichette struggled to stay healthy and the run scoring as a whole was a problem, which ultimately led to the Blue Jays being sellers at the trade deadline. They ended w...2407Thu, 17 Apr 2025 10:58:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/blue-jays-pitchers-set-franchise-strikeout-record-r2406/Not that anybody should be looking too closely at the standings on April 16, but the Toronto Blue Jays’ 3-1 win over the Braves made the Jays the first team in the American League to win 11 games. Also significant in Wednesday afternoon’s victory, Blue Jays pitchers struck out 19 hitters, a fran...2406Thu, 17 Apr 2025 10:58:00 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/myles-straw-and-the-clunk-heard-coast-to-coast-r2403/Before we get to the “clunk” let’s flash back to Toronto’s offseason. General manager Ross Atkins had previously identified power as “lowhanging fruit” in the free agent market, and after finishing 26th in the league in home runs, the Blue Jays were hungry. Naturally, when scouring the league fo...2403Wed, 16 Apr 2025 10:51:01 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/myles-straw-has-given-more-than-the-blue-jays-could-have-expected-r2401/It’s still early in the season. Lots of player gets off to hot starts before cratering, and Myles Straw has only played in 11 games. I can give you a dozen reasons why he won’t keep this up for the entirety of the season – and I will – but let’s be clear about something: Myles Straw has been ex...2401Tue, 15 Apr 2025 10:50:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/gausman-most-foul-r2397/Please allow me to drag you back down to this date one year ago. At that point, Kevin Gausman had made three starts and pitched just 9 1/3 innings. He had an 11.57 ERA, and lest you think he’d just gotten unlucky, his FIP was 6.17. He was bad, is what I’m trying to say, and it would take him a w...2397Mon, 14 Apr 2025 10:51:00 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/daulton-varsho-is-starting-rehab-how-will-the-blue-jays-look-when-he-returns-r2400/While rehabbing his shoulder, Daulton Varsho played 12 games in spring training as the designated hitter. Over 20 at-bats, he had an OPS of .994, four home runs, and nine RBI. It was a great showing at the plate, but his surgically repaired shoulder was not ready for him to break camp with the...2400Sun, 13 Apr 2025 17:55:35 +0000