https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/page/46/?d=21enhttps://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/dillon-tate-and-bullpen-arms-for-the-blue-jays-to-consider-r2335/Recently, I wrote about Erik Swanson 's importance to the Blue Jays bullpen. Although he struggled in 2024, his performance in the latter part of the season was encouraging. However, on March 10, manager John Schneider announced that Swanson would visit Dr. Keith Meister today. The good doctor i...2335Thu, 13 Mar 2025 10:56:00 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/blue-jays-2025-opening-day-projected-lineup-version-20-r2334/Almost a month ago we looked at how the opening day lineup might shake out. Now that we’ve got some spring training games in the rearview, let's have a look at what’s changed and how much clearer the picture has become. Lineup and Batting Order 1. Bo Bichette - SS (R) 2. Vladimir Gue...2334Wed, 12 Mar 2025 10:54:01 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/dont-look-now-but-the-blue-jays-have-the-best-record-in-the-grapefruit-league-r2332/Baseball is fun! The constant battle between the pitcher and the hitter, the excitement of knowing your team always has a chance to win until the 27th out is made, or just having a great time out at the ballpark. All are solid reasons to enjoy the game. The one thing that makes baseball better i...2332Tue, 11 Mar 2025 14:05:00 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/bo-bichette-is-back-to-bashing-r2331/We’re not supposed to read too much into spring training stats, so I’m not going to go crazy with the spring training stats. I won't tell you Bo Bichette's spring training batting average or his wRC+. We can start with the eye test, because I’m writing this on Monday afternoon, and Bo Bichette j...2331Tue, 11 Mar 2025 10:54:00 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/alan-rodens-case-for-making-the-blue-jays-opening-day-roster-r2330/The Blue Jays Spring Training has been full of pleasant surprises so far. Max Scherzer looks like he’s turned back the clock, Kevin Gausman finally looks healthy again, and both Bo Bichette and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. look good at the plate as well. But there is one player who is catching everyon...2330Mon, 10 Mar 2025 14:04:01 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/so-thats-why-the-blue-jays-didnt-extend-vladimir-guerrero-jr-r2328/When the Blue Jays missed Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s spring training deadline for negotiating a contract extension with the young superstar, the future of the franchise was condemned to uncertainty for the next season. However, the decision made one thing extremely certain: the rest of us were doom...2328Mon, 10 Mar 2025 10:52:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/make-or-break-players-on-the-2025-blue-jays-erik-swanson-r2325/On November 16, 2022, the Blue Jays traded Teoscar Hernández for Erik Swanson and prospect Adam Macko. In his debut season with the Blue Jays, Swanson made 69 appearances and ran a 2.97 ERA and 3.04 xERA (which analyzes a pitcher's exit velocities and launch angles to predict their expected ERA)...2325Sat, 08 Mar 2025 11:56:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/is-it-too-early-to-say-that-kevin-gausman-is-back-r2327/On Wednesday, Kevin Gausman made his spring training debut in Bradenton, Florida against the Pirates. He immediately gave us a reason to let out a long sigh, as his first two pitches were four-seam fastballs that were clocked at 94.2 mph and 95.1, respectively. Gausman threw 38 pitches across an...2327Fri, 07 Mar 2025 15:01:01 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/never-challenge-the-eye-of-alejandro-kirk-r2326/On Thursday afternoon, the Blue Jays hosted the Red Sox in Dunedin, earning a 7-4 victory. The game featured plenty of notable events. The matchup maybe, possibly offered a preview of the team’s Opening Day lineup. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Bo Bichette continued to rake, as they have all spring....2326Fri, 07 Mar 2025 11:50:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/max-scherzers-challenge-challenges-r2323/The Blue Jays’ acquisition of Max Scherzer improved their overall pitching depth, and, despite his age, raised expectations for the rotation this year. What no one expected is that he would become a hilarious victim of the automated ball-strike (ABS) system. If you haven’t seen it, Scherzer deci...2323Wed, 05 Mar 2025 15:36:00 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/even-alex-anthopoulos-wouldnt-have-extended-vladimir-guerrero-jr-r2322/On Sunday, Mike Wilner, baseball columnist at the Toronto Star, published an opinion piece titled “Blue Jays fans know Vladimir Guerrero Jr. would likely be staying if Alex Anthopoulos didn’t go,” and, well, the title pretty much says it all. Like so many Blue Jays fans, Wilner is understandably...2322Wed, 05 Mar 2025 11:56:00 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/after-shoulder-surgery-daulton-varsho-looks-like-daulton-varsho-r2321/Daulton Varsho has now gotten into two spring training games – his first game action since the rotator cuff injury that cut his 2024 season short and necessitated surgery – and he’s started off with a bang. Two of them, actually. As I write on Monday, Varsho has one walk, no strikeouts, and two...2321Tue, 04 Mar 2025 11:51:02 +0000