https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/page/50/?d=21enhttps://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/minor-league-hitter-march-april-2025/It's the start of a new season, and the minor leagues are in full-go mode for Single-A through Triple-A. The Toronto Blue Jays' minor league system has been in a bit of a slump recently when it comes to producing meaningful hitters at the big league level. This year, a few hitting prospects have...2435Mon, 05 May 2025 13:59:01 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/jose-berrios-cutting-back-signature-slurve/José Berríos is off to a solid start in 2025. With a strong effort against the Red Sox last week, he brought his season ERA down under 4.00. If you ignore his rough Opening Day appearance, the numbers from his last six starts are particularly impressive. Since his April 1 outing against the Nati...2444Mon, 05 May 2025 10:57:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/minor-league-starting-pitcher-march-april-2025/We are wrapping up the first month of games in the minor leagues, and it's time to hand out the starting pitcher awards. This includes the top five, as well as some honorable mentions to reveal. It was quite difficult to come to a conclusion as to who would be an honorable mention and who would...2436Sun, 04 May 2025 16:16:00 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/split-playing-time-outfield-corners/Blue Jays manager John Schneider recently made it clear that the newly-reinstated Daulton Varsho "is going to play...and he's going to play center" (per Sportsnet's Shi Davidi). Everyone expected Varsho to be the starting center fielder, but Schneider's comments suggest Varsho won't sit much to...2431Sun, 04 May 2025 13:04:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/blue-jays-roster-news-jays-address-starting-pitching-depth-with-a-pair-of-free-agent-deals-r2443/Ross Atkins must have stayed in on Friday night, because he’s had a productive Saturday morning, reportedly agreeing to contracts with pitchers Spencer Turnbull and José Ureña. After mentioning to the media before Friday’s series opener against the Cleveland Guardians that the Jays were looking...2443Sat, 03 May 2025 17:02:01 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/forget-home-runs-blue-jays-lacking-infield-hits/If you’ve been following our work here at Jays Centre this season, I don’t need to tell you that the Blue Jays have been going through a bit of a power outage. We’ve covered the topic extensively. So has every other blog, newspaper, fan forum, TV show, podcast, and town crier that covers the Blu...2440Sat, 03 May 2025 10:50:01 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/waiting-for-triple/If you’ve gone to see a Blue Jays game at the Rogers Centre this season, you might have seen a lot of cool things. You might have seen Daulton Varsho make a tough play look easy. You might have seen Varsho turn an easy play into the catch of the year. Perhaps you saw Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit th...2439Fri, 02 May 2025 20:08:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/jays-centre-hitter-of-the-month-marchapril-2025-r2429/Over the first month of the season, the offence was a sour spot for the Toronto Blue Jays. They ranked among the bottom five teams in runs scored, home runs hit, isolated power, and slugging percentage. It wasn't the start the Blue Jays were hoping for at the plate, and they are in clear need of...2429Fri, 02 May 2025 13:37:00 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/reasons-optimism-bue-jays-bats/The Jays' hitters have struggled so far in 2025. The team ranks 11th in the American league in wRC+, 14th in home runs, and 12th in runs scored. Not an auspicious beginning, and not the statistics of a playoff-bound team. But there is room for optimism that this hitting drought is temporary....2434Thu, 01 May 2025 20:13:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/jays-centre-blue-jays-pitcher-of-the-month-marchapril-2025-r2432/For a team fighting to get back to .500, you can imagine there have been some divergent pitching performances. Three pitchers that made appearances on Opening Day are no longer on the active roster, and for every flash of brilliance, there seems to be an accompanying moment where we as fans bury...2432Thu, 01 May 2025 13:35:00 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/home-run-power-back-toronto/The Blue Jays are currently in fourth place in the AL East and have the 11th-best record in the American League (prior to games on April 30). The difference between the Yankees in first place and the Blue Jays is four and a half games. Both teams have gone about the season in completely differen...2433Thu, 01 May 2025 10:53:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/daulton-varsho-back-lineup/Daulton Varsho made his much-anticipated season debut on Tuesday, coming off of the injured list with a fully rehabbed right shoulder. The return of their everyday centre fielder represents a refreshing jolt to a Blue Jays lineup that has struggled mightily to produce runs since the very start o...2428Wed, 30 Apr 2025 10:56:01 +0000