https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/page/52/?d=21enhttps://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 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/jos%C3%A9-berr%C3%ADos-hits-the-100-win-milestone-r2398/José Berríos got the win in his last start, and with that he joined the triple-digit club, earning his 100th career win. In our preseason Milestones to Watch For piece we had this in the Ironclad Lock section, and rightfully so (Andrés Giménez has already hit 100 career stolen bases). Fifty-five...2398Sat, 12 Apr 2025 10:54:00 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/george-springer-is-swinging-softer-but-hitting-harder-r2396/During the last week of spring training, I expressed some serious concerns about how George Springer would play this season. “He’s 35,” I wrote, “and it wouldn’t be crazy to see him put up one more three-win campaign. But if he doesn’t, if he gets off to a scary, slow start, the Blue Jays will h...2396Fri, 11 Apr 2025 10:55:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/easton-lucas-aces-his-second-test-too-r2395/The Blue Jays' starting pitching has been phenomenal so far this season. Take away a clunker from José Berríos on Opening Day, and the rotation has a 2.20 ERA, which would be the best in baseball. Pair that with an innings total that's third highest during that time and a 0.96 WHIP that's second...2395Thu, 10 Apr 2025 13:01:01 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/mr-blue-jay-vladimir-guerrero-jr-r2393/There’s a famous photo of a pre-school aged Vladimir Guerrero Jr. on the field at the Montreal’s Olympic stadium with his dad. It was Vladimir Guerrero’s final home game with the Expos, and Vlad Jr. is wearing a team uniform and waving a batting helmet to the crowd. It’s no secret that Vlad was...2393Wed, 09 Apr 2025 10:54:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/attention-toronto-blue-jays-please-find-higher-socks-for-bo-bichette-r2377/  It's Wednesday, and that means it's time to get really serious. This is no time for the Friday sillies. Let's dig in. Dug in? Ok. Did you know that you can buy Bo Bichette socks? You surely can. In fact, you can buy multiple different kinds of Bo Bichette socks. A quick search brought me to th...2377Wed, 09 Apr 2025 10:54:00 +0000