https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/page/61/?d=21enhttps://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 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/will-chris-bassitt-scale-back-his-eight-pitch-arsenal-r2320/Chris Bassitt has always been a very captivating person. He not only excels at baseball but is a self-proclaimed full-time outdoorsman too. Along with the rest of his family, he has done incredible charity work with the Jays Care Foundation and the "Bassitts Pitch In" program, in which he ple...2320Mon, 03 Mar 2025 15:08:11 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/make-or-break-players-on-the-2025-blue-jays-bo-bichette-r2318/Bo Bichette was never supposed to find himself in a feature like this one. He was never make-or-break, he just kept on making it. Bichette came into the 2024 season with three straight 20-homer seasons and a career batting average of .299. But after cratering in an injury-plagued 2024 campaign,...2318Mon, 03 Mar 2025 11:56:01 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/the-blue-jays-and-the-unloved-strikeout-r2317/Orelvis Martinez could be a significant contributor to the Jays in 2025  if he can only manage his strikeouts. The Jays were patient with Joey Loperfido in 2024 "despite an abysmal strikeout rate." And one of Alan Roden's top "things to like" is his great plate discipline, as evidenced by his 89...2317Sat, 01 Mar 2025 11:55:01 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/daulton-varsho-makes-his-spring-training-debut-today-the-blue-jays-really-need-him-r2316/Later today, Daulton Varsho will get his first taste of spring training. In recent days, it has emerged that Varsho’s recovery from September surgery on his right rotator cuff is ahead of schedule. Varsho has been shagging fly balls and hitting with no restraints, and he has progressed to throwi...2316Fri, 28 Feb 2025 11:55:02 +0000