https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/page/8/?d=21enhttps://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/jesus-sanchez-power/Before the 2026 season, Jesús Sánchez generated a .181 ISO in his six-year MLB career. That ISO ranks in the 66th percentile among the 382 hitters with at least 1,000 plate appearances during that period. Accordingly, it is easy to understand why the Blue Jays would be interested in Sánchez’s po...3325Wed, 13 May 2026 10:50:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/bo-bichette-turnaround-moment-2026/The 2025 Blue Jays had a season so magical we’re likely to talk about it for a generation. The home stretch and finish of the season is what will stick the most in our memories, while the start of the season might have been mostly forgotten if not for the team seeming to play the same song again...3322Tue, 12 May 2026 16:00:03 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/bad-or-elite-defense/The Blue Jays have placed an emphasis on defense when it comes to roster building for years now. They’ve gone out of their way to trade for notoriously good defenders like Matt Chapman, Daulton Varsho, Myles Straw, and Andrés Giménez.  They’ve found value in defensive-minded free agents lik...3326Tue, 12 May 2026 14:16:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/kevin-gausman-2000-strikeouts/Facing Hunter Feduccia to lead off the fourth inning and throwing a four-seam fastball on a 2-2 pitch, Kevin Gausman notched the 2000th strikeout of his career. Of those 2000, 510 have come in that count. It also marked the 468th time that Gausman had sat down the leadoff hitter of an inning on...3333Tue, 12 May 2026 10:53:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/trey-yesavage-timely-grounders/Welcome back to Blue Jays Clutch Plays, a recurring post that highlights the six most pivotal plays (three pitching, three hitting) from the past week of Blue Jays baseball, according to MLB's win probability model. Click here to read last week's edition. After recovering enough to undo the...3329Mon, 11 May 2026 10:52:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/once-dangerous-lineup-become-least-productive/Stats updated prior to play on May 8. After sitting seven games out of the division lead and fourth in the American League East late last May, the Blue Jays pushed close to .500 by month’s end. Around that point, fans had grown accustomed to a team that never caved to deficit. Somebody was...3319Sat, 09 May 2026 14:11:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/pinango-hoffman-sanchez-analysis/Welcome to Shape of the Blue Jays, my column where I dig into Statcast numbers to analyze recent pitch shape and swing shape trends for Toronto Blue Jays players and discuss how they have impacted their performance. Click here to read the last edition. Quick Hits: Baserunning The st...3323Fri, 08 May 2026 15:31:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/kazuma-okamoto-hot-hitting-may/Kazuma Okamoto displayed massive power in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball, hitting 30 or more home runs in each season from 2018 through 2024. He was on pace to continue that trend last season, but an elbow injury forced him to miss half the season. He came over to MLB in the offseason...3315Fri, 08 May 2026 13:37:01 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/myles-straw-swing-changes-more-damage/The Blue Jays' lack of power has been a serious issue this year. Pick your favourite stat: home runs, ISO, average exit velocity, or hard-hit rate. The Blue Jays rank in the bottom third in the league in all of them, and that's part of the reason why they find themselves below .500 early in the...3310Fri, 08 May 2026 10:55:01 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/ernie-clement-replace-bo-bichette/Out with one infielder and in with the next. The Bo Bichette sweepstakes sent baseball into a bit of a frenzy this offseason, but we figured out pretty quickly that Ernie Clement would be next in line, hoping to fill a pretty large vacancy. Obviously, it’s early, but today, I'll be doing an earl...3311Thu, 07 May 2026 14:14:01 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/addison-barger-return-roster-moves/Addison Barger is coming back on Friday, and the Blue Jays are heading straight into a roster decision that feels uncomfortable precisely because it is not performance-based. On paper, this should be easy. In reality, it is anything but. The player most fans would least like to see sen...3314Thu, 07 May 2026 10:51:02 +0000https://jayscentre.com/news-rumors/toronto-blue-jays/managers-decision-john-schneider-tyler-heineman/John Schneider pulled Tyler Heineman in the middle of the sixth inning on Sunday. With the bases loaded and the Blue Jays down by three, Heineman swung at the first pitch and sent a lazy fly ball to shallow left field, ending the top of the frame. When the game resumed, it was Brandon Valenzuela...3313Wed, 06 May 2026 16:03:01 +0000