When the Leafs sign John Tavares, Mitch Marner turns in a 100 point season, Morgan Rielly is in the Norris discussion and you still find yourselves without home ice advantage in another first round meeting with Boston...
My god can we put a moratorium on talking about the fans' immediate and brief poor reaction to the KD injury? We get it, you're all very pious. I've made note of it.
No manager is ever gonna come out and say they disagree with the organization's gameplan, but John Schneider is coming close with this answer on the Kikuchi decision.
Nathan MacKinnon was drafted 3 years ahead of Auston Matthews. Matthews has now completed 6 seasons without a playoff series victory, but has made the playoffs in each of his 6 seasons. After 6 seasons MacKinnon had 1 series victory, but his team had missed the playoffs 3 times.
If I'm the Blue Jays I'm doing everything in my power to pry Jose Ramirez from Cleveland. The fit is obvious, also team options of $11 and $13 for 2022 and 2023. Worth cutting into the top of your prospect pool.
Robbie Ray is going to win the AL Cy Young award today. Jays got him for Travis Bergen, then signed him for $8 million. Where is he on the list of all-time "steals" perpetrated by Toronto franchises?
Shoutout to my friends at
@SNstats
who confirm that Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is the first Blue Jays player to be picked off second base in a playoff game.
Also, Luke Voit should be fined the maximum amount in Kangaroo Court for that HR celebration to cut it to 2 runs with 2 outs in the 9th on the verge of a 4 game sweep.
The Blue Jays took the biggest swing in the deadline relief pitching market, giving up 2 potential MLB arms for Jordan Hicks. He threw 1 inning in the Rangers series: a scoreless 7th inning on Wednesday with the Jays already trailing 7-0, in a game they would lose 10-0.
. Friday MLB notes: What are the Jays’ chances for Ohtani? What’s up with the starter trade market? Which team may match up best for Cease? Could hometown O’s play for Hader?
So hear me out: Orelvis Martinez plays for the Blue Jays this season... Already has more games at A and A+ than Alejandro Kirk did when he arrived in 2020.
Yes, the Jays could use to get more left handed, but Chapman DOES diversify their offence in another way. Chapman took 80 walks last season. No 2021 AL playoff team had fewer walks than the Jays.
Demar was a great Raptor. Healthy Kawhi is an MVP candidate. Kawhi has every incentive to play his guts out this year. Clutch your pearls all you want, but I’m having a tough time seeing the downside.
60 games into the season how does the Randal Grichuk for Raimel Tapia trade look? The both have identical -0.5 fWAR. Grichuk has a 74 wRC+ to Tapia's 73.
There’s a good case to be made that Patrick Corbin is the worst starter in Major League Baseball. He picked up his first quality start of the season tonight.
Great reporting from
@thehazelmae
about Vlad taking the staff shuttle to the ballpark so he can get there early, work on his cardio and lose a few pounds.
Here's something that doesn't match the eye test: The Blue Jays have a higher wRC+ than the Orioles, have hit more homers than the Orioles and a lower strikeout percentage than the Orioles.
Really curious to see how Matt Chapman’s free agency plays out. His final numbers will look perfectly fine for a guy playing elite defense, but offensively he’s been one of the worst everyday players in baseball since May 1.
Rafael Dolis (3), Trent Thornton (3), Tyler Chatwood (2), Joel Payamps (2), Brad Hand (2), TJ Zeuch (2) and Anthony Kay (2) combined for 16 pitcher losses.
I was scared to death when I first got the call to host radio shows with Stephen Brunt. Working with him has been the thrill of my professional life. Can’t wait to see what he has in store next.
Sources: Shohei Ohtani is en route to Toronto today.
A representative of his agency, CAA, would not comment when asked about Ohtani’s travel plans.
At this hour, Ohtani does not have a signed agreement with any
@MLB
team.
@MLBNetwork