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Blue Jays Face Historical Challenge in Pursuit of A.L. East Top Perch

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, Free Agents, Hot Stove, Yankees, tagged on December 19, 2012 | 1 Comment »

Even before obtaining reigning NL Cy Young winner R.A. Dickey from the Mets, the Blue Jays could boast of an impressive offseason shopping spree. Earlier in the winter, the team bolstered its pitching staff by acquiring Mark Buehrle and Josh Johnson from the Marlins, and then propped up the offense by signing outfielder Melky Cabrera. […]

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Blue Jays, Yankees Battle in Board Room, but How Will It Spill onto the Field?

Posted in Baseball, Business and Finance, Media, MLB, Yankees, tagged on November 20, 2012 | 5 Comments »

The Blue Jays have almost single handedly kept the baseball hot stove burning in November. The team’s busy off season coalesced yesterday as Toronto’s blockbuster trade with the Marlins was approved, the signing of Melky Cabrera was finalized and the selection of John Gibbons as the team’s new manager (again) was revealed. The flurry of […]

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Blue Jays, Marlins Blockbuster Makes Baseball Sense, Raises Financial Questions for Both Teams

Posted in Baseball, Hot Stove, MLB, Trades, tagged , on November 14, 2012 | 3 Comments »

Not long ago, the Miami Marlins were breaking ground on a new stadium. Now, they are breaking up their team. Yesterday, the Marlins and Toronto Blue Jays pulled off a blockbuster, 12-player deal that would make members of a fantasy league blush. No stranger to a fire sale, the Marlins again decided to unload their […]

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Opening Day Oddities; Blue Jays and Indians Play Longest Game; Valverde Perfect No Longer

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Red Sox, Yankees, tagged , , , on April 6, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Opening Day, or at least yesterday’s version of it, pitted the two teams with best and worst Spring Training records. The Toronto Blue Jays just wrapped the second best spring winning percentage (.774) in a non-labor impacted season since 1984, while the Cleveland Indians turned in the lowest rate of success (.241) over the same […]

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Springboard Effect: Does a Good Exhibition Record Translate to the Regular Season?

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, MLB, Spring Training, Statistical Analysis, Yankees, tagged on March 30, 2012 | 6 Comments »

Break up the Toronto Blue Jays! Entering play today, Jose Bautista and company have been tearing up the Grapefruit League, compiling an impressive 22-4 record, which represents the highest spring winning percentage since 1984 (excludes the abbreviated 1990 exhibition schedule). If the Blue Jays maintain their above .800 winning percentage, they’ll join the 1997 Marlins […]

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Oh Canada for Darvish? Japanese Ace Could Make Blue Jays an Instant Contender

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, Hot Stove, International, MLB, Red Sox, Yankees, tagged , , on December 16, 2011 | 1 Comment »

Several sources have identified the Toronto Blue Jays as the team that cast the winning bid in the Yu Darvish posting process. If true, it really shouldn’t come as much of a surprise because the Blue Jays have gradually increased their focus on international signings, including the much heralded acquisition of short stop Adeiny Hechavaria […]

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Game 16 Batter/Pitcher Matchups: Blue Jays vs. Yankees

Posted in Baseball, Game Preview, MLB, Yankees, tagged on April 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

vs. Brett Cecil PA BA OBP SLG HR RBI Derek Jeter SS 23 0.316 0.435 0.316 0 0 Nick Swisher RF 15 0.250 0.400 0.250 0 1 Mark Teixeira 1B 22 0.200 0.455 0.467 1 1 Alex Rodriguez 3B 15 0.286 0.267 0.571 1 2 Robinson Cano 2B 19 0.294 0.368 0.529 1 1 Andruw […]

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