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Blue Jays We’re Thankful For in 2012

As we sit down for our Thanksgiving feast, it is important that we put aside the many things that went wrong for the 2012 Toronto Blue Jays, and be thankful for the good tidings we enjoy. We must be…Read More

David Ortiz defeats Jose Bautista in Reebok challenge

While in Kansas City for All-Star Game festivities, Jose Bautista and David Ortiz competed in a CrossFit fitness challenge yesterday at the nearby Buck O’Neill Research and Education Center. Sponsored…Read More

J P. Arencibia tweet appears on MLB.com home page

One of the changes made to MLB.com’s website for this season was a “trending” section in the middle of their homepage when you scroll down below the fold. Prior to Jeremy Guthrie‘s…Read More

Toronto “might be a landing spot” for Mike Fontenot?

Despite retaining second baseman Kelly Johnson for $6.375 million over the offseason, having shortstop Yunel Escobar and third baseman Brett Lawrie already in the fold and Omar Vizquel as a utility bench…Read More

Blue Jays partner with Baseball Canada

In a relatively hidden press release on the team’s official website, it was announced yesterday that the Blue Jays have agreed to a sponsorship deal with Baseball Canada. The move is a great one…Read More

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Sergio Santos and Ricky Romero by the numbers

STATS and Yahoo! released some interesting swing and miss rates for various pitches, and Sergio Santos…Read More

Blue Jays Dominating the Grapefruit League

Yes I know, spring stats are meaningless. No, I do not care, and am going to touch on the sheer brilliance…Read More

Blue Jays Minor League Awards

Over on Blue Jays beat reporter Gregor Chisholm’s North of the Border blog, he revealed the results…Read More

Brett Lawrie Gets Some Love Down South

Brett Lawrie received some serious love in the US sports press this week. Numerous writers and fantasy…Read More

Mop-Up Duty’s Blue Jays Roundtable

Mop-Up Duty published their annual Blue Jays roundtable for the upcoming season this morning and, along…Read More

Blue Jays 19th in FanGraphs’ Rotation Ranking

FanGraphs released their latest organizational ranking, where they compare the relative merits of each…Read More

10 (more) snapshots from Blue Jays photo day

As a follow-up to the response from yesterday’s Blue Jays photo day pictures, here’s another…Read More

Looking Ahead: 2012-13 Free Agent Pitchers

Zack Greinke, Cole Hamels or Matt Cain anyone? The 2013 free agent class could include a trio of…Read More

10 Snapshots from Blue Jays photo day

With Grapefruit League play officially underway, in the spirit of Spring Training, here are 10 nice pictures…Read More

Jesse Litsch sidelined for six weeks following infection

Jesse Litsch will be not be allowed to throw for at least six weeks following a visit to Dr. James Andrews,…Read More

Winter League Wrap up: Position Players

Australian Baseball League  Kenny Wilson: | CF | 2011 club: Dunedin Blue Jays .253 AVG|44 G|174 AB|28…Read More

Winter League Wrap Up: Pitchers

Dominican Winter League Jerry Gil | RP | 2011 club: Louisville (CIN) 0-1|1.46 ERA|22 G|24.2 IP|9 H|4…Read More

Blue Jays-related tidbits from BP’s Top 101 Prospects List/Chat

Less than one week after ESPN’s Keith Law released his Top 100 Prospects, Kevin Goldstein of Baseball…Read More

Twins Claim Darin Mastroianni From Blue Jays

According to CBSSports’ Dan Knobler on Twitter via MLB Trade Rumors, the Minnesota Twins claimed…Read More

Chicago Tribune: Blue Jays are just 1 [Joey Votto] trade away

Last week, Phil Rogers of the Chicago Tribune touched on the Blue Jays in his power rankings, but it…Read More