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Figuring out Frank Francisco

When the Blue Jays received Frank Francisco in a January trade for newly-acquired catcher Mike Napoli, many were critical of the move at the time. After all, Napoli’s ability to play multiple positions,…Read More

Casey Janssen: Jays Best Reliever in 2011

Casey Janssen has been the Jays best relief pitcher this season, and the competition really isn’t even close. Here are Janssen’s 2011 numbers: Read | Share

The Future of the Jays Pen: Jonathan Papelbon and Ryan Madson?

As questions about the bullpen and its makeup, particularly for next season, begin to build, I thought it was important to take a tour of the historical aspects of the Jays pen under their newest GM. If…Read More

Jays Get Pronked, The Jays Pen Just Isn’t “Right”

I went to bed after a long hard day believing that the Jays had this one in the bag. But, knowing that things happen quickly sometimes, I changed the channel on my TV, brought it back to the game (so…Read More

Jays Win Despite Lack of Output From Key Players, New Strategy Working

The Jays are not by any means beating up on the AL as they currently sit at .500, but to have achieved that level of performance despite all of the losses the key players they were missing is both impressive…Read More

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Asher Wojciechowski Shines in 2011 Debut

Asher Wojciechowski is one of the Jays fans and evaluator favorites from the 2010 draft and displayed…Read More

Jays Minors Kick-Off 2011 and Other Minors Notes

Finally, we get to see some game action from the most recent class of draft picks and best prospects…Read More

Jays Journal Series Preview: April 5-7 vs. Oakland Athletics.

The Jays had a very good series against the Minnesota Twins to open the season, winning two games against…Read More

2011 Blue Jays: Bullpen

For all of the experience that the Jays rotation lacks, the bullpen has it in spades. This includes four…Read More

Jays Affiliate Assigments Begin

The following players have been asigned to some of the Jays affiliates over the last few days. It does…Read More

Jays Journal Notes: J.P. Arencibia, Zach Stewart, and Others

The Twitter chatter is already buzzing with lots of Jays intra-squad games news, so you know there’s…Read More

Jays Jots: Brian Stokes, Jose Bautista, Frank Francisco, Mitch Williams+Links

Former Blue Jays play-by-play broadcaster and one of the best in the game, Dan Shulman, has joined TSN…Read More

Alex Anthopoulos and the Jays Burned Some Bridges? Not Likely.

This is a post that is hard to write, because I don’t personally believe it to be a major issue…Read More

The Jays Frank Francisco Signing: Making Sense of the Term

As Jared posted earlier, the Jays signed the newly acquired RP, and potential closer, Frank Francisco…Read More

Jays Notes: Jays Budget Woes, Jose Bautista, Frank Francisco, and Other Notes

The Jays have been all over the news in the past few weeks and for good reason. Alex Anthopoulos is making…Read More

Relentless, Alex Anthopoulos Trades Mike Napoli for Frank Francisco and Cash

We’ve barely had a chance to digest the Vernon Wells  trade to the Angels and one of the major…Read More