J.P. Arencibia

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J.P. Arencibia’s Historic(ally Awful) Season

Among my friends, my animosity for J.P Arencibia is well-known. It’s not that I dislike him as a person, I’m sure he’s a great guy; it’s just that he’s not very good at baseball. And seeing…Read More

J.P. Arencibia: Too Legit To Quit?

From the time the Toronto Blue Jays acquired Travis D’Arnaud from the Phillies in the Roy Halladay trade to the second before it became news that the Jays would have to trade D’Arnaud to get R.A.…Read More

The Beauty Of Catching Depth

As of right now the Toronto Bluejays have three catchers that they plan to have on the big league roster: J.P. Arencibia, backup catcher Jeff Mathis and their top prospect Travis D’arnaud. A lot of things…Read More

The Jeff Mathis Extension and its Impact on the Future

Once you pick your jaw up off the floor and finish scratching your head in a puzzled fashion, the Jeff Mathis extension does, sort of, make a lot of sense. If you somehow hadn’t heard, the Blue Jays…Read More

Villanueva Sharp, Happ and Lyon Successfully Debut With Jays

Carlos Villanueva threw a very effective game yesterday, as he changed speeds constantly on the Red Sox and only made one big mistake to Jarrod Saltalamacchia in the 2nd inning. Overall, he threw 101…Read More

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Fun Facts from the Blue Jays’ 14-5 win over the Mets

Now that was an exciting game. On a night where Jays pitchers didn’t have their best stuff, the…Read More

Arencibia Enjoying Hot May at the Plate

After a frustrating start to the season, Blue Jays catcher J.P. Arencibia appears to have found his way…Read More

Behind The Scenes: My Day With John Lott

Last Sunday, I had the privilege of attending the Blue Jays-Mariners game with National Post baseball…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…Read More

The Blue Jays’ Catching Conundrum: J.P. Arencibia & Travis d’Arnaud

There are some problems in baseball that are nice to have. Too much pitching, for example (keep ‘em…Read More

Bill James’ 2012 projections: Jays position players

Last week, Fangraphs posted 2012 Bill James Handbook Projections. Here’s a look at James’…Read More

Jays-related tidbits from Jonah Keri’s FanGraphs farewell

Incredible author and Montreal Expos aficionado Jonah Keri is officially no longer a part of FanGraphs,…Read More

Half Way Through: Blue Jays Position Players W.A.R

Just over the half way point of the season, it is a great time to take a look at how our individual…Read More

J.P Ricciardi: Not a Total Failure Part #2

  His numbers won’t jump off the page at you, but J.P Arencibia is a young catcher who will likely…Read More

1/4 through 2011: Blue Jay Hitters

Just over a quarter of the way through 2011, the Blue Jays sit at .500 (23-23). Is this where you expected…Read More

Jays Journal Series Preview: April 29-May 1 vs. New York Yankees

After a solid series in Texas that saw the Jays take three of four courtesy of some unexpected offense,…Read More

Jays Jots: Roberto Alomar, Carlos Delgado, J.P. Arencibia, Brian Fuentes

Here a few links to get you started on this Saturday morning, with more exciting things to come here…Read More

Jays Jots 01/11: Jose Bautista, J.P. Arencibia, Esteban Loaiza

Here’s the first set of links in 2011, hopefully everyone had a fun night last night! According…Read More

Jays Jots 12/17: John Farrell, Kyle Drabek, Jose Canseco

Here are some Jays links to keep you busy this morning, but be sure to check back throughout the day…Read More