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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

Jose Bautista Heroic in Cleveland

Although the Jays did suffer their 15th blown save of the season after Jon Rauch allowed the Indians to tie this game in the 9th inning, their fearless leader came through with 2 big knocks that solidified…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 Loss Hurts: Jo-Jo Reyes Now Winless in 24 Consecutive Starts

This is the first time in a while that the Jays lose the first game of a series. Maybe that’s a good thing since they’ve also gone on to lose the remainder of the series after winning the first…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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A.L. East Week-in-Review: (3/31 – 4/10)

The following is a review of prominent events that have taken place during the past week in the A.L.…Read More

Game Recap, 3 Apr: Jays Lose Close One

If you attended this game or watched it on TV, you got your money’s/time’s worth and were…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 Spring Training Stats and Oddities

As we wind down to the final few games of spring training and finally head towards the beginning of the…Read More

Jays Journal: Leonys Martin, Richard Thon, Spring Notes, and Links

I recently broke down the argument for the Jays to sign Leonys Martin out of Cuba (actually, he is currently…Read More

Jays Leadership Still Present Without Vernon Wells and Shaun Marcum

Let’s face it, the Blue Jays and Alex Anthopoulos have dealt or let go the majority of what people…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

Jason Frasor: Will He Stay or Will He Go?

Updated 28-Jan-11:The Jays and Frasor have just come to an agreement, and it seems that my numbers of…Read More

Blue Jays Can’t Agree to Terms With Jose Bautista and Jason Frasor

While it was encouraging that the Jays were able to avoid arbitration with 7 players, their streak of…Read More

Blue Jays Sign Jon Rauch

The Blue Jays have officially signed right-handed reliever Jon Rauch to a 1-year/$3.5M contract with…Read More

Jays Notes: Manny Ramirez, Carlos Villanueva, Jon Rauch and Other Notes

As we head ever-so-close to Spring Training, 2011 edition, we hear more Jays chatter and are about to…Read More

Blue Jays Interested in Jon Rauch?

In addition to the rumors surrounding the Blue Jays and free agent reliever Brian Fuentes, it was reported…Read More

Closer Candidates Worth Considering If Octavio Dotel Deal Falls Through

With names like Chad Qualls, Miguel Batista, Scot Shields, and Trevor Hoffman still looking for a…Read More