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 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
2011 Blue Jays: Bullpen
For all of the experience that the Jays rotation lacks, the bullpen has it in spades. This includes four pitchers with over 400 innings pitched in the Majors, and three with significant experience closing…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 to 1-year term worth $4,000,000. The signing is important as it allows both sides to avoid arbitration,…Read More
Jays Notes: Octavio Dotel, Chad Cordero, HOF, and the Draft Order
As we head towards spring training, with less than 8 weeks to go, here are a few Jays notes and news: I have to ask this of Jays fans, would you rather have Octavio Dotel (37) at a cost of $3.75 million…Read More
Reasons to Bring Brian Fuentes to Toronto
I know that the Octavio Dotel signing is not yet official, but for the purpose of this post I will assume…Read More
“Blue Jays 2010 Season Preview” Reviewed
As we enjoy Christmas time and near the new year, it’s always fun to reflect on the year that has…Read More
Jays Notes: Lyle Overbay, Jeremy Accardo, Kevin Gregg, and others
Here’s a run down of what’s happening in Jays land as we continue to ponder just who will…Read More
Future Jays Closer Poll Review: Jays Fans Pick Soriano
It’s always interesting to see what the sentiment is within the fan community in terms of possible…Read More
Blue Jays’ Free Agent Arbitration Results
The results are in from the Jays’ four ranked free agents on whether they were going to accept…Read More
Could Dan Uggla Man 3B for the Jays in 2011?
Food for thought. The Marlins are having a heck of a time trying to lock Dan Uggla up for the long term,…Read More
Rebuilding the Jays Pen
OK, I’ve received quite a few emails asking questions about the Jays pen and what it may look like…Read More
Blue Jays Acquire Miguel Olivo from Rockies, Decline on Kevin Gregg, Coaching Staff Update
Wow. Less than 3 hours removed from my last post, a flurry of Jays news hit cyberspace and had to be…Read More
The 2011 Bullpen Situation
First off, I am quite excited to be collaborating with Mat and contributing to Jays Journal. I have been…Read More
Alex Plays Hardball, Sort Of
Trading season came and went, and the Jays only made 1 minimal move during its last week, acquiring the…Read More
Jays Trade Rumblings
Here’s a summary of what we “know” about the targets the Jays have on the roster and…Read More
Morrow Wins 6th of Season
When Brandon Morrow was acquired by Alex “The Great” Anthopolous, it was known to all Jays…Read More
The Good, The Bad, The Ugly…
The Jays are having a hard time scoring runs and yesterday was no different against ex-Jay Chris Carpenter.…Read More
Jays Pen Comes Through, Morrow Learning
When the game began, you could tell that Brandon Morrow was back to his “throwing” the ball…Read More
Jays Win Series Vs Yanks in Extras
It was a very well pitched and managed game that displayed the relentless dedication to winning that…Read More



