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Are the Blue Jays Jamey Carroll’s Mystery Team?

A mystery team made its first appearance of the offseason this morning, as MLBTR reported that, according to ESPN’s Jerry Crasnick, infielder Jamey Carroll was nearing a multiyear deal with an unknown…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 Blue Jays have faired. Today I will examine the stat: Wins above replacement player (war). Read |…Read More

Jays Jots: Mike McCoy, Chad Jenkins, Edwin Encarnacion, Carlos Villanueva

Even though the Jays only scored two runs, last night’s win over the Pirates was certainly a lot fun to watch. Thames’ first Major League home run went opposite field, Davis hit a pair of doubles,…Read More

Jays Call Scott Richmond Up, Assign Mike McCoy to AAA

With Jo-Jo Reyes about to face the daunting task of winning the 3rd series in a row to kick off the year for the Blue Jays (I really doubt he can outdo Jered Weaver, but I’m still hoping for a…Read More

The Need for Speed: Stolen Bases

It doesn’t matter how many bases you steal, only how good you are at it- to paraphrase James Click in Baseball Between the Numbers. Lofty stolen base totals shine on a players statistics chart, but are…Read More

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Will Aaron Hill Have Option Picked Up and be in Opener for Jays?

First and foremost, happy belated birthday to Aaron Hill who turned 29 yesterday! The Jays made an interesting…Read More

Jays Notes: Minors Transactions, and a Jays Season Preview

There are 2 days remaining before we kick off workouts and spring training, and also 2 days remaining…Read More

The Jays Bench in 2011 – Early Preview and Possible Additions

We can safely presume that the Jays starting lineup is presumably built for the season. It seems the…Read More

The 2011 Jays Infield – Second Base and Aaron Hill

Although the first base situation for the Jays is not so clear cut, second base also presents its own…Read More

Jays Rebound, Marcum Sets The Tone

Shaun Marcum knows exactly what he;s got and knows exactly how to use it. His devastating change up…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

The Jays Must Be Reading Jays Journal!

If you read my June 16th post entitled “Old is New Again, Cito Gets Antsy”, you already know…Read More

The Changing Jays Depth and Bench

Although it may seem to go mostly unnoticed, Alex Anthopolous has made some pretty significant changes…Read More

Hoffpauir Hits Cycle, Dopirak Nails a Walk-Off Grand Slam

The Las Vegas 51s had an outstanding day at the plate yesterday as they were able to hammer out 17 hits…Read More

Jays Get Lucky Versus KC, But Show Grit

The Jays easily could have lost the game Tuesday instead of winning it 4 to 3 in front of another 10,500…Read More

Jays Win, Make a Trade for OF Fred Lewis

There is a ton of stuff going on for the Jays tonight so let’s get right to it. First of all we…Read More

Jays Win First Series of ’10

It could have ended either way, to tell you the truth. Each game was close, and the Jays pitchers did…Read More

The 10 Best Jays Spring Events

The majority of the spring has concluded and I thought it was important to state some of the good things…Read More

Encarnacion Looks Healthy and 1B Jays Issues

The Jays bench looks like it’s taking shape now, with the 4 spots all but assured to the favorites…Read More

McCoy vs Gathright

The spring training season started in 2010 with lots of guys vying for spots in the lineup. I had a feeling…Read More