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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

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. East, as compiled by Fansided’s writers from each club in the division. This “Week-in-Review”…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 the 2010 A.L. Central champs, and now they must face one of the teams favored by many to be a candidate…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

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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: 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

Jays Fans Poll Results: “Are you satisfied with the moves..”

I posted this poll just before the new year, at a time that had the Rajai Davis acquisition and the…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

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

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

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…Read More

Jays Notes: Octavio Dotel, Arbitration Elgibles, and Polls

As we so very quickly approach the new year and what should be a very interesting season of Baseball…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

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