As if there aren’t enough gadgets in Baseball Savant’s tool belt already, now there’s a new toy for baseball nerds to play with. MLB unveiled their Bat-Tracking Leaderboard yesterday, and many were quick to notice how the Toronto Blue Jays ranked against their competitors.
Well, you can’t say that the Blue Jays didn’t have chances to win that game. On Wednesday afternoon, Toronto hosted the Seattle Mariners for the final game of the series, falling 6-1 and bringing their season record to 6-7.
Stop me if you’ve heard this before: the Toronto Blue Jays have been hot and cold in hitting with runners-in-scoring-position. That was a key deficiency with last year’s offence, which finished tied for 12th in AVG (.260) and 14th in wRC+ (102) but 23rd in SLG (.390) across the majors.
After being no-hit and one-hit in a matter of three days last week, the Blue Jays hoped to find a little more success in the Bronx over the weekend. A tie-breaking and ultimately game-winning home run from Ernie Clement led them to a victory on Friday, but the final two games of the series were filled with “There it goes!
Bad news, the Blue Jays lost the rubber match against the Yankees. Good news, the road trip from hell is over. The Blue Jays played their 10th and final game on the road to start the year against the Yankees, falling 8-3 to the Bronx Bombers.
To find the last time the New York Yankees suffered a shutout loss in a home opener, one has to flip the calendar back to 1967. It was on April 14th of that year when the Bronx Bombers hosted the Boston Red Sox at Yankees stadium, falling 3-0.
Ernie Clement opened the seventh inning by hitting his first career pinch-hit home run and the visiting Toronto Blue Jays recorded a 3-0 victory over the New York Yankees on Friday afternoon.
It’s no secret that the Toronto Blue Jays bats have been an absolute rollercoaster to start the season, one that likely has theme parks across the country looking for trademark rights.
The talk of the town on Tuesday night was Davis Schneider and his two-run home run off Houston Astros closer Josh Hader, one of the top relievers in the MLB over the past few seasons.
It didn’t take long for the Tropicana Field to turn into a house of horror again for the Toronto Blue Jays. All it took was a couple of detrimental defensive errors and listless swings on Toronto’s end for the Tampa Rays to win the games by 8-2 and 5-1 on Friday and Saturday respectively.
Following the Blue Jays’ 2-0 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies, it appears manager John Schneider is getting some internal affairs in order. As per Sportsnet’s
With Santiago Espinal’s trade, it appears that the Blue Jays will start the season with Ernie Clement on the 26-man roster – and for good reason. Prior
I’m willing to toss most Spring Training statistics out the window. I can guarantee that Brian Severn leading the Blue Jays in spring RBI means absolutely nothing and Paolo Espino is not going to post the best strikeout rate on the team this year.
On a rainy Thursday night in Bradenton, Fla., Davis Schneider showed why he’ll likely be playing more than just second base this season. The 25-year-old,
The Santiago Espinal era has come to an end in Toronto. The Blue Jays announced earlier this evening that they would be trading the versatile infielder to the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for right-handed pitching prospect Chris McElvain.
For the second straight day, the Blue Jays blew a lead leading to a loss. On Wednesday afternoon, the Blue Jays headed North Port, Florida to take on the Atlanta Braves.
Bowden Francis will face a big test this afternoon as the Toronto Blue Jays take on the Atlanta Braves. The swingman will be facing a stacked Braves squad, with the likes of Ronald Acuna Jr., Ozzie Albies, Austin Riley, Matt Olson, Marcel Ozuna and others in their lineup.
If you can believe it, Opening Day arrives next Thursday for 28 of the 30 big-league clubs – the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres will open in South Korea this Wednesday.
It’s not unfair to say that the Blue Jays have a farm system that ranks in the bottom half of the league. With that being said, they have a ton of prospects in the upper minors who could become mainstays on the roster in 2024.
Another day, another win for the Blue Jays. On Monday afternoon, they took on the Tampa Bay Rays, defeating the American League East Divisional rivals by a score of 9-2.
One of the biggest storylines this spring from the Toronto Blue Jays camp has been the numerous position players competing for the limited spots on the Opening Day roster.
Ernie Clement appears to be on track to break camp in the major leagues this season – all that remains is whether that’ll be with the Toronto Blue Jays or another franchise.
The Blue Jays have signed infielder Ernie Clement to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training, tweets Ben Nicholson-Smith of Sportsnet.
Baseball is a game where the unexpected can happen on a nightly basis, and that is exactly what took place during one minor league game on Wednesday.
It's unclear when or if Naylor will return to Cleveland's lineup this season as the extent of the injury is unknown.
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