Blue Bird Banter

Photo by Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images Part 1: The Infield I’m reviving a series I started but never finished last year, picking one statistical indicator for every player on the Blue Jays to try to tell the story of their season. We’re roughly a quarter of the way in (plus eight games, but what’s a week between friends?), so we have a pretty good body of work for each … [Read more...] about One Stat To Watch for Every Blue Jays Hitter

John E. Sokolowski-Imagn Images Padres 6 Blue Jays 7 (11 innings) What an exciting set of extra innings. Top of the 10th Brendon Little is pitching Xander Bogaerts on second. Little got two quick outs but gave up a single, and the Padres were ahead. Little got Machado to ground out to end the inning. Bottom of the 10th Nathan Lukes at second. Jonatan Clase, who had a … [Read more...] about Extra Inning Win Completes Jays Sweep

Dan Hamilton-Imagn Images We have an early game today. It would be nice to get the sweep. I was worried that we would get swept and be well below .500. On the cat front, they are getting a little more comfortable. The very shy one came up to me for petting and sat on my lap for a long time. They have both been in the same room playing with toys. They still hide out … [Read more...] about Game #49 GameThread: Padres @ Jays

Dan Hamilton-Imagn Images Padres 0 Blue Jays 14 We have been wanting a blowout win, and here it is. Maybe we could do this more often. For the second game in a row, we got a great start from our starting pitcher. Kevin Gausman threw seven shutout innings, allowing just three hits, no walks and nine strikeouts. Just great work. One of those three hits should have been … [Read more...] about Jays Thump Padres

Nick Turchiaro-Imagn Images Game two against the Padres. We have two new cats in the house, and I can’t find them, which worries me. I’ve just been home for 10 minutes, but no cats. Today’s lineup. Today's Lineups PADRES BLUE JAYS Fernando Tatis - RF Bo Bichette - SS Luis Arraez - 1B Vladimir Guerrero - 1B Manny Machado - 3B Daulton Varsho - CF Jackson … [Read more...] about Game #48 GameThread: Padres @ Jays