Blue Bird Banter

Dan Hamilton-Imagn Images Blue Jays 4 Mariners 8 (12 innings) The Jays had two chances in extra innings to bring the runner from second home and couldn’t, so they didn’t deserve the win. It was one of those games where we should have scored more. With 12 hits, you would think you could have scored more than 3 runs. The top four in the order had 8 hits. We scored one … [Read more...] about Jays Lose In Extras

Dan Hamilton-Imagn Images The Jays are four games over .500. I was hoping for a .500 first month, but I would be happy to have them do much better. I think it is well past time to remove Andrés Giménez from the cleanup spot. It worked for a day or two, but he’s back to being the player we expected. Straw gets a start. Today's Lineups MARINERS BLUE … [Read more...] about Game #21 GameThread: Mariners @ Jays

John E. Sokolowski-Imagn Images The Mariners are in town for three games. Springer is back. Varsho will be back soon, and Swanson will too. But Andrés Giménez is still the cleanup hitter, which is hard to understand. Today's Lineups MARINERS BLUE JAYS Julio Rodriguez - CF Bo Bichette - SS Jorge Polanco - DH Vladimir Guerrero - 1B Cal Raleigh - C Anthony … [Read more...] about Game #20 GameThread: Mariners @ Jays

Dan Hamilton-Imagn Images Mariners 1 Blue Jays 3 The stat of the day has to be Addison Barger’s three outfield assists. Apparently, it is the first time a Jay has done that since Rick Bosetti in 1978. Baseball Almanac tells me that the MLB record is four in a game. In the fourth inning, Addison threw Cal Raleigh out at second, on a play that I thought Raleigh would be … [Read more...] about Three Outfield Assists For Barger, Jays Beat Mariners

John E. Sokolowski-Imagn Images Good Friday to you all. I’m sure that every sketch comedy group has done a sketch with Jesus asking, “Why do you call it Good Friday?” And, in keeping with the holiday, Today’s Jays game is an Apple TV game. There is depressingly little news about the Jays. Yesterday’s news was Davis Schneider being optioned. Hopefully, he can figure … [Read more...] about Friday Bantering: Jays Bits