Blue Bird Banter

David Butler II-Imagn Images A look at how our pitchers performed the last two weeks. Over the past two weeks, the Blue Jays were 6-6. The pitchers had a 2.74 ERA. Hot Chris Bassitt: 3 starts, 1-0, 0.52 ERA. In 17.1 innings, batters hit .191/.227/.254 with 0 home runs, 3 walk and 24 strikeouts. One of the three starts was a Quality Start, the other two were 5.2 … [Read more...] about Who’s Hot, Who’s Cold: Blue Jays Pitchers

Nick Turchiaro-Imagn Images The Jays have optioned Davis Schneider to Buffalo. This might mean that Addison Barger is staying in Toronto when Nathan Lukes returns from Paternity Leave. Davis is hitting .067/.333/.067 in 21 PA, so not a surprise that he's going down I was surprised when he made the team out of spring training. Hopefully he'll find a way to make contact … [Read more...] about David Schneider Optioned To Buffalo

John E. Sokolowski-Imagn Images Braves 1 Jays 3 Our pitchers were terrific today: Chris Bassitt: 5 innings, 3 hits, 2 walks and 10 strikeouts. He threw 90 pitches, but seemed to tired a bit in the fifth. He is a lot of fun to watch. Brendon Little: 1 inning, 1 walk, 3 strikeouts. I’m not 100% confident in Little, but games like this will help me to get there. Nick … [Read more...] about Vlad Homers, Jays Win

Nick Turchiaro-Imagn Images That was a fun game yesterday. We needed one of those. Today’s game starts at 1:00 Eastern. I have a busy morning planned, so I won’t get a chance to put the thread together. So this will have to do for a GameThread. The starters are: For the Braves: Spencer Strider (wasn’t he in Lord of the Rings?) making his first appearance of 2025. He … [Read more...] about Game #19 GameThread: Braves @ Jays

Tom Szczerbowski-Imagn Images There are all time records that come from sublime skills. There are those that come from a combination of ability and luck. And finally, there are those that come from nothing more than weird circumstance. Reed Johnson owns one of those all-time baseball records which is a product of the latter. Johnson carved out a nice 13-year career for … [Read more...] about This Record In Jays History: Reed Johnson Joins the 3 HBP Club For The First Of Three Times