Blue Bird Banter

Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images After the Jays’ first two picks last night, there’ll be more action today as we work through rounds four through twenty in what used to be two separate days of drafting. The Jays have all their picks today, starting at #112 overall, so we’ll have a lot guys to immediately decide we’re disappointed in/tell everyone we always believed … [Read more...] about MLB Draft Day Two Bantering

Matt Bush/Special to USA TODAY / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images The Jays picked outfielder Jake Cook with their second pick #81 overall. Cook is fast. He was a pitcher until this year, but Southern Miss moved him to the outfield. He’s a project pick, hasn’t played much outfield, needs work with the bat, but with his speed, he could be a very good defensive center … [Read more...] about Jays Take Jake Cook With Second Pick

Photo by Kelley L Cox/Getty Images The last game before the All-Star break. End of the first half, though I had someone on Facebook argue with me that when it is game 96 of 162, you can’t call it the halfway point. I argued and argued until I thought I didn’t need this and banned him. But it is the end of the first half. No Jays news today, because why would you … [Read more...] about Game #96 GameThread: Jays @ A’s

Dennis Lee-Imagn Images Blue Jays 3 A’s 6 Jose Berrios didn’t have it today. Perhaps a combination of the 35 °C heat and the workload over the first half. He went just three innings, allowing five hits, four earned, two walks, and one strikeout. There were two home runs, one of which was a ballpark homer, it wouldn’t have gone out most parks. Tommy Nance made a … [Read more...] about Jays Lose Last Game Before Break

JoJo is the guy holding the trophy | 0Hannah Mattix/Clarion Ledger / USA TODAY NETWORK The Jays selected JoJo Parker with the eighth pick in the MLB draft. He is a shortstop out of Purvis High School in Missouri. He’ll be 19 in early August. Keith Law says: Parker could become the gem of this class JoJo Parker had one of the best hit tools in the high school class, … [Read more...] about Jays Select JoJo Parker