Blue Bird Banter

Mitch Stringer-Imagn Images The Jays’ tour of cold-weather baseball towns continues. But there isn’t rain in the forecast. Yesterday’s rainout gave the bullpen a needed break. The Jays are first in the AL East. It might be time to move Gimenez from the cleanup spot. It was a cute joke to start the season, and he did hit a couple of home runs, but lately, he’s hit much … [Read more...] about Game #15 GameThread: Jays @ Orioles

Photo By Winslow Townson/Getty Images Earlier in the week, we ran SB Nation’s FanDuel-sponsored Reacts poll asking if you would take the over or the under on Fanduel’s 79.5 wins. Most of us are optimistic we can clear that bar: It is nice to see there is optimism about the season. The team is 8-6 at the moment (pretty good considering a good part of the … [Read more...] about SB Nation Reacts: Jays fans are optimistic about the team’s win total

Photo by Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images Yesterday’s Umpire Scorecard wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be, except for the 2 runs in the Red Sox' favour. It is one thing to have trouble with the strike zone; it is another when it is mostly in one team’s favour. I guess random chance says that in some games, the calls will go against us, but I’d like it to be … [Read more...] about Friday Bantering: Umpire Scorecard

Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images It is Kelvim Escobar’s 49th birthday today. Kelvim was a Blue Jay from 1997 to 2003, pitching in 301 games, with 101 starts. He had a 4.58 ERA, a 58-55 record and 58 saves. Kelvim Escobar, from LaGuaira, Venezuela, was signed by the Blue Jays as an amateur free agent when he was 16 in 1992 by former Jay super scout Epy Guerrero, out … [Read more...] about Happy Birthday Kelvim Escobar and Cavan Biggio

Eric Canha-Imagn Images Blue Jays 3 Red Sox 4 (10 innings) Once again, pitching was the story of the day. Chris Bassitt threw 5.2, giving up 5 hits, 1 earned, 1 walk, with 5 strikeouts. He gave up his run in the sixth. A walk to Jarren Duran, who stole season and a two out Alex Bregman single (softly hit, 70 mph) scored the day's first run. Chad Green came in and got … [Read more...] about Jays Lose In Extras