Blue Bird Banter

This week, in the MLB Reacts poll (brought to you by FanDuel) we asked if you thought John Schneider would be fired this season. Almost 70% think he will. And that was before yesterday’s games. I don’t believe it is his fault we aren’t winning, but after being unable to score last year, we aren’t hitting at all this year, and someone will take the fall for it. The line about … [Read more...] about MLB Reacts: Most Think Schneider Will Be Fired This Year

Photo by Rick Stewart/Getty Images John Cerutti would have turned 65 today. John was a good lefty pitcher for the Blue Jays in the late 1980s. He was 46-37 in six seasons for us, starting 108 games and relieving in 83, and had a 3.87 ERA. His best season was 1989, when John went 11-11 in 31 starts, with a 3.07 ERA in 205 innings. The following year, he was 9-9 with a … [Read more...] about Blue Jays Birthdays: John Cerutti and Matt Chapman

Photo by Mike Carlson/MLB Photos via Getty Images I cover the whole system in this column, but typically I like to edge towards the sleeper side of the farm most of the time. If you’re the kind of person who cares to read this, I figure you already know that Arjun Nimmala is cool, but new info on Gage Stanifer might come as a surprise. Today, though, I think it makes … [Read more...] about Taking Wing: Trey Yesavage

Photo by Evan Bernstein/Getty Images It is election day for those of us in Canada. Be sure to get out there and vote. The Jays are 13-15, with three games left this month. They would need a sweep to finish the month above .500, but 2 of 3 would leave them just a game under. I’d take that for the first month. But it doesn’t matter unless they start hitting, and I don’t … [Read more...] about Off-Day Bantering: Jays Bits

Photo by Michael Urakami/Getty Images You know, Yankees, you could have put a roof on the new Yankees Stadium. Tomorrow, there is an old-fashioned, single-admission double-header starting at 1:35 PM Eastern. Today’s Yankees-Blue Jays game (Saturday, April 26) has been rescheduled due to the forecast of sustained inclement weather and will be made up tomorrow, … [Read more...] about Jays Game Postponed