Blue Bird Banter

Gregory Fisher-Imagn Images Ten years ago today: The Blue Jays made a fantastic comeback to beat the Red Sox in Boston. It was our ninth win in a row. We would sweep the Red Sox, running our winning streak to 11. At the end of 3 innings, the Jays were down 8-1. Drew Hutchison had a terrible start, giving up eight runs in just 2.1 innings. He gave up three home runs … [Read more...] about Today in Blue Jays History: Jays Comeback From Down 8-1 against Red Sox

Jeff Curry-Imagn Images Blue Jays 5 Cardinals 2 After a couple of wild wins, it was nice to have a more relaxed game. Eric Lauer was good in the starting role, not the bulk guy this time. He went 4.1 innings and gave up a run in the first on a single, a bad pickoff throw to first by Lauer, moving the runner to third, and a single. And a run in the second on a Yohel … [Read more...] about Jays Sweep Cardinals

Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images A Wednesday day game. Weekday day games miss with my rhythm. Spencer Turnbull gets the start. There are bits of pregame Jays: Max Scherzer will start for the Bisons on Friday. He’ll throw 60-65 pitches. If all goes well, I imagine they would have him do another rehab start before, hopefully, getting activated, but we’ll see. Outfielder … [Read more...] about Wednesday Bantering: Robertson Up

Jeff Curry-Imagn Images Jays go for the sweep today. As mentioned, with Nathan Lukes going on the IL, Will Robertson is up with the team. There are a bunch of people from his family going to be at the game today, so I hope he gets into it. I guess they could make the trip to Philadelphia for the next series. The lineups: Today's Lineups BLUE JAYS CARDINALS Bo … [Read more...] about Game #68 GameThread: Jays @ Cardinals

Photo by George Kubas/Diamond Images via Getty Images While reading Keith Law’s mid-season top 50 prospect update last week, I was unsurprised to see that Arjun Nimmala had jumped up into the top 40, and only mildly surprised to see Trey Yesavage on the list 10 spots behind him. I didn’t expect, though, to see Khal Stephen among the dozen names also receiving … [Read more...] about Taking Wing: Khal Stephen