Blue Bird Banter

Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images Jays 0 Rangers 2 I don’t know. I should just have a form and fill in the blanks. Great start tonight by __________ Bowden Francis. Jays had _____ 4 hits and ____6 walks. Jays were 0 for _____10 with RISP. Jays left ____ 11 on base. There were several well-hit balls with RISP, and they all found gloves. Anyway....Francis went five shutout … [Read more...] about Team Frustration Frustrates Us Again

Jerome Miron-Imagn Images Game two of the series with the Rangers. Today’s lineups. Bo gets a half-day off, DHing today. He’s played short every game this season, so he’s earned a break. Clement plays short, Stefanic second base. And Springer plays left with Santander in right. Today's Lineups BLUE JAYS RANGERS Bo Bichette - DH Josh Smith - SS Vladimir … [Read more...] about Game #54 GameThread: Jays @ Rangers

Tim Heitman-Imagn Images Once again, we are one game back of .500. It seems like we have spent much of the season on being one game back of .500. But if we are going to make it back to .500 today, Bowdin Francis is going to have to channel whatever he was doing at the end of last season. It is hard on my baseball mind to think that our best player has a .238 OBP. … [Read more...] about Tuesday Bantering: Jays Notes

Tom Szczerbowski-Imagn Images And Jacob Brumfield Hall of Famer Frank Thomas turns 57 today. Frank was elected to the Hall of Fame in 2014, his first time on the ballot. He played 19 seasons, mainly for the White Sox, hitting .301/.419/.555 with 521 home runs. He was AL MVP twice and received MVP votes 11 times. His 73.9 career bWAR puts him 54th all-time among position … [Read more...] about Happy Birthday Frank Thomas and José Berríos

Tim Heitman-Imagn Images Blue Jays 2 Rangers 1 What a great start by Kevin Gausman. He threw eight innings, allowing just five hits, no walks, with six strikeouts. He came out of the game with 96 pitches. I’m old school enough to think ‘Maybe he should have come out for the complete game.’ But it was likely the right call to pull him. The only mark against Gausman was … [Read more...] about Great Start By Gausman, Jays Beat Rangers