Blue Bird Banter

Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images Roy Halladay would have turned 48 today. Roy was either the best or the second-best Blue Jays starter of all time, depending on who you ask (I change my mind often), but there is no doubt he and Dave Stieb are the two best starters in our history. I think Stieb was the best AL pitcher of the 1980s, and Halladay was the best AL … [Read more...] about Blue Jays Birthdays: Roy Halladay, Pat Borders

Photo by Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images Rays 11 Blue Jays 9 Up by one in the ninth, I thought we had the game. But Jeff Hoffman had an awful inning. It started off well. He struck out the first batter. Then Travis Jankowski walked. Danny Jansen, whom I used to like, had a hit-and-run single, moving the tying run to third. Chandler Simpson singled, and the game was tied. … [Read more...] about Varsho Homers Twice, But Jays Lose

Steve Russell/Toronto Star via Getty Images We get the Rays in town for three games. The Jake Bloss news is a kick to our rather thin starting depth. We get to see our old friend Danny Jansen. Apparently, Jansen’s had a framing issue this season. Jansen is 60th out of 61 qualified catchers this year, three runs worse than the average. Baseball Prospectus has him as … [Read more...] about Game #41 GameThread: Rays @ Jays

Photo by Stephen Brashear/Getty Images We are a quarter of the way through the season, and we are back where we started: .500 ball. But at least we’ve chosen an interesting way to get to .500. The first 10 games we were 5-5, which included a four-game win streak. In the second 10 games, we were 7-3, and things seemed pretty good. In the third 10, we were 2-8 and … [Read more...] about Thoughts At The Quarter Pole

Kim Klement Neitzel-Imagn Images Jake Bloss is going to have UCL surgery and will be out for the season and part off 2026. Just terrible news. And Max Scherzer has back tightness and won't throw today. Leo Jimenez is starting a rehab assignment. And MLB has bowed down to the Orange Man and has said permanent bannings and now 'lifetime bans'. So Pete Rose is now open … [Read more...] about Bloss Out For Season