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Bobby Witt Jr. doubled in two runs as the host Kansas City Royals rallied past the Toronto Blue Jays, 3-2, on Tuesday evening. Trailing 2-0 with two outs in the fifth, the Royals took advantage of Vladimir Guerrero Jr.'s error.
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The Blue Jays’ incredible futility with runners in scoring position continued tonight. They went 2 for 10, scoring only two runs in spite of getting a dozen men on base in the first five innings. The pitching was very good, but a brutal error at an inopportune time and a lack of support saddled Kevin Gausman with one of the tougher luck losses you’ll see.
It hurts to lose a game where you were the more effective team on both sides of the ball for...
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Last night went well. Really, in spite of a couple of blown sweep opportunities the last week and a half has gone well. The offence isn’t doing a ton, but it’s doing enough, and the pitchers (a couple guys in the bullpen excepted) have been razor sharp.
Tonight, Kevin Gausman (0-2, 8.16 in 14.1 innings) will look to build on a decent start last time out against the Yankees after a couple of meltdowns. On the other side, Michael Wacha (1-2, 3.75 in...
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And other developments in the Blue Jays farm system
Success-wise, the past week like like an inverted pyramid throughout the Blue Jays organization. While the big league team took two three game sets to go 4-2 and Buffalo did the same at the Triple-A level, the rest posted losing marks. Vancouver and Dunedin were the mirror image each going 2-4, and New Hampshire dropped five straight to Portland after a decisive first game win.
There were...
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Things are pretty good with the team, but some are off to a poor start:
Alejandro Kirk is hitting .179/.277/.196 with one extra-base hit, 8 walks and 10 strikeouts. He had such a good spring. His defence, as always, has been good but is missing at the plate. Vladimir Guerrero is hitting .230/.350/.368, a 114 OPS+, but we wanted better. 3 home runs isn’t enough. He has 15 walks and 19 strikeouts. Bo Bichette is hitting...Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports
Blue Jays (13-10) vs Royals (13-10)
The Blue Jays opened this series the right way last night, taking the first game of the four game series with a solid 5-3 win. They’ll try to make it two in a row tonight, with first pitch once again set for 7:40 ET.
Blue Jays’ StarterKevin Gausman will make his fifth start of the year for the Jays, looking to build off his best start of the year as he is ramping up his workload. After throwing just 69 pitches...
Five has been the magic number for the Toronto Blue Jays as they head into the second contest of their four-game series against the host Kansas City Royals on Tuesday evening.
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I’m growing to like this ‘get ahead early, hold on at the end’ version of the Blue Jays.
I’m also loving that guys who were hated, are doing terrific. We like to think we know baseball, but when guys with potential do poorly, we tend to miss the potential and think they will always be like this.
Today’s first case in point is Yusei Kikuchi. Yusei threw 6 innings and allowed just 5 hits, 2 earned, no walks, with 4 strikeouts. He did...
Bo Bichette's three-run triple led the Toronto Blue Jays past the host Kansas City Royals, 5-3, on Monday evening. The Blue Jays took a 3-0 lead in the third after a pair of walks and Cavan Biggio's opposite-field double loaded the bases.
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The start of a series with the Royals, who are playing very good baseball.
Today we have Yusei Kikuchi (1-1, 2.08 in 21.2 innings) vs. Bradley Singer (2-0, 1.54 in 23.1 innings). We might have trouble scoring today. Singer was a second-round draft pick by the Jays in 2015, but they couldn’t agree on a signing bonus. The Royals took him in the first round in 2018.
There is some bad Jays’ news:
Blue Jays LHP prospect Brandon Barriera...
The Toronto Blue Jays Triple-A affiliate is a series against the Columbus Clippers who are the Triple-A affiliate of the Cleveland Guardians and they took four of the six games.
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Jimmy Key turns 63 today.
Jimmy Key was born in Huntsville, Alabama. He was drafted in the 3rd round of the 1982 amateur draft by the Jays out of Clemson University. He quickly rose to the Majors, making the Jays out of spring training in 1984. They had him pitch out of the bullpen that season. Back then, the Jays tended to use first-year pitchers in the pen, figuring that was the best way to teach them how to pitch in the majors (I still think...
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Blue Jays (12-10) vs Royals (13-9)
The Blue Jays, winners of four straight series, head to Kansas City to take on the surprisingly good Royals. The first game of this four game series gets underway this evening with a 7:40 ET start.
Blue Jays’ StarterEarly season success story Yusei Kikuchi heads to the mound for the Jays, riding a string of four pretty good starts where he has gotten stronger in each one. After a rough opening series loss in Tampa bay,...
Blue Jays starter Jose Berrios has recorded the lowest ERA in his first five starts so far this season. Talk about impressive!! The fact that Berrios has recorded a better ERA in his first five starts compared to the greats.
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*Jays 3 Padres 6*
This is just a placeholder till I get to my computeri was supposed to play squash but got stood up, so got to watch the end of the game in the bar.
The Padres scored in weird ways:
Springer over ran a Manny Machado single allowing a run to score from first.
Twice bases loaded walks brought in a Padres run. Trevor Richards and Nate Pearson had little idea of the strike zone.
A run scored on bases loaded Catcher Interference.
A...
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The Jays are looking for a sweep again.
They are off to a better start than I expected, considering the long road trip and the quality of the teams they have played. Unfortunately, the Yankees and Orioles are also off to a good start.
Today’s lineup, no IKF today.
Today's Lineups George Springer - RF Xander Bogaerts - 2B Vladimir Guerrero - 1B Fernando Tatis - RF Bo Bichette - SS Jake Cronenworth - 1B Justin Turner - DH Manny Machado -...Orlando Ramirez-USA TODAY Sports
Blue Jays (12-9) vs Padres (11-12)
The Blue Jays wrap up their time in San Diego this afternoon, looking to earn the sweep over the Padres. Today’s game gets underway at 4:10 ET.
Blue Jays’ StarterChris Bassitt heads to the mound for the Jays, making his 5th start of the year. As his 2-2 record indicates, Bassitt has had two good starts this year and two bad ones. In his first two starts, he got knocked around early, giving up 9 runs on 15 hit...
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Happy Sunday.
And Happy Birthday to Jordan Romano, who turns 31 today. Yesterday, he picked up his 99th save. His next save will tie him with Billy Koch for fourth on the Jays all-time list. Next up is Roberto Osuna at 104. He could pass Duane Ward (121) for second this season. Tom Henke is #1 at 217, so he’s safe for a couple of years.
Romano has an 89% save percentage, and Henke has an 85%. To be fair, Tom had more 2 and 2+ inning save opportunities....
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And Frank Thomas released.
16 years ago today
The Blue Jays released Frank Thomas.
The Jays signed Frank Thomas to a two-year deal, plus a vesting option for a 3rd year before the 2007 season. Frank had had a good 2007, hitting .277/.377/.480 with 29 home runs. Then he started 2008 slowly, hitting just .167/.306/.333 in his first 72 at-bats. Thomas was a notoriously slow starter for much of his career. As late as June 3rd, 2007, Frank was hitting...
Rookie pitcher Yariel Rodríguez looks like he could very well be the fifth starter for the Toronto Blue Jays. He’s made two strong starts as a starter.