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The Best and Worst Trade of the Decade for the Toronto Blue Jays

Apr 8, 2020

Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions, Toronto Blue Jays

Over the last decade the Toronto Blue Jays have had one of the most fluid and ever-changing rosters in baseball. The franchise has seen superstar players come and go at a regular pace but with no World Series t...

Cardinals Trade Jaime Garcia to Braves for Prospects

Austin Green

Dec 1, 2016

Atlanta Braves, Headlines, Offseason, St. Louis Cardinals, Transactions

It's officially December: The weather is getting colder, Christmas decorations are popping up everywhere, and the MLB hot stove is heating up. The Atlanta Braves, who are moving into the next phase of their reb...

R. A. Dickey’s Hidden Trade Value

Austin Green

Jan 11, 2016

American League, American League East, Atlanta Braves, Colorado Rockies, Features, Headlines, Major League Baseball, Milwaukee Brewers, National League, National League Central, National League East, National League West, Offseason, Opinions & Predictions, Rumors, Toronto Blue Jays

The Toronto Blue Jays helped re-ignite the hot stove late Friday night by trading outfielder Ben Revere to Washington for relief pitcher Drew Storen. But while the baseball world was still digesting the trade, ...

Trying to find reason in the David Price decision

Joshua Sadlock

Oct 12, 2015

Features, Headlines, Opinions & Predictions, Postseason, Toronto Blue Jays

In the fifth inning of a 7-1 game, Toronto Blue Jays manager John Gibbons went to the mound to retrieve starting pitcher R.A. Dickey with two outs and one baserunner aboard. After being staked to a big lead by ...

RECAP: Blue Jays Bring Series Back to Toronto

Dustin Saracini

Oct 12, 2015

American League, American League East, Headlines, Major League Baseball, Postseason, Toronto Blue Jays

Toronto is now one win away from completing a three-game comeback after going down 0-2 to start the ALDS. The highest scoring offense in Major League Baseball came to life Monday night, defeating the Texas R...

In Toronto, It’s Out With the Old, In With the New

Raza Malik

Sep 15, 2015

American League, American League East, Headlines, Kansas City Royals, Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions, Postseason, San Francisco Giants, Toronto Blue Jays

No team has undergone more of a makeover since last season than the Toronto Blue Jays. Management overturned the majority of the roster at the end of last season as well as at the trade deadline just a month ag...

Where Is the Love for Gio Gonzalez?

Steve Benko

Aug 15, 2015

Features, Opinions & Predictions, Washington Nationals

Gio Gonzalez has been a model of consistency since his first full season in the Major Leagues. Gonzalez was drafted by the Chicago White Sox in 2004, and after getting traded away to the Philadelphia Phillies, ...

Warning: Knuckleballs on the edge of the strike zone are closer than they appear

Adam Gilfix

Aug 12, 2015

American League, American League East, Boston Red Sox, Major League Baseball, New York Yankees, Toronto Blue Jays

The New York Yankees have seen a 5.5-game lead over the Toronto Blue Jays collapse to 0.5 games from one Tuesday to the next by dropping five of six. This rough patch of six games, in which the offense has...

Let the Knuckleball Dance

Dustin Saracini

Aug 8, 2015

American League, American League East, Features, Headlines, Major League Baseball, Toronto Blue Jays

Much was said about R.A. Dickey in the first two months of the season. The 40-year-old sported a 5.23 ERA in April and a 6.27 ERA in May, with a 2-5 record to boot. He was done, he was never going to be the ...

Phil Coke declines AAA assignment

Justin Levine

Jun 22, 2015

American League East, Features, Major League Baseball, Media, Toronto Blue Jays, Transactions

Veteran left-hander Phil Coke has declined an optional assignment to Triple-A Buffalo and elected free agency, according to a report from Sportsnet's Shi Davidi. Coke was sent down as part of a bundle of mov...

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