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The Toronto Blue Jays Should Win the AL East Again

Feb 29, 2016

American League, Opinions & Predictions, Toronto Blue Jays

The Toronto Blue Jays will be a better team in 2016. A full year of Troy Tulowitzki, Marcus Stroman, Kevin Pillar starting every day in center field, and a full year of a decent left field defender in Michael S...

Feels Like 1985: Blue Jays and Royals Set to Square Off

Dustin Saracini

Oct 16, 2015

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

Thirty years ago, the Toronto Blue Jays and Kansas City Royals met in the American League Championship Series. Toronto ended the regular season with a 99-62 record and took a three-games-to-one stranglehold aga...

RECAP: Joey Bats the Blue Jays Into the ALCS

Dustin Saracini

Oct 15, 2015

American League, American League East, American League West, Breaking News, Major League Baseball, Postseason, Texas Rangers, Toronto Blue Jays

It will go down as one of the most memorable home runs in Blue Jays history. Number 19, Jose Bautista, was absent from the postseason for over 1,400 games, with chances at a pennant slipping away each year. ...

O Canada, Baseball is Back!

Dustin Saracini

Sep 1, 2015

American League, American League East, Baseball History, Features, History, Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions, Postseason, Toronto Blue Jays

Let's get serious. For 22 years, baseball has taken a back seat in a country that has been everlastingly known to love and adore the sport of hockey. There has always been a handful of loyal and devoted Blue Ja...

Get Your Popcorn Ready: Blue Jays on the verge of breaking out

Dustin Saracini

Aug 3, 2015

Features, Headlines, Toronto Blue Jays

Toronto has been known for having the best popcorn in North America, now they can be known for having one of the best lineups in baseball. After eight years of competing against him, seven of them being in t...

Blue Jays: Which Card Would You Play?

Dustin Saracini

Jun 30, 2015

American League, American League East, Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions, Toronto Blue Jays

Close your eyes. Imagine the Toronto Blue Jays have secured a one game playoff via a wild card birth. They have just ended the longest drought in MLB history. You don't know what to do. You don't know how to...

20 in 20: Blue Jays (Trying To) Take Flight

Dustin Saracini

May 28, 2015

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

If you want to take the easy route, you can say that this year will be a total disaster, that Toronto failed in acquiring the necessary means in order to be a contender. Well, the most recent string of games ma...

Blue Jays Face Difficult Decision Ahead

Dustin Saracini

Apr 17, 2015

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

Canadian Michael Saunders is almost ready for action after tearing the meniscus in his left knee during practice in late February. After stepping on a sprinkler head while shagging balls, Saunders' original tim...

Toronto Takes Two in New York

Dustin Saracini

Apr 10, 2015

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

Three wins, seventeen losses. That's the record the Blue Jays held playing in New York for the past two seasons. Of those six series in Yankees Stadium, the Blue Jays had won one of them. Toronto can n...

Osuna and Castro Should be Headed North with Blue Jays

Dustin Saracini

Mar 20, 2015

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

If a job in baseball is based on performance then Roberto Osuna and Miguel Castro have earned a spot in Toronto. In Spring Training, the pair of 20-year-olds have pitched lights out, and continue to dominate...

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