It’s time for another edition of “Call Him Up”. As you may know, the Buffalo Bisons are loaded to the brim with MLB-ready prospects. One such player, Addison Barger, has already been called up.
Over the years, analysts have developed new metrics to evaluate player performance, including defence. Let’s review some of these new-ish catcher-related metrics and assess Toronto’s catchers’ performance in 2023 and 2024.
It’s been a rough first month for the Toronto Blue Jays pitching prospects. Ricky Tiedemann is on the shelf at Triple-A with ulnar nerve inflammation and Brandon Barriera underwent Tommy John surgery and an internal brace procedure as part of a hybrid surgery.
Let’s go back in time to 2014. For the first time in a really long time, the Toronto Blue Jays are competitive in the American League East. On June 6, they lead the division by six games with a 38-14 record, the most games over .500 they’d be at any point in the year.
Looking at the Jays batters over the last two weeks. Over the past two weeks, the Blue Jays have been 5-8. Our batters hit .212/.282/.357, averaging 2.9 runs per game.
Once again, the Blue Jays affiliates split their four games. On Wednesday, two Blue Jays affiliates shut out their opposition, with the other two teams falling, one in a close game and another in a blowout.
Per Baseball Reference, over 137 Canadian-born baseball players have stepped foot on a professional baseball mound, dating back to 1878 with Edward “The Only” Nolan making his debut with the Indianapolis Blues in the National League.
Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred was in attendance as the Blue Jays and Royals kicked off their three-game series at the Rogers Centre on Monday.
Baseball’s grassroots arms Alek Manoah and Paul Skenes faced off in Triple-A action on Tuesday night. The Toronto Blue Jays Triple-A club, the Buffalo Bisons, took the field against the Pittsburgh Pirates Triple-A team, the Indianapolis Indians.
It’s a story that continues to take shape after a month into the campaign. Night after night, day after day, the Blue Jays bats can’t seem to figure out how to support their pitching staff to set the team up for success.
For the third series in a row, the Blue Jays have lost. On Wednesday afternoon, the Blue Jays hosted the Kansas City Royals for the third and final game of the series, falling 6-1 to the American League Central team.
The Toronto Blue Jays’ inconsistent start to the 2023 season, marked by offensive struggles and defensive lapses, has highlighted the team’s overall direction.
Bo Bichette has got off to an ice-cold first month of the season, wrestling with a .577 OPS through the first 28 games of the year. It’s important to note that it’s early, as the 26-year-old shortstop’s numbers are bound to improve as the weather warms up.
The Toronto Blue Jays are considering several options as they look to fill the final spot in their starting rotation, vacated by the injured Yariel Rodriguez (spine inflammation), and among the potential possibilities includes recalling right-hander Alek Manoah from triple-A Buffalo.
Breaking their five-run curse on Monday was supposed to be a good omen for the Toronto Blue Jays. With a wobbly but promising 6-5 win on Monday night, Toronto was seemingly on the path to redemption after a frustrating stretch that put the team on a losing record.
The Toronto Blue Jays will aim to salvage a split of their six-game homestand when they play the rubber match of their three-game series with the Kansas City Royals on Wednesday afternoon.
The Kansas City Royals (18-13) play on the road against the Toronto Blue Jays (15-16) at Rogers Centre. The contest is set to start at 3:07 PM ET on Wednesday.
Tuesday, 5:25 p.m. ET: Rodriguez has been placed on the injured list, which is seemingly a good indicator that Manoah could be back. Tuesday 4:55 p.m. ET: After an inefficient start on Monday night, Toronto Blue Jays' starting pitcher Yariel Rodriguez is currently experiencing back discomfort.
The Jays will need to figure out a fifth starter, though maybe not right away, thanks to where they are in the schedule.
At one point last season, it seemed impossible for the Toronto Blue Jays to keep Yusei Kikuchi on the roster. The lefty struggled mightily in his first season with the Jays and fared no better to start year two.
Justin Turner hit two homers and drove in three runs as the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the visiting Kansas City Royals 6-5 on Monday. Danny Jansen added a solo homer for the Blue Jays in the opener of a three-game series.
It was the first time the Dodgers played north of the border since the Blue Jays' failed offseason pursuit of Ohtani.
The Toronto Blue Jays Triple-A affiliate the Buffalo Bison had a series against the Iowa Cubs who are the Triple-A affiliate of the Chicago Cubs and they won four of the six games.
The former No. 23 overall pick has already seen his career hampered by injuries.
He underwent surgery on that hip in July of 2022 while with the Rays, spending the rest of that season on the injured list.
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