Russell Martin turns 43 today. Drafted by the Dodgers in the 17th round in 2002, Martin reached the majors in 2006. By 2014, he’d already played for three MLB teams and made the playoffs seven times—enough to earn any player, but especially a catcher, a reputation as a winner. In 2014, the Blue Jays already […]
27 days ago | 1 read
Nathan Lukes is a left-handed-hitting, 31-year-old outfielder. He was a 16th round draft pick by Cleveland in 2015. The Jays added him to their 40-man roster in November 2022. He had his first full season in the majors last year, playing in 135 games, hitting .255/.323/.407 with 12 home runs, and a 2.0 bWAR. He […]
27 days ago | 7 reads
Brendon Little is a 29-year-old, left-handed reliever. The Jays picked him up from the Cubs in November 2023. When we picked him up, he had less than an inning of major league experience. The Jays liked that got ground balls. Lots of ground balls, thinking that would be a nice combination with their good infield […]
28 days ago | 3 reads
So this I didn’t expect. The Jays traded 26-year-old left-handed hitting, outfielder Joey Loperfido to the Astros for 28-year-old, left-handed hitting Jesús Sánchez. Sánchez has played six seasons in the MLB, 580 games, for the Marlins and, last year, the Astros, hitting .239/.307/.420 with 73 home runs. Last year, he hit .199/.269/.342 with 4 home […]
29 days ago | 4 reads
Chase Lee is a 27-year-old, side-arm, right-handed reliever we picked up in trade from the Tigers in December. The Tigers needed a spot on the 40-man roster. And I had totally forgotten he was on the 40-man. I think this is the first one I totally forgot about. I’m not sure if this is true, […]
30 days ago | 4 reads
Former Blue Jays starter Chris Bassitt agreed to terms on a one year, $18.5 million contract with the Baltimore Orioles today. Bassitt, who turns 37 next Sunday, spent the last three seasons with the Blue Jays. He was originally drafted by the White Sox, but spent the bulk of his MLB career as an Oakland […]
about 1 month ago | 4 reads
Eric Lauer is a 30-year-old (31 in June, so this will be his age 31 season), left-handed pitcher. The Jays signed him to a minor league contract in December of 2024. He had been a Jays draft pick in 2013, but he elected to play college ball instead and then was drafted in the first […]
about 1 month ago | 2 reads
On Monday, Tom and I asked your thoughts about the Jays’ most exciting and most concerning moves (or non-moves) of the winter. Now, how do you think they did overall?I’m sure the vibes would have been better on this question 48 hours ago, before we knew that Anthony Santander was out for most of the […]
about 1 month ago | 6 reads
Not news we wanted to hear. Anthony Santander will miss 5 to 6 months after labrum surgery (a ring of cartilage around the should socket). I was hoping he could make up for last season, but that’s not going to be happening. We really could have used his power. Also Shane Bieber will not be […]
about 1 month ago | 5 reads
Alejandro Kirk is a 27-year-old, right-handed hitting catcher from Tijuana, Mexico. He’s played the last five seasons (plus 9 games) with the Jays. In 564 MLB games, he has a .268/.345/.398 batting line with 51 home runs, 1 stolen base and a 11.3 bWAR (fWAR likes him better, 14.9 career). When he came up, we […]
about 1 month ago | 4 reads
Pitchers and catchers report to Dunedin tomorrow, so I wanted to ask who you’re most interested in watching this spring? All eyes are going to be on Dylan Cease and Cody Ponce, as the big offseason signings. We know that Cease will look great, it’s just a matter of seeing whether his stuff translates into […]
about 1 month ago | 5 reads
This is a thing SB Nation is trying for February (or at least the three weeks that are left, oops…). Each weekday, I’m going to ask our readers a question to see how everyone’s feeling about the team, and to get to know each other a little bit better. I’m even more excited tha our […]
about 1 month ago | 5 reads
Leo Jiménez is a 24-year-old (25 on May 17th), right-handed hitting infielder. He was born in Chitre, Panama. The Jays signed him in 2017 (seems like a long time ago) for $825,000 as an international free agent. I’m curious about how much of the money goes to the player and how much of it goes […]
about 1 month ago | 5 reads
Congratulations to the Seahawks. I was hoping for a better game, it was pretty boring. I guess defensive battles tend to be boring. Field goals are boring too. It didn’t really keep my attention. I did enjoy the half-time show. The question of the day is: Which off-season decision makes you nervous? Hmmmm…..I don’t know. […]
about 1 month ago | 6 reads
Today’s question: Which trade, in Jays history, still bothers you the most? Well, the question was supposed to be “Is this team actually trying to contend or are they just pretending?“ but I didn’t think that would give us much to talk about. This is an easy one for me, the trade that still pisses […]
about 1 month ago | 3 reads
Tyler Heineman is a 34-year-old journeyman catcher. He’s 35 in June, so it will go down as his age 35 season He’s played parts of six seasons in the majors. His 174 PA in 2025, tied his career high. Also, his .289 batting average was a career high, as well as the 3 home runs. […]
about 1 month ago | 4 reads
Instead of a question, today, we have an open thread to let out all your complaints about the Jays, or about the MLB if you want. (I’ll admit these topics aren’t my choosing, it’s an SB Nation thing). Hmmm vent…. Well, I would have liked them to sign Bo, but I can’t blame them for […]
about 1 month ago | 5 reads
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is a right-handed hitting first baseman who turns 27 in March. And, yeah, we really don’t need a ‘better know’ for him. He signed a 14-year contract extension back in April of last year, worth half a billion dollars. Seven seasons into his MLB career, he has a 25.9 bWAR, a .288/.366/.495 […]
about 1 month ago | 3 reads
We are going be posting a question of the day, more or less everyday, with the idea to get conversation going (not that we have a problem getting conversations going). Today’s question: What would a successful 2026 season look like? I don’t like to come into a season with huge expectations. I’m pretty easy. I’d […]
about 1 month ago | 3 reads
Longtime Blue Jays TV announcer Buck Martinez announced his retirement this morning. Martinez joined the Jays’ booth as a colour commentator nearly 40 years ago, for the 1986 season. He moved down to the dugout to manage the 2001 and 2002 seasons. After leaving the team, he worked for seven years in the the Baltimore […]
about 1 month ago | 4 reads
We are going to be (trying) to ask a ‘Question of the Day’ to get a discussion going. Today’s question is “Which year permanently changed how you watch baseball?” Hmmmm that’s a tough one for me. I’ve watched baseball my whole life. I guess the change came when Bill James started publishing his ‘Baseball Abstracts’ […]
about 1 month ago | 4 reads
Andrés Giménez is a 27-year-old, left-handed hitting, middle infielder. The Jays picked him up in trade from the Guardians in early December 2024, along with Nick Sandlin for Spencer Horwitz and minor leaguer Nick Mitchell. Horwitz was quickly flipped to the Pirates. Horwitz hit .272/.353/.434 with 11 home runs for Pittsburgh, playing first base with […]
about 1 month ago | 7 reads
2025 started with nothing but optimism. The team had landed the biggest free agent on the market in Juan Soto. They were stocked with talent and even brought back fan favourite Pete Alonzo. The season opened with the Mets playing some of their best baseball in their history, storming out to a 45-25 in the […]
about 1 month ago | 5 reads
Kevin Gausman is entering the last year of his five-year, $110 million contract. In his first four years with the Jays, he made 125 starts, posting a 48-41 record, a 3.48 ERA, and an 11.2 bWAR. We don’t really need a ‘better know’ for him, we’ve been watching him for the last four years. By […]
about 1 month ago | 5 reads
We’ve hit the fun time of the off-season where there is almost nothing for news. The Jays pitchers and catchers report on the 11th, so at least we’ll start hearing about who is in the best shape of their lives soon. Actually, we don’t hear that much anymore as we’ve all made fun of it […]
about 1 month ago | 3 reads