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Pearson, Parsons and White Make The Opening Roster

Pearson, Parsons and White Make The Opening Roster

PhotoPhoto by Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire via The Jays have made some roster moves: Making the team: Nate Pearson Mitch White Wes Parsons Optioned: Zach Pop Yariel Rodriguez (they want to build up his arm) Injury List: Jordan Romano Erik Swanson And “likely” Alek Manoah (He threw 34 pitches in a sim game today. It looks like the team wants guys who can give them innings in the last three spots in the pen. Wes Parsons is the one who surprises me. Parson had a 4.22 ERA in 10.2 spring innings. He allowed 10 hits, 5 earned, 8 walks, 3 hit batters and 8...
Bluebird Banter Mar 21, 2024
GameThread: Jays @ Pirates

GameThread: Jays @ Pirates

Kim Klement Neitzel-USA TODAY Sports It's a rare evening spring game. There is a little news. Bowden Francis has been told he’s made the team and the starting rotation. I didn’t have any doubts. And: Manoah is throwing BP tomorrow. Erik Swanson played catch today and felt good, Romano will do the same in the next couple of days. Kevin Gausman will pitch Monday, but it might be in a minor league spring game. Lineups: Today's Lineups BLUE JAYS PIRATES George Springer - DH Oneil Cruz - SS Bo Bichette - SS Bryan Reynolds - DH Justin Turner -...
Bluebird Banter Mar 19, 2024
Tuesday GameThread: Orioles @ Blue Jays

Tuesday GameThread: Orioles @ Blue Jays

Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports The Orioles visit Dunedin today. And we get several of the Jays regulars. There are a few bits of news: Jordan Romano has elbow inflammation. He’ll sit out the next three days and then start up again. The MRI shows no damage. Erik Swanson has tightness in his right forearm. Again, no damage was found. He will get a couple of days off. It is that time of spring. Joey Votto is taking BP today, but his ankle is sore. He might also not play for a couple of days. Jose Berrios will be the opening-day starter. The Sun has a story about...
Bluebird Banter Mar 18, 2024
Better Know Your Blue Jays 40-Man: Erik Swanson

Better Know Your Blue Jays 40-Man: Erik Swanson

John E. Sokolowski-USA TODAY Sports Erik Swanson is a 29-year-old right-handed reliever. The Blue Jays picked him up in a trade from the Mariners, along with minor leaguer Adam Macko, in exchange for Teoscar Hernandez. I have always hated trading everyday players for relievers, but such is life. Hernandez played 160 games for the M’s, hitting .258/.305/.435 with 26 home runs. Baseball reference has him at a 2.1 WAR last year. Now he’s a Dodger. Macko made 20 starts for the Vancouver Canadians. He had a 4.49 ERA, with 76 hits, 40 walks and 106 strikeouts in 86...
Bluebird Banter Mar 7, 2024
Thursday Bantering and Spring GameThread

Thursday Bantering and Spring GameThread

Photo by Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via I will be our for most of the afternoon, so use this as a GameThread. It is on Sportsnet tonight. I should be back around game time. I might as well start with the bad news: Alek Manoah was to throw a bullpen session today, but his shoulder is still sore, and he’s back to day-to-day. There is less and less chance he’ll start the season in the rotation. It makes an opening for Bowden Francis or Mitch White (or both). Some good news from Erik Swanson: “We feel the support,” he said. “We felt everybody’s prayers,...
Bluebird Banter Mar 1, 2024
Better Know Your Blue Jays 40-man: Adam Macko

Better Know Your Blue Jays 40-man: Adam Macko

Aaron Cobb/Toronto Blue Jays-USA TODAY Sports Adam Macko is a 23-year-old, left-handed pitcher. The Jays added him to the 40-man roster in November at the deadline before the Rule 5 draft. He was part of the Teoscar Hernandez/Erik Swanson trade with the Mariners. They picked him out of the Vauxhall Academy here in Alberta in the 7th round of the 2019 draft. He was born in Slovakia, and then his parents moved to Ireland and then Alberta (because, of course, if you can live through an Alberta winter, you can live through anything). Vauxhall Academy does a good job...

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