3:51 PM EDT, Thu March 28, 2024
Bluebird Banter 3 hours ago
Opening Day Roster Moves

Opening Day Roster Moves

Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo/VIEWpress The Blue Jays have made a bunch of roster moves. Going on the 15-day IL: Alek Manoah Jordan Romano Erik Swanson Going on the 10-day IL Danny Jansen DFA: Yosver Zulueta. We guessed this one. Added to the Active Roster: Brian Serven Daniel Vogelbach The 25-man roster: Pitchers: Chris Bassitt Jose Berrios Genesis Cabrera Bowden Francis Yimi Garcia Kevin Gausman Chad Green Yusei Kikuchi Tim Mayza Was Parsons Nate Pearson Trevor Richards Mitch White Catchers: Alejandro Kirk Brian Serven Infielders: Bo Bichette Cavan Biggio Ernie...
DRaysBay 8 hours ago
The Best and Worst Tampa Bay Rays All-Time against the Toronto Blue Jays

The Best and Worst Tampa Bay Rays All-Time against the Toronto Blue Jays

Photo by Joseph Garnett Jr. / The Tampa Bay Rays have taken on their division rival north of the border in a total of 451 regular season games, plus two playoff games (both of which went in the Rays favor). Over those regular season games, the Rays have gone 245-206 (.543%). The Rays overtook the Blue Jays in the all-time series win column back in 2011 and haven’t looked back. Since the start of the 2007 season, the Rays have either tied or won the season series a total of 13 times and have taken the past five season series in a row against Toronto. As for the best...
Bluebird Banter Mar 27, 2024
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 27, 2024
Today in Blue Jays History: Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Walk-Off Home Run

Today in Blue Jays History: Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Walk-Off Home Run

Photo by Minas Panagiotakis/ Six Years Ago Today The Jays were playing a rather forgettable spring game in Montreal. Nothing much happened until the bottom of the ninth inning. The score was 0-0 when Vladimir Guerrero approached the plate, and the post titles gave it away. The great part is that if you listen to the clip below, Buck Martinez suggests what will happen as Vlad approaches the plate. I’m not Buck’s biggest fan, but he does a great job on the call of this. We wouldn’t see Vlad in a regular season MLB game until the end of April 2019. Since then,...
Bluebird Banter Mar 26, 2024
2024 Bluebird Banter Top 40 Prospects: 5-8

2024 Bluebird Banter Top 40 Prospects: 5-8

Two higher probability infielders, an enigmatic pitching prospect, and an outfielder with a knack for hitting The penultimate section of the 2024 Toronto Blue Jays Top 40 features three 2022 draft picks with very different professional experiences, capped off by a veteran of the system now on the cusp of the big leagues. 2024: Full List and Index | 5-8 | 9-12 | 13-16 | 17-20 | 21-24 | 25-28 | 29-32 | 33-36 | 37-40 2023: Full List and Index | 1-4 | 5-8 | 9-12 | 13-16 | 17-20 | 21-24 | 25-28 | 29-32 | 33-36 | 37-40Beyond the Top 40: Just Missed | Top 5 Older | Pref Lists: Matt...