Photo by Tom Szczerbowski/Getty Images Brett Lawrie turns 35 today. It seems so long ago that we were talking about his potential. Then, we thought we had a Canadian-born star in the making. We picked him up from the Brewers in trade for Shaun Marcum on December 6, 2011. We thought we got the better part of the deal (Brett was #40 on Baseball America’s top 100 prospects … [Read more...] about Happy Birthday Brett Lawrie
Sasaki Signs With Dodgers
Photo by Jan De Meuleneir / Photonews via Getty Images Sigh. Roki Sasaki announced on Instagram that he has signed with the Dodgers. pic.twitter.com/bYbOkmU82R— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) January 17, 2025 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js This is a crushing blow for the #BlueJays.They still have plenty of ways to make this offseason work, but Sasaki … [Read more...] about Sasaki Signs With Dodgers
Blue Jays Birthdays: Brad Fullmer
It is Brad Fullmer’s 50th birthday. Also, 23 years ago (2002), the Blue Jays traded Brad Fullmer to the Angels for Brian Cooper. So it is a shared birthday/today in Jays’ history post. About the trade: Cooper was an RHP. He was 27 at the time. He pitched for the Angels for portions of three seasons, making 21 starts and 6 relief appearances. He reached 5-10 with a 5.33 ERA in … [Read more...] about Blue Jays Birthdays: Brad Fullmer
Jays Trade For Myles Straw
Joe Camporeale-Imagn Images This is an interesting one: The Jays have traded for Myles Straw and international bonus pool money. We don’t know who is going to Cleveland. Straw is owed $6.4 million this year and $7.4 next year, with team options for 2027 and 28 with a buy out of $1.75 million for the first and 500,000 for the second. That’s a lot of money for a guy who … [Read more...] about Jays Trade For Myles Straw
Blue Jays Acquire $2m in International Pool Space for Cash, Myles Straw
Myles “Albatross” Straw | Photo by Chris Coduto/MLB Photos via Getty Images Blake Murphy of Sportsnet reports on BlueSky that the Jays have acquired $2m in international bonus pool money from the Cleveland Guardians for cash/future considerations and in exchange for eating Myles Straw’s contract. Straw, an excellent outfield defender, came up with the Astros before … [Read more...] about Blue Jays Acquire $2m in International Pool Space for Cash, Myles Straw