Photo by Mike Carlson/MLB Photos via Getty Images And Sign George Springer Seven Years Ago The Blue Jays traded pitchers Conner Greene and Dominic Leone to the Cardinals for Randal Grichuk. Greene had been a good prospect. He was #100 on Baseball Prospectus’ Top 100 Prospect List in 2016. In 2017, Conner played in New Hampshire and had a 5.29 ERA in 132.2 innings. He … [Read more...] about Today in Blue Jays History: Jays Trade for Grichuk
Question Time: Is It Worst To Try And Fail (Over And Over) Than Not To Try
Photo by Mark Blinch/Getty Images There is a (bad) romantic comedy movie, ‘27 Dresses,’ in which Katherine Heigl shows her romantic interest that she has 27 ugly bridesmaid dresses and has never been the bride. Somewhere in an office at Roger Centre, there is a closet with the same number of dresses, for the Blue Jays front office. This last one bugged me because when … [Read more...] about Question Time: Is It Worst To Try And Fail (Over And Over) Than Not To Try
Happy Birthday Brett Lawrie
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