Blue Bird Banter

Tom Szczerbowski-Imagn Images During the playoffs, teams not in the playoffs tend not to make news. MLB frowns on any team making news that might detract from the playoffs. Not that it isn’t very possible that the Jays wouldn’t give us anything to talk about anyway. I guess the announcement of the Gold Glove finalists is news. Two Jays are ‘nominated’ (‘nominated’ in … [Read more...] about Question time: Which player in Blue Jays history did you have high hopes for, but didn’t live up to your expectations?

Brad Penner-Imagn Images Only one game today. We aren’t going to have many days with more than one game the rest of the way. It is a 7:30 Eastern start time. Today’s starters: Tanner Bibee: 12-8, 3.47 ERA. He’s made two playoff starts with a 2.08 ERA in 8.2 innings. Gerrit Cole: 8-5, 3.41 ERA. He’s made two playoff starts with a 3.00 ERA in 12 innings. … [Read more...] about Tuesday Playoff OpenThread: Guardians @ Yankees

John E. Sokolowski-Imagn Images And Carlos Garcia and Chad Mottola Teoscar Hernandez turns 32 today. We had no idea he would become such a slugger when he came from the Astros. He hit .263/.320/.503 with 129 home runs in six seasons with the Jays. He’s 12th on the Jays’ all-time list for home runs and 22nd on our RBI list. The trade to the Mariners surprised me. But … [Read more...] about Happy Birthday Teoscar Hernandez

Kiyoshi Mio-Imagn Images We have two games today: Mets @ Dodgers: 4:00 Eastern. Today's Lineups METS DODGERS Francisco Lindor - SS Shohei Ohtani - DH Mark Vientos - 3B Mookie Betts - RF Brandon Nimmo - LF Teoscar Hernandez - LF Pete Alonso - 1B Freddie Freeman - 1B Starling Marte - RF Will Smith - C Jesse Winker - DH Tommy Edman - SS Jose Iglesias … [Read more...] about OpenThread For Sunday’s Playoff Games

Steve Russell/Toronto Star via Getty Images Nine Years Ago Today: Between this and Joe Carter’s home run, I’m unsure which is my favourite moment in Blue Jays’ history. I’m sure you remember it all, but from the recap: The top of the 7th was nuts. I’m not sure I can explain it all. Aaron Sanchez came in, replacing Marcus Stroman (who was just terrific, with the score … [Read more...] about Today in Blue Jays History: The Bat Flip