Blue Bird Banter

Tom Szczerbowski-Imagn Images It is John Mayberry’s 76th birthday. Mayberry was drafted in the first round (sixth pick overall) of the 1967 amateur draft. The Yankees’ Ron Blomberg was the number one pick that year, so the Astros could have done much worse. Ted Simmons and Bobby Grich were the only players picked in the first round who were better than John. John was a … [Read more...] about Happy Birthday John Mayberry and Alex Rios

Nick Turchiaro-Imagn Images Vladimir Guerrero jr.’s deadline for the Blue Jays to negotiate an extension passed last night without the sides reaching an agreement. In fact, according to the man himself, they weren’t even close. Vlad reiterated that he wants to remain a Blue Jay and that he’d be happy to return in free agency, while noting that they’d now have to compete … [Read more...] about No Deal

Dave Nelson-Imagn Images Baseball Savant has updated their public data to include a lot more information on StatCast’s bat tracking capabilities, so I thought it’d be interesting to have a look and see what info there might be in there for the Blue Jays. The data goes back to the middle of 2023. First, a few notes on what the metrics are: Average bat speed: pretty self … [Read more...] about A look at StatCast’s new Bat Tracking Metrics

Kim Klement Neitzel-Imagn Images Happy Family Day (or happy Louis Riel Day to our Manitoban readers, Heritage Day to our Nova Scotian readers, and Islander Day to, well, our islander readers. Sorry to our Québécois, Newfoundlander, Yukoner, Northwest Territorian and Nunavummiut readers, hope you have a good day at work). The Blue Jays have signed Amir Garrett to a … [Read more...] about Holiday Bantering: The Vlad Clock Approaches Midnight

Kim Klement Neitzel-Imagn Images We have some more thrilling cell phone video of guys playing catch. First, Jake Bloss’ first time in a Jays uniform. Next, Max Scherzer. The big story out of Dunedin the past couple of days has been Bo Bichette’s statement that there have been no extension talks between his representation and the Blue Jays. Attention has focused on … [Read more...] about Weekend Bantering