Blue Bird Banter

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

Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports Russell Martin turns 42 today. Martin was the Dodgers’ 17th-round draft choice in 2002. He made it to the majors in 2006. By 2014, he had played for three different MLB teams and had made the playoffs seven times. That will give a player (especially a catcher) a reputation as a winner. In 2014, the Blue Jays had a perfectly adequate catcher … [Read more...] about Happy Birthday Russell Martin

Jonathan Dyer-Imagn Images Spring training kicked off yesterday. Other than Max Scherzer showing up with a Texas Rangers (boo, hiss) gym bag, it seems like everything got off to a solid start. Respect to Max for being worth almost $400 million but refusing to buy his own stuff when there’s perfectly good work swag lying around. High level dad behaviour. Whoever’s … [Read more...] about Friday Bantering: Ross, make Vlad our Valentine

Photo by Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images Alek Manoah is a 27-year-old, right-handed pitcher. He was our first-round draft pick (number 11 overall) in 2019. The pick in front of him was Hunter Bishop (who hasn’t made it to the majors yet), and the pick after him was Brett Baty, who has a -0.7 bWAR in 169 games with the Mets. Manoah has the six-best total bWAR from the … [Read more...] about Better Know Your Blue Jays 40-man: Alek Manoah