Blue Bird Banter

Photo by Tom Szczerbowski/Getty Images Four Years Ago Today The Jays made three trades. Two went very well. One not so well. Robbie Ray came over from the Diamondbacks for Travis Bergen. Bergen pitched 6.2 innings for the Diamondbacks at the end of last season, and then we got him back at the end of February for cash. He pitched in 10 games for the Jays. After the … [Read more...] about Today in Jays History: Some trades, and Adam Lind drives in 8

Photo by Adam Bettcher/Getty Images It's another series against a team fighting for a playoff spot. Maybe we can knock them back a bit. A series win would be nice, a sweep would get them a game under .500. There is good news: Joey Loperfido is feeling better Friday after leaving Thursday’s Blue Jays game following a collision with the green monster at Fenway. He’ll … [Read more...] about Game #137 GameThread: Jays @ Twins

Blue Jays 0 Twins 2 That wasn’t fun. Pablo López showed why he’s one of the best pitchers in the league. He went 7.2, allowing six hits, no walks with three strikeouts. He kept the ball on the ground, 13 ground outs to 2 fly outs. When we did get hits, it was a ground ball that found a hole or infield singles. We didn’t have an extra-base hit. I was surprised when they took … [Read more...] about Jays Get Shutout, Lose To Twins

Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Minnesota Twins/Getty Images The Jays start a three-game series against the Twins in Minnesota tonight. The Twins are third in the AL Central, 3.5 games behind the Guardians, and hold the last Wild Card spot. The Twins are fourth in the AL in runs scored per game at 4.86 (the Jays are ninth at 4.18). And they are ninth in the AL in runs … [Read more...] about View From The Other Side: Questions for Benjamin Jones Of Twinkie Town

Photo by Mike Carlson/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Jays made a roster move today: Nathan Lukes was called up. Steward Berroa was sent down. Lukes is hitting .333/.403/.469 in 54 games for the Bisons. I thought he would be a September callup, but they brought him up a couple of days earlier. Berroa hit .152/.317/.182 in 41 PA with the Jays. He didn’t get much … [Read more...] about Jays News: Called Lukes Up, Berroa Sent Down