Blue Bird Banter

Photo by Luke Hales/Getty Images We have four games today: Tigers @ Gaurdians 1:00 Eastern Tyler Holton (7-2, 2.19) vs. Tanner Bibee (12-8, 3.47). Mets @ Phillies 4:00 Eastern Kodai Senga (who pitched in one game this season) vs. Zack Wheeler (16-7, 2.57). The Mets are just off a fantastic series with the Brewers (maybe Brewers fans don’t think it was so great), … [Read more...] about OpenThread for Saturday Playoff Games

John E. Sokolowski-Imagn Images A look at Chris Bassitt’s 2023 season. Chris Bassitt was a big free-agent signing, getting a 3-year, $63 million contract in December 2022. 2023 was his tenth season in the MLB (he has just over seven years of service time). He didn’t make it to the MLB until he was 25 and pitched in only 40 MLB games before his age 30 season. Since 30, … [Read more...] about The Season That Was: Chris Bassitt

Benny Sieu-Imagn Images Only one of the four Wild Card series goes to three games. Tonight, the Mets and the Brewers play a winner-take-all game. It is a 7:00 Eastern start. Lineups: Today's Lineups METS BREWERS Francisco Lindor - SS Jackson Chourio - LF Mark Vientos - 3B Blake Perkins - CF Brandon Nimmo - LF William Contreras - DH Pete Alonso - … [Read more...] about OpenThread: Mets/Brewers Wild Card Game

John E. Sokolowski-Imagn Images And Darren Fletcher and Junior Felix Dave Winfield turns 73 today. Winfield had a terrific 22-year MLB career, a Hall of Fame career, and that one season with the Blue Jays. 1992, at age 40, Dave signed with the Jays as a free agent. We had a pretty good team, but we were short a DH, and Winfield filled that role and did a great job, … [Read more...] about Happy Birthday Dave Winfield

Dan Hamilton-Imagn Images A look at José Berríos 2024 season Each year, I look at how each Jays player did during the season. This year, there will be a few guys who didn’t finish the season with the Jays. José Berríos came to us in a deadline trade in 2021. Top prospects Austin Martin and Simeon Woods Richardson went to the Twins. Both played most of this season in … [Read more...] about The Season That Was: José Berríos