Blue Bird Banter

USA TODAY NETWORK I figured this would be coming, but the Jays have ‘parted ways’ with Guillermo Martinez. Martinez has been with the Jays for six seasons. He was hired in 2012 as a minor league hitting and infield coach. After the 2018 season, he became hitting coach, taking Brook Jacoby’s spot. The last couple of seasons haven’t gone well for our hitters. I don’t … [Read more...] about Jays “Part Ways” With Hitting Coach Martinez

Nick Turchiaro-Imagn Images We don’t go ‘dark’ over the off-season. There will be looks at the individual players. And comments on whatever news the Jays make. The season is over, except for a double-header between the Mets and the Braves, which will decide the Wild Card spots in the NL: The winner of the first game gets a Wild Card spot. If the loser of game one wins … [Read more...] about Monday Bantering: Jays Stuff, Vlad, Bo, What Ifs, Arbitrary Numbers

Tommy Gilligan-Imagn Images Thirty Five Years Ago The Blue Jays clinched first place in the AL East by beating the Orioles 4-3. We scored 3 runs in the eighth to come back from down 3-1. Our lineup that day: Lloyd Moseby CF Mookie Wilson LF Fred McGriff 1B George Bell DH Ernie Whitt C Kelly Gruber 3B Nelson Liriano 2B Junior Felix RF Jimmy Key got the start. He went … [Read more...] about Today in Blue Jays History: Jays Clinch Playoff Spots

Photo by Joe Robbins/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images I’m sure I joked that the Jays would make a roster move today. They did: Brandon Eisert is up with the club. Yariel Rodriguez was optioned to the Spring Training Complex. No Rodriguez isn’t going anywhere, but I’d guess he’ll lose a few dollars for this move. By my count this is the sixth time Eisert has been … [Read more...] about Jays Roster Move: Eisert Up, Rodriguez Down

Nick Turchiaro-Imagn Images Marlins 3 Blue Jays 1 The good news is that we won’t have another Blue Jays loss for six months. And we kept within a field goal. The bad news, Vlad didn’t get his 200th hit. He did get two walks. I was surprised that he took a ball just off the plate for ball four in his last at-bat. But it doesn’t take anything away from his season, he’s … [Read more...] about Jays Lose Final Game of the Season