Blue Bird Banter

Jonathan Dyer-Imagn Images Part 2: The Resources Yesterday, I went through the current state of the roster. Before moving on to likely scenarios, I wanted to more briefly summarize their likely assets, financial and in trade. The Jays say they plan to contend again, but also don’t show any signs of being willing to spend like the Mets, so it’s going to require some … [Read more...] about Thinking Through the Blue Jays Off-season

Photo by Greg Fiume/Getty Images We have used this idea for the last couple of years. The idea is to go through some of the top free agents, use the contract FanGraphs suggests they will get and have a poll asking if we would like to sign him for that amount. Number three on Law’s list and number four on Clemens’ list is Corbin Burnes. I saw a post somewhere saying the … [Read more...] about Free Agent Poll: Corbin Burnes

Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images It is hard to believe that it has been seven years since Roy Halladay died in that plane crash. Few deaths have affected me as much. Talking about another friend who died a few years ago, a friend said, ‘Time flies when you are dead.’ It does. We know more about what Halladay went through after his retirement. The documentary … [Read more...] about Today in Blue Jays History: Roy Halladay

Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images We have used this idea for the last couple of years. The idea is to go through some of the top free agents, use the contract FanGraphs suggests they will get and have a poll asking if we would like to sign him for that amount. Ben Clemens at FanGraphs ranks Alex Bregman third, and Keith Law at the Athletic ranks him fifth on their lists … [Read more...] about Free Agent Poll: Alex Bregman

Nick Turchiaro-Imagn Images Part 1: The Current Situation For the past couple of seasons, I’ve represented our site at SB Nation’s off-season simulation, hosted by the guys from Royals Review. This year, due to some scheduling issues, the sim had to be cancelled. In lieu of my usual write-up, then, I thought I’d use my prep to walk through what I think the Jays could do … [Read more...] about Thinking Through the Blue Jays Off-season