Blue Bird Banter

Jeff Curry-Imagn Images The Blue Jays have signed future Hall of Famer Max Scherzer to a 1 year deal worth $15.5 million, according to Jon Heyman. Bob Nightengale adds that the signing doesn’t knock them out of the Pete Alonso discussion, but it’s Bob, so take that with a grain of salt. The heterochromatic maniac enters his age 40 season coming off a mostly lost year. … [Read more...] about Max Scherzer Signs with Jays

Photo by Roberto Machado Noa/LightRocket via Getty Images Happy Thursday. My wife and I are leaving on a pretty long vacation on Sunday. Wifi will be rare for the whole trip, but thankfully, Tom_M will fill in. The other day, Keith Law put together his top 100 prospect list, and there were two Blue Jays: Arjun Nimmala #71, SS: He’s a true shortstop with good actions … [Read more...] about Thursday Bantering: Prospect Lists

Photo by Julian Avram/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Alejandro Kirk is a right-handed hitting catcher from Tijuana, Mexico, who is 26 and has played with the Jays for the last 4 seasons, plus 9 games of a fifth. He’s played 434 MLB games, hitting .264/.344/.391 with 36 home runs, 160 walks, 180 strikeouts and a 9.0 bWAR. We thought Kirk would be a bat-first catcher, … [Read more...] about Better Know Your Blue Jays 40-man: Alejandro Kirk

0Photo by Cole Burston/Getty Images Leo Jiménez is a 23-year-old who turns 24 in May a right-handed hitting middle infielder. He was added to the 40-man roster in November 2021 (protecting him from a Rule 5 draft that didn’t happen), so he’s on his last option year this year. Last year, he was #5 on our Top 40 Prospect list. Matt wrote: Jimenez has been a … [Read more...] about Better Know Your Blue Jays 40-Man Roster: Leo Jiménez

Photo by Cole Burston/Getty Images Jeff Hoffman is a 32-year-old right-handed reliever. The Jays picked him in the first round of the 2014 draft. He was #69 on Baseball America’s top prospect list in 2015. And then the Jays traded him and Miguel Castro, Jose Reyes, and Jesus Tinoco to the Rockies for LaTroy Hawkins and Troy Tulowitzki. You’ll likely remember that Reyes … [Read more...] about Better Know Your Blue Jays 40-Man: Jeff Hoffman