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Brandon Morrow Faces the Washington Nationals in Tonight’s Lone American League Game
June 11th, 2012 at 1:42 PM
Fresh off salvaging the final game of a three game series against the Atlanta Braves, the Toronto Blue Jays head home to take on the NL East leading Washington Nationals in game one of what figures to be a difficult three game series. Washington is more or less devoid of...
Back in Interleague Play, the Toronto Blue Jays Take on the Atlanta Braves
June 8th, 2012 at 2:13 PM
The Toronto Blue Jays return to interleague play tonight with the beginning of a three game series against the Atlanta Braves - a team one game out of first in the NL East. Of course, the NL East has not seen quite the close cluster of teams that the AL...
Brandon Morrow Takes on the Chicago White Sox Tonight as the Toronto Blue Jays Attempt to Make It Three Straight
June 6th, 2012 at 2:09 PM
***PHOTO1*** Brandon Morrow will try to follow in Ricky Romero's path this evening as he takes on the Chicago White Sox and their rookie starting pitcher, Jose Quintana. The Jays are coming off of two straight stellar pitching performances (with Drew Hutchison's win against the Boston Red Sox being the...
Kyle Drabek Takes the Mound This Afternoon Against Felix Doubront and the Boston Red Sox
June 2nd, 2012 at 1:59 AM
What an odd matchup, and indeed an odd weekend for the Boston Red Sox and Toronto Blue Jays. For starters, either team could come out of this series on Sunday night in second place in the AL East, and either could also end the week in the basement of the...
Against the Texas Rangers in Arlington, Brandon Morrow Faces Stiffest Test of the Season
May 25th, 2012 at 1:51 PM
There is little doubt that Brandon Morrow has been awesome this season, and has potentially taken the step forward to ace-dom that many have been awaiting from him for the past two seasons. Morrow is the proud owner of a career low walk rate this year paired with a career high one in groundballs, and after a puzzling...
Toronto Blue Jays Face Tampa Bay Rays; Former Prospects Kyle Drabek, Jeremy Hellickson Meet
May 21st, 2012 at 2:29 PM
As we entered last season, few prospects in baseball were generating as much hype as the Tampa Bay Rays' Jeremy Hellickson and Toronto's Kyle Drabek. Both would enter 2011 with jobs in their team's starting rotation and were projected to perform capably, if not quite like stars, in their rookie...
Brandon Morrow Takes the Mound Against Tampa Bay Rays Tonight
May 14th, 2012 at 3:35 PM
***PHOTO1*** It may seem strange referring to Brandon Morrow as the 'ace' of the Toronto Blue Jays staff, but he enters tonight's game against the Tampa Bay Rays with numbers perfectly befitting of that moniker. After Ricky Romero's implosion against the putrid Minnesota Twins offense yesterday, Morrow's status atop the...
Ricky Romero and the Toronto Blue Jays Head to Oakland for a Two Game Series
May 8th, 2012 at 1:38 PM
Ricky Romero will take the mound tonight in game one of a quick two game set against the Oakland Athletics where Toronto will hope to gain some ground on Baltimore and Tampa Bay in the standings. Opposing the Jays this evening will be top pitching prospect Jarrod Parker. Oakland's hopeful...
Toronto Blue Jays Avoid Jered Weaver, Draw Dan Haren in Game One of a Four Game Series
May 3rd, 2012 at 6:01 PM
While the Toronto Blue Jays will enjoy the good fortune of avoiding Mr. No-no this weekend against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, they will nonetheless face a steep uphill battle against Jered Weaver's cohorts from what is widely believed to be baseball's best starting pitching staff. Dan Haren enters...
Kyle Drabek and the Toronto Blue Jays Take on League-Leading Texas Rangers Tonight
April 30th, 2012 at 2:12 PM
The pitcher who was nearly a Blue Jay will take on Toronto tonight in a stadium that was almost his own as Yu Darvish and the Texas Rangers come to the Rogers Centre for the beginning of a three game series. Despite dropping a series to the Tampa Bay Rays...
What to Watch for as Brandon Morrow Takes on the Seattle Mariners
April 28th, 2012 at 12:22 PM
This afternoon will mark the fifth start of the young season for Brandon Morrow, and as we've discussed here at length, he has not been the same pitcher this year. It's almost as if, either by team directive or his own, Morrow has decided to abandon his strikeout-heavy approach in...
Toronto Blue Jays Face Soft Matchup as They Look to Rebound from Orioles Sweep
April 27th, 2012 at 1:03 PM
Being swept by the Baltimore Orioles can be quite a somber experience, but a matchup with the Seattle Mariners and Blake Beavan is just what the doctor ordered to remedy any woes in Blue Jays nation. Even more fortunate, Toronto will send Ricky Romero to the mound fresh off of...
Toronto Blue Jays Vie to Break Four Way Tie Atop AL East Tonight
April 25th, 2012 at 2:16 PM
If someone had told you in March that 17 games into the 2012 season we'd find the Toronto Blue Jays tied with the Baltimore Orioles, you may have been inclined to remark that this wasn't Toronto's year. However, if you were told instead that they were tied with the Tampa...
Brandon Morrow Dilemma Continues as Toronto Blue Jays Head to Face Baltimore Orioles
April 24th, 2012 at 3:15 PM
As we've been documenting here and here Brandon Morrow has begun this season in a way that is very much un-Brandon Morrow like. His trademark strikeouts have been missing, his swinging strikes have been down, and he's increased his groundball rate by a great deal. Perhaps most incredible, though, is that the perennially underachieving Morrow is for once outperforming his peripherals to...
Tied for First, Toronto Blue Jays Go for Sweep of Kansas City Royals Tonight
April 23rd, 2012 at 2:20 PM
Three straight victories against the Kansas City Royals, as well as some missteps by the other members of the AL East sans the New York Yankees, have put Toronto atop the division in a tie with the Evil Empire. If the Texas Rangers can cooperate (and at 13-3 we have...
Previewing Game Two of the Kansas City Royals Series
April 21st, 2012 at 11:48 AM
Tonight, prized prospect Drew Hutchison will take the mound for the Toronto Blue Jays in the second game of a four game series against the Kansas City Royals. We dissected the Hutchison promotion here yesterday, and it would be safe to say it's worth being excited about. Toronto chose a...
Toronto Blue Jays Open Difficult Series with Tampa Bay Rays
April 17th, 2012 at 2:41 PM
Tonight the Toronto Blue Jays will open a three game set with the Tampa Bay Rays at the Rogers Centre. The two teams will be jockeying for position in the AL East, as the gap between first and last in the division is a miniscule two games at this point...
Previewing the Toronto Blue Jays Home Opener
April 9th, 2012 at 12:51 PM
The Toronto Blue Jays will play their first game at the Rogers Centre in 2012 at 7:30 EST tonight, fresh off of a 2-1 series win over the Cleveland Indians this weekend. Opposing them will be the reeling Boston Red Sox who will send Felix Doubront to the mound in...
Toronto Blue Jays’ Joel Carreno: What His Start Means for the Club
April 8th, 2012 at 1:38 AM
The intriguing news at the end of spring training for the Toronto Blue Jays was that Brett Cecil would not make the starting rotation, and that Joel Carreno - a player with all of 15 and 2/3 relief innings in the bigs - would be making the third start of...
