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Starting Pitching Woes Poised to Doom the Toronto Blue Jays
June 14th, 2012 at 9:08 PM
Adding insult to injury last night, Kyle Drabek left in the middle of his start after feeling a 'popping sensation' in his elbow. Remarkably, it appears as though Drabek avoided any serious injury, but his poor outing was just another punch to the stomach in a week that has been...
The Time is Now for the Toronto Blue Jays to Pursue a Starting Pitcher
June 10th, 2012 at 2:11 PM
Entering today's games the Toronto Blue Jays are a very manageable four games behind the Tampa Bay Rays for the AL East division lead, and three games behind the flailing Baltimore Orioles for the second wild card spot (the New York Yankees currently reside nestled inbetween those two). Toronto has...
Drew Hutchison: Toronto Blue Jays Stopper
June 4th, 2012 at 3:53 PM
It may seem silly to reference rookie Drew Hutchison as the Toronto Blue Jays 'stopper', a term usually reserved for true ace pitchers (of which Toronto really has none). Labeling him as such is more semantics than anything, but after putting an end to a five-game Toronto losing streak last...
Toronto Blue Jays Need Ricky Romero to Be Better
May 26th, 2012 at 1:16 PM
Everyone knew going into the year that the Toronto Blue Jays would be trying to contend with a less-than-stellar starting rotation, and most of the rosier projections that saw them securing a playoff spot were relying greatly on most, if not all, of the Blue Jays pitchers to at least...
Assessing the Early Returns on the Toronto Blue Jays’ Drew Hutchison
May 23rd, 2012 at 2:17 PM
***PHOTO1*** Drew Hutchison, one of the Toronto Blue Jays' top pitching prospects headed into this season, has not yet done much to enamor himself with the Blue Jay faithful as he exited last night's loss to the Tampa Bay Rays with a 5.73 ERA. There are probably plenty in Toronto...
Henderson Alvarez’ Smoke and Mirrors Act Cannot Last Much Longer
May 12th, 2012 at 3:03 PM
Henderson Alvarez entered this season on many a sleeper list to emerge from an oft-forgotten back-end starting pitcher into a potential front-line innings eater with fantastic control and ground ball rates. You would be forgiven for thinking that Alvarez has delivered thus far given that he has a 2.61 ERA...
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...
The Future is Now: Toronto Blue Jays Recall Drew Hutchison
April 20th, 2012 at 3:09 PM
***PHOTO1*** So much for the experiment that was Joel Carreno. The Toronto Blue Jays have recalled star prospect Drew Hutchison to start for them on Saturday against the Kansas City Royals. If there is not already a palpable sense of excitement over this announcement, there deserves to be. Hutchison may...
Is There Something Wrong with Brandon Morrow?
April 19th, 2012 at 1:21 PM
We are 11 games in to the season, an admittedly early point in the year to be making sweeping analytical claims, but there are some very good early reasons to be concerned with Brandon Morrow. After last night's embarrassing loss to the Tampa Bay Rays, there are some serious causes...
Dustin McGowan to the DL, Kyle Drabek to the Starting Rotation?
March 29th, 2012 at 6:53 PM
Fresh off of his puzzling contract extension, it has been revealed that Dustin McGowan will begin the 2012 season on the disabled list with plantar fasciitis. The extension was already the subject of widespread confusion and skepticism, and McGowan's latest injury certainly won't defuse any of that. The clear benefactor,...
Toronto Blue Jays Stand Behind Dustin McGowan, Extend Him into 2014
March 27th, 2012 at 11:49 AM
***PHOTO1*** No one can say that the Toronto Blue Jays aren't loyal. After a painstaking three years of working through injury to pitch at the major league level again, Dustin McGowan has been rewarded by the Jays with a deal that could potentially keep him in Toronto through 2015 and...
Which Pitchers Could the Toronto Blue Jays Target in Trade This Summer?
March 21st, 2012 at 10:03 PM
Most assessments of the Toronto Blue Jays this offseason have had them as an intriguing team that is perhaps a year away from contention, and if you'd rather have a more tangible answer than 'time' as the solution to their non-contending woes, the typical response seems to be that they...
Some Fantasy Baseball Thoughts on the Toronto Blue Jays Pitchers
March 20th, 2012 at 1:49 PM
In case you missed it, we assessed some of the more fantasy relevant Toronto Blue Jays hitters in our column here yesterday. In particular, the focus here is to determine whether or not their current average draft position (courtesy Yahoo) is too high or too low. Yunel Escobar looks like...
Toronto Blue Jays Find Gavin Floyd a Worthy but Unlikely Addition
March 13th, 2012 at 11:24 AM
Gvain Floyd is a very good pitcher. That's certainly an oversimplified assessment of his skills, but it seemed necessary to put out there given that we largely discredited the legitimacy of Joe Blanton being able to help the Toronto Blue Jays in yesterday's column. Floyd has amassed 12.4 WAR over...
Toronto Blue Jays Discussing Trade for Chicago White Sox’ Gavin Floyd
March 12th, 2012 at 4:45 PM
FOXSports is reporting that the Toronto Blue Jays are interested in trading for Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Gavin Floyd. This, combined with the fact that general manager Alex Anthopolous was seen scouting Philadelpha Phillies pitcher Joe Blanton this weekend, suggests that the Jays are intent on upgrading their starting...
Why Joe Blanton is a Poor Fit for the Toronto Blue Jays
March 12th, 2012 at 1:36 PM
thestar.com reported this morning that Alex Anthopoulos was seen scouting Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Joe Blanton at a spring training game on Saturday. The Phillies, with a trio of aces atop their starting rotation and newcomer Vance Worley slotting in nicely behind them, have decided that Blanton is expendable (well, they...
Why Kyle Drabek Should Be in the Starting Rotation
February 29th, 2012 at 3:05 PM
Let's get one thing out of the way very quickly here before proceeding with the rest of this article - Kyle Drabek had an awful rookie season in 2011 - and that is really an insult to the word 'awful'. Almost unbelievably, Drabek walked more batters than he struck out....
Will Dustin McGowan Round Out the Toronto Blue Jays Starting Rotation?
February 10th, 2012 at 8:00 PM
As spring training creeps closer and closer, there are very few questions left to be sorted out in regard to the Blue Jays' 2012 season. The lineup is more or less set (albeit with platoon issues that have yet to clarify themselves in left field and DH) and the bullpen...
