Ben Revere 💥 Instant Impact 💥 Ben Revere hit .319 after the trade in 2015! #BlueJaysOnSN pic.twitter.com/FIKj7jeAQb — Toronto Blue Jays (@BlueJays) April 15, 2020 I know the analytics don’t look kindly on Ben Revere types. Speedy, slap-hitting, walk-allergic players have a very slim margin of error. You pretty much have to be a .300+ hitter in order to be
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Well it’s week two (or three?) without baseball and I’m at wits end. This morning my buddy Blake sent me the following tweet: This got the blogging juices flowing. Starting today I’ll be blogging five random Blue Jays every Wednesday. To kick things off we have the pride of Maracaibo, Venezuela. Gustavo Chacin In my eyes, Chacin acts as a
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Recap of what has been reported in tonight's blockbuster: Dodgers reportedly get OF Mookie Betts, LHP David Price and cash. Red Sox reportedly get OF Alex Verdugo (from Dodgers) and RHP Brusdar Graterol (from Minnesota). Twins reportedly get RHP Kenta Maeda. Per @JeffPassan pic.twitter.com/7xUthhg4xD — MLB (@MLB) February 5, 2020 Even though a Betts trade has been rumoured for
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Last night the Boston Red Sox won their 100th game of the season. This is Boston’s fourth 100 win season in franchise history. The next best team in the MLB this year is the Astros with 92 wins (who also will likely eclipse 100 wins). Boston is tearing up the league and they still have 16 games to play. We
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Professional athletes are the embodiment of power, grace, and skill. They are the peak of physical fitness and perform at the highest level for the world’s enjoyment. Likewise, they are also human and are prone to the same mistakes and lapses of judgment that us mere mortals face on a daily basis. The thing is: when I fall down the
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One of the best parts of a new baseball season is trying to project which players are going to come out of nowhere and surprise everyone (à la Scooter Gennett last year). In this article, there is going to be a wide array of players ranging from everyday MLBers to deep sleepers looking to get a shot at the big
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Ahhh, baseball season is upon us once again. With Major League Baseball clubs opening up their season’s this past Thursday, those of us on the bench figured it was time to dust off our crystal ball (or dartboard) and fire away with a blog packed full of a variety of our predictions for the upcoming season. What follows is a
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This has been a weird offseason for the free agent market. I can’t remember a year with this much Major League talent left unsigned at this point in Spring Training. Among the headliners are Cy Young winner Jake Arietta, quality pitchers in Lance Lynn and Alex Cobb, and two time All-Star third baseman Mike Moustakas. Moustakas was a key bat
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Last week the Jays made a couple of moves that gave off a flicker on heat in an otherwise dormant hot stove. First they signed 36 year old outfielder Curtis Granderson to a one year $5 mil deal and followed up that huge pickup by trading for Randal Grichuk by sending reliever Dominic Leon and prospect Connor Greene to the St. Louis Cardinals.
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In a season mired by injuries that started off with a deflating and horrendous 2-11 start, the Toronto Blue Jays season of 2017 has felt like a constant, steep climb back to relevancy. With every game they’re trying to chip away and get back to where they’ve found themselves these past two exciting seasons: postseason contention. As the Blue Jays have
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