MLB
Blue Jays should at least entertain trade offers
With the MLB non-waiver trade deadline set for July 31, and the Toronto Blue Jays no where near a playoff spot, GM Alex Anthopoulus might as well listen to trade offers.
MLB
Blue Jays must evaluate own talent in 2nd half
With their post-season hopes continuing to fade, I hope the Blue Jays will use what's left of the season to identify the
positions where they are weakest and start planning to improve them for
next year
MLB
Blue Jays getting better pitching, better results
The recent resurgence enjoyed by the Toronto Blue Jays is directly related to the improved performance of the starting pitchers, even with two fill-ins in the rotation.
MLB
Fixing J.P. Arencibia
After a flawed-but-promising rookie season in 2011, it was easy to think that, with a few adjustments, J.P. Arencibia could become a star. It hasn't happened. Instead of progressing, Arencibia seems to be getting worse.
MLB
Brett Lawrie's season a mixed bag
He has
pretty much filled in every spot on the Brett Lawrie Bingo card, and
it's only May. He's been on the DL (twice), been ejected, yelled at his
teammates, played amazing defence and been obnoxious on Twitter. About the only thing Brett Lawrie hasn't done is hit.
MLB
Blue Jays quarter-season report card
The
season hasn't begun the way the Blue Jays wanted, but some hope has emerged as Toronto has a four-game win streak going and has
finally figured out how to use its bats. Here's a first-term report card for the Jays' key players.
MLB
Blue Jays are good ballclub simply playing poorly
Aside from a three-game winning streak, the Toronto Blue Jays have been a major disappointment this season, but the reality is they're a good team that isn't showing it on the field.
MLB
Reyes injury puts Blue Jays in awkward positions
The Toronto Blue Jays will have to come up with some creative roster juggling in order to make up for the loss of all-star shortstop and offensive sparkplug Jose Reyes to injury.
MLB
Jose Bautista's umpire-bashing could be costly
Jose Bautista caused a bit of a stir on Wednesday by talking to reporters about his outbursts with umpires.
Bautista has always been pretty willing to let umpires and everyone
else know when he disagrees with a call, and his latest comments won't endear him
to major league umps.
MLB
What will Melky Cabrera give the Blue Jays?
The Toronto Blue Jays' off-season signing of Melky Cabrera really signing surprised me. Here's what I think the Jays can expect this season from their new left-fielder as he comes off last year's 50-game suspension.
MLB
Romero hopes to follow Halladay's path back to majors
The Blue Jays' demotion of Ricky Romero to Dunedin carries echoes of Roy Halladay's banishment to A-ball in 2001, when the late pitching coach Mel Queen helped rebuild him into the best hurler in Toronto history.
MLB
2013 is Blue Jays' year to contend
A flurry of high-profile off-season moves by GM Alex Anthopoulos, plus a healthy Jose Bautista, better luck with
avoiding injuries, and some improvement from younger players could land the Toronto Blue Jays in the post-season for the first time since 1993.
Tom Dakers
Tom Dakers is a longtime fan of the Blue Jays and Expos (and is still bitter about how MLB treated Montreal). He has run the popular Blue Jays blog Bluebird Banter for several years.
