Breaking Blue 2015 NL Cy Young Award Ballots
No, none of us have award ballots and never will, but we all have an opinion and that’s what the internet is for! Over the next week we’ll deliver each of our writers’ picks for the top MLB awards; MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year for both the American League and National League. First, the NL Cy Young. John Havok – Clayton Kershaw Max Scherzer undoubtedly gained a few votes with his second no hitter of the...
Blue Jays News & Notes | September 14
(Title photo of Darwin Barney courtesy of Brian Woychuk, https://www.flickr.com/photos/woychuk/) I haven’t published anything for the past couple weeks because I’ve been busy transitioning back to school, and because I’ve been working on a long Pitchf/x-centred article on pitchers, the count and the strike zone. Much of the research has been done so I hope to publish that article soon. In the meantime, the Blue Jays...
Blue Jays News & Notes | September 1
(Title photo courtesy of Arturo Pardavila III, https://www.flickr.com/photos/apardavila/) This is the second post in the Blue Jays News & Notes series, where I run down and offer opinion on the latest items that Blue Jays fans are talking about. – With both the Blue Jays and Yankees losing yesterday, the Blue Jays maintained their roughly 70-30 edge on winning the AL East, as evaluated by both Fangraphs and Baseball...
Mark Shapiro Named Successor to President Role
Featured photo credits: ESPN Cleveland As announced early this morning, Cleveland Indians President Mark Shapiro will take over as the Blue Jays’ President and CEO following the completion of the season at hand, taking the reins from long-time President Paul Beeston. During Cleveland’s press conference, it was announced no compensation would be headed to the Indians from the Blue Jays. In various press releases today,...
Blue Jays News & Notes | August 24th
(Title photo courtesy James G, https://www.flickr.com/photos/james_in_to/) Breaking Blue hasn’t really covered this 2015 season from a game-to-game point of view, for a few reasons. We’re not going to be the ones providing the news (for that, there is Shi Davidi and the Sportsnet crew), or the ones quickly providing a forum for analysis and discussion of that news like bloggers such as Andrew Stoeten and fansites like...
Recapping an Insane Trade Deadline
At 9:46 AM last Thursday, I was soundly asleep, being productive with my vacation time. Unfortunately, I managed to sleep through one of the bigger trades in recent memory. It came as no surprise to see Jon Lester dealt on Thursday – after all, Lester rumors had been swirling for weeks and it was trade deadline day. However, the return was extremely shocking: Yoenis Cespedes, who some consider the heart of the Athletics, and the...
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