Breaking Blue 2015 AL MVP
Oct29

Breaking Blue 2015 AL MVP

The final installment of our awards series, one that will surely resonate with Jays fans, the American League MVP. John Havok – Josh Donaldson Mike Trout made this very close by the end of the season. At the end of August, Donaldson had this award in the bag due to his hot stretch and Trout’s cold snap. Then September happened and Trout was on fire, leading his team on a near miraculous run to fall just 1 game short of the...

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The Trade Market for Ben Revere
Oct25

The Trade Market for Ben Revere

In 2015, Toronto had left field problems – Michael Saunders couldn’t get healthy, Dalton Pompey failed to immediately hit MLB pitching, and Chris Colabello and Danny Valencia proved incapable of catching enough flyballs. Revere came in via trade and stabilized the position well with a 102 wRC+ as a Blue Jay during the regular season. For Revere it was his fifth straight season producing like a league average outfielder. He...

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Breaking Blue 2015 NL MVP
Oct24

Breaking Blue 2015 NL MVP

I’m not sure if we should apologize in advance for the lack of analysis that’s about to happen in this installment of our 2015 awards picks, but really there doesn’t need to be a lot. John Havok – Bryce Harper. You might wonder why there’s a period behind his name. It’s because that’s where the conversation for NL MVP starts and stops. I don’t care that his team didn’t make the...

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The 2016 Blue Jays According to Steamer
Oct23

The 2016 Blue Jays According to Steamer

Steamer projections came out on Fangraphs a few days ago, and they are very kind to the 2016 Blue Jays. Here is how the team looks right now according to Steamer600, position by position, while including some 2016 free agents who could re-sign in Toronto. Remember, Steamer600 scales the projection to 600 PA for all position players excluding catchers, who are scaled to 450 PA. Pitchers are scaled to either 200 or 65 IP, depending on...

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Breaking Blue 2015 AL Rookie of the Year
Oct20

Breaking Blue 2015 AL Rookie of the Year

Kris Bryant was our near unanimous choice for the NL Rookie of the Year and will win it when the awards are announced by MLB, but the American League Rookie awards didn’t really have see 1 single dominant rookie performance, but rather several really good ones. John Havok – Francisco Lindor I really wish Devon Travis didn’t get hurt or his name would very likely be in the conversation given the tremendous start to...

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Breaking Blue 2015 NL Rookie of the Year
Oct17

Breaking Blue 2015 NL Rookie of the Year

We’ve made our picks for the each league’s best pitcher and today we pick the National League Rookie of the Year. John Havok – Kris Bryant I’d love to try and make an argument for Matt Duffy or Noah Syndergaard, but as decent as those arguments might be, they just aren’t better than the argument for Kris Bryant. He led all NL rookies in pretty much every offensive stat that matters, was good defensively...

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