Blue Jays Do Well In Acquiring Troy Tulowitzki
(Title photo credit to SD Dirk, https://www.flickr.com/photos/dirkhansen/) Wow. There is no other expression that describes the move the Blue Jays made early Tuesday morning than surprise. It was spectacular and came totally out of nowhere. Alex Anthopoulos has a peculiar tendency to find ways to acquire elite players and he did it again. Troy Tulowitzki, one of the best players in baseball and the best shortstop in baseball, is...
What the Blue Jays Should Be Willing to Pay for Starting Pitching Help
(Title photo courtesy of slgckgc, https://www.flickr.com/photos/slgc/14138684259) The Blue Jays need for starting pitching has been well-documented. For years now, the team has struggled to put together a full rotation of quality starting pitchers. This season, they are 25th in baseball in terms of xFIP- with a mark of 111 (ERA- of 112). Last year, 22nd and the year before, 23rd. It’s been an issue and for the past two years,...
Logan Forsythe Is Available! Be Still, My Heart!
The baseball Twitterverse’s teenage reporting phenom Chris Cotillo has informed the world that “a number of teams” have called the Padres to ask about the availability of Logan Forsythe. As MLBTR’s Jeff Todd explains, Forsythe is superfluous in San Diego. The Padres have Headley at 3rd and Jeb Jerko at 2nd, which functionally plugs up the only two positions where Forsythe would seem to have a chance to be a...
Bird Seed: Choo Signs, #BalfourRage, D-Backs/Sox Make a Deal, More
Bird Seed is your regular recap of recent baseball happenings, information, rumours, and how it all affects the Blue Jays. Sorry for the Monday upload, a day later than normal. We’ve got one wild storm out in TO. Stay safe, everyone. Another major domino has fallen in free agency, with OF Shin-Soo Choo signing on with the Rangers for $130 million over seven years. Choo, a wee bit old at 31, is coming off of a near career-year,...
Bird Seed: Infante, Trumbo, Others on the Move
Bird Seed is your regular recap of recent baseball happenings, information, rumours, and how it all affects the Blue Jays. As we learned this morning, second baseman Mark Ellis has signed with the St. Louis Cardinals, according to Derrick Goold. No financials have been reported and the deal is not yet official, but assuming all goes well in his upcoming physical, this eliminates another second base option for the Blue Jays. Ellis, a...
Bird’s-Eye View: Rob Rasmussen
Rob Rasmussen Position: LHP Height/Weight: 5’9″ 160 lb. Born: April 2 1989 (Age 24) (PCL – AAA – 2013) 12g 10gs 0-7 6.46era 54.1ip 64h 10hr 32bb 37so (SOULL – AA – 2013) 16g 14gs 3-4 2.55era 81.1ip 60h 5hr 28bb 76so Overview: Traded along with backup catcher Erik Kratz from the Phillies in exchange for Blue Jays reliever Brad Lincoln. Background Not quite a journeyman even by baseball standards...
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