About nine years ago, Gabriel Moreno’s dream might have been to follow the footsteps of Venezuelan soccer legend José Salomón Rondón. Things have changed. Moreno, who was born in a soccer-mad area in the South American nation, decided to follow baseball, the most popular sport in the country. And he is now a catching prospect in the Toronto Blue Jays organization.
Read MoreJay Blue, from Blue Jays from Away, offers hits thoughts on who will provide the offence for the double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats this season.
Read MoreFor pitcher Andrew Sopko, this spring is a second chance to make a first impression. Sopko was acquired by the Toronto Blue Jays in January from the Los Angeles Dodgers along with fellow minor league infielder Ronny Brito for veteran catcher Russell Martin (Montreal, Que).
Read MoreA life in baseball can bring new obstacles and new experiences each day, but calm, coolness, and consistency is what defines Jackson McClelland’s time in the Toronto Blue Jays system. McClelland’s reworked delivery required in 2017 following a torn labrum threatened his professional career but hasn’t altered his identity. The hard-throwing right-hander has won two championships in the Blue Jays' organization under manager (and now Blue Jays coach) John Schneider.
Read MoreToronto Blue Jays prospect Donnie Sellers realized after high school his career path was going to be on the mound rather than at the plate. Centennial Sports Journalism student Shannon Pakulis shares his story.
Read MoreJustin Dillon knows the path to the major leagues is winding, and not easily mapped out for everyone. After multiple college seasons lost to injury, the Placerville, Calif., native is finding his way in the Toronto Blue Jays minor-league camp.
Read MoreFormer infielder Brad Wilson has impressed as a relief pitcher in the Toronto Blue Jays system since being selected by the club in the 13th round of the 2018 MLB draft.
Read MoreJay Blue, from Blue Jays from Away, offers his thoughts on who will comprise the double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats pitching staff in 2019.
Read MoreJay Blue, from Blue Jays from Away, offers his thoughts on who will provide the offence for the class-A Advanced Dunedin Blue Jays in 2019.
Read MoreJay Blue, from Blue Jays from Away, offers his thoughts on who will comprise the class-A Advanced Dunedin Blue Jays pitching staff in 2019.
Read MoreJust before Christmas, the 2018 Empire League MVP, Michael Deeb signed a minor league deal with the Chicago White Sox. Devon Teeple, of The GM’s Perspective, has the details.
Read MoreJay Blue, from Blue Jays from Away, offers his thoughts on who will be the position players for the low-A Lansing Lugnuts this season.
Read MoreJay Blue, from Blue Jays from Away, projects who might comprise the low-A Lansing Lugnuts’ pitching staff in 2019.
Read MoreWith the Toronto Blue Jays committed to making Dunedin not only their spring training base for another 25 years but also the site of their soon-to-be constructed, state-of-the-art training and rehabilitation facility and home to their Rookie, Gulf Coast and Florida State League teams, details are emerging regarding what the $81 million that’s being invested will actually buy. Jim Cowan has the details in the second part of the Canadian Baseball Network’s exclusive “In the Heat” series.
Read MoreThe Sugar Land Skeeters announced they have signed former big league catcher, Cody Stanley. Stanley was a fourth-round pick of the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2010 MLB June Amateur Draft out of the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.
Read MoreFive Toronto Blue Jays prospects, including Montreal-born Vladimir Guerrero Jr. at No. 1, have cracked MLB’s Top 100 Prospects list.
Read MoreThe Toronto Blue Jays announced their internal invitees to Major League spring training, giving 15 players the chance to work out with the big boys. The list included some of the Jays' top prospects who aren't yet on the 40-man roster as well as a couple of players who signed minor league deals so far this offseason.
Read MoreAfter belting 28 home runs for the independent Atlantic League’s Lancaster Barnstormers in 2018, veteran outfielder Blake Gailen has signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers. As Devon Teeple, of The GM’s Perspective writes, this will be Gailen’s second tenure in the Dodgers’ organization.
Read MoreThe Toronto Blue Jays have seven prospects on Baseball America’s top 100 list heading into the 2019 season. Jay Blue, from Blue Jays from Away, writes about the promising Blue Jays prospects that made the list.
Read MoreGatineau, Que., native Phillippe Aumont has signed a contract to return to the independent Can-Am League’s Ottawa Champions.
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