This is the final year that MLB teams will be allowed to expand their active roster to include anyone on their 40-man rosters, as new rules are slated to go into effect in 2020. While the Toronto Blue Jays haven't called up nearly as many players as the Boston Red Sox (whose website lists 21 pitchers on the active roster), they have created some playing-time crunches with their first group of September call ups, writes Jay Blue from Blue Jays from Away.
Read MoreJay Blue, from Blue Jays from Away, shares information about UBC Thunderbirds and Coquitlam Reds alum Curtis Taylor (Port Coquitlam, BC) whom the Toronto Blue Jays have acquired from the Tampa Bay Rays as part of the Eric Sogard trade.
Read MoreJ.D. Martinez. Shohei Ohtani. Andrew Benintendi. Ronald Acuña Jr., Mike Trout. They’re some of the best hitters in the game, and they also share the distinction of being among Toronto Blue Jays rookie reliever Jordan Romano’s strikeout victims. The Markham, Ont., native has impressed as a reliever with the big league club this season. Canadian Baseball Network contributor J.P. Antonacci recently caught up with Romano to talk about the hard-throwing right-hander’s first big league season and what it’s like playing professionally in his hometown.
Read MoreWith the Toronto Blue Jays eliminated from the 2019 MLB playoff picture, Canadian Baseball Network contributor Rob Seguin takes a look at what the club’s 2020 roster might look like, as well as at how the rosters of their higher-end minor league affiliates might look next year.
Read MoreThe Toronto Blue Jays have acquired UBC Thunderbirds alum Curtis Taylor (Port Coquitlam, BC) as one of the players to be named later in the deal in which they sent Eric Sogard to the Tampa Bay Rays prior to the trade deadline.
Read MoreJay Blue, from Blue Jays from Away, speculates about what pitching prospects the Toronto Blue Jays will send to the Arizona Fall League.
Read MoreThe Toronto Blue Jays have announced the position players they will send to the Arizona Fall League. Leading the group is former first-round pick Logan Warmoth and he'll be joined by shortstop/third-baseman Kevin Smith and third baseman Cullen Large.
Read MorePBF Redbirds and Junior National Team alum Mike Soroka (Calgary, Alta.) allowed just two runs in six innings against the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre on Tuesday, but his Atlanta Braves could only muster one run and the young Canuck was saddled with a tough-luck loss.
Read MoreKevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Derek Aucoin, Abraham Toro, Russell Martin, Fergie Jenkins, Rob Ducey, Bill Mills and Larry Walker.
Read MoreIn this, the second of his two-part series, Canadian Baseball Network writer Lucas Casaletto shares his ranking of the Toronto Blue Jays’ 14 best prospects. He also examines some of the team’s other prospects that are promising, have had their stock fall this season or could be considered minor league depth.
Read MoreCanadian Baseball Network writer Lucas Casaletto has ranked what he considers to be the top 30 Toronto Blue Jays prospects. This is part one of a two-part series that breaks down the players he considers to be the Blue Jays’ 15th to 30th best prospects. Casaletto also summarizes the performances of the team’s top prospects heading into the 2019 season that have graduated to the big league level.
Read MoreThe Toronto Blue Jays selected Alek Manoah in the first round, 11th overall, in the 2019 MLB draft and then gave the 6-foot-6, 260-pound right-hander the largest signing bonus ($4,547,500 US) in franchise history.
Read MoreRoy Halladay gave the Toronto Blue Jays a lot of things during the 2003 season. Like 22 wins, nine complete games, two shutouts, 266 innings, 204 strikeouts and 3,627 pitches. The American League Cy Young award winner also gave the Blue Jays clubhouse something new ... the Slow Clap. Canadian Baseball Network editor-in-chief Bob Elliott has the story.
Read MoreThe Cincinnati Reds have acquired veteran infielder Freddy Galvis from the Toronto Blue Jays on a waiver claim.
Read MoreThe Toronto Blue Jays have claimed right-hander Zack Godley off waivers from the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Read MoreToronto Blue Jays slugger Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (Montreal, Que.) has been named the American League’s Player of the Week for thie second time this season.
Read MoreKevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Mike Soroka, Phillippe Aumont, Josh Naylor, Aaron Sanchez, Dave Stieb and Dave Winfield.
Read MoreJay Blue, from Blue Jays from Away, asks what now for the Toronto Blue Jays, now that the trade deadline has passed and the club has dealt away almost all of their tradeable players.
Read MoreQuality over quantity was preached when discussing the criteria for a successful Toronto Blue Jays trade deadline. However in analyzing the Blue Jays’ deadline moves, Canadian Baseball Network writer Mike DiStefano writes that general manager Ross Atkins still seems to be concerned about quantity and establishing positional depth over adding impact players to the system.
Read MoreThe Toronto Blue Jays made a series of roster moves on Wednesday, including trading right-handers Aaron Sanchez and Joe Biagini to the Houston Astros and reliever Daniel Hudson to the Washington Nationals. They also placed left-hander Ryan Borucki on the 10-day injured list.
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