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By Keegan Matheson @KeeganMatheson
June 2, 2024
TORONTO -- Those weren’t old highlights of Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s rookie season. Five years later, he’s back at third base. Guerrero hadn’t started at the hot corner since Sept. 27, 2019, in the final days of his rookie season. He’s made a couple of late-game cameos since then and routinely
By Keegan Matheson @KeeganMatheson
June 2, 2024
TORONTO -- George Springer never stops. If he’s not talking, he’s singing. If he’s singing, he’s probably dancing, too. The confidence you see in Springer didn’t always come easy. Springer stutters and has dealt with that since he was a child, but he is now using his platform to support
By Jonathan Mayo
10:10 AM EDT
Discussions of hitting prospects typically involve a breakdown of tools and skills. Who has the most raw power? Who has the best feel to hit? Even with the advent of so much more data, these evaluations often provide at least a little subjectivity. Imagine if, in one day, you could
Blue Jays' GM throws his support behind team's core, manager John Schneider
By Keegan Matheson @KeeganMatheson
June 2, 2024
TORONTO -- Ross Atkins is pumping the brakes on any major changes to the Blue Jays right now. Speaking on MLB Network Radio ahead of Sunday's game against the Pirates, the Blue Jays’ general manager downplayed the notion that Vladimir Guerrero Jr. or Bo Bichette -- the two franchise cornerstones
By Keegan Matheson @KeeganMatheson
June 2, 2024
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By Alyssa Gomez @alyssam_gomez
12:08 AM EDT
The sixth inning became more than just a contest between Triple-A Buffalo and Syracuse on Thursday night at NBT Bank Stadium. It became a battle of brothers on the mound. Cole and Beau Sulser only played together for one year at Dartmouth College in 2013 as Beau entered his freshman
By Jason Foster @ByJasonFoster
May 31, 2024
Lou Gehrig's life and legacy continue to be remembered and celebrated more than 80 years after his passing. Now, baseball fans of all teams have an opportunity to keep his memory alive while also giving hope to those fighting the disease that took his life. Starting Sunday, June 2, to
By Theo DeRosa @Theo_DeRosa
May 31, 2024
Whether you need to see how Aaron Judge will follow up his historically huge May or track Elly De La Cruz's push for 100 stolen bases, there’s plenty of exciting baseball left to be played in 2024. Now, you can follow the action on MLB.TV for a new low price.
By Keegan Matheson @KeeganMatheson
June 1, 2024
TORONTO -- First impressions aren’t exactly the Blue Jays’ thing. They haven’t scored a run in the first inning in 23 consecutive games, a franchise record that just keeps growing. To find the old record of 20 games, you have to go back to the first team in franchise history,
By Keegan Matheson @KeeganMatheson
June 1, 2024
TORONTO -- Just win (eventually), baby. It took 14 innings, two seventh-inning stretches, endless opportunities and a little luck, but Davis Schneider finally stepped into the role of walk-off hero in the Blue Jays’ 5-3 win over the Pirates on Friday night. By the time the “14th-inning stretch” began to
By Michael Avallone @MavalloneMiLB
June 1, 2024
Triple-A Buffalo catcher Payton Henry, who was hospitalized after being struck on the head with a backswing during' Friday night's game at Syracuse, was discharged on Saturday and "is doing well as he continues to rest and recover," the Bisons announced this afternoon. During the seventh inning of a game
By Keegan Matheson @KeeganMatheson
May 31, 2024
TORONTO -- Don’t call it a comeback, but something felt so right about seeing José Bautista run out onto the field in full pregame gear with the Blue Jays on Friday afternoon. Bautista is in town with Edwin Encarnación for the launch of the Blue Jays’ City Connect uniforms, but
Toronto to debut nightlife-inspired jerseys Friday at home vs. Pittsburgh
By Keegan Matheson @KeeganMatheson
May 31, 2024
TORONTO -- The Blue Jays are going Night Mode. Toronto’s nightlife drove the design of their new City Connect uniforms, which was released on social media Thursday night just prior to a launch party on King St. West in downtown Toronto. “The Blue Jays are at the core of the
By Keegan Matheson @KeeganMatheson
May 30, 2024
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By Keegan Matheson @KeeganMatheson
May 29, 2024
CHICAGO -- Just as things were starting to go well again for Alek Manoah, it took a turn Wednesday night in Chicago. Manoah was removed from the Blue Jays’ 3-1 win at Guaranteed Rate Field with right elbow discomfort, leaving a cloud over an otherwise excellent series for the Blue
By Jonathan Mayo
May 30, 2024
Just a few years ago, the scouting industry and, as a result, those of us who cover the Draft, would just about be in “Go” mode. The recently completed conference tournaments used to be the last looks decision-makers would get at the college crop in a class. Perhaps area scouts
By Jonathan Mayo, Jim Callis and Sam Dykstra @SamDykstraMiLB
May 29, 2024
At the beginning of this month, we took a look at the hottest hitting prospects for each team. Now it’s time to shine a light on the arms. Here are the hottest pitching prospects for each organization for the month of May, as of Wednesday. Some have been lights out
By Keegan Matheson @KeeganMatheson
May 29, 2024
CHICAGO -- Pleasant surprises keep hope alive. When Isiah Kiner-Falefa signed his two-year, $15 million deal last winter, it was framed by who he was not. He was not Matt Chapman. He was not Juan Soto. He was not Cody Bellinger. He was certainly not Shohei Ohtani. Now that all
By Jonathan Mayo
May 29, 2024
With just over six weeks before the Cleveland Guardians make the first selection of the 2024 Draft, MLB Pipeline has a newly expanded, and re-ranked Top 200 Draft prospects list to digest. A lot can happen between now and then in terms of figuring out who goes where, and there
By Keegan Matheson @KeeganMatheson
May 27, 2024
CHICAGO -- The Blue Jays live in a new reality of their own making. It wasn’t supposed to be this way. Everything is big now, a magnifying glass hanging over this organization as major decisions lurch closer and closer. The only way to keep those demons at bay is by
By Theo DeRosa @Theo_DeRosa
May 28, 2024
Two months into the 2024 season, no MLB team can say it’s truly at full strength. Every club deals with injuries, and all 30 teams have at least one Major League player on the injured list. Some players are out for the rest of the season, while some are due