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Tuesday’s Blue Jay game has been postponed, make up game to be player at the end of July

Sometimes teams win, sometimes teams lose, and sometimes games are rained out. In this case, it was the latter as the Toronto Blue Jays game against the Baltimore Orioles was rained out, the first case of a game being postponed this season.

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Tonight’s Game Postponed Due to Rain

So, today’s game is moved to tomorrow at 3:00 Eastern, and they will play a doubleheader. I guess it gives all the sickies time to spread their germs to more players recover from their illness.

Toronto Blue Jays News / Bluejaysnation / 3 hours ago

Is it time to pass the mantle of leadoff hitter to Davis Schneider?

Since arriving via free agency in 2021, George Springer has been the Toronto Blue Jays’ go-to leadoff hitter over the last four seasons, including ’24.

Toronto Blue Jays News / Bluebird Banter / 4 hours ago

Minor league Notes Week 6

CJ Van Eyk dominates, and some more under the radar guys It was another typical week in the Blue Jays farm system, with Buffalo once again posting the lone winning week at 5-2 while Vancouver and Dunedin found themselves on opposite sides of close outcomes with Vancouver walking off two games while Dunedin was walked off three times.

Toronto Blue Jays News / Inside The Diamonds / 1 minute ago

Two Toronto Blue Jays Prospects Named Player of the Week

The Toronto Blue Jays minor league affiliates last week combined to go 12-13 and combined to outscore their opponents 111-106. The Triple-A affiliate the Buffalo Bisons went 5-2 and outscored their opponent 42-26.

Toronto Blue Jays News / Bluebird Banter / 1 hour ago

Blue Jays Birthdays: Roy Halladay, Pat Borders

Roy Halladay would have turned 45 today. Roy was either the best or the second-best Blue Jays starter of all time, depending on who you ask, but there is no doubt he and Dave Stieb are the two best starters in our history.

MLB News / Bluejaysnation / 1 hour ago

What MLB’s new bat-tracking data says about the Blue Jays

As if there aren’t enough gadgets in Baseball Savant’s tool belt already, now there’s a new toy for baseball nerds to play with. MLB unveiled their Bat-Tracking Leaderboard yesterday, and many were quick to notice how the Toronto Blue Jays ranked against their competitors.

MLB News / Inside The Diamonds / 4 hours ago

Toronto Blue Jays Down On The Farm 5/6– 5/12

The Toronto Blue Jays Triple-A affiliate is a series against the Worcester Red Sox who are the Triple-A affiliate of the Boston Red Sox and they took five of their seven games.

Toronto Blue Jays News / Bluejaysnation / 3 hours ago

Yimi García continues to dominate out of the Blue Jays bullpen

The Toronto Blue Jays bullpen has been a sore spot for the start of the 2024 campaign. They own a league-worst collective 5.04 ERA at the time of writing and have allowed 23 home runs on the year, sitting behind only Tampa Bay (25) at the bottom of the standings.

Daulton Varsho News / Field Level Media / 10 hours ago

Daulton Varsho carries Blue Jays over O's

Daulton Varsho homered to tie the game in the eighth inning and knocked in the go-ahead run with a groundout in the 10th to lift the visiting Toronto Blue Jays to a 3-2 win over the Baltimore Orioles on Monday night to begin a three-game series.

Daulton Varsho News / Bluejaysnation / 8 hours ago

Instant Reaction: Daulton Varsho hit his seventh home run of the season as the Blue Jays defeated the Orioles in extra innings

For the first time in May, the Blue Jays have won a series opener. On Monday, the Blue Jays headed to Baltimore to face the not-so-trash American League East birds, the Baltimore Orioles.

Toronto Blue Jays News / Bluebird Banter / 8 hours ago

Jays Win In 10 Innings

Blue Jays 3 Orioles 2 Another great start from Jose Berrios. 7 innings, just 3 hits against (two of them home runs), 1 walk and 4 strikeouts. He did allow a third home run, but Daulton Varsho pulled it back into the park.

MLB News / MLB Trade Rumors / 11 hours ago

Report: Orioles monitoring three trade targets for closer role

Report: Orioles monitoring these three trade targets for closer role

The Orioles lead the American League with a 26-13 record, putting them half a game above the Yankees at the top of the AL East. Baltimore again looks like one of the best teams in the league and is trending toward buying at the deadline.

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MLB News / Bluejaysnation / 7 minutes ago

Toronto Blue Jays’ Hitting: There Are Reasons for Optimism

Thus far in the 2024 season, Toronto’s hitters (collectively) have been underwhelming. After the May 11 game against Minnesota, Toronto’s wRC+ was 99 (one percent below average, tied for MLB’s 17th-highest).

Toronto Blue Jays News / Bluejaysnation / 9 hours ago

Two Blue Jays quietly performing above expectations in 2024

Undoubtedly, the Blue Jays front office is mentally haunted right now as the team struggles to perform offensively. The lack of offseason success and the delusional merry-go-round idea of the best player in baseball coming to Toronto are dawning harshly on the team’s lineup.

John Schneider News / ClutchPoints / May 12

John Schneider’s expected Blue Jays replacement emerges if he’s fired

The Toronto Blue Jays have been one of the more disappointing teams in MLB so far this season holding an 18-22 record after losing two out of three to

Toronto Blue Jays News / Larry Brown Sports / 1 hour ago

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. does cartwheel on double-play effort

Fans appreciated the effort Vladimir Guerrero Jr. made on Sunday to try turning a double play.

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MLB News / Field Level Media / 23 hours ago

Blue Jays hope comeback win vs. Twins foreshadows big things

The Toronto Blue Jays hope to parlay a comeback victory Saturday into a series win over the visiting Minnesota Twins on Sunday afternoon. With a rare offensive outburst, the Blue Jays overcame a 7-1 deficit Saturday to beat the Twins 10-8.

MLB News / Field Level Media / May 11

Blue Jays rally from six-run deficit, clip Twins 10-8

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. was 4-for-5 with three RBIs and the Toronto Blue Jays overcame a six-run deficit to defeat the visiting Minnesota Twins 10-8 on Saturday afternoon.

Toronto Blue Jays News / Just Baseball / May 10

Is Danny Jansen the Toronto Blue Jays Best Catcher?

The Toronto Blue Jays have struggled as team with the bats early on in 2024, leading to an uninspiring 16-20 record, good for last in the AL East. Fangraphs ranks the Jays 22nd in the league in wRC+, at 95, and 24th in team batting average and slugging, at .226 and .360 respectively.

Toronto Blue Jays News / Larry Brown Sports / May 6