Similar to the starting pitching situation, the Toronto Blue Jays run-back the same catching duo in 2024 with Danny Jansen and Alejandro Kirk. The performance
Over the last few seasons, hand/wrist injuries have been Danny Jansen’s kryptonite, and that unfortunate trend has continued into the 2024 campaign as he missed the first five series of the year with a fractured right wrist.
Catcher Danny Jansen is expected to return to the Toronto lineup Tuesday night when the Blue Jays go for a series-clinching victory over the visiting New York Yankees.
The AL East is shaping up to be fiercely competitive this season, with even the 8-8 Toronto Blue Jays finding themselves in last place as of Monday’s games.
The Blue Jays will get some power back into their lineup this week. On Monday afternoon, the team’s Twitter account announced that Danny Jansen had been activated from the 10-day Injured List, with Brian Serven being optioned.
Danny Jansen turns 29 today. When Danny gets onto the active roster, he’ll be in his seventh season with the Blue Jays. We thought he would be a bat-first catcher when he came up, but his glove was surprisingly good.
It is rehab season for the Toronto Blue Jays down at Triple-A Buffalo. Four players are scheduled to continue their rehab assignments with the Bisons this
It likely won’t be long before catcher Danny Jansen is back up with the Toronto Blue Jays. The 28-year-old backstop, currently on the 10-day IL due to a fractured right wrist, began a rehab assignment with Triple-A Buffalo on Wednesday, where he hit second as the designated hitter.
Stop me if you’ve heard this before: the Toronto Blue Jays have been hot and cold in hitting with runners-in-scoring-position. That was a key deficiency with last year’s offence, which finished tied for 12th in AVG (.260) and 14th in wRC+ (102) but 23rd in SLG (.390) across the majors.
It looks like the Toronto Blue Jays will soon be getting some reinforcements to their active roster. According to TSN’s Scott Mitchell, relievers Jordan Romano and Erik Swanson are expected to pitch for the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons on Thursday.
The Blue Jays split their first series of the year, right on par with expectations. Not great. Not terrible. There were shining moments, like Toronto’s clutch hitting (hallelujah!).
The Toronto Blue Jays season may have started, but that doesn’t mean that News and Notes ever stops. In this edition, we’ll look at news surrounding their ace, as well as an injury update on a power-hitting catcher.
If you can believe it, Opening Day arrives next Thursday for 28 of the 30 big-league clubs – the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres will open in South Korea this Wednesday.
After a long, dreary and languid baseball offseason, The Athletic released its MLB Hope-O-Meter results, which are based on the opinions of 22,000 readers who participated in the survey.
The Blue Jays have endured a complicated few weeks. On one hand, the overall dullness surrounding the team’s unspectacular offseason has been levied by the Joey Votto show – a homer here, a quip there – and Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s epic spring showing (1.186 OPS).
The Toronto Blue Jays have a pretty set roster heading into the 2024 season other than a couple of spots open on the bench and in the bullpen. The loss of Jordan Hicks to free agency opened a spot for another relief arm while the Jays have a bench spot up or two up for grabs as well given the various roster moves this past offseason.
Toronto Blue Jays catcher Danny Jansen will be sidelined at least two weeks with a small fracture in his right wrist. Manager John Schneider announced Friday that Jansen, 28, sustained a broken pisiform bone when he was hit by a pitch on Wednesday.
Since 2021, he carries a stout .237/.317/.487 batting line with 43 home runs in 754 trips to the plate.
During an at-bat in the sixth inning, Rockies left fielder Nolan Jones fouled a ball into Danny Jansen’s exposed right hand.
The Blue Jays announced that catcher Danny Jansen has been placed on the 10-day injured list, retroactive to May 25, with a left groin strain. Fellow backstop Tyler Heineman has been recalled in a corresponding move.
The ability to put a quality backup behind the plate can be a big boost for MLB teams. Here are the teams with the best catching situations heading into the 2023 season.
The Toronto Blue Jays should consider jumping on the chance to keep their catcher long term with a contract extension The Toronto Blue Jays have a number of contract extension decisions to make over the next while.
The Blue Jays may not trade a catcher after all. Toronto was originally willing to move veteran Danny Jansen for a starting pitcher this offseason, but,
The Toronto Blue Jays look ready to benefit (in a variety of ways) from the season that Danny Jansen just had The Toronto Blue Jays must have been sitting back and grinning ear to ear as Danny Jansen put together the best season of his career.
The Toronto Blue Jays may have a star about to break out behind the plate in Danny Jansen Featured Image Courtesy Of DaveMe Images. Prints Available For Purchase I bet a number of you are wondering what I’m on, to write this article.
Jansen, 25 next week, had a tepid showing at the plate in his rookie season. But Jansen’s work at the plate likely wasn’t as bad as it would appear upon first glance.
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