What Do the Jays Have in Luke Maile?
Prior to the season, Luke Maile was not a familiar name to the fan base. He had spent five seasons in the Tampa Bay Rays organization after being taken in the 8th round of the
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Category: Analysis
Edwin Encarnacion’s Worrying Trends – Did the Blue Jays Dodge a Bullet?
Earlier this month, Edwin Encarnacion returned to Toronto for the first time as an opposing player since he emerged as one of the franchise’s greatest all-time power hitters. It was an emotional experience, for both
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Should the Jays Ease Back on Roberto Osuna’s Workload?
It’s early, but one (of the many) Blue Jays who hasn’t gotten off to the start he would’ve wanted is closer Roberto Osuna. His 5.63 ERA through the first 8 games and 50% success rate in save
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Potential Waiver Targets
Every now and then a good player can be found on the waiver wire. The Jays have taken advantage of this in the past, nabbing players such as Justin Smoak (Mariners) ,Chris Colabello (Twins) and
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Projecting Kevin Pillar’s 2017 Season
According to the projection systems, Kevin Pillar’s 2017 will look a lot like his 2016 season with a slight increase in offense and a slight decrease in defense. Here is Pillar’s stat line from 2016: .295
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A Correlation Between Travel and Pitcher Performance, Part I
Travis Sawchik (author of the must-read book, Big Data Baseball) penned a fantastic article at Fangraphs recently about jet lag having a negative effect on player performance: http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/new-study-finds-link-between-jet-lag-performance/ Near the end, a quote from Will
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JP Arencibia Altered the Course of History
Hyperbole in the title, you say? Perhaps. But I’m going somewhere with this. #Retired @MLBPAA @MLB_PLAYERS @MLB 🙏🏻 pic.twitter.com/46SXqXSdM4 — Jp Arencibia (@jparencibia9) January 18, 2017 With news of JP Arencibia hanging up the cleats
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Curveball Usage in 2016 by Blue Jays Starters
While browsing Fangraphs’ Pitch Value leaderboards recently, I was surprised to see four Blue Jays starting pitchers rank in the top 21 for Curveball Value in 2016. This came as a bit of a surprise,
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Shapiro and Atkins and the Concept of Value
Value is not a word some fans like to hear. To them, it represents cheapness. It’s an excuse peddled by a front office when a rival team signs a star player to a big contract.
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On Losing Edwin Encarnacion And Not Assigning Blame
Late on Thursday night reports came out that Edwin Encarnacion had signed with the Cleveland Indians for a guaranteed $60M over 3 years with a 4th year team option. Reaction on Twitter was swift (is
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