Caleb Joseph doesn’t profile as a power-hitting catcher, but in his first regular season at bat with the Blue Jays, he went deep. It was over two years — 766 days, to be exact — since the backstop hit his last home run. But he celebrated like it was his first. Joseph’s debut with the Blue Jays was a long time coming. The Blue Jays signed him to a minor league deal back in January, and although he was the third-string catcher on Toronto’s depth chart, he waited for his opportunity. He travelled with the team to summer camp at Rogers Centre in July and was a member of the Blue Jays taxi squad, l ..read more

Note: This article was originally written back on March 11th, but with today marking the first anniversary of the Marcus Stroman trade, it seemed like a good idea to publish this piece. When the Toronto Blue Jays traded Marcus Stroman last summer, the consensus reaction to the return seemed to be: “That’s it?” The New York Mets parted with two prospects, Anthony Kay and Simeon Woods Richardson, which, at the time, was deemed to be a light return for the Blue Jays. Marcus Stroman was pitching like a top-ten pitcher in the American League at the time, and he wasn’t a mere rental for a contender ..read more

Toronto Blue Jays baseball on television in the year 2020 – is this something out of the twilight zone? I’ll admit, it was an odd sensation to see real, live baseball in the flesh in the year 2020. Pandemic be damned, the MLB season soldiers on. As weird as it was at first, there was something comforting about sitting down to watch a baseball game again. Except, this time, the games matter! In fact, they matter a lot more, considering there are only 60 of them and 8 teams from each league will make the playoffs. Anyway, onto the expert analysis you were expecting after game one of 60 this seas ..read more

At first glance, the greatest basketball player of all-time and the Toronto Blue Jays have very little in common. But look deep enough and you’ll find some loose connections linking Michael Jordan to the Blue Jays. ESPN’s “The Last Dance” brought these connections to light during its ten episode run. The series is a must-watch for any sports fan, but if you watch closely, there are some subtle, obscure links to the Blue Jays. Aside from the Canadian tuxedo in the photo above, here are three vague connections between Jordan and the Toronto Blue Jays. News of Jordan’s retirement leaks during Gam ..read more

With the MLB season on pause, Bo Bichette discovered a unique way to play. He put down his bat and glove and picked up a video game controller and a headset as the Blue Jays’ representative in MLB The Show Players League. Prior to the league shutting down, the 22-year-old positioned himself as one of the most hyped Blue Jays players in recent memory. While the official season is on hold, Bichette is hoping to will his team into the playoffs, much like he’s done with his virtual Blue Jays squad. In the meantime, Bichette got plenty of TV time over the weekend on MLB Network as they feature ..read more

Only 14 MLB teams have won back-to-back World Series titles. The Toronto Blue Jays are among that select group and one of two teams in the expansion era to win consecutive championships. The Blue Jays were one of the last teams in baseball to “run it back”. While their 1992 World Series title was a watershed moment for the franchise, their 1993 championship season was an impressive feat in its own right. Of the 40 players who suited up for the 1992 Blue Jays, only 19 returned for the 1993 season. More than half of the Blue Jays’ 40-man roster turned over from year-over-year, and they still rep ..read more

Everyone has that one particular game or play in their mind which is their own “holy grail highlight”. It was the greatest play you’ve ever seen, but there may not be any way to recall or substantiate it. That happened to me for years with a particular play I remember vividly from a Roy Halladay start in 2008. It was a Flashback Friday, and as per usual, it was appointment viewing because it was Doc start. And like clockwork, he carved up the New York Yankees. He threw a complete game two-hitter against the Yankees on July 11, 2008, but one of the most impressive aspects of that game was a cre ..read more

“Tiger King” is the number one show on Netflix in Canada right now. It’s an unabashed train wreck that you can’t turn away from. Just when you think it couldn’t get any more ridiculous, it does. So, as Netflix helps fill the void from the Major League Baseball season, for some reason, I found the parallel between this show and the 2014 Toronto Blue Jays, of all things. As you may or may not recall, the Blue Jays brought a baby tiger and lion into their clubhouse in September 2014 as a “team bonding” exercise prior to a game at Rogers Centre. Forget Joe Exotic, here’s the original Tiger King Jo ..read more

If you’ve lost count at how many pitchers the Blue Jays have used in 2019, you’re not alone. The total thus far is 38, which is a new franchise record. The team has also used 20 different starting pitchers this season, which is the most for any team since the 1915 Philadelphia Athletics. Some pitchers have come and gone – and others were barely here for a minute – but with 38 names (and growing) on the pitching staff this year, it’s almost impossible to remember all of them without checking Baseball Reference. So, do you think you can do it? Consider this the ultimate challenge – try to name e ..read more

I vividly remember my first Blue Jays game. October 3, 1992; the day the Blue Jays clinched the American League pennant. Joe Carter hit a home run, there were fireworks at the end of the game and I left the stadium in awe of what had just happened. Like any kid in 1992 and 1993, I was sucked into Blue Jays fever. Ryan and Mike — the kids of my parents’ friends — were devout Jays fans. By osmosis, so was I. The Van Bommels were the ones who took me to the Skydome for the first time and after that game, I was hooked. But it was almost 13 years before I’d set foot in that ballpark for another Blu ..read more