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Vladdy's timely HR earns important split for Blue Jays

@KeeganMatheson
June 6, 2024

TORONTO -- That’s what it’s supposed to look like. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is supposed to hit home runs and the Blue Jays are supposed to win. Neither has happened enough in 2024, but Thursday’s 6-5 win over the Orioles at Rogers Centre looked like a carefully choreographed version of their

Injuries & Moves: Rodríguez spotless in rehab outing

June 6, 2024

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No. 3 prospect Nimmala takes step back to leap forward

@KeeganMatheson
June 6, 2024

This story was excerpted from Keegan Matheson’s Blue Jays Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox.

IKF walks it off behind strong pitching by Berríos, bullpen

@KeeganMatheson
June 5, 2024

TORONTO -- Did the Blue Jays ever need that one. Isiah Kiner-Falefa was the walk-off hero in the bottom of the ninth Wednesday night in Toronto, and by the time his teammates were done mobbing him, they were 100 feet past the infield dirt into left field, celebrating a 3-2

Each team's most deserving All-Star

June 6, 2024

Read our story on the balloting format, which includes two phases of fan voting to determine the All-Star starters.

Top performers from '23 Draft -- one from each team

@SamDykstraMiLB
June 5, 2024

Ten months after the Pirates selected him with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2023 Draft, Paul Skenes arrived in Pittsburgh and immediately asserted himself as one of the best pitchers in the big leagues. Two other first-rounders from the Class of '23 preceded him to the Majors, with

Blue Jays can't keep up with O's as bullpen gets hit hard

@KeeganMatheson
June 4, 2024

TORONTO -- A win is a win, but losses have layers. Some can be dismissed, stuffed into a beige folder full of silver linings and locked in a drawer. Others, like the Blue Jays’ 10-1 loss to the Orioles on Tuesday night, just don’t fit. The Blue Jays were outplayed

'Wherever the team needs me': Vlad holds his own at third base

@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

Gausman, Blue Jays bested by Orioles' powerful lineup

@KeeganMatheson
June 3, 2024

TORONTO -- It felt like the Blue Jays’ outfielders spent the whole night running back to the wall. When the Orioles weren’t hitting home runs, they were scaring the Blue Jays with deep fly balls to the warning track. Over and over, one of baseball’s most powerful lineups made the

'You can say what you want to say': Springer inspiring kids who stutter

@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

MLB's top prospects to compete in Skills Showcase at All-Star Weekend

June 3, 2024

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

Atkins on Vlad, Bo trade talks: 'It just doesn't make any sense for us'

Blue Jays' GM throws his support behind team's core, manager John Schneider
@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

Bautista, Encarnación revel in Toronto's City Connects, culture

@KeeganMatheson
June 2, 2024

This story was excerpted from Keegan Matheson’s Blue Jays Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox.

It was brother vs. brother on the mound at Triple-A

@alyssam_gomez
June 3, 2024

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

One-of-a-kind Lou Gehrig Day cards to be auctioned

@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

MLB.TV available at new low price for rest of season

@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.

Blue Jays' first-inning run drought reaches historic proportions

@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,

Babe in the 14th! Schneider delivers walk-off blast in extras

@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

Triple-A Blue Jays catcher Payton Henry discharged from hospital, 'doing well'

@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

Bautista takes BP, shares views on current Blue Jays: 'It's coming'

@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

Blue Jays go 'Night Mode' for City Connect uniforms

Toronto to debut nightlife-inspired jerseys Friday at home vs. Pittsburgh
@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