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Atkins maintains optimism, but acknowledges Blue Jays' sense of urgency

@KeeganMatheson
2:30 PM EDT

TORONTO -- The Blue Jays have sprung a leak in the middle of the ocean. As they scramble to patch the hull and bail the water that’s pouring through the seams, the Blue Jays realize that it’s time to sink or swim. In 2022 and ‘23, perhaps they were close

Offensive woes magnified as Blue Jays narrowly avoid history

@KeeganMatheson
May 17, 2024

TORONTO -- These games are wearing on the Blue Jays, bruises atop bruises. It was all over Chris Bassitt's face after Friday’s 4-3 loss to the Rays that felt so much further than the score suggests. Tampa Bay starter Tyler Alexander held a perfect game through 7 1/3 innings before

García producing eye-popping numbers to begin '24

@KeeganMatheson
May 16, 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.

Injuries & Moves: Rodríguez begins rehab; updates on Francis, Green, Votto

May 17, 2024

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Get all that MLB.TV has to offer for half the price

@Theo_DeRosa
May 16, 2024

You can follow your favorite players and teams on MLB.TV for just HALF the price. During the MLB.TV May Limited Time Only Sale, the All Teams Yearly package, allowing subscribers to stream every out-of-market game live or on demand, is available for just $69.99, while the Single Team package will

Offense squanders more stellar pitching, defense in walk-off loss

@KeeganMatheson
May 15, 2024

BALTIMORE -- There are losses within these losses. If the Blue Jays were a young team on the rise, so many of these positives could be pointed forward, planted as seeds for tomorrow. The Blue Jays are built to win now, though, and at 19-23, there have been too many

Mock draft: Big college bats stir things up at the top

May 16, 2024

With the 2024 Draft still two months away, there's not much hard intel on who's going where in the first round. That picture will become clearer as college and high school players start wrapping up their seasons in the next few weeks, and teams conduct interviews and get medical information

Surprise! One encouraging prospect-related development for each team

@SamDykstraMiLB
May 16, 2024

Six weeks into the Minor League season, we have witnessed plenty of pleasant prospect developments. Athletics 2023 first-rounder Jacob Wilson is batting a sizzling .438 and already has reached Triple-A. Mets right-hander Jonah Tong has been a revelation with elite fastball characteristics and a Minors-best 0.33 ERA. As one Chourio

Varsho drags 'Flu Jays' to victory despite clubhouse virus

@KeeganMatheson
May 13, 2024

BALTIMORE -- What a win for the Flu Jays. Scraping together their nine healthiest men behind José Berríos, who woke up Monday morning still unsure if he could even pitch, the Blue Jays pulled off a 3-2 win over the Orioles that means as much to them as any so

'Really encouraging': Manoah takes big step forward

@juliackreuz
May 12, 2024

TORONTO -- Alek Manoah pitched like it was 2022. For seven innings in Sunday afternoon’s 5-1 loss to the Twins at Rogers Centre, the Blue Jays saw the old Manoah, the AL Cy Young finalist, proudly strutting around the mound after another strikeout. The right-hander gave Toronto seven innings of

Why is this one team Gausman's kryptonite?

@juliackreuz
May 12, 2024

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

Vlad Jr. busts out cartwheel in extremely entertaining attempt to turn two

@juliackreuz
May 12, 2024

TORONTO -- Cirque du Soleil is in town, but you might as well just come to the ballpark. Fans were treated to an early show by Vladimir Guerrero Jr. on Sunday afternoon at Rogers Centre, when the Blue Jays’ first baseman leapt to snag a liner by Twins shortstop Carlos

How to watch Roku MLB Sunday Leadoff FREE

@Spokes_Murphy
May 13, 2024

There is a new place to watch free baseball every Sunday this season. Catch your favorite MLB action with Roku MLB Sunday Leadoff, streaming free on The Roku Channel every Sunday morning.

Here's the freshly updated Top 100 Prospects list

@SamDykstraMiLB
May 14, 2024

Break out the caps and gowns. It’s time for a whole bunch of graduations and an updated Top 100 Prospects list. Young players who began the 2024 season on a Major League Opening Day roster with zero MLB service time exhausted their prospect status Sunday by way of the 45-day

Who takes the hardest swings on each MLB team?

@Theo_DeRosa and @ColeJacobson32 and @ssc627
May 13, 2024

The Statcast era of baseball research has reached another milestone: bat speed is live on Baseball Savant. You can check out this page for more thorough details on what bat speed entails and how it’s calculated. But in the meantime, we’re kicking things off by breaking down the best of

'Nobody quit': Guerrero's big day leads Blue Jays to big comeback win

@juliackreuz
May 11, 2024

TORONTO -- “The ball is round and it comes in a square box.” Vladimir Guerrero Jr. smiled through his words, evoking the old Spanish saying about how strange this game can be. That rings true in many ways for Guerrero and the Blue Jays right now, but it felt particularly

Blue Jays' second annual Cricket Night helping Canada grow the game

@juliackreuz
May 10, 2024

TORONTO -- Saad Zafar finds kindred admiration in a guy like Shohei Ohtani. As an all-rounder -- cricket’s version of a two-way player -- Zafar can relate better than most to the toils of high performance on both sides of the ball. That feat isn’t as rare in cricket as

New lineup, same results: Offense squanders another gem by Kikuchi

@juliackreuz
May 11, 2024

TORONTO -- New-look lineup, same old story. The Blue Jays continued to shuffle things around on Friday night, pressing to find a way out of their persistent offensive woes. But the answers eluded them again, and another brilliant outing by one of their starters ended in a tough loss. -

Blue Jays’ tide could change with this pitcher’s return

@KeeganMatheson
May 9, 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.

The most surprising developments for each team

May 9, 2024

There has been no shortage of surprising developments in the 2024 season. Whether they are good or bad developments, or on the player or team-wide level, there are plenty of trends that have already shifted the arc of this season. With the help of each club's MLB.com beat writer, here

Blue Jays bounce back nicely, but still need more from key players

@paul_casellaMLB
May 8, 2024

PHILADELPHIA -- The Blue Jays know there isn't one simple way to fix all of their problems -- and yes, that includes tweaking the lineup. Penciling Bo Bichette into the No. 6 spot instead of No. 3 (or No. 4 or No. 5) isn't going to fix everything on its

Potential future closers -- one for each team

@SamDykstraMiLB
May 8, 2024

Big league closers can come from all areas of the pitching world. Some are guys who have always been relievers, from college all the way up to the big leagues. Some were starters whose power stuff (and perhaps lack of command) were better suited for shorter stints coming out of

Frustrations reach a boiling point in blowout loss to Phillies

@paul_casellaMLB
May 7, 2024

PHILADELPHIA -- The Blue Jays' early-season frustrations reached a boiling point in the fourth inning of Tuesday night's 10-1 loss to the Phillies at Citizens Bank Park. Moments after José Berríos served up a grand slam to Bryce Harper on a night when Berríos allowed more runs than he had