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Toronto Blue Jays Analysis
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2019 Trade Deadline: Winners, Losers And WTFers
The first consolidated trade deadline came and went, and it couldn’t have happened during a weirder year. Read more »
Favorite Things: An American League Midseason Baseball Revue
The Yankees, Astros and Twins will enter the All-Star break as our top-3 in the American League. Read more »
Predictions For The 2019 MLB Season (Bold, Tepid & Otherwise)
Some rankings, thoughts and predictions for the 2019 season, all of which will certainly come to pass and which we will in no way regret in the future. Read more »
Grading The 2019 Offseason: AL East
While the Red Sox mainly stood pat, the Yankees made some aggressive moves to come after their throne. Read more »
2018 Year-End MLB Team Portfolio Rankings
The Red Sox, Astros and Dodgers comprise this year's top-3 with the Yankees and Cubs right behind them. Read more »
Predictions For The 2018 MLB Season (Bold, Tepid & Otherwise)
Predicting the regular season awards, division winners and what will happen in the always unpredictable October. Read more »
Grading The Offseason: AL East
How the Yankees, Red Sox, Rays, Jays and Orioles looked to improve this winter. Read more »
2017 Year-End MLB Team Portfolio Rankings
The Astros, Dodgers, Yankees, Indians and Cubs comprise our top-5 as we enter 2018. Read more »
A Beautiful Mess: On The Crazy AL Wild Card Race
Only three teams are truly out of the Wild Card race, which will make the finals weeks of the season a glorious mess. Here's how we're sorting it out. Read more »
Earliest Returns: Mid-April MLB Awards
Oh, the joys of early-season baseballing. An average player morphs into a baseball deity before your very eyes. Read more »
Predictions For The 2017 MLB Season (Bold, Tepid & Otherwise)
Here are some predictions for the 2017 season, organized by team. If we make enough; some safe, some crazy, surely, we'll get some right, right? Cue: the rumbling laughter of the baseball gods. Read more »
Grading The Offseason: AL East
After an aggressive offseason, the Red Sox are the favorites to win the toughest division in the MLB even though any of the four teams could reach the playoffs. Read more »
Grading The Deal: Jose Bautista Stays With Toronto On One-Year Deal
Jose Bautista was surely underpaid during his previous time in Toronto, but there's no denying the fact that age is more than just a number when it comes to contracts. Read more »
2016 Year-End MLB Team Portfolio Rankings
The Cubs won the 2016 World Series but they rank behind the Dodgers and Red Sox in terms of the value of their collective assets. Read more »
ALCS Preview: The Case For The Indians
The Indians can't match Toronto's starting pitching but they have an excellent bullpen and can also manufacture runs. Read more »
ALCS Preview: The Case For The Blue Jays
Timing is every in the postseason and much like the offense; the Blue Jays’ rotation is rounding into form at the perfect time. Read more »
The Morning After: What Was Buck Showalter Thinking?
An old-school train of thought on closers was on full display in Toronto. While it's not true that Zach Britton could have won the game for the Orioles, it's certainly true that he gave them the best chance to stay alive long enough to win it. Read more »
One-Run And Done: The Most Lucky And Unlucky AL Contenders
Individual teams' records in one-run games are having a profound effect on the playoff races in the AL this season, and it's worth taking a look at, because it’s pretty wild. Read more »
Halfway To Home: Midseason Meanderings On AL Contenders
With a few more teams being little more than a sweep of a fellow Wild Card wannabe away from a playoff spot, there's more intrigue in the standings in the AL (eight teams fighting for two spots!!!), even if it means less excitement in the form of bodies on the block before the trade deadline. Read more »