Toronto Blue Jays – Call to the Pen https://calltothepen.com MLB News, Rumors, Prospects, and more Tue, 01 Aug 2023 18:17:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.3 St. Louis Cardinals, Toronto Blue Jays proving to be perfect partners at MLB Trade Deadline https://calltothepen.com/2023/08/01/st-louis-cardinals-toronto-blue-jays-proving-perfect-partners-mlb-trade-deadline/ https://calltothepen.com/2023/08/01/st-louis-cardinals-toronto-blue-jays-proving-perfect-partners-mlb-trade-deadline/#respond Tue, 01 Aug 2023 18:17:43 +0000 https://calltothepen.com/?p=529784 As the St. Louis Cardinals delve into the seller’s market at this year’s trade deadline, they seem to have found an ideal business partner: the Toronto Blue Jays. First, the two teams linked up in a trade that sent that flame-throwing reliever Jordan Hicks North of the border for a package of pitching prospects. As […]

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]]> https://calltothepen.com/2023/08/01/st-louis-cardinals-toronto-blue-jays-proving-perfect-partners-mlb-trade-deadline/feed/ 0 AL East: 1 screw up the Yankees, Red Sox, Orioles, Rays and Blue Jays can make at the MLB trade deadline https://calltothepen.com/2023/07/19/al-east-1-screw-up-mlb-trade-deadline-yankees-red-sox-blue-jays-orioles-rays/ https://calltothepen.com/2023/07/19/al-east-1-screw-up-mlb-trade-deadline-yankees-red-sox-blue-jays-orioles-rays/#respond Wed, 19 Jul 2023 20:00:59 +0000 https://calltothepen.com/?p=529106 With less than two weeks until the trade deadline, decisions are going to have to be made by all 30 teams across baseball. Are they going to be buyers, sellers or stuck in the middle and just stand pat? Decisions, decisions, decisions. The one division with the most questions is the American League East, where […]

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]]> https://calltothepen.com/2023/07/19/al-east-1-screw-up-mlb-trade-deadline-yankees-red-sox-blue-jays-orioles-rays/feed/ 0 The Toronto Blue Jays are due for an offensive breakout https://calltothepen.com/2023/07/17/toronto-blue-jays-due-offensive-breakout/ https://calltothepen.com/2023/07/17/toronto-blue-jays-due-offensive-breakout/#respond Mon, 17 Jul 2023 22:00:26 +0000 https://calltothepen.com/?p=529057 It’s no secret that the American League East is one of the hardest divisions in baseball. All five teams can and are still in contention for a playoff spot. Whether it’s the Tampa Bay Rays with all their knowledge around developing players or the Baltimore Orioles with Adley Rutschman and all the rest of their […]

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]]> https://calltothepen.com/2023/07/17/toronto-blue-jays-due-offensive-breakout/feed/ 0 Toronto Blue Jays rumors: Interest in Cubs hurler would deepen rotation https://calltothepen.com/2023/07/17/toronto-blue-jays-rumors-interest-marcus-stroman-cubs/ https://calltothepen.com/2023/07/17/toronto-blue-jays-rumors-interest-marcus-stroman-cubs/#respond Mon, 17 Jul 2023 15:12:52 +0000 https://calltothepen.com/?p=529038 The hottest team in the majors right now is the Toronto Blue Jays. Winners of eight straight, they are doing it with a pitching staff that is picking each other up. Could more help for the rotation be on the way at the MLB trade deadline? In June, Alek Manoah was sent to the Florida […]

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]]> https://calltothepen.com/2023/07/17/toronto-blue-jays-rumors-interest-marcus-stroman-cubs/feed/ 0 Yankees, Red Sox, Blue Jays, Orioles, Rays: 1 July bold prediction for every AL East team https://calltothepen.com/2023/07/01/yankees-red-sox-blue-jays-orioles-rays-1-july-bold-prediction/ https://calltothepen.com/2023/07/01/yankees-red-sox-blue-jays-orioles-rays-1-july-bold-prediction/#respond Sat, 01 Jul 2023 12:00:00 +0000 https://calltothepen.com/?p=528035 Three months down, three more to go for the 2023 regular season. In the American League East, things continued to trend through the month of June as they did for the first two months. The Tampa Bay Rays continue to be the class of the division and the American League. The Atlanta Braves are setting […]

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]]> https://calltothepen.com/2023/07/01/yankees-red-sox-blue-jays-orioles-rays-1-july-bold-prediction/feed/ 0 Ross Atkins, Mark Shapiro and the Toronto Blue Jays front office: A mid-term grade https://calltothepen.com/2023/06/30/toronto-blue-jays-front-office-mid-term-grade/ https://calltothepen.com/2023/06/30/toronto-blue-jays-front-office-mid-term-grade/#respond Fri, 30 Jun 2023 13:00:31 +0000 https://calltothepen.com/?p=528203 One big offseason move is likely to define the 2023 season for Toronto Blue Jays general manager Ross Atkins and team president Mark Shapiro. With a team already viewed as being in postseason contention in the difficult AL East, Atkins and Shapiro kept things pretty much on the down low in Toronto. As their Jays […]

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]]> https://calltothepen.com/2023/06/30/toronto-blue-jays-front-office-mid-term-grade/feed/ 0 Stock Up, Stock Down: Toronto Blue Jays, New York Yankees, Atlanta Braves and more https://calltothepen.com/2023/06/30/stock-up-stock-down-blue-jays-yankees-braves-more/ https://calltothepen.com/2023/06/30/stock-up-stock-down-blue-jays-yankees-braves-more/#respond Fri, 30 Jun 2023 11:00:45 +0000 https://calltothepen.com/?p=528127 One thing that is certain about a 162-game regular season in MLB, there is never a dull week. The last seven days saw an ace pitcher struggle in a minor league assignment, a struggling pitcher made history, one of the highest payroll teams continued their struggles as time is beginning to run out on the […]

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]]> https://calltothepen.com/2023/06/30/stock-up-stock-down-blue-jays-yankees-braves-more/feed/ 0 Stock Up, Stock Down: Braves, Dodgers, Tigers and more https://calltothepen.com/2023/06/09/stock-up-stock-down-braves-dodgers-tigers/ https://calltothepen.com/2023/06/09/stock-up-stock-down-braves-dodgers-tigers/#respond Fri, 09 Jun 2023 19:00:23 +0000 https://calltothepen.com/?p=527141 It certainly was a busy last seven days around Major League Baseball. Injury news, unfortunately, took center stage with the news that Jacob deGrom is going to need to have Tommy John surgery, which is a huge blow to the Texas Rangers pitching staff. Aaron Judge finds himself back on the IL after hurting his […]

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]]> https://calltothepen.com/2023/06/09/stock-up-stock-down-braves-dodgers-tigers/feed/ 0 Toronto Blue Jays need Manoah to figure things out quickly in Florida https://calltothepen.com/2023/06/07/toronto-blue-jays-need-alek-manoah-florida/ https://calltothepen.com/2023/06/07/toronto-blue-jays-need-alek-manoah-florida/#respond Wed, 07 Jun 2023 12:00:26 +0000 https://calltothepen.com/?p=527114 Last season, Alex Manoah was a finalist for the American League Cy Young Award, finishing third in the voting and behind Justin Verlander, who won the award. After a breakout 2022 season with the Toronto Blue Jays, big things were expected from the right-hander this season, but it hasn’t happened. A struggle is putting it […]

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]]> https://calltothepen.com/2023/06/07/toronto-blue-jays-need-alek-manoah-florida/feed/ 0 Yankees, Red Sox, Rays, Orioles, Blue Jays: The good, bad and injured https://calltothepen.com/2023/06/05/al-east-yankees-red-sox-blue-jays-orioles-rays-good-bad-injured/ https://calltothepen.com/2023/06/05/al-east-yankees-red-sox-blue-jays-orioles-rays-good-bad-injured/#respond Mon, 05 Jun 2023 19:00:23 +0000 https://calltothepen.com/?p=526992 June is here, and the MLB is heading into the dog days of summer. This is the time of year when baseball gets intricate. Teams have established themselves and shown who is who. Now in June, they start to make adjustments, buyers and sellers become evident, and the top teams will get targets painted on […]

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