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More Escobar fallout
Yunel Escobar was supposed to make his return to the Blue Jays’ lineup on Friday night following a three-game suspension but instead he found a seat on the bench. Toronto manager John Farrell met with...
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Anthopoulos talks 2012 and previews the offseason
Alex Anthopoulos has been forced into a lot of interviews during the past week but for once he was able to avoid having to answer questions about Yunel Escobar. Anthopoulos arrived in Tampa on Saturday...
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Anthopoulos’ end of the season news conference
Here is Alex Anthopoulos’ final news conference of the season. I apologize in advance for a typo here and there. I wanted to post this tonight but also have articles in the works for the main site but...
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Bautista speaks out
Right fielder Jose Bautista re-joined the Blue Jays for their final series of the year at the beginning of October. He took the opportunity to provide an update on his rehab from right-wrist surgery,...
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Farrell to Boston a surprise? Not really…
When the rumors linking John Farrell to Boston first surfaced last year, it was hard to take them at face value. It seemed relatively impossible that Farrell would be looking to bolt after one season...
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Anthopoulos talks managerial search
Alex Anthopoulos is in the middle of what can only be described as his most important offseason to date as Toronto’s general manager. He’s in the market for a pair of starting pitchers while also...
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A return to the past
It might not seem like it, but the Blue Jays have been down this road before and the truth is it wasn’t even that long ago. Back in 2005, J.P. Ricciardi had just finished his fourth year on the job as...
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Dollars and cents
When the news first broke about Toronto’s massive 12-player trade with the Marlins I admit to feeling a little bit skeptical. The issue wasn’t talent – there’s no denying that Jose Reyes, Josh Johnson,...
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Gibbons picks his staff
Blue Jays manager John Gibbons has put almost all of the finishing touches on his coaching staff for the 2013 season. Toronto announced on Monday that DeMarlo Hale (bench coach), Chad Mottola (hitting...
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Anthopoulos talks current state of affairs in Blue Jays’ land
Below you can find a transcript of today’s scrum with Alex Anthopoulos. Tomorrow, I will post the transcript of today’s scrum with Paul Beeston. Both individuals joined the Toronto chapter of the...
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Johnson talks to Toronto media for first time
Recently acquired starting pitchers Josh Johnson and Mark Buehrle spoke to the Toronto media today for the first time since the 12-player blockbuster trade with Miami was completed earlier this month....
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Beeston talks current state of affairs
As promised yesterday, here is the transcript of a brief scrum with Blue Jays president Paul Beeston. It’s obviously much, much shorter than the 6,000-plus transcript of Alex Anthopoulos‘ media...
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Anthopoulos on Day 1 of the Winter Meetings
Day 1 of the Winter Meetings is now in the blocks. On the main site, you’ll find my article on Blue Jays’ likely choosing minor additions over another blockbuster move and a piece about John Gibbons...
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Meet the manager with John Gibbons
John Gibbons sat down with reporters for his Meet the Manager session on Monday afternoon here at the Winter Meetings in Nashville. All managers across Major League Baseball will sit through a similar...
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Winter Meetings wrap-up with Anthopoulos
The Winter Meetings have come to an end and not surprisingly it was a relatively quiet week for the Blue Jays. Sure, there were plenty of rumours but in reality there was never anything close to...
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Return from the holidays
I’m back in action after taking a couple of lovely weeks to return to my home province of New Brunswick to visit with friends and family. Now that the holidays are out of the way, it’s time to resume...
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Lind speaks out about last year’s coaching staff
There were plenty of clues last season that 1B/DH Adam Lind and manager John Farrell never really saw eye-to-eye. There were some mild complaints from Lind during Spring Training that he was being told...
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Q+A with new Blue Jays hitting coach Chad Mottola
To the surprise of pretty much nobody, Chad Mottola was hired to become the Blue Jays’ new hitting coach when John Gibbons was brought on board in November. It was a natural promotion considering...
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Upcoming Grapefruit League pitching schedule
The Blue Jays have released their pitching schedule for the first five games of the spring. It’s important to note that the amount of innings aren’t necessarily set in stone. It ultimately will come...
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Q+A with pitching coach Pete Walker
Here’s what pitching coach Pete Walker had to say during a scrum on Wednesday afternoon regarding several key members of his staff: Why only one inning for Brandon Morrow when all of the others are...
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