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Andrew Stoeten
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The Batflip
24 Feb
Ahoy hoy, everyone! We’ve finally made it. Spring is in swing, and actual games of baseball are inching ever closer. The Jays roster seems to be mostly set, but there are still plenty of questions about what they may yet do to augment it, or how they’
Toronto Blue Jays
... pring is in swing, and actual games of baseball are inching ever closer. The Jays roster seems to be mostly set, but there are still plenty of questions about ...
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Andrew Stoeten
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The Batflip
24 Feb
On Bichette, Guerrero, Springer, Semien, Chatwood, the TV business, the Stripling trade, Hobie Harris, J.P. Arencibia, and more!
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... isn’t hard! Stripling deal complete Finally, last summer’s trade between the Blue Jays and Dodgers has been made official. On Tuesday evening, the Jays officially ...
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Andrew Stoeten
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The Batflip
22 Feb
Ahoy hoy, everyone. With camp officially up and running down in Dunedin, there was a whole lot to digest over the weekend, and so instead of boring you with some lengthy preamble here, I think we should just get straight into it… Sportsnet one, Jays...
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... is a coincidence. Minor Leaguer @Minor_Leaguer Interesting find: the Buffalo Bisons and Rochester Red Wings are never home on the same date this year. Coinciden ...
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Andrew Stoeten
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The Batflip
19 Feb
Welp. It seems like a reunion between the Jays and Taijuan Walker isn’t going to happen, as the right-hander who pitched so well for them down the stretch last year has signed a two-year, $20 million deal (with a player option for a third year) to...
Toronto Blue Jays
... point (provided they’re still in the race). It would be disappointing if the Blue Jays were to go so far as to add George Springer and Marcus Semien to their offen ...
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Andrew Stoeten
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The Batflip
18 Feb
Baseball things are happening! None of them are happening in Toronto, obviously, but that would be true at this point in any other year as well. We’re up here biding our time between snowstorms, and the Blue Jays are down in Dunedin, starting to get...
Toronto Blue Jays
... ing of facilities and strict guidelines on spacing. Sharing a space with the Bisons would pose many of the same problems.” (The Dunedin Blue Jays could, I assum ...
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Andrew Stoeten
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The Batflip
16 Feb
Like the Blue Jays’ quest to find another starting pitcher, my quest to get this week’s mail bag done has been a long and arduous one. Alas, unlike the Jays’, my quest is at least now, finally, over. Pitchers and catchers are reporting to camp this...
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... at Bluebird Banter, is pure nightmare fuel. As for having both the Jays and Bisons at Sahlen Field, I don’t think think it’s ideal. When the Jays went looking ...
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Andrew Stoeten
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The Batflip
14 Feb
The Blue Jays didn’t do anything especially massive on Friday or Saturday, but there were just enough little things going on to distract me from finishing this week’s mail bag — which is still coming, and you can still submit a question for if you’ve
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... The names that will most jump out, of course, are all the top prospects the Blue Jays will have in camp. Alek Manoah, Simeon Woods Richards, and Adam Kloffenstein ...
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Andrew Stoeten
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The Batflip
11 Feb
Shun Yamaguchi was bad. There’s no getting around that fact. The former Yomiuri Giants star allowed 23 earned runs in 25 2/3 innings for the Blue Jays in 2020. He struggled to adapt to the lower-seamed North American baseball, ended up last in...
Toronto Blue Jays
... ed a big league deal with a reliever who will take Yamaguchi’s place: former Blue Jays right-hander David Phelps. My guess is the the Jays will designate Payamps f ...
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Andrew Stoeten
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The Batflip
11 Feb
Another day, another chance to speculate about which starting pitcher the Blue Jays may add before spring training begins next week while the team stays frustratingly silent. Fun stuff isn’t it? Though, actually, to be fair, there genuinely are some...
Toronto Blue Jays
... ul), and moving back to Buffalo would displace the team’s Triple-A club, the Bisons. On the other hand, there’s a reason that both of MLB’s Florida-based teams ...
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Andrew Stoeten
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The Batflip
10 Feb
Ahoy hoy, everyone! Can you believe it? Spring training is finally somehow right around the corner. The Jays announced this week that pitchers and catchers workouts will begin for them on February 18th — next week! Teams also have until this Friday,...
Toronto Blue Jays
... movement, just to ensure that guys get a full camp in before the season. The Jays have a little bit of work on their roster still to do — a starting pitcher, ...
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Andrew Stoeten
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The Batflip
9 Feb
Over at the Athletic, Ken Rosenthal has all the details on MLB's updated health and safety protocols for 2021. There's a lot to chew on in there for anyone who really wants to dig into the details — Potential fines for players or staff in the dugout...
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Andrew Stoeten
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The Batflip
9 Feb
On Marwin Gonzalez of the filthy Astros, Marwin Gonzalez as a potential Jays add, Rob Manfred's balls, upcoming rule changes, Florida geography, and more!
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Andrew Stoeten
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The Batflip
6 Feb
The Blue Jays still appear to be in the hunt for another starting pitcher, and with the Trevor Bauer saga now finally over, it surely must be finally time for all of the other dominos to start falling, right? Right??? Whether it’s now or a week from...
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Andrew Stoeten
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The Batflip
4 Feb
Ahoy hoy! Can you believe we’re already half a week into February? It seems impossible since I’m pretty sure we’ve all been reliving the same day over and over since last March, but that’s what the calendar says. And what it means, of course, is...