On Saturday, Buck Martinez became the 12th member of the Toronto Blue Jays’ Hall of Excellence. Formerly named the Level of Excellence, Martinez joined
As the Toronto Blue Jays are led by star pitcher Dylan Cease, his current season has led him to an All-Star nod, though there were questions about whether he would start for the American League (AL).
Today would have been Roy Halladay’s 49th birthday. Depending on who you ask, Roy Halladay is either the best or second-best Blue Jays starter of all time, but there’s no question that he and Dave Stieb top the list in franchise history.
The MLB draft is a difficult thing to ace. Most of the best players in the draft get taken in the first round, and the hit rate is pretty low. That's not always the case, though, as was shown by the recent Toronto Blue Jays pick Nate Pearson.
The 2026 season has been headlined by young players emerging, but some wily veterans have also had their day. As we head toward the end of the regular season, these 30 players stand out as the biggest surprises on their teams.
The Toronto Blue Jays are coming off of a gut-punch of a loss in the World Series, falling to the Los Angeles Dodgers in seven games. But they have something that a lot of teams don't have, and that's a good, young core.
It is hard to believe that it has been eight years (yesterday, I thought I had scheduled this for yesterday) since Roy Halladay died in that plane crash.
The first thing my wife said to me this morning was, ‘It wasn’t a dream.‘ She knows me. One of my first thoughts this morning was ‘That was the sort of World Series start we should have had from Roy Halladay”.
The Philadelphia Phillies will pay tribute to late starting pitcher Roy Halladay on Monday before Game 2 of the National League Division Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers, according to USA Today’s Bob Nightengale.
While no-nos are obviously tremendous accomplishments, the list of pitchers who have thrown one includes some names you wouldn't expect. When it comes to hurlers who have done it more than once, that is understandably not the case.
Five years ago, a former Toronto Blue Jay was inducted into the Hall of Fame. On this day in 2019, Roy Halladay was posthumously inducted into the Hall of Fame, one of just 11 former Blue Jays to be inducted into Cooperstown.
On June 3, 2025, MLB.com’s Toronto Blue Jays beat reporter Keegan Matheson published his second book, The Franchise: Toronto Blue Jays: A Curated History of the Jays.
One of the biggest trades in Toronto Blue Jays history involved the Philadelphia Phillies. On December 19, 2009, the Jays traded Roy Halladay to the Phillies in exchange for Kyle Drabek, Michael Taylor, and Travis d’Arnaud.
The Philadelphia Phillies acquired Roy Halladay before the 2010 season in the hopes that it would help push them back to the World Series. It didn’t quite work out that way, but he produced a pair of glorious seasons along the way.
Fifteen years ago Monday (Dec. 16), the Toronto Blue Jays made one of their most important organizational moves ever in trading ace pitcher Roy Halladay to the Philadelphia Phillies.
It is hard to believe that it has been seven years since Roy Halladay died in that plane crash. Few deaths have affected me as much. Talking about another friend who died a few years ago, a friend said, ‘Time flies when you are dead.’ It does.
21 Years Ago Today Roy Halladay threw a 10-inning, complete-game shutout. It was the first complete game shutout for an extra-inning game since Jack Morris had done it in game seven of the 1991 World Series.
Monday marks the 14th anniversary of Roy Halladay becoming the second pitcher in Philadelphia Phillies history to throw a perfect game. As we remember the Hall of Famer, here are 34 numbers that stand out from his four seasons with the Phillies.
Roy Halladay would have turned 45 today. Roy was either the best or the second-best Blue Jays starter of all time, depending on who you ask, but there is no doubt he and Dave Stieb are the two best starters in our history.
The Philadelphia Phillies began play in 1883, and you can count on one hand the number of pitchers who have had better two-year stretches in red pinstripes than Roy Halladay did from 2010-2011.
Pitchers can win the MVP, sure, but those occasions are rare. Every year, though, a pitcher wins the Cy Young in both the American League and National League. Here is every NL Cy Young winner of the new millennium.
While no-nos are obviously tremendous accomplishments, the list of pitchers who have thrown one includes some names you wouldn't expect. When it comes to hurlers who have done it more than once, that is understandably not the case.
Hall of Fame pitcher Roy Halladay's life was full of fantastic moments, but his difficult life behind closed doors is something that continues to be unfurled.
The 2019 Baseball Hall of Fame class is no exception to this, as these six former players have been responsible for many of the most enduring marks in MLB history. Here is a look at five of the defining moments in the careers of Harold Baines, Roy Halladay, Edgar Martinez, Mike Mussina, Mariano Rivera and Lee Smith.