The Toronto Blue Jays made a flurry of moves on Saturday, the boldest being sending catcher Danny Jansen to the Boston Red Sox – a rival club in the AL East division.
It’s been a hot minute since the Toronto Blue Jays found themselves as sellers at the trade deadline. When they took over at the end of the 2015 season, they inherited an aging contender.
As the heat picks up in the rumour mill, so does it on the Toronto Blue Jays front office. With the team fresh out of the All-Star Break and hosting the Detroit Tigers with scouts in the stands, they sputtered to a 5-4 loss.
The Toronto Blue Jays are limping into the All-Star break with a 44-52 record following a sweep-avoiding 8-7 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday.
It was possibly the worst time for Toronto Blue Jays general manager Ross Atkins to hold a press conference. By the time Atkins took the mic on Saturday morning, the Blue Jays had 19 wins and 24 losses with a misly run differential of minus-48.
Though they sit dead last in the American League East with a 19-24 record — an overachievement based on their 155 to 203 run differential — Ross Atkins still believes in his version of the Toronto Blue Jays.
On December 3, the Toronto Blue Jays named Ross Atkins as the team’s Executive Vice President of Baseball Operations. During his tenure, the Atkins Regime has executed many trades.
As the Blue Jays opened spring training, general manager Ross Atkins met with reporters on Thursday. The GM implied the bulk of the club’s offseason activity was complete, minimizing the chance of making an impactful free agent strike without offloading someone from the roster.
It’s time for a News and Notes, ladies and gentlemen. The time has finally arrived, on Thursday, pitchers and catchers (and let’s be real, most players), reported to Dunedin for the start of Spring Training.
Also: Matt Hague added to major league coaching staff Oh boy. Ross Atkins gave a press conference this morning and it was followed by a lot of online anger from the Blue Jays fanbase.
The second day of the Winter Meetings featured a press conference from Blue Jays general manager, Ross Atkins. A big question that still remains from this press conference is where is Ross “Waldo” Atkins?