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Blue Jays Top Prospects Countdown – #’s 30 – 26

February 5, 2019 · by bordencj

Jay Bird Watching is partnering up with SouthOfThe6ix.com and Prospectslive.com to bring you great shows on the Toronto Blue Jays Top 30 prospects. In this episode they discuss players that just missed the Top 30 on the list. Jason Woodell of Prospects Live joined us to kick off our weekly episodes counting down the Jays list.

Prospects 30 – 26

#30 – Chavez Young – OF
The 21-year-old switch hitting outfielder put together a solid performance for the Lansing Lugnuts in 2018. After his first full season Young is showing plenty of promise as a possible steal from the 2016 draft. He has now put together a great performance in the Midwest League and will be looking for a true test come 2019. He did have some issues during the long season but was able to burst out of a midsummer funk to finish strong with the playoff running Lugnuts. He is truly athletic and was able to steal 44 bases while scoring 88 runs. He would also slap 33 doubles, 9 triples, and 8 home runs as well.

Expected 2019 Level – Dunedin Blue Jays

📽️ | Chavez Young’s 7⃣ homer of the season was a BLAST 💥 pic.twitter.com/FIjtAdjyDV

— Lansing Lugnuts (@LansingLugnuts) August 11, 2018

#29 – Chad Spanberger – 1B
This big-hitting first baseman joined the Blue Jays as part of the Seunghwan Oh trade with the Colorado Rockies. Spanberger showed off some offensive pop prior to the trade in which he mashed 22 homers and knocked in 75. He showed off some speed with 16 stolen bases but his ability with the lumber is what controls his future. If he can continue to ascend through the system and show there is plenty of RBI potential in his stick he might rise quick. The Jays system is currently lacking depth at 1B but has plenty of athletic options.

Expected 2019 Level – Dunedin Blue Jays

Asheville’s Chad Spanberger is the 2018 Sally League HR Derby champ with 29 home runs, several of which bounced off the building across the street from right field. pic.twitter.com/h34C3gBsuJ

— JJ Cooper (@jjcoop36) June 19, 2018

#28 – Ryan Noda – 1B Noda is currently the heir apparent to Kevin Youkilis in the walks department. Noda took 109 free passes during this past season with the Lansing Lugnuts. He did also strike out 135 times in route to a 20 home run – 80 RBI season. Even with all those positives, he got off to a torrid start to the season in the cold months in the Midwest League. As things heated up he began to. He batted .350 in June and kept his foot on the gas after that. Noda might be destined to restart the season in Lansing but could break the team with the Dunedin Blue Jays depending on where the rest of the first baseman depth lands after Spring Training. Noda is an intriguing player that could break out if he meets his new challenges. Expected 2019 Level – Lansing Lugnuts

📽️ | Ryan Noda and Chavez Young both hit two-run homers in the Lugnuts 5-3 win in Fort Wayne! #LugLife pic.twitter.com/GWkg3HUL5v

— Lansing Lugnuts (@LansingLugnuts) August 5, 2018

#27 – Forrest Wall – OF
Wall is the other player that the Jays acquired in the Seunghwan Oh trade and promptly began to crush the ball after the change of scenery. Wall had a very mixed season in which he raked in the California League, struggled in the Eastern League with the Hartford Yard Goats, to having a great finish in the same league with the now Champion New Hampshire Fisher Cats. While with the Cats he sprayed the ball into both power alleys and showed some pop that could translate into some long balls eventually. Wall is currently 23 and was once ranked in the Top 100 prospects in prior to the 2016 season. If he hits like he did in New Hampshire this could be a steal for the Blue Jays.

Expected 2019 Level – New Hampshire Fisher Cats

Forrest Wall again! His two-run single ties the game at 3-3.

At least it did…until Josh Lester hit a two-run homer. 5-3 Erie, bottom 3. pic.twitter.com/Ty7Ik3hznr

— New Hampshire Fisher Cats (@FisherCats) August 5, 2018

#26 – Elvis Luciano – RHP
The youngest player to ever be selected in a Rule 5 draft has everything to gain in a season the Blue Jays might be looking for bullpen help. Luciano will turn 19 as he reports to Spring Training for a chance a roster spot with the big club. The rules with the Jay having to put him on the 25 man roster to retain his talents will be the driving force behind that idea. Luciano is a talented righty that already has a low 90’s fastball and a solid changeup. The Blue Jays are hoping those two pitches while he develops a curveball will carry well out of the bullpen. He has not pitched above the Rookie-level but has shown the ability to miss plenty of bats with his raw stuff.

Expected 2019 Level – Toronto Blue Jays

@fangraphs actually has footage on this kid!
Your newest #BlueJay Elvis Luciano RHP
Not sure if I get this one yet…….https://t.co/FxjElc4shs

— Jay Bird Watching (@BirdWatchingGC) December 13, 2018

All this and more in the above podcast as Jason Woodell and Craig Borden discuss all things prospects and Bo Bichette’s epic hair. All new episode will be recorded soon to include prospects #25-21

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Blue Jays Top Prospects Countdown – Just missed players

January 30, 2019 · by bordencj

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Jay Bird Watching is partnering up with SouthOfThe6ix.com and Prospectslive.com to bring you great shows on the Toronto Blue Jays Top 30 prospects. In this episode they discuss players that just missed the Top 30 on the list. Jason Woodell of Prospects Live joined us to kick of our weekly episodes counting down the the Jays list.

Players that just missed the Top 30

Brock Lundquist – OF
With tons of power on display in the Midwest League this past season Brock put pitchers on notice. He owns a potent bat and a rocking mustache reminiscent of Rollie Fingers. The Smashing Stash uncorked 20 homers and 90 RBI between Lansing and Dunedin this past year. Brock is currently in the wait and see ballpark for most of our contributors and is likely to see more seasoning in the Florida State League as they see how his approach translates with more advanced pitching. He will also look to see his power open up with a full season in the FSL.

Cal Stevenson – OF
A true athlete and a player that is 100% committed on the field is looking to run into a new challenge. After dominating pitchers in the Appalachian League Cal is looking to show off his solid tools. He had a great approach at the plate and batter a mere .359 in 53 games in the Appy League. He also players great defense and stole 21 bases. He has plus tools that could translate into a key contributor as his athleticism continues to form his talents.

Ronny Brito – SS
Brito joins the Blue Jays as part of the Russell Martin trade. Brito is known as a solid defender and has a cannon for an arm. Scouts have him graded as a 60 arm tool. For those not scoring at home that is on the 20-80 scale. He has also shown some pop at the plate with 11 home runs this past season in Rookie ball but it will be interesting to see where his bat can carry him. He might not stick as a shortstop but has plenty of arm to slide over to the hot corner.

Samad Taylor – 2B
One of the many athletic middle infielders in the Blue Jays system shows that he has plenty of tools to stand out in 2018. As an igniter in the Lansing Lugnuts lineup he was able to steal 44 bases while scoring 67 runs and driving in 53. As a throw in player for the Joe Smith trade to Cleveland Taylor is starting to look like an intriguing player to watch and could be a nice breakout candidate for 2019.

Leonardo Jimenez – 2B
The 17 year old Panamanian received a chance to jump right into the Golf Coast League and he shined in his first professional shot. He showed an advanced approach for his age and showed that he has the potential to show off more tools as he grows. He racked up 8 doubles and 2 triples in 37 games while scoring 13 and driving in 19. All of this while showing off quality skills at the keystone. Jimenez will be a player to watch come short season ball this summer.

This is the first part of many installments coming over the next few weeks. We will be going through all of the Blue Jays Top 30 Prospects and discussing all the details you are looking forward to hearing on each of them.

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O Halladay!!! – Wednesday Wallop

January 25, 2019 · by bordencj

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Blue Jays fans rejoiced as one of their own joins the hallowed halls of Cooperstown. Roy Halladay is one of the newest members of the Baseball Hall of Fame. We also discuss Baseball Americas latest Top 100 Prospects that includes a big group of Blue Jays youngsters.

To say Blue Jays fans love Roy Halladay would be an understatement. Halladay is baseball royalty in Canada and represents the pinnacle of pitching talent that has come through the Jays system. Doc was a reason for many baseball fans to tune in during a rather dark time in Blue Jays history. People lined up at the ticket counters every 5th day to see him pitch regardless of how the team was performing. This was because Blue Jays fans knew they were seeing a future Hall of Famer in the making.

After being drafted Halladay excelled in the minors and raced through the system. After a successful debut and throwing a 1 hitter in his second ever MLB start, Halladay struggled. He was sent down to Single-A to work on his mechanics. This is a move that would have devastated many professional athletes. Halladay having the intensity and work ethic however, continued to fuel his desire to return to the big leagues. Not only did he return but became the Hall of Fame level pitcher in what seemed over night.

With class, hard work and excellence.#DocForever | #HOF2019 pic.twitter.com/ff08IeTQb9

— Toronto Blue Jays (@BlueJays) January 23, 2019

The accolades piled up in Toronto as he eclipsed 20 wins regularly and won his first Cy Young Award in 2003. Halladay pretty out pitched other pitchers in baseball over that period in baseball. He night even hold a record in the current era of baseball. Halladay amassed 67 complete games in his career. Since the start of his career in 1998 there is no other pitcher in baseball that has finished that many games. Fellow Hall of Famer Randy Johnson is the closest in that category with 54 complete games. As baseball shifts more and more to bullpen dominance and pitch counts there will be even fewer guys pitching this far into games. This past season there was only a hand full of players that had 2 complete games.

For Blue Jays fans Halladay is on the Mount Rushmore of our historic franchise. Part of Blue Jays Royalty. When he was traded to the Phillies all of us were saddened but completely understood why the team had to part with their super star pitcher. As Doc marched toward his second Cy Young aware Blue Jays fans were ecstatic. As he opened up the ALDS against the Reds that season it felt like this was a the first Blue Jays playoff game since the close of 1993.

An MLB Network oral history: Roy Halladay’s 2010 NLDS no-hitter for the @Phillies. #HOF2019 pic.twitter.com/daXtXdffJh

— MLB Network (@MLBNetwork) January 22, 2019

That first playoff appearance for Doc only became more special as the evening progressed. In true Halladay fashion he was locked in and intimidating on the mound. The Reds that season had one of the best offenses in baseball and Doc decimated them. As Blue Jays fans eagerly watched their hero mow through the Reds one fact became clear. Not one batter was going to best Halladay during this one. In an out pour of emotion from Halladay he picks up just the 2nd playoff no hitter in all of baseball history. Blue Jays jumped from their couches as Carlos Ruiz managed to tame a little squabbler in front of home plate and throw out Brandon Phillips to complete the no-no. This was the first real playoff victory that Jays fans had felt in years.

Doc was a master of his craft and this was his crowning moment as he showed off his talents to the world. It truly is a bittersweet moment for all baseball fans as Doc will not get to enjoy this wonderful accomplishment with his fellow inductees. It is with a heavy heart as I type these words but could not be happier that Halladay’s family is being treated to a celebration of Roy’s life on the most deserving of scales. His speech as an inductee to the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame is incredible and I feel the Halladay’s will find a way to have fun come induction day this July.

Our show this week is dedicated to the Halladay family as we celebrate the accomplishments of a great family man, amazing teammate, and incredible ball player.

Thank you all for listening!

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Wednesday Wallop – The offseason strikes back

January 11, 2019 · by bordencj

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In what has been a slow offseason for the Toronto Blue Jays we try to put a good summary what has happened thus far. The team has not mad any huge splashes but has improved it’s depth for a season that is clearly going to be led by the youngsters.

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Blue Jays New Year’s Resolutions

December 30, 2018 · by bordencj

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In this weeks episode of Jay Bird Watching the gang discusses what New Year’s Resolutions the Blue Jays could make in order to squeak out some extra wins in 2019. Our host Craig Borden was joined by Adam Corsair of Southofthe6ix.com and Hayden Godfrey of JaysJournal.com

The Blue Jays just signed Matt Shoemaker to a one year deal. The gang unanimously agreed that this was a solid signing for the Jays. He brings some veteran presence along with someone that possesses some solid upside. Shoemaker projects a member of the Blue Jays rotation as it currently sits and could be someone that excels with a change of scenery.

Shoemaker is projected to throw around 100 innings this season according to the main projection sites. On Rotochamp.com they are showing a 7-6 record on the season, with 100 strikeouts. This would put him at an ERA around 4.00 and a WHIP around his career average of 1.20. The Blue Jays are a team looking for MLB ready arms to fill out their innings on the mound this season and Shoemaker is an incredible sign on a 1-year deal. His basement numbers is a fail like Jamie Garcia but has the potential to surprise Jays fans like Marco Estrada in 2015.

Now the focus of the show which was 2019 Blue Jays New Years Resolutions. Adam stepped up to the plate first to discuss how the home run ball needs to play for the Jays this season. Regardless that the Jays big thumpers are gone from the days of old the Jays still have plenty of guys that can pop 20 homers this season. He would really love to see someone run away with it this season and uncork 30. Smoak is probably the best candidate for this but Vlad has some very lofty projections to live up to. Time will tell.

Hayden brought up how the Jays are scraping to fill up the inning on the mound and how do they attack that? It could be with these opener/bullpen games as they truck every rookie arm out during a game once every 5 days. With a new manager in Charlie Montoyo who is a product of the Rays system this only becomes more likely. The opener has worked for the Rays in the past season and was even adopted by the Brewers in the playoffs.

The Blue Jays could improve at the plate by striking out less and putting the ball in play. Fewer strikeouts can lead to more batters reaching base. The Jays were in the middle of the ballpark on strikeouts last season and in the bottom of walks as a team. With a young team, more baserunners will be key to success.

Listen in to this just over a half hour long episode as the team hashes out these fun conversations. Happy New Year Blue Jay’s Fans!!

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Wednesday Wallop – Winter Meetings Wrap

December 19, 2018 · by bordencj

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In the latest episode of the Wednesday Wallop Craig Borden and Brendan Panikkar discussed everything that occurred with the Blue Jays Winter Meetings. The rumors that are swirling now in the Troy Tulowitzki fallout as the Jays gear up for their final push of the off-season.

The Blue Jays need pitching and now that the main players on the market have found their new homes it could be time for the Jays to strike on a decent innings eater. Free agents Lance Lynn and J.A. Happ fit this mold perfect but the Jays were clearly outbid. They are also in this wait and see how the rest of the market plays out. The market for Dallas Keuchel has yet to surface and with options like James Shields and Gio Gonzalez there are some decent players that fit what the Jays need

The Blue Jays payroll is going to change a ton this season regardless of the Tulo and Russell Martin money. The Blue Jays could have a payroll under 100 million for the first time in a decade. This is even with the assumption that the 10 arbitration eligible players get a substantial bump in pay.

With this money, the Jays could decide to find a few key veterans that could maximize the window for them to compete in the early part of the Vlad era. The Jays could have benefitted from grabbing someone like Micheal Brantley or Matt Harvey. The two of them have since signed new contracts with ball clubs and are off the market but they represent solid Mid-Tier players the Jays could use to increase their ceiling on this seasons team even.

The looming news of possible Blue Jays fan favorites being traded has put some on edge. If this team is to improve it could be time for Kevin Pillar to be traded to make room for players like Anthony Alford and company. The odd trade rumor is that Marcus Stroman and Aaron Sanchez appear to be on the block. For a team that needs to eat up innings on the mound this one proves as a curious move. Would these trades signal something else to come in the next few weeks? If these guys are going to be moved one would think it would happen soon so the Jays can act accordingly to fill the holes they leave.

Speaking of the young players Santiago Espinal was featured on MLBpipeline.com’s Top Ten Prospects that should take off this season. Espinal was acquired in the trade that sent Steve Pearce to Boston. He has since been hitting hard line drives all over the field and playing a solid shortstop. His power has come around over the last season as well. Belting 10 homers this season and really showing off his gap to gap power.

All this and more right here on the “Wednesday Wallop”. All of us here at JayBirdWatching.com are ready to talk Blue Jays baseball all the time. Dive into the comments below and do not forget to find us on all the main podcast websites and click those subscribe buttons. We will be here all off-season long!

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Blue Jays Should Be Hall of Famers

December 12, 2018 · by bordencj

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We have a hell of a special show for you as we brought together a great group for our discussion today. Blue Jays fans we were able to get Ian Hunter of Blue Jays Nation & the Daily Hive, Ari Shapiro of the Jays Journal Podcast and AriShapiro.ca, and Adam Corsair of Southofthe6ix.com to join us for a who should make the Baseball Hall of Fame if the bar has been lowered by the Era Committee.

First on the plate as always we discuss Toronto Blue Jays News. The Jays have been pretty quiet during the winter meetings thus far. Their only “splash” has been the release of Troy Tulowitzki. The ripples are still fresh and the Jays are on the hook for $38 Mil because of it. In a rare move that helps both sides the Jays now have the roster flexibility that they need to give Lourdes Gurriel Jr. consistent at-bats.

Stroman and Sanchez appear to have a rather large price but that has not stopped the Reds from knocking on the door so far. It has been reported that the Jays are using the James Paxton deal as a comparable. Is that asking a little too much??? Russell Martin is the lone veteran left from the recent playoff push. Is he the next to be moved?

Now the meat of the conversation. Harold Baines has been voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Today’s Era Committee. How has a career 38.7 WAR player been elected into baseball legends? If this is indeed the new bar for the Hall of Fame where do the Toronto Blue Jays legends rank in comparison. This is what we all dove into during the talks but the below list was compiled before the show. After Roberto Alomar and soon to be elected Roy Halladay are in the Hall of Fame, what other Blue Jays should be joining them seeing stats are secondary to enshrinement now.

As players that happened to play part of the career with the Blue Jays this is how their full careers in WAR rank. All these players have a higher WAR then Harold Baines.

Roger Clemens – 139.6 WAR – Blue Jays WAR 20.3
John Olerud – 58.2 WAR – Blue Jays WAR 22.6
Dave Stieb – 56.7 WAR – Blue Jays WAR 57.1
Fred McGriff – 52.6 WAR – Blue Jays WAR 19.4
Jimmy Key – 49.1 WAR – Blue Jays WAR 29.8
Devon White – 47.3 WAR – Blue Jays WAR 22.3
Tony Fernandez – 45.3 WAR – Blue Jays WAR 37.5
Carlos Delgado – 44.4 WAR – Blue Jays WAR 36.8
Jesse Barfield – 39.4 WAR – Blue Jays WAR 29.5

Special thanks to all of our guests. It truly was a pleasure!

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Breaking News – Expectations Tulo

December 12, 2018 · by bordencj

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It is official Blue Jays fans, the Jays brass is committing to the youth movement fully. Yesterday Troy Tulowitzki was released by the team and is still on track to make $38 Million over the next two seasons from the club. This came as a shock to many fans that were at least expecting Tulo to remain with the club and play for a roster spot this Spring.

For Tulo, This will signify a change of scenery. He will find a team in the Majors that is willing to take a shot on him for the league minimum pay this season rather easily. This is a guy that hit 24 home runs and drove in 79 runs in 2016. That was not to long ago but a lost season to double heel surgery had the Blue Jays looking to clear his roster spot. Tulo will find work elsewhere and it appears that the A’s, Mariners, and others are already knocking on the door at the Winter Meetings.

For the Blue Jays, this is clearly a move to give full-time work to Lourdes Gurriel Jr. Gurriel took to shortstop very quickly at the MLB level last season and excelled. He went on to triple slash his way to a respectable .281 / .309 / .446 in 65 games last season. This while hitting 11 homers and had the longest hitting streak in recent Blue Jays history.

The Blue Jays also have Richard Urena who could now slide into the backup role for the infield. With Tulo gone Gurriel and Urena are the depth for the moment. Bo Bichette is looming in the minors and will likely challenge for that position this Spring even. Many would guess that Bo starts in Triple-A Buffalo for some further seasoning though.

This was a good move for both sides. The Blue Jays get the roster room that they need even if they had to pay out the nose for it. Tulo gets a chance to catch fire somewhere else and get away from the astroturf at the Rogers Centre. This is a rare win-win situation for all parties involved. Tulo thanks for the memories and we wish you the best.

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Did I miss something? Pete Walker is still here?

November 27, 2018 · by bordencj

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Posted on Southofthe6ix.com 11/26/18

I assume that I am not the only one that has noticed this but somehow Pete Walker is still the pitching coach of the Toronto Blue Jays. First I want to say I have no issue with Pete Walker and I think he has served well as the Blue Jays pitching coach over the years. I am just shocked that he is still locked in this position for a number of reasons. We will discuss those reasons in depth during this article.

Just to fill in the history on Pete Walker he was a Blue Jays pitcher for a number of years but a shoulder injury more or less ended his pitching career. Since he has been a Minor League pitching coach with the New Hampshire Fisher Cats in which he helped them win the Eastern League Championship and continued that roll in Toronto since the end of the 2012 season. Walker has been known for helping keep the pitcher’s ERA to a minimum over his tenure. The Jays team ERA has not eclipsed 4.85 and that was over this past season with 14 different starters.

With Walker having a nice pedigree and clear skill for working with younger pitchers I can definitely understand why new Blue Jays manager Charlie Montoyo was interested in keeping him. Especially when most of the troubles this past season were due to the number of different pitchers and generally bad arms that were filling up innings. It did appear that things were going better once the youngsters began to come up in the late months of the season. Ryan Borucki and others really helped eat up innings at the end of the season.

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Now let us address the confusion on why we are amazed that Walker has a job still. First I am shocked that a team that is pushing for the future and new baseball ideas is even interested. Atkins and Shapiro have made it abundantly clear that part of the reason they wanted to move on from John Gibbons was the fact they wanted to get someone more metric focused in the dugout. Hence why Montoyo has been brought in. One would have guessed that with Walker being one of Gibbons’ go-to guys that he fit the “Old School Baseball” mold. I for one have zero idea about Walker’s baseball views but this seemed to be one of those guilty by association ideas more than anything

It is also amazing that Walker is still here given the terrible performance of the team over the past few seasons. The Blue Jays have gone from an 80+ win team from 2014 – 2016 to a sub 80 win team rather quickly. Yes, there are many contributing factors in that equation but the pitching staff saw their average runs allowed per game increase an entire run in two seasons. Most of that once again can be attributed to the quality of arms eating up the main bulk of the innings but it is the pitching coach’s job to ensure all pitchers are performing to the lofty expectation that the front office led Blue Jays fans to over the past few years.

How has the handling of Aaron Sanchez and Marcus Stroman not landed on Walkers lap? It has been no secret that Sanchez and Stroman have had a rough two years. Both of them have struggled to stay healthy and have had major issues with consistency as well. Part of a pitching coach’s job is to look for possible hitches or mechanical issues with his pitchers. With the pair having so many issues with health and consistency one would jump to delivery issues possibly causing some of these issues. This pair was supposed to be a big part of any possible Blue Jays success and they could not even stay on the field.

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While we are talking about miss handling of arms I think we need to bring up Joe Biagini. Biagini has been flip-flopped between the pen and rotation more times then my 8-year old daughter changes her mind on her outfit. The Blue Jays have more or less ruined Biagini over the past couple of years after having a stellar debut in the bullpen during the 2016 season. After a season in which he had 67.2 innings with a 3.06 ERA out of the pen they tossed him into the rotation. After a few starts, fans began to cringe when he took the mound. This was well justified as he would close out the 2017 season with a 6.00 ERA in 119.2 innings. This should have squashed the idea of Biagini as a starter but for whatever the reasons he came out to pitch 4 more starts in 2018 and had plenty of them with the Bisons in Triple-A. Walker had to be a part of this conversation and that should have been seen as a flag to the Jays Brass. Biagini needs to prove himself to this new management team this Spring or should be out of a job. Should his pitching coach be gone as well?

Is Walker still lingering to possibly bring J.A. Happ back? It is no secret that the Blue Jays would like to bring back Happ but after an incredible season and success in the Bronx is he out of the Jays market? The Blue Jays might have to play the right cards to get Happ to come to a team that is not a clear-cut competitor for the 2019 season. The Blue Jays could be playing off the fact that Happ really enjoyed his time in Toronto and reuniting with a friend and good coach like Pete Walker could be the icing on the cake. For now, this could be a reason why no official notice has been said on Walker from Montoyo.

The Blue Jays have chosen to keep Pete Walker for the time being and there are plenty of good reasons to keep him. He is good with young talent and has been able to build winning staffs with minimal talent on paper to start the season. For every good reason to keep Walker, there just happens to be an argument against keeping him. That being said I am still shocked that he is around and would not be surprised if he is on a short leash with an entirely new management core in the dugout. Winning cures all issues but over the past two seasons the Blue Jays have not been winning and Walker could share part of that blame

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Welcome

November 23, 2018 · by bordencj

Welcome to Jay Bird Watching!

We are here to bring you all of the Toronto Blue Jays news in a very quick show on all of the major Podcast outlets. Right now we are on 11 different platforms which include – iTunes, Google Play, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Anchor.fm, RadioPublic, Stitcher, and more!

Our goal is to get everyone talking with us about the Toronto Blue Jays. We have many different segments to bring you discussion with our wonderful group of friends that enjoy bringing you everything Blue Jays. We have HOT Topic, Fan Chats, along with Breaking News shows. To go with that we have the Morning MASH every weekday during the season and the Wednesday Wallop every other week.

Stay tuned and do not forget to hit those subscribe buttons on your favorite podcast site to be informed of new episodes.

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