Series Preview: Blue Jays at Yankees, May 17-19, 2013

Toronto Blue Jays (17-24 .415 8.0 GB) at New York Yankees (25-16 .610 1.0 GA) FRI 7:05 PM EDT (SNET-1): Mark Buehrle (1-2, 6.19 ERA, 4.85 xFIP) vs. Hiroki Kuroda (5-2, 2.31 ERA, 4.02 xFIP) SAT 1:05 PM EDT (SNET): Brandon Morrow (1-2, 4.69 ERA, 4.79 xFIP) vs. David Phelps (1-2, 4.33 ERA, 3.63 xFIP) SUN [...]

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Evaluating The Jays First Quarter

As you may recall, back in January I tried to estimate how many games the 2013 Blue Jays would win based on each player’s WAR, ultimately deciding this was a Jays team that could produce 92 wins. With 40 games now under their belt I thought it would be a good time to take a [...]

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Series Preview: Giants at Blue Jays, May 14-15, 2013

San Francisco Giants (23-15 .605 +2 GA) at Toronto Blue Jays (15-24 .385 9.5 GB) TUE 7:07 PM EDT (SNET): Barry Zito (3-1, 2.75 ERA, 4.42 xFIP) vs. R.A. Dickey (2-5, 5.06 ERA, 4.55 xFIP) WED 7:07 PM EDT (SNET): Ryan Vogelsong (1-3, 7.78 ERA, 4.11 xFIP) vs. Brandon Morrow (1-2, 4.69 ERA, 4.78 xFIP)   TEAM PROFILE The defending World [...]

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Week #6: May 6-12, 2013 In Review

The past week was a bit of a roller coaster for Jays fans as the team started strong by taking the first two games against Tampa Bay only to lose the final two. Continued setbacks for Josh Johnson and news that Brandon Morrow would have his start delayed only added to the concerns of the [...]

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Series Preview: Blue Jays at Red Sox, May 10-12, 2013

Toronto Blue Jays (13-23 .361 8.5 GB) at Boston Red Sox (21-14 .600 0 GB) FRI 7:10 PM EDT (SNET): Ramon Ortiz (0-0, 5.40 ERA) vs. Jon Lester (4-0, 3.30 ERA) SAT 1:35 PM EDT (SNET): Mark Buehrle (1-2, 7.02 ERA) vs. Clay Buchholz (6-0, 1.60 ERA) SUN 1:35 PM EDT (SNET): Brandon Morrow (1-2, 4.69 ERA) vs. Ryan Dempster (2-3, 2.93 ERA) [...]

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