Though Davis Schneider has been a leading offensive force for the Toronto Blue Jays this season, his bat has gone ice-cold over the last few weeks as pitchers have adjusted to the club’s primary leadoff hitter.
Let’s play the “what if” game. Suppose Toronto Blue Jays’ management concludes that the probability of postseason success in 2024 is very low. Accordingly, a sound management approach will determine whether trading impending free agents is worthwhile.
The Blue Jays have played some better baseball of late, but still find themselves in the basement of the consistently competitive AL East. With a 30-32 record, the team would have to go 59-41 the rest of the way to equal last year’s record, which was just barely good enough to sneak into the playoffs as a wild-card team.
The Toronto Blue Jays have been struggling to live up to expectations this season, as the club boasts a 27-29 record and sits firmly in fifth place within the AL East.
The Chicago Cubs entered the 2024 season banking on Miguel Amaya and Yan Gomes as their catching tandem. Now two-plus months into the season, it's become evident that the position is a black hole offensively.
Few things have gone right offensively for the Toronto Blue Jays this season, as the franchise sits near the bottom of the sport in almost every category across the quarter mark of the 2024 campaign.
The Toronto Blue Jays have a chance to win their first series in a month Tuesday night when they resume a three-game set against the visiting Chicago White Sox.
The Toronto Blue Jays continue to shake up their lineup in hopes of generating more offense. Catcher Danny Jansen was slotted in to bat second on Monday.
Danny Jansen went 3-for-5 with a two-run home run and five RBIs, Daulton Varsho also had a two-run homer and the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the visiting Chicago White Sox 9-3 Monday afternoon.
It’s Danny Jansen’s world, and we’re all just living in it. On Monday afternoon, the Toronto Blue Jays hosted the basement-dwelling Chicago White Sox, defeating the team 9-3 to bring their record to 21-25.
It’s Danny Jansen’s world, and we’re all just living in it. On Monday afternoon, the Toronto Blue Jays hosted the basement-dwelling Chicago White Sox, defeating the team 9-3 to bring their record to 21-25.
While the baseball season is long, it's getting shorter every day for the struggling Toronto Blue Jays.
As if there aren’t enough gadgets in Baseball Savant’s tool belt already, now there’s a new toy for baseball nerds to play with. MLB unveiled their Bat-Tracking Leaderboard yesterday, and many were quick to notice how the Toronto Blue Jays ranked against their competitors.
Midway through Spring Training, the Toronto Blue Jays were dealt a tough blow in their catching corps. Danny Jansen was heading to the sidelines with a fracture of the pisiform bone in his right wrist after taking a pitch inside.
Man, things are no fun out there in the Blue Jays discourse — and I can’t really blame y’all. I know you know it’s early. I know you know things may still turn.
The Toronto Blue Jays have struggled as team with the bats early on in 2024, leading to an uninspiring 16-20 record, good for last in the AL East. Fangraphs ranks the Jays 22nd in the league in wRC+, at 95, and 24th in team batting average and slugging, at .226 and .360 respectively.
Over the years, analysts have developed new metrics to evaluate player performance, including defence. Let’s review some of these new-ish catcher-related metrics and assess Toronto’s catchers’ performance in 2023 and 2024.
Catcher Danny Jansen is expected to return to the Toronto lineup Tuesday night when the Blue Jays go for a series-clinching victory over the visiting New York Yankees.
Toronto Blue Jays catcher Danny Jansen will be sidelined at least two weeks with a small fracture in his right wrist. Manager John Schneider announced Friday that Jansen, 28, sustained a broken pisiform bone when he was hit by a pitch on Wednesday.
Since 2021, he carries a stout .237/.317/.487 batting line with 43 home runs in 754 trips to the plate.
During an at-bat in the sixth inning, Rockies left fielder Nolan Jones fouled a ball into Danny Jansen’s exposed right hand.
The Toronto Blue Jays should consider jumping on the chance to keep their catcher long term with a contract extension The Toronto Blue Jays have a number of contract extension decisions to make over the next while.
The Toronto Blue Jays look ready to benefit (in a variety of ways) from the season that Danny Jansen just had The Toronto Blue Jays must have been sitting back and grinning ear to ear as Danny Jansen put together the best season of his career.
The Toronto Blue Jays may have a star about to break out behind the plate in Danny Jansen Featured Image Courtesy Of DaveMe Images. Prints Available For Purchase I bet a number of you are wondering what I’m on, to write this article.
Jansen, 25 next week, had a tepid showing at the plate in his rookie season. But Jansen’s work at the plate likely wasn’t as bad as it would appear upon first glance.
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