The Grant Rant: Marcus Stroman Is Not Tom Gordon
By: Dan Grant The Grant Rant in a nutshell. Find all of Grant’s previous rants here. It’s happened all his life, probably. People telling him he’s too short to do this or […]
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25 Deep: It’s Game 163, Let’s Get Wild
Who will the Jays need the most? How will they game plan against the Orioles, who play a very specific style of baseball, with both tremendous strengths and glaring weaknesses? This is 25 Deep.
25 Deep: Taking Mid-season Measurement of the Blue Jays
Intrepid Blue Jays fan Dan Grant takes a look at the current team roster and ranks what he finds within. An important distinction to make is that this set of rankings is not one designed to judge overall talent, current skill, potential upside or even strength of character. It is one simply designed to reflect how important the performance of the ranked players are to the success of the team, both in the recent past and near future. From top to bottom, who’s hot, and who’s not? And more importantly still, who needs to be?
The Blue Jays Rotation Sustainability Test
They say pitching and defense wins titles. So it might shock some of you readers to learn that the hottest starting rotation in baseball belongs not to any of these early season contenders, but to a .500 ball club, one that sits third in their respective division and has so far underwhelmed the colossal expectations of a suddenly rabid fan base.
Is it possible? Does the best rotation in baseball belongs to… the Toronto Blue Jays?
25 Deep: The Blue Jays February Frontier
In our new monthly feature, we take a look at the current Blue Jays roster and rank what is therein. From top to bottom, who’s hot, and who’s not? And more importantly still, who needs to be?
The Nicknames of Your 2015 AL East Champion: The Toronto Blue Jays
By: Dan Grant Bad things always happen to me on September 30th. I’m not sure when it started, but it’s true. Here’s a brief rundown: 2000 Broke my ankle playing […]
Welcome to the Stro-Show
By: Dan Grant Marcus Stroman takes the mound this weekend for his first Major League start since September 26th of last year. Much has been made about Stroman being out […]
The Toronto Blue Jays: Dancing into September
By: Dan Grant Beginning in 2013, embattled Toronto Blue Jays fan Dan Grant fought his desire to be excited for the season vs. his long standing pessimism towards the chances of […]
Miracle Time: It’s Blue Jays Festivus
By: Dan Grant With the Toronto Blue Jays recent scrumtrulescent play, a fever has taken hold of the city–lo, the nation! The local ball club is in the hearts and […]
Arms Race: Ranking the Blue Jays Pitching Prospects
By: Dan Grant With the Toronto Blue Jays riding high as a meth head in Guelph on the fumes of their 11 game winning streak, spirits are frenetic around Toronto […]
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