Mike Wilner

1 week ago | thespec.com | Mike Wilner

An 11-4 loss at Citizens Bank Park on Sunday completed a three-game sweep by the home side, over which the Jays were outscored 22-6. Over the previous 14 games,  the Jays went 12-2 and scored 89 runs, an average of 6.4 per game. They never got it going against a team they took two of three from in Toronto just under two weeks ago. Friday night, the bats were stymied by Ranger Suárez. Saturday, it was Cristopher Sanchez.

1 week ago | thespec.com | Mike Wilner

It was going so well. A fresh-faced Bowden Francis, having shaved off his moustache in an attempt to change his luck, dragged a 6.12 ERA to the mound Saturday in Philadelphia and got off to a great start. The Blue Jays right-hander hadn’t recorded a win since April 18 and had allowed 10 earned runs over just five innings in his last two starts — including one in Toronto against the Phillies in which he gave up six runs in the first inning — but he looked like his old self for a while on Saturday.

2 weeks ago | thespec.com | Mike Wilner

The Blue Jays chose not to tender a contract to homegrown closer Jordan Romano, who is third on their all-time saves list, this winter, and he was snapped up by Philadelphia pretty quickly. He came back to Toronto and got walked off by old buddy Alejandro Kirk. We talked to Romano after that game. And with fathers’ day weekend upon us, we talk to father-son Mattinglys - Blue Jays bench coach Don and his son Preston, who grew up to run the Phillies.

2 weeks ago | thespec.com | Mike Wilner

The Blue Jays’ 10-9 win over the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium on Tuesday night was much closer than it should have been, but a win is a win and that’s 11 in their last 13 games. Here’s what you need to know:Andrés Giménez blasted his first home run since March 31, a three-run shot in the first inning, and the Jays were up 4-0 in the fourth when Chris Bassitt gave up a four-spot, capped by a game-tying three-run homer by Nolan Gorman.

2 weeks ago | thespec.com | Mike Wilner

Five innings and three runs. That’s not too much to ask, right? It doesn’t seem like an especially high bar, and it’s not — that level of production works out to a 5.40 ERA — but it’s something that the Blue Jays haven’t been able to get from two of their five starters through 65 games this season, or 13 times through the rotation.