Mitch Bannon
Blue Jays Beat Writer at The Athletic
⚾️ Blue Jays beat writer for @TheAthleticMLB • McGill, Syracuse • ✉️[email protected]
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1 week ago |
nytimes.com | Mitch Bannon
The Toronto Blue Jays are nearly halfway through the 2025 season and sit right in the American League’s crowded postseason mix. With important games at the MLB level, the team is also preparing for the upcoming draft and trade deadline. Let’s check in with our Blue Jays beat writer, Mitch Bannon, on what he’s seen so far and what he expects to come. Please submit your questions below.
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1 week ago |
nytimes.com | Mitch Bannon
TORONTO — Despite dropping Thursday’s finale against the Arizona Diamondbacks, the Toronto Blue Jays have won six of their last seven series. Toronto’s lineup bounced back after a sluggish series in Philadelphia, scoring 18 runs against Arizona, but a late offensive push Thursday wasn’t enough to complete the sweep. Kevin Gausman allowed seven earned runs in the 9-5 loss, with the Jays moving to 40-34 on the season.
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1 week ago |
nytimes.com | Mitch Bannon
TORONTO — On Monday, Myles Straw went to Josh Naylor’s baby shower. On Tuesday night, Naylor showed up for Straw, too. Long before Addison Barger launched a walk-off homer to lift the Blue Jays to a 5-4 win, Straw went crashing into the outfield wall, twisting his ankle on the warning track. Naylor saw Straw lying on the turf as he pulled into second base, putting both hands on his helmet in shock before checking with the umpire and stepping off the bag.
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1 week ago |
nytimes.com | Mitch Bannon
Trey Yesavage’s day was almost over. He’d surpassed 100 pitches and his velocity was starting to tick down. There was a question whether he would even start the 2024 NCAA Regional contest against Wake Forest, thanks to a partially punctured lung suffered two weeks earlier. But Yesavage was through seven innings, outdueling future No. 2 pick Chase Burns, and now he was staring at the manager walking toward him.
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1 week ago |
nytimes.com | Mitch Bannon
PHILADELPHIA - Phillies fans pushed forward as the bottom of the fourth inning spiralled. Bowden Francis worked through 3 2/3 shutout innings before he lost Nick Castellanos on a seven-pitch walk. Then Max Kepler got a free pass and J.T. Realmuto took a pitch to the side. Every miss, the Citizens Bank Park crowd grew louder. Bryson Stott's run-scoring walk - louder. Otto Kemp hit by another pitch - louder.
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3 early storylines to track as the #BlueJays creep closer to the 2025 trade deadline: https://t.co/AjQAMBXEYB
“It’s the most fun we’ve had as a group ... It just feels so much different. It’s just, it’s fun showing up to the ballpark." The #BlueJays are putting 2024 way behind them, rattling off their hottest stretch in years: https://t.co/XQf1rJfR1A
Ernie Clement has a “lower body injury” (it’s Stanley Cup Final time, I guess) Expected to be good to go after #BlueJays’ off day tomorrow