Shi Davidi
Baseball Columnist at Sportsnet Canada
Sportsnet baseball columnist; Author Big 50: Toronto Blue Jays (https://t.co/hYj1QW7B3x); Journalism instructor, Centennial College
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20 hours ago |
sportsnet.ca | Shi Davidi
TORONTO – Julio Rodriguez’s average bat-speed of 75.5 m.p.h. ranks in the 93rd percentile and at 76.2 m.p.h., he definitely got his A swing off while whiffing through Eric Lauer’s first-pitch curveball in the third inning Sunday afternoon. But the Seattle Mariners centre-fielder was also long in his follow-through on the cut, the top of the bat slamming directly into the left side of Alejandro Kirk’s helmet.
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1 day ago |
sportsnet.ca | Shi Davidi
TORONTO – A quarter of the way through the 2025 season, the American League standings are a jumbled mess. None of the three division leaders – the New York Yankees, Detroit Tigers and Seattle Mariners – led by more than three games heading into Tuesday’s play. Only 3.5 games separated top from bottom in the West, the spread was five games in the East and only thanks to the Chicago White Sox’s putridness was it nine in the Central.
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2 days ago |
baseballamerica.com | Shi Davidi
“Challenge is always best, honestly. I love that we do that in our organization,” Nimmala said before the decision was made. “Last year, personally, I thought they made the right decision with Dunedin out of the gate. “Of course, it was a little bit of a challenge, but that’s kind of the guy I am. I’m never one to back down, whether it’s offensive struggles, defense, anything.
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6 days ago |
sportsnet.ca | Shi Davidi
As Chris Bassitt watched Toronto Blue Jays teammate Kevin Gausman labour through a 53-pitch inning against the New York Yankees a week and a half ago, he kept coming back to a single thought: stop the clock. The veteran right-hander understood manager John Schneider’s handling of the situation.
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1 week ago |
sportsnet.ca | Shi Davidi
TORONTO – Players, coaches and player-development staff around the Toronto Blue Jays ask Trey Yesavage fairly often about pitching for East Carolina in the NCAA Regionals a mere 10 days after suffering a partially-collapsed lung. “I've repeated that story probably 20 times since I've been here,” says the 21-year-old right-hander selected 20th overall last year. For good reason – it’s a pretty wild tale.
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Blue Jays Farm Report looks at Trey Yesavage's dominance at Dunedin; how the club is trying to build continuity from double-A to majors; injury updates; and a check-in at the affiliates: https://t.co/6p4xngjrDT
Congrats to former Blue Jays righty Ross Stripling, who announced his retirement. Established career bests in innings (134.1), starts (24), ERA (3.01) and WHIP (1.020) in Toronto during a tremendous 2022 season.
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Blue Jays announce signings of both Jose Urena and Spencer Turnbull. Lefty Josh Walker optioned to triple-A Buffalo for Urena, while Turnbull optioned to complex league roster to build up. Max Scherzer and Erik Swanson moved to 60-day injured list to clear space on 40-man.
Jose Urena is in the Blue Jays clubhouse and will be travelling with the team to Anaheim. He and the club reached agreement on a major-league deal pending physical yesterday. No official move or confirmation yet.