Shi Davidi

TORONTO — Back during spring training, the Toronto Blue Jays sketched out a rough plan for Ricky Tiedemann that had the electric-armed prospect

The start of August could easily have broken the Toronto Blue Jays. Instead, by embracing what they're good at, they produced a run of 13 wins in 20 games and a 5-2 homestand against a pair of AL East rivals.

The Blue Jays followed Arizona State lefty Cole Carlon all spring and were ecstatic that he fell to them at the 39th overall pick.

TORONTO – Two weeks removed from one of the more clever and unique trade deadlines the Toronto Blue Jays have pulled off, it's a good time to revisit what they accomplished and the motivations behind their approach.

The Blue Jays stayed hot on Tuesday as they found their power in a romping of the Rays to remain in the wild-card race.

Five runs off Drew Rasmussen, plus another off the bullpen, should be enough to beat the Rays more often than not.But the Blue Jays weren't able to come away victorious Wednesday on a night when their defence faltered.

TORONTO – The Toronto Blue Jays ran their first bullpen game of the season April 4 at the Chicago White Sox, when they didn't have someone to backfill

While John Schneider has kicked around the idea of dropping Vladimir Guerrero Jr. in the batting order, a shift at this point is more a blind grasp than purposeful plan, writes Shi Davidi.

With a 13-2 thumping at the hands of the Royals, the Blue Jays lost their second straight series and dropped 3.5 games back for the AL's third wild-card spot.

TORONTO – Only a very small handful of people are connected to every generation of the Toronto Blue Jays the way Buck Martinez is, which is why he's such a fitting choice for induction to the club's new Hall of Excellence.