Man, things are no fun out there in the Blue Jays discourse — and I can’t really blame y’all. I know you know it’s early. I know you know things may still turn.
The Toronto Blue Jays have struggled as team with the bats early on in 2024, leading to an uninspiring 16-20 record, good for last in the AL East. Fangraphs ranks the Jays 22nd in the league in wRC+, at 95, and 24th in team batting average and slugging, at .226 and .360 respectively.
Over the years, analysts have developed new metrics to evaluate player performance, including defence. Let’s review some of these new-ish catcher-related metrics and assess Toronto’s catchers’ performance in 2023 and 2024.
Toronto Blue Jays catcher Danny Jansen has found his groove since returning from the IL, including a home run Monday night. When Jansen is healthy, he can really do some damage.
Royals 5 Jays 6 When I said I didn’t like the Justin Turner signing, that was clearly a typo; what I meant was I didn’t like Justin Turner’s singing. He had a tremendous day: 2 home runs and 3 RBI.
Similar to the starting pitching situation, the Toronto Blue Jays run-back the same catching duo in 2024 with Danny Jansen and Alejandro Kirk. The performance
Over the last few seasons, hand/wrist injuries have been Danny Jansen’s kryptonite, and that unfortunate trend has continued into the 2024 campaign as he missed the first five series of the year with a fractured right wrist.
Catcher Danny Jansen is expected to return to the Toronto lineup Tuesday night when the Blue Jays go for a series-clinching victory over the visiting New York Yankees.
The AL East is shaping up to be fiercely competitive this season, with even the 8-8 Toronto Blue Jays finding themselves in last place as of Monday’s games.
The Blue Jays will get some power back into their lineup this week. On Monday afternoon, the team’s Twitter account announced that Danny Jansen had been activated from the 10-day Injured List, with Brian Serven being optioned.
Danny Jansen turns 29 today. When Danny gets onto the active roster, he’ll be in his seventh season with the Blue Jays. We thought he would be a bat-first catcher when he came up, but his glove was surprisingly good.
It is rehab season for the Toronto Blue Jays down at Triple-A Buffalo. Four players are scheduled to continue their rehab assignments with the Bisons this
It likely won’t be long before catcher Danny Jansen is back up with the Toronto Blue Jays. The 28-year-old backstop, currently on the 10-day IL due to a fractured right wrist, began a rehab assignment with Triple-A Buffalo on Wednesday, where he hit second as the designated hitter.
Stop me if you’ve heard this before: the Toronto Blue Jays have been hot and cold in hitting with runners-in-scoring-position. That was a key deficiency with last year’s offence, which finished tied for 12th in AVG (.260) and 14th in wRC+ (102) but 23rd in SLG (.390) across the majors.
It looks like the Toronto Blue Jays will soon be getting some reinforcements to their active roster. According to TSN’s Scott Mitchell, relievers Jordan Romano and Erik Swanson are expected to pitch for the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons on Thursday.
The Blue Jays split their first series of the year, right on par with expectations. Not great. Not terrible. There were shining moments, like Toronto’s clutch hitting (hallelujah!).
Toronto Blue Jays catcher Danny Jansen will be sidelined at least two weeks with a small fracture in his right wrist. Manager John Schneider announced Friday that Jansen, 28, sustained a broken pisiform bone when he was hit by a pitch on Wednesday.
Since 2021, he carries a stout .237/.317/.487 batting line with 43 home runs in 754 trips to the plate.
During an at-bat in the sixth inning, Rockies left fielder Nolan Jones fouled a ball into Danny Jansen’s exposed right hand.
The Blue Jays announced that catcher Danny Jansen has been placed on the 10-day injured list, retroactive to May 25, with a left groin strain. Fellow backstop Tyler Heineman has been recalled in a corresponding move.
The ability to put a quality backup behind the plate can be a big boost for MLB teams. Here are the teams with the best catching situations heading into the 2023 season.
The Toronto Blue Jays should consider jumping on the chance to keep their catcher long term with a contract extension The Toronto Blue Jays have a number of contract extension decisions to make over the next while.
The Blue Jays may not trade a catcher after all. Toronto was originally willing to move veteran Danny Jansen for a starting pitcher this offseason, but,
The Toronto Blue Jays look ready to benefit (in a variety of ways) from the season that Danny Jansen just had The Toronto Blue Jays must have been sitting back and grinning ear to ear as Danny Jansen put together the best season of his career.
Two important Blue Jays began rehab assignments in Triple A on Monday. Catcher Danny Jansen and Yimi García appeared in the Buffalo Bisons contest against the Syracuse Mets.
The Toronto Blue Jays may have a star about to break out behind the plate in Danny Jansen Featured Image Courtesy Of DaveMe Images. Prints Available For Purchase I bet a number of you are wondering what I’m on, to write this article.
Jansen, 25 next week, had a tepid showing at the plate in his rookie season. But Jansen’s work at the plate likely wasn’t as bad as it would appear upon first glance.
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