Yesterday was the first day of the minor league season. Somebody forgot to tell the weather, Buffalo, New Hampshire and Lansing all had their games rained or snowed out. Dunedin started the season on a winning note.

It's the final countdown! Dah-nah-nah! Da! Dah-nah-nah-da-dah!

Today is roster day for the minor league teams and we will have the rosters trickling out during the day. At some point the Jays will send me the full list but until then we will fill in with the news as it comes out.

Getting closer now...

The 2016 regular season begins where the 2015 campaign ended last year - Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida.


The Blue Jays managed to win a series at Tropicana Field in 2015 but still dropped six of nine overall.
(Image from Deadspin.com)

Here's a look back at the finale of the Blue Jays three-game set in Seattle.


Josh Donaldson launches one to left field off Taijuan Walker to give the Blue Jays a 1-0 lead in the first inning.

I write these like, yeah! I totally know what's going to happen...

Here's a look back at the Blue Jays visit in Seattle last season. Here are photos from the second game of a three-game set at Safeco Field on Saturday, July 25.


Chris Colabello slides around Seattle catcher Jesus Sucre in the top of the second inning to tie the game at 1-1.

I'm starting to think the 'quick' part is false advertising...

Decision day is fast approaching for the Blue Jays. Today the biggest question was answered, Aaron Sanchez was named the number five starter. Gavin Floyd and Jesse Chavez will be in the bullpen and Drew Hutchison has been optioned to Buffalo. For Sanchez, his hard work over the winter paid off with his selection. For Hutchison, his hard work over the winter did not pay off as he has been dispatched. The Hutchison decision shows that spring training often does not change pre-conceived ideas. Since January everyone has been talking about Hutch heading to Buffalo but he came into camp and pitched very well. Credit to him but it changed nothing. It is reassuring that there is a good sixth starter in Buffalo when the need arrives.

The stories out of Florida suggest that Gibbons wanted Sanchez in the rotation. Presumably Floyd's previous employers, Atkins and Shapiro, were on the other side of the discussion. Sanchez will not be a starter for a full 32 starts, he will have to go to the bullpen at some stage if he remains uninjured.

There ain't room in this town for the three of us...

Giddy up.

The old thread is getting a bit long in the tooth now, so lets start with a clean slate.

Is what Edwin Encarnacion did last August the best month by a hitter in Blue Jays history?

As you might recall, Encarnacion hit .407 with 11 HR and 35 RBI; his OnBase was .460 and he slugged .919 - that's an OPS of 1.379, and I found it hard to imagine anyone being any better than that. But I didn't actually know, I wanted to find out, and I only knew one way to do that.

This time it's for real.