Theo DeRosa
@Theo_DeRosa
Writer/researcher, @MLB. Mizzou grad. Sactown forever. Previously: @CDispatch, @OWHnews, @DJNF, @CoMoSports. ✉️: [email protected]
This one was fun. I talked to pitchers like Zack Wheeler, Luke Weaver and Matt Strahm about their pre-DH days and what it was like to swing a bat in the Major Leagues. "It was a lot of fun hitting," Weaver said. "It was devastating most of the time." mlb.com/news/mlb-pitch…
And a pitcher just homered! (OK, it was Shohei Ohtani.)
This one was fun. I talked to pitchers like Zack Wheeler, Luke Weaver and Matt Strahm about their pre-DH days and what it was like to swing a bat in the Major Leagues. "It was a lot of fun hitting," Weaver said. "It was devastating most of the time." mlb.com/news/mlb-pitch…
This year I picked James Wood. So let's see what happens.
Called it in our impromptu MLB staff picks today… Theo 🤝 Teo
The #BlueJays have selected high-school SS JoJo Parker with the 8th pick in the 2025 MLB Draft. Parker was ranked as the No. 9 prospect in the class by @MLBPipeline. His profile: mlb.com/milb/prospects…
Final: A's 6, Blue Jays 3. The Blue Jays are 55-41 at the All-Star break. They lead the Yankees by two games in the AL East.
It hasn't been the best offensive day for the Blue Jays, but Addison Barger just homered to chase A's starter Jeffrey Springs -- a 448-foot no-doubter. It's 6-3 A's in the seventh.
Chris Bassitt is making his first relief appearance since Sept. 29, 2019, when he was with the A's. He said earlier this week he'd be available out of the 'pen after a rain-delayed start Tuesday, and here he is with Toronto down 6-1 in the sixth.
Davis Schneider slugs the NEXT pitch over the wall in left-center, not far from where his skipper exited moments before. That's baseball for you.
Blue Jays manager John Schneider ejected here in the fifth after Davis Schneider's long foul ball (looked close to a homer) stands as foul on review. He's heated. The Blue Jays don't have a baserunner yet against the A's.
Blue Jays manager John Schneider ejected here in the fifth after Davis Schneider's long foul ball (looked close to a homer) stands as foul on review. He's heated. The Blue Jays don't have a baserunner yet against the A's.
Final: A's 4, Blue Jays 3. Mason Miller closes the door on Toronto, and there will be a rubber match tomorrow afternoon.
Hello, Leo Jiménez. He slugs his first homer since Sept. 3, 2024, to open the scoring today in the second.
Going for our SIXTH consecutive series win! #lightsupletsgo
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is the 10th player to record at least 1,000 hits for the Blue Jays, with José Bautista (2017) the most recent. Of the seven players in that group to begin their careers with Toronto, Guerrero is the youngest to reach 1,000 hits. mlb.com/news/vladimir-…
Nick Kurtz strikes out to end it. Blue Jays win, 7-6. That got close.
Brendon Little continues to come up huge for the Blue Jays. Inheriting runners on first and third with one out in the seventh inning, he strikes out Lawrence Butler and Brent Rooker to escape a jam. Blue Jays up 7-3, headed to the eighth.
Make that 1,000 career hits for the #BlueJays' Vladimir Guerrero Jr. after this fifth-inning single.
Before the Blue Jays’ 2024 road opener against the A's, John Schneider delivered bad news: Alek Manoah would need UCL surgery. Over a year later, with Toronto again starting a road set against the A’s, Schneider had better news: Manoah is on his way back. mlb.com/news/alek-mano…
Lineup change for the Blue Jays:
UPDATE: OF Joey Loperfido was removed from tonight's starting lineup with illness symptoms
#BlueJays news: Alek Manoah will begin a rehab assignment Monday in the Florida Complex League, per John Schneider.