by Dirk Hayhurst | Aug 11, 2015 | baseball, Blue Jays, Rays
What do players play for? A great question, and, depending on when you ask a player during his career, it can be answered in many different ways…. I remember my first and only Spring training with the Rays. I got a big league camp invite, which meant I got... by Dirk Hayhurst | Dec 5, 2014 | baseball, Blue Jays
Last night, on TSN, I was asked if the JA Happ for Saunders trade was a good deal, or, considering that Happ was one of the Jays’ most dependable pitchers going down the stretch in the second half of last season, if the Jays didn’t give away too much with him.... by Dirk Hayhurst | Nov 29, 2014 | baseball, Blue Jays
Josh Donaldson for Kendall Graveman, Sean Nolin, Brett Lawrie and Franklin Barreto… If you’re looking at this deal in and of itself—4 relatively unproven quantities for one proven one—the Jays got better and didn’t lose anything measurable with the subtraction... by Dirk Hayhurst | Aug 31, 2013 | baseball, Blue Jays, MLB
Ricky Romero is a touchy subject. I’ve already written on him so much this season that I almost feel like I’m trolling by bringing him up again. But hey, it’s a topic the people like to hear about and far be it from me not to give the people what they want. As I’m... by Dirk Hayhurst | Aug 31, 2013 | baseball, Blue Jays, MILB, MILB Survival Tips, MLB
I have a lot of time for Tom Seaver. He’s a stud, one of the best pitchers ever, and he sure as hell doesn’t need to listen to a guy with a career as short as mine to know it. Fortunately, I don’t need a long career to tell Seaver to pipe down with his “today’s...