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 | Dec 4, 2014 | baseball, Blue Jays
Hey Blue Jay fans. Aren’t you glad you didn’t get Torii Hunter? First, he’s old. Second, he’s overpriced. Third, he’s in decline. And fourth, you can’t tell him that he’s in decline unless you’ve played. Oh, and then there is that thing about same sex... by Dirk Hayhurst | Dec 3, 2014 | baseball, Blue Jays
So it turns out that Donaldson is actually a real turd of a human being because he allegedly called Billy Beane, “Billy Boy.” Wow, the hyperbole used to describe this is just fantastic. Scott Miller actually wrote that, according to a source inside the... by Dirk Hayhurst | Dec 3, 2014 | baseball
I’m not much for poetry. Don’t think I ever wrote one that wasn’t part of a high school english project, and I don’t know much about it. But, last night, for whatever reason, I just started putting down some rhymes. I thought I’d share... by Dirk Hayhurst | Dec 2, 2014 | baseball, Blue Jays, MLB
Brian Kenny had me as a guest on his MLB radio show today. It’s always a treat to join Brian, who is, for my money, one of the smartest men in baseball. Seriously, he’s so smart that I get a little intimidated coming on his show, so I can only imagine how Harold... 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...