The Southpaw

For a team so very unfamiliar with long winning streaks (they haven't won more than six in a row since 2008) the current seven gamer must be very satisfying for the Toronto Blue Jays. Not only that, but they've posted a combine score of 41-11 in those games. Indeed, these are heady days for the Jays. Of course, it behooves...

Jun 19, 2013, 12:42 am EDT via thesouthpawbaseball.blogspot.com

As of the end of the month of May, the Jays can be fairly confident they have recovered their footing, in terms of the inexplicable awfulness which was April. But it is only the first layer of the foundation necessary to contend and much more needs to be built upon it. They can take comfort in the fact that they...

Jun 5, 2013, 4:20 am EDT via thesouthpawbaseball.blogspot.com

Well, it's been a pretty sweet 10 day run, eh? Obviously the sample is pretty tiny but the feeling was always (with the saner folks at least) that there was no way that guys who were established successful guys would not ALL simply go over the cliff collectively at once. As I noted in the last entry, they HAD to...

May 16, 2013, 12:56 am EDT via thesouthpawbaseball.blogspot.com

Yes, that's right- the Jays are a month into the season, with several angles worth talking about, and I couldn't be bothered to post about any of them. Why? Well, lots of reasons. There's the simple matter of available time of course, but there's also lack of interest.Simply put, I write to be read - and I don't get the...

May 1, 2013, 4:44 am EDT via thesouthpawbaseball.blogspot.com

After all the deals this winter, there's admittedly less to get wound up about among the prospects, but I  have confidence that there will be a number of interesting stories this summer. Now that the full season rosters are officially set, let's take a brief tour shall we?Here's thirty plus guys on the full season roster for you to watch....

Apr 5, 2013, 4:56 am EDT via thesouthpawbaseball.blogspot.com

Opening Day at last! (After everyone else has there's)All the previewing and prognosticating and hand-wringing and gushing has been done for now, it's time to see what we actually have. There's not really any new news to write about today - well, the minor league rosters were set but I'm not going to sully opening day by extensively discussing the...

Apr 2, 2013, 8:30 pm EDT via thesouthpawbaseball.blogspot.com

And as I write this I learn that time has run out for Ricky Ro to right his ship and break with the Jays. In anticipation of Opening Day one week from tonight, and with most rosters pretty close to settled, I wanted to take a look at how the AL East rivals match up.Clearly, I'm not generally the go-to...

Mar 27, 2013, 4:10 am EDT via thesouthpawbaseball.blogspot.com

A quiet week, for the most part, and one in which I've worked too many hours leads to a late and short entry this week. With two weeks (less now) to go until opening day, the fucus has narrowed to a few key concerns:1. Whither Ricky Romero? In the wake of yesterdays first game-action trial of his mechanical adjustment, questions...

Mar 22, 2013, 2:54 pm EDT via thesouthpawbaseball.blogspot.com

Now with loads of Alex Anthopoulos content,given the Thursday interview on PTS:Item: AA expressed confidence that both Janssen and Santos will be ready for the opening day roster, and noted that if both are healthy Janssen is still the presumptive closer.Item: He said that Brett Lawrie is two weeks away probably, from getting into games and that puts him on...

Mar 15, 2013, 2:52 pm EDT via thesouthpawbaseball.blogspot.com

The Dusty Edition! Now with no lambchops (thank the gods, I much prefer the new look).Yes as you might imagine, THE big story for me this week is the rekindling of the elusive dream of watching a healthy Dustin McGowan take baseball by storm. Yes, I know I know the odds have to be astronomical, but as long as HE...

Mar 7, 2013, 12:12 am EST via thesouthpawbaseball.blogspot.com