TORONTO — The Blue Jays are betting on The Blip. Coming off another season that ended in a cruelly familiar fashion, fans are searching for a savior. Until the Instagram heartbreak of Dec. 9, that savior’s name was Shohei Ohtani, but now Toronto needs to pivot once again to reinvigorate an offense in need. Speaking yesterday for the first time …
This story was excerpted from Keegan Matheson’s Blue Jays Beat newsletter. Toronto – The only Blue Jays news this offseason has been the lack of news, their failed Shohei Ohtani pursuit rolling into a market that hasn’t quite gotten off the ground yet. The Blue Jays aren’t alone in this by any means, but with Christmas a week away, they’re staring …
Ottawa – If there was a magic pill that could wipe the past week from memory, it would sell out in Canadian stores in a second. Shohei Ohtani to the Dodgers after a pursuit that brought the wildest dreams of Blue Jays fans to the brink of belief, only to end in heartbreak. Juan Soto to the Yankees, where he’ll …
NASHVILLE – Silence is golden and secrecy is sublime. Standing in the eye of the biggest, boldest pursuit in franchise history, the Blue Jays aren’t saying a word. Even the name “Shohei Ohtani” is spoken carefully, each syllable tiptoeing gently to the next. Don’t rock the boat. Don’t wake the baby. The secrecy with which baseball’s brightest star lives his …
