#Raimel Tapia

The Toronto Blue Jays are at home and ready to welcome the Houston Astros. The series will be the first of the season between the two teams. They will meet again this summer for one more series in Houston. The Blue Jays dropped the third game of the series with the Red Sox on Wednesday to go half a game behind the Yankees for the top spot in the…

Just being able to write about the Detroit Tigers and any sort of realistic shot at making the playoffs is so refreshing, when such thoughts have been non existent for the past five years, basically since former owner Mike Ilitch passed away. But here we are, with the much heralded prospects arriving in the major leagues and the team actually…

Despite finishing 15 games over.500 at home, the Colorado Rockies only wound up fourth in the NL West Division last year. The team's home-road split was one of the largest in baseball history. An inability to win games away from Coors Field doomed the Rockies in the final MLB standings. Manager Bud Black will look to lead the franchise back to…

The Toronto Blue Jays largely have the results you'd expect through the team's first 10 games of the season. Going 6-4 with two home series wins and a road split against a tough divisional opponent sounds about right for the Blue Jays. But it doesn't necessarily reflect where the team is at. The Blue Jays have a minus-three run differential, and…

The Boston Red Sox (70-62) and Colorado Rockies (59-73) open a two-game interleague series Tuesday at Coors Field at 8:40 p.m. ET. Monday: The Rockies beat the Atlanta Braves 3-1 on Ryan McMahon's walk-off, two-run HR in the ninth The Red Sox were off. They lost at the San Diego Padres 3-1 Sunday following wins in the first two games of the…

The Rockies stumbled to a 26-34 record in pandemic-shortened 2020 and avoided last place in the NL West by one game. More offense is a must if the Rockies are to improve. That may be tough after trading their best player, Nolan Arenado, to the Cardinals over the offseason in a cost-cutting measure. The Rockies do have another star remaining on the…

The Toronto Blue Jays went 91-71 in the 2021 season and just narrowly missed the playoffs. Despite this disappointment last year, expectations are sky-high moving forward. The Blue Jays have one of the most optimistic lenses on their season heading into the year and are in search of their first World Series victory since 1993. This also will be the…

There's a great scene from Game of Thrones, long before the writers ruined that show for everyone, where the worm-tongued politician Littlefinger has a back-and-forth with Queen Cersi. During the exchange, Littlefinger declares, "Knowledge is power." As he smirks, thinking he has cornered the monarch with information, she orders her guards to kill…

The last time fans saw Toronto Blue Jays outfielder Teoscar Hernandez, he was hitting two homers in that painful 10-9 wild card series loss at Rogers Centre in October that ended their season. That was against the Seattle Mariners, who, ironically, just acquired the 30-year-old in a stunning trade announced earlier today. Hernandez goes to the…

There are 15 games in the MLB today, with plenty of props to choose from. We like a former Blue Jay to go Over his strikeout total tonight, and for a new Toronto addition to record Over 0.5 total bases. Find out more by reading our MLB player prop picks. The MLB season is here and so are all the glorious prop markets that come with it. We're…

The Toronto Blue Jays will attempt a four-game sweep as they meet the Los Angeles Angels in Anaheim on Sunday afternoon. It's time to continue our MLB odds coverage with a Blue Jays-Angels prediction and pick. The Blue Jays defeated the Angels 6-5. It was a see-saw affair as four lead changes throughout the game concluded with a Toronto win. It was…

Later this evening, the Toronto Blue Jays will be facing the Texas Rangers at the Rogers Centre, the first home opener on Canadian soil since 2019 due to Covid-19 restrictions forcing the club south of the border the last two years. This has fans excited, not just because baseball is back after the lockout negotiations had things looking bleak this…

The Blue Jays, one of the top preseason contenders in the World Series odds, have seen their championship price tag fall to+1500. They'll give the ball to Alek Manoah, who's fresh off a perfect inning of work at the All-Star Game, striking out all three batters he faced. The 24-year-old has been a revelation in his second season in Toronto, ranking…

Yesterday, the Blue Jays made some moves to their active roster that caught a few people by surprise (myself included). They activated Hyun Jin Ryu and Vinny Capra, both of whom were on the 60-day IL and needed a roster spot, as there is no IL during the offseason. For Ryu, he will return to the injured list in 2023 considering he will likely be…

The Oakland Athletics continue their three-game series with the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday afternoon at the Rogers Centre. It's time to continue our MLB odds series with an Athletics-Blue Jays prediction and pick. The Blue Jays defeated the Athletics 4-1 on Friday night. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. started the scoring by sailing a 2-2 pitch…

TORONTO - It is the privilege and bane of MLB closers that, when the most meaningful moments and fate-changing postseason events occur, they're the ones with the ball in their hand. They begin the chain of events that are remembered forever. They wear the glory or the heartbreak. And so, as the final four Seattle Mariners crossed home Saturday,…

The Rockies insist they are not rebuilding. But if they want to avoid their fifth consecutive losing season and escape the National League West basement in 2023, they're going to have to retool. Because there's a lot that needs fixing. A rundown: - An anemic road offense that ranks among the worst in baseball and through Friday had hit only 41 home…

Adam Frazier hit a tiebreaking RBI double in the ninth inning, and the visiting Seattle Mariners erased a seven-run deficit and topped the Toronto Blue Jays 10-9 on Saturday for a sweep of their American League wild-card series. It was the biggest road comeback win in playoff history and baseball's largest comeback victory to clinch a postseason…

After two decades of futility, frustration, and plenty of hope deferred, the Seattle Mariners have broken their long standing playoff drought. They've come close before, as recently as last year, but this season was different. After their July hot streak and an equally good August, making the postseason seemed like an inevitability, even if there…

The Toronto Blue Jays open their playoff series with the Seattle Mariners at Rogers Centre on Friday in the first MLB postseason game played in Canada in 2179 days. The pregame narrative: George Springer is one of the few Blue Jays who could thrive against Mariners starter Luis Castillo - who could pile up punchouts against a righty-heavy lineup.…

On Friday afternoon, the Tampa Bay Rays and the Cleveland Guardians will begin the 2022 Major League Baseball postseason at Progressive Field. Tampa Bay is making their fourth consecutive trip to the playoffs, though each of the last three trips have ended short of a championship. Cleveland is making their fifth postseason appearance in the last…

The Toronto Blue Jays will play their first postseason game at home since the 2016 ALCS when they host the Seattle Mariners, who ended a 21-year playoff drought, for Game 1 of their American League Wild Card series on Friday in front of what should be a rocking crowd at the Rogers Centre. Game 1 sees a fantastic pitching matchup as Luis…

Toronto Blue Jays vs Baltimore Orioles 10/3/2022 Picks Predictions Previews The Toronto Blue Jays will go against the Baltimore Orioles in MLB action in Oriole Park at Camden Yards, MD, on Monday, October 3, 2022, at 7:05 PM ET. As they shut out Boston for the second consecutive game on Saturday night, Toronto prevailed for the fifth time in seven…

Boston Red Sox vs Toronto Blue Jays Date: Friday September 30th, 07:07 ET Location: Rogers Centre TV: NESN Money Line: Red Sox+156 / Blue Jays -190 Total Line: 8.5 Boston: Nick Pivetta (10-11, 4.48)Toronto: Alek Manoah (15-7, 2.31) Christian Arroyo 2BEnrique Hernández CFJ.D. Martinez LFTriston Casas 1BAlex Verdugo RFRafael Devers 3BReese McGuire…

Raimel Tapia has 98 hits, and will look for his 100th when his Toronto Blue Jays (85-67) play the Tampa Bay Rays (84-68) at 1:10 PM ET on Sunday. The Rays are favored at home (-141) against the Blue Jays (+119). The Tampa Bay Rays will give the start to Shane McClanahan (12-6, 2.36 ERA), who is looking for win No. 13 on the season, and the Blue…

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - The Tampa Bay Rays have won nine of 16 games against the Toronto Blue Jays so far this season, and can clinch the season series on Friday night when the two teams get together at Tropicana Field. It's a very big deal. The Rays and Blue Jays are still battling for playoff positioning, though it's fairly clear that neither with…

This last week has been tough, yes, but everyone take a breath and look at that teal dot hanging tough at the top of this graph. To be fair, if there were ever a more Mariners-y moment to begin to play their worst baseball of the season, this would be it. A mere eight games away from clinching their first playoff appearance in two decades (thanks…

The Toronto Blue Jays were one of the heavy favorites to win the American League entering the season. There were a plethora of problems throughout the season, starting with the manager switch from Charlie Montoyo to John Schneider. That move propelled the Blue Jays to a better position and primed them to make some noise in the postseason. Pitching…

The Blue Jays didn't need to go deep to beat the Baltimore Orioles on Saturday. Hours after belting three home runs to beat the Orioles on Friday night, the Jays kept it in the park at the Rogers Centre, manufacturing runs at opportune times to win 6-3. Before a crowd of 44448, Jays starter Jose Berrios (11-5), had some bumps but got the job done,…

The Toronto Blue Jays have the opportunity to dash the Baltimore Orioles' playoff hopes in a weekend series that begins on Friday. The pregame narrative: Matt Chapman has a matchup that's been good to him in the past, the same can't be said for George Springer and a Raimel Tapia-Alejandro Kirk mini parlay has a great chance to cash on positive…

Yusei Kikuchi can still do plenty of damage in a bullpen game. With the Jays trotting out their weakest pitching, they could be in for mounds of trouble, which is why we're targeting the Pirates for tonight's MLB picks. The Toronto Jays have moved from a -230 favorite last night to -165 favorites today vs. the Pittsburgh Pirates, and all of that…