After an interesting performance from the offense yesterday, today’s lineup only has one notable change. Alex Call will be getting his first action of the 2025 season in the 8 hole. Dylan Crews is getting a much needed night of rest after a hitless start to this new campaign. Call is coming off a good … Read more
The Pittsburgh Penguins welcome the Columbus Blue Jackets to PPG Paints Arena tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others. 7 p.m. ET; FDSNOH, SN-PIT, NHLN, SN, TVAS Blue Jackets Projected LineupKent Johnson — Adam Fantilli — Kirill MarchenkoDmitri Voronkov — Boone Jenner — Yegor ChinakovZach Aston-Reese — … Read more
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s self-imposed deadline for an extension — the first full day of spring training — came and went more than a month ago, with no deal coming to fruition. Guerrero has left the door slightly cracked, indicating that while he doesn’t plan to negotiate any further, he’d be amenable to hearing the Jays … Read more
Welcome back to Blue Jackets News & Rumors. It’s been a minute. With the 4-Nations Faceoff, Stadium Series and NHL Trade Deadline all behind us, the focus now turns to the intense playoff race. For the Blue Jackets, they enter play on Thursday in the second wildcard spot in the Eastern Conference with 70 points. … Read more
Image credit: Nick Turchiaro-Imagn Images Subscribe to Baseball Prospectus The Blue Jays are in the running for a lot of players. Like many of their aspirations of late, though, that hasn’t ran to plan. Full access to this article is for Premium Baseball Prospectus subscribers. Sign up today to get access to insightful analysis for … Read more
We have most of the regular lineup starting plus a potential high-leverage/flex reliever in Dylan Lee on the mound to start today’s game. Bryan De La Cruz gets the start in right, as he is likely to start the season in a platoon with Jarred Kelenic at the position. Curt Casali starts at catcher and … Read more
The Columbus Blue Jackets are going to be buyers at the 2025 Trade Deadline; Don Waddell has already made that clear. With a considerable number of injuries to key forwards, it seems clear they’ll need to add some depth up front. One player who is apparently available on the market is Vladimir Tarasenko of the … Read more
The Columbus Blue Jackets find themselves in a place they may not have expected to be at the beginning of the season – squarely within the hunt for a playoff spot. Heavily aided by their group of young players seemingly all taking huge leaps forward in development, this team is going to be playing meaningful … Read more
Retired center fielder Kevin Kiermaier has joined the Blue Jays front office as a special assistant, as noted by Keegan Matheson of MLB.com. Kiermaier wrapped up his MLB career with the Dodgers this year after being traded by Toronto at the trade deadline, but he played for the Blue Jays in each of the past … Read more
MLB Network’s Jim Duquette sounded confident last week that the Toronto Blue Jays landing free-agent first baseman Pete Alonso was “out of the equation” after Toronto agreed to a five-year deal worth at least $92.5M with outfielder Anthony Santander. During Monday’s edition of the SNY “Baseball Night in New York” program, MLB insider Andy Martino suggested the … Read more