ST. PETERSBURG -- With all the unknowns surrounding Anthony Kay before his MLB debut on Saturday night, manager Charlie Montoyo kept his expectations simple. What was Montoyo hoping for from Kay against the Rays? “I’m hoping I can say, ‘Wow, that’s a good arm,’” Montoyo said before the game with

ST. PETERSBURG -- Clay Buchholz seems to be drawing from the youthful energy that surrounds him every time he takes the mound. The 35-year-old held his own Friday night on a roster stocked with rookies, stringing together a quality outing in a 5-0 loss to the Rays at Tropicana Field.

ST. PETERSBURG -- As the season winds down, Toronto’s youth movement still has plenty of energy to spend. As they’ve done since they joined the Blue Jays, the group of talented rookies led by Bo Bichette continued to give fans plenty to talk about on Thursday night despite a 6-4

ST. PETERSBURG -- At this point in the season, and with so much about next year still up in the air, the Blue Jays are happy to view September as sort of an extended audition -- a pre-Spring Training tryout, if you will. “For me, September is big,” manager Charlie

Making ongoing improvements is the primary objective in a player’s development, but it certainly doesn’t hurt for a prospect to put up big numbers along the way. Across all 30 organizations, scores of prospects had very successful 2019 campaigns. MLB Pipeline has already named its Hitter and Pitcher of the

Here’s a look at the top performances of the past week by Blue Jays prospects in the Minor Leagues:

With the stretch run well underway and rosters expanded across baseball, teams are looking to answer some final questions in September. For contenders, those questions could be the difference between October baseball and an early end to their season. For teams on the outside looking in, it's an opportunity to

ATLANTA -- For T.J. Zeuch, the journey to the big leagues began 18 years ago, when the right-hander was just 6 years old and getting into the game of baseball under the tutelage of his father, Tim. From the sandlots around Warren County, Ohio -- just over 20 miles from

ATLANTA -- As the Blue Jays get deeper into the month of September, the team continues to add depth to its roster. After Triple-A Buffalo’s season came to a close on Monday, four players departed the Bisons to make their way to Atlanta, joining Toronto for the series finale against

ATLANTA -- After officially adding Ryan Tepera and Beau Taylor to the active roster on Sunday, the Blue Jays continued their September roster expansion with the additions of Clayton Richard and Thomas Pannone on Monday. Richard was reinstated from the 10-day injured list after being sidelined with a left lat

ATLANTA -- Rowdy Tellez is embracing every opportunity he’s given. When the 24-year-old Blue Jays slugger strode to the plate with one out and none on in the top of the fifth inning of Monday’s 6-3 loss to the Braves at SunTrust Park, he had 13 career plate appearances as

TORONTO -- The Blue Jays and Rays completed their Deadline trade involving Eric Sogard on Sunday, with Minor League pitchers Curtis Taylor and Edisson Gonzalez coming back to Toronto as the players to be named. Taylor, a native of Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, adds more Canadian content to the organization.

TORONTO -- It was deja vu all over again for Justin Verlander in Toronto on Sunday afternoon, as he no-hit the Blue Jays for the second time in his career during Houston’s 2-0 victory at Rogers Centre. It was Verlander’s third career no-hitter, with his first coming back on June

MLB Pipeline's Prospect Team of the Week honors the best performances in the Minors from the previous seven days. Any player on an organization's Top 30 Prospects list on our Prospect Watch is eligible. With the Minor League season coming to a close, this is the final Prospect Team of

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Anthony Alford’s background is that of the road less traveled. The Blue Jays drafted the 25-year-old outfielder out of high school, but before he committed to baseball full-time, Alford played football at both Southern Miss and Ole Miss, an experience he cherishes because he knows that it

All right, so we’re all still somewhat reeling from how last season’s Hot Stove went. In the end, it was active, but not until the end of the offseason. Will this offseason be any better? There aren’t the huge names we saw last offseason, but there are still plenty of

TORONTO -- Typically the strong, silent type, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. showed his frustration on Friday night at Rogers Centre against the Astros and was ejected for the first time in his Major League career. Guerrero was tossed in the bottom of the seventh inning after he struck out swinging, but

TORONTO -- When the conversations around the Majors have turned to big league baseball lineage -- which has been most prevalent in Toronto this season -- there’s been no shortage of names to add to the discussion. But, more often than not, there are a couple of players missing who

When rosters expand each September, clubhouses become more crowded with armies of new faces. Even some of the game's greatest -- from Hall of Famers to some of today's top stars -- have made their big league debuts as September callups. Every team has a September callup success story. With

We have seen the future, and it is, well, September. Labor Day is the beginning of a transition time for baseball fans. The dog days of August are over, the weather is about to get cooler and the final leg of the postseason push begins. To celebrate this most American

Throughout baseball history, there have been key players who became September heroes for their clubs by helping lift them into the postseason. Whether it's turning in gem after gem on the mound down the stretch, or coming through with clutch hits late in critical games, these are the players who

It’s hard to believe that Major League Baseball is entering the final month of the regular season. It promises to be a fantastic finish, especially in the AL East, where the Yankees are fighting for home-field advantage, the Rays and Red Sox are in the hunt for a Wild Card