A Word About WAR
WAR is a statistic that some of you may not be familiar with, but one that we will likely use a fair bit on this site, so we wanted to write a few words about it for those of you who may be new to the...
View ArticleBreaking Down the 1990 Blue Jays-Padres Blockbuster Trade
In the wake of the recent Blue Jays’ blockbuster trades with the Miami Marlins and the New York Mets, the latter of which we covered, there have been a lot of comparisons made to the historic 1990 swap...
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How Good Are The 2013 Jays? (Part One): Projected Wins
The changes that have been made to the Toronto Blue Jays roster this offseason have been well documented and the roster for 2013 is largely set. The Jays’ opponents still have some moves to make and we...
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How Good Are The 2013 Jays? (Part Three): Recent Winners
In the final part of our three part series looking at the 2013 Blue Jays, we will once again use WAR (wins above replacement) to project how this team compares to recent playoff teams and World Series...
View ArticleRetrometrics: Joe Carter
Retrometrics will be an ongoing feature here at Blue Jays Way. From time to time, we will use the lens of modern analytics to look back at the players of yore. Numbers have always been a big part of...
View ArticleJanuary 28-February 3, 2013 in Review
It was another slow week as we edge our way towards the first spring training workout for Blue Jays pitchers and catchers on February 13th. The Miami Times published a report linking numerous athletes,...
View ArticleRetrometrics: Mark Eichhorn
The second instalment in our ongoing Retrometrics series focuses on former Blue Jays sidearm reliever, Mark Eichhorn. More specifically, we’re going to dig into the numbers to evaluate the truly...
View ArticleEvaluating The Jays First Quarter
As you may recall, back in January I tried to estimate how many games the 2013 Blue Jays would win based on each player’s WAR, ultimately deciding this was a Jays team that could produce 92 wins. With...
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