Thom Tsang
thomastsang
Blue Jays writer for Rant Sports; likes Prince Fielder and unnecessary semicolons altogether too much.
Featured Posts
Recent News
Dustin McGowan Moves On To AA, Return Journey To Blue Jays In Sight
When I last posted about Dustin McGowan’s very long road back to the majors in early July, he had recently made his first rehab start in 3 years for the A+ Dunedin Blue Jays. It wasn’t the best of outings, but a month and 6 starts later, the 29-year old righty has more than shown [...]
TweetGet Your Radar Guns Ready: Blue Jays Promote 21-Year Old Fireballer Henderson Alvarez
The Toronto Blue Jays unofficial-but-not-really youth movement continues today, with 21-year old Henderson Alvarez being deemed ready for MLB duties after just 88 innings at the AA level, as the young righty will be called up for this Friday’s start between the Jays and the Angels. No word yet on whether this is a spot [...]
TweetThe Lawrie Legend Continues, Romero Shuts Down O’s For Blue Jays Win
We’re now at day 3 of the non-stop Brett Lawrie-watch that is likely to define the last couple of months of the season, and so far, he has met the expectations that fans have put on him since before his arrival. Showing a certain poise and swagger that is normally reserved for star veterans, Lawrie [...]
TweetBrandon Morrow Undone By Poor Inning, Defense In Loss To O’s
For all intents and purposes, Brandon Morrow pitched like a world-beater tonight against Orioles. Carrying a perfect game into the 6th inning, Morrow flat-out dominated the O’s lineup, limiting them to just 4 hits and a walk over 7.2 innings while striking out 6. So what’s the problem then? How did they Jays wind up losing [...]
TweetBlue Jays Welcome Brett Lawrie Era With A Victory Over Orioles
Not unlike the arrival of Colby Rasmus just a little over a week ago, last night’s debut for 21-year old Brett Lawrie came with CN-Tower-high expectations; Lawrie himself had to quell the notions that his long-awaited tryout in the MLB was somehow the key to turning the Jays around, saying that he’s “no saviour” in [...]
TweetBlue Jays Blow A Pair Of Leads En Route To Extra-Innings Loss To Rays
To say that the Blue Jays bullpen hasn’t had the best of season would be a tremendous understatement. Having gone just 23-for-42 in save opportunities, it might even be an understatement to say that the Blue Jays relief corp have been downright terrible this season. They’ve given up leads like Jo-Jo Reyes likes to give [...]
TweetBlue Jays Call Up Brett Lawrie, Demote Travis Snider
Following this afternoon’s 6-7 extra innings loss to the Tampa Bay Rays (recap to come later), the Blue Jays have made a series of moves, the most significant of with is the promotion of top prospect Brett Lawrie, who will join the club tomorrow to start the weekend series against the Baltimore Orioles. The excitement around Lawrie’s [...]
TweetCarlos Villanueva Hammered By Rays; Blue Jays Lose A Laugher
Carlos Villanueva found an opportunity to enter the Blue Jays starting rotation earlier this season with injury knocking Jesse Litsch out of action, and pulled off an impressive string of quality starts through May and June. The same cannot be said for his performance on the mound lately, however, and after today’s implosion by the [...]
TweetRomero Dominates Rays; Blue Jays Move Within Striking Distance Of 3rd In AL East
The Blue Jays continued their winning ways last night, taking the first game of a 3-game series against their divisional rivals Rays. With David Price pitching for the Rays, the bluebirds offense mostly stayed out of the action, scattering just 5 hits through 6+ innings; fortunately, our own ace Ricky Romero was that much better, [...]
TweetBlue Jays Officially Done With Jo-Jo Reyes; Lefty Picked Up By Orioles
It’s finally happened, and it couldn’t have come in a more…fitting manner: the Blue Jays had decided to cut ties with Jo-Jo Reyes back in late July by designating him for assignment, but it wasn’t until today that the 26-year old lefty officially exited the Blue Jays roster, as the worst team in the AL [...]
Tweet