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Throwback Felden

The Men’s Senior Baseball League Fall Classic got underway on Monday at the Toronto Blue Jays and Clearwater Philies Florida Complex’s.  Pictured is former Blue Jays farm hand Keith Felden applying the tag at the Mattick Complex.  Felden, a Blue Jays third round pick in the 1985 January Supplemental Draft out of St. Pete College, […]

Fixing Field One

The Toronto Blue Jays are taking no chances for the 2016 spring training as they are spending six figures to completely redo Field One at the team’s Mattick Complex.  The field is an original at the complex dating back to the early 1970’s.  It is better known now as the field that a sprinkler head supposedly caused […]

Rowdy Homers for Rafters

Toronto Blue Jays prospect and 2015 Dunedin Blue Jay Rowdy Tellez went 2-for-3 with a walk and launched a solo home run to lead the Salt River Rafters to a 5-2 win over the Peoria Javelinas Thursday in Arizona Fall League action. Tellez’s homer, his second in this year’s AFL, was a tape-measure shot that […]

Alex moves On

Paul Beeston, Toronto Blue Jays President & CEO on Alex Anthopoulos not returning to the Blue Jays as General Manager: “After an exciting 2015 season, Alex Anthopoulos has reluctantly and regrettably decided that he is not going to return to the Toronto Blue Jays Baseball Club for 2016.  Alex has done an unbelievable job and positioned […]

Roemon Rips Game Winner

Toronto Blue Jays prospect (and former Dunedin Blue Jay) Roemon Fields ripped a two-run game-winning triple in the bottom of the ninth inning to lead the Salt River Rafters to a 5-4 win in Arizona Fall League play October 24, 2015. The speedy Fields batted .262 with 46 stolen bases across three levels of the […]

JAYS OUT: No More Insurance Needed

On Thursday, two of the three Toronto Blue Jay insurance policy’s Jeff Francis (L) and Drew Hutchinson wait in the bullpen at the Mattick Complex.  These two along with Bo Schultz pitching in an inter squad game between Blue Jay prospects during their last day of instructional camp.  The three pitchers continued to workout at the Mattick […]

AUDIO: Baseball with Tommy G. World Series

  Tommy G. from Sports Tonight talks about World Series. Terry Collins, Lorenzo Cain and Andy McPhail sounds bites… https://soundcloud.com/rocket-sports-ent/baseball-with-tommy-g

Getting Rowdy in the Desert

The first week of the 2015 Arizona Fall League is in the books, and one of the early hitting stars is Dunedin Blue Jays first baseman Rowdy Tellez, who has plated eight RBI in his first four games for the Salt River Rafters. The 20-year-old Tellez smacked 14 homers, knocked in 77 runs and posted […]

Leblebijian Down Under

On Friday Jason Leblebijian took one for the team.  A long way from Illinois, Leblebijian is heading down under tomorrow to play in the Australian baseball League. Leblebijian played 100 games in 2015 between Lansing and Dunedin. Leblebijian by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 25th round of the 2012 MLB June Amateur Draft from […]

Bell, Whitt and Borders at Mattick

George Bell (L) Ernie Whitt (C) along with Pat Borders enjoy a laugh prior to the Instruction game on Saturday between the Phillies and Blue Jays at the Mattick Complex.