Top 60 All-Time Greatest Jays: #35 Kevin Pillar
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Kevin Andrew Pillar | CF | 2013-2019
Ok, this surprised me. I didn’t expect to see Kevin on the list. But then he is number 5 on the Baseball Reference. Blue Jays leader board for defensive WAR.
Kevin Pillar was the
Blue Jays’ 32nd round pick in the 2011 draft. He is one of just two players chosen in that round to make the majors.
Billy Burns was the other. He played center field for the
A’s and
Royals for parts of four seasons. Pillar hit well, climbing the ladder in the Jays minor league system. When you are drafted in the 32nd round, you don’t get to jump levels, but Piller made study progress. He hit .324/.367/.479 in 413 minor league games, with a better walk rate than he’s ever shown us in the majors.
February 4, 2021 · 0 Comments
By Robert Belardi
For the first time in Super Bowl history, a team will be hosting the NFL’s most prestigious game in their home stadium.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers will become the first to do so on Sunday when the Kansas City Chiefs come to town to battle it out for the Vince Lombardi Trophy.
Both teams earned their trip to the grand dance in exhilarating fashion. The Buccaneers staved off the Green Bay Packers in Lambeau Field 31-26. The Kansas City Chiefs came back down 10-0 to the pesky Buffalo Bills at Arrowhead Stadium, with a 38-24 victory.
Who could the Royals have drafted in the 80s?
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This is the second installment looking back at who the Royals could have selected in past drafts, by the decade. I’m not sure if there is anything more difficult in life than identifying baseball talent. Brain surgery? Talking to women? The list is pretty short. Staking your career as a scout or General Manager to the analysis of 18–22-year-old ball players is a risky endeavor. Why do some players make it and some do not? That remains the million-dollar question that vexes all teams.
1980
The 1980 draft was the Darryl Strawberry draft. There was little doubt about the straw man going #1. Even the Mets, who held the pick, couldn’t have blown that one. Kansas City held the 16
A look at the Blue Jays’ biggest free-agent additions
On the heels of the six-year agreement between George Springer and the Toronto Blue Jays, here is a look back at some of the largest and most impactful free-agent signings in team history.
Allan Perkins, TSN.ca Staff Roger Clemens Hyun-Jin Ryu Dave Winfield , The Canadian Press
If Hyun-Jin Ryu’s signing last winter was the start of a new era for the Toronto Blue Jays, George Springer’s deal was an all-in commitment to it. That’s always been the plan.
Words like flexibility, patience and control were often mentioned the last few years by president Mark Shapiro and general manager Ross Atkins when it came to player acquisition.