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By Graham Anderson – Last Word On Baseball The 2016 ALCS begins tonight with the Toronto Blue Jays meeting the Cleveland Indians. Both teams managed to sweep their opponents in their respective ALDS match ups and will look to bring the American League title to their home towns, or in the case of Toronto, an […] READ MORE
The AL Cy Young Award race is wide open with six weeks to go in the season. Here's a look at some of the favorites to take home the award. READ MORE
The Toronto Blue Jays are once again in the hunt for the AL East crown and a deep playoff run. A large part of their success comes from the excellent production they have received from their rotation. The addition of Francisco Liriano at the trade deadline gives them a six man rotation to round out […] READ MORE
Blue Jays by the Numbers Series Recap: Seattle Mariners July 22nd-24th The Blue Jays began their current home stand with a three game series against the Seattle Mariners this weekend. They entered Rogers Centre with a decent three game winning streak and looked primed to stay hot. However, the Mariners were able to cool off […] READ MORE
J.A. Happ recently recorded his 13th win of the season, a new career high win total for a single season. We’re not even into August yet and he continues to prove that 2015 was no fluke. When the Toronto Blue Jays signed Happ to a three year, $36 million deal this off season, the groans of […] READ MORE
Toronto Blue Jays have wrapped up another series in Oakland. Here's a quick look at what happened, by the numbers, in the Oakland series recap. READ MORE
Our weekly series featuring our Blue Jay of the week! This week, we are discussing Josh Donaldson leading the Blue Jays to the post-season. READ MORE
Jays fans want David Price back in Toronto, but that might not happen and unfortunately that doesn’t sit well with a lot of the Blue Jays faithful. What do pitchers David Price, Jesse Chavez, and J.A. Happ have in common? They have all played for the Blue Jays in their career. Two of them have […] READ MORE
In the 9-4-15 Waiver Wire Report, we will be spotlighting players playing in some of the important series coming up this weekend. READ MORE
The following press release come from the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball concerning their trade with the Seattle Mariners just hours before baseball’s non-waiver trade deadline on Friday afternoon. The move adds another arm to the Pirates rotation as they fight for a spot in the MLB playoffs. The Pirates currently occupy the first […] READ MORE
Ben is a sports fan from just outside Toronto, Canada. In his day job he works as a lawyer. At night he is the COO of Last Word on Sports. Most of his articles are focused on hockey prospects.