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Tom Henke turns 65 today. The Blue Jays got Henke as compensation for the Rangers’ signing of Jays’ free-agent Cliff Johnson. Back then, teams that signed another free agent gave up a player to the...

Mark Eichhorn turns 62 today. The Blue Jays drafted him in the 2nd round, 30th overall, in the 1979 amateur draft, out of Cabrillo College, CA, where he played shortstop and pitched. Mark quickly...

Ricky Romero turns 38 today. Ricky was the Jays’ first-round pick in the first round of the 2005 draft (6th overall), out of California State University, Fullerton). As we all know, Troy Tulowitzki...

Bill Caudill turns 66 today. For those that don’t remember back that far Caudill was our B.J. Ryan for the 80s He came up with the Cubs, then went to Seattle and became one of the top closers in...

Rob Ducey turns 57 today. Rob was born in Toronto. He signed as a minor league free agent with the Blue Jays in 1984. That year Rob started his career in Medicine Hat and hit very well...

Alek Manoah was our number one pick, number eleven overall in the 2019 draft. He spent the end of the 2019 season in Vancouver, making six starts, with a 2.65 ERA and 27 strikeouts in 17 innings....

Who doesn’t love a sidearm pitcher? Adam Cimber came to us in a trade from the Marlins, along with Corey Dickerson for Joe Panik and Andrew McInvale. I think we can safely call the trade a win...

Their last signed pick turned out to be the best one

Lacking a 1st rounder, they made gambled on upside in the 2nd and found a longtime MLB player in the 3rd

Former Blue Jays center fielder Otis Nixon turns 63 today. Nixon had a 17-year MLB career. Two of those years (well, just short of two years) were spent with the Jays. With the Jays, he hit...