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Blue Jays simulation: Bo Bichette shines ahead of All-Star break

Mike Wilner — Tue, 14 Jul 2020 17:33:46 EDT

Mike Wilner pauses his Toronto Blue Jays simulation season ahead of the MLB returning for its 60-game 2020 season. Prospect Nate Pearson makes his long-anticipated simulated MLB debut against the Red Sox and Bo Bichette shines with another phenomenal week.

Blue Jays simulation: Canada Day woes continue as losses pile up at home

Mike Wilner — Mon, 06 Jul 2020 15:55:22 EDT

Times were good for the Blue Jays going into this past week of their simulated season. They’d swept an entire interleague road trip and finished off their third straight 5-1 week. But this last week didn’t go as well.

Blue Jays simulation: McKinney leads the way in season-long win streak

Mike Wilner — Mon, 29 Jun 2020 18:03:37 EDT

The Toronto Blue Jays enter the halfway marked of a simulated season on a 15-2 tear thanks in part to Billy McKinney’s four-homer week.

Blue Jays simulation: Jays stay hot thanks to Bichette’s magical week

Mike Wilner — Mon, 22 Jun 2020 13:35:24 EDT

Bo Bichette should win AL Player of the Month after the best week in the majors of his young career. Mike Wilner recaps all the action from his latest Blue Jays Simulation.

Blue Jays simulation league: Shoemaker leads Toronto to best week yet

Mike Wilner — Mon, 15 Jun 2020 14:59:07 EDT

The Toronto Blue Jays entered this past week on a high note, having taken three out of four from the Texas Rangers after a disastrous 1-8 road trip, and things got even better — but not before an early bump in the road.

Blue Jays simulation: Changes to lineup spark offensive outburst

Mike Wilner — Mon, 08 Jun 2020 16:42:46 EDT

The Toronto Blue Jays started this past week by finishing what wound up being an abysmal road trip, but there were happier times ahead when they returned home to take on the Texas Rangers at Rogers Centre.

Blue Jays 2020 simulation: Struggles at Tropicana Field continue

Mike Wilner — Mon, 01 Jun 2020 17:52:58 EDT

It seems as though the simulation is aware of the Toronto Blue Jays struggles at Tropicana Field as the team kicked off a three-game set against the Tampa Bay Rays before finishing off the month of May against the Baltimore Orioles.

Blue Jays 2020 simulation: Gurriel heats up as Toronto posts winning week

Mike Wilner — Mon, 25 May 2020 11:32:59 EDT

The Toronto Blue Jays put together a winning week but are still falling short of expectations in Mike Wilner’s simulated season.

Blue Jays 2020 simulation: Toronto struggles to find way on road trip

Mike Wilner — Tue, 19 May 2020 13:26:26 EDT

The Toronto Blue Jays dropped to 3-7 on their road trip and lost to the Houston Astros at home on Victoria Day as they moved to 19-29 in Mike Wilner’s Dynasty League Baseball Powered By Pursue The Pennant simulated season.

Blue Jays 2020 simulation: Bichette hits skid as team drops five of six

Mike Wilner — Mon, 11 May 2020 16:46:44 EDT

The Blue Jays fell to 16-24 this week in Mike Wilner’s simulation, dropping their series against the Orioles and Athletics.

Blue Jays 2020 simulation: Split week in slugfest vs. Red Sox, Yankees

Mike Wilner — Mon, 04 May 2020 17:19:45 EDT

Last week would have been a tough one, with the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees each hitting town for three games, and it was tough in our simulation as well.

Blue Jays 2020 Simulation: Starting pitchers falter but bats come alive

Mike Wilner — Mon, 27 Apr 2020 18:16:19 EDT

A winning week for the Blue Jays featured unreliable starting pitching and some serious offensive pop from Bo Bichette and Rowdy Tellez.

Blue Jays 2020 Simulation: Twins, Rays create tough Week 3 for Jays

Mike Wilner — Mon, 20 Apr 2020 17:37:58 EDT

It was another rough simulated week for your 2020 Toronto Blue Jays as they ran into a buzzsaw in the juggernaut Minnesota Twins, then had what feels like their usual tough trip visiting the Tampa Bay Rays.

Blue Jays 2020 Simulation: Ryu deals but gets little support in Week 2

Mike Wilner — Mon, 13 Apr 2020 16:29:20 EDT

What was supposed to be the second full week of the Blue Jays’ 2020 season didn’t turn out to be a great one for the simulated crew.

Blue Jays 2020 Simulation: Toronto recovers from slow start in week one

Mike Wilner — Mon, 06 Apr 2020 18:08:56 EDT

The Blue Jays’ offence has been up-and-down so far in this simulated season, but a pair of series wins over the Reds and Yankees pushed them back to .500 through 10 games.

Blue Jays 2020 Simulation: Red Sox shutout Jays on Opening Day

Mike Wilner — Thu, 26 Mar 2020 19:18:04 EDT

In order to provide a distraction from the much more serious things going on in the world, Sportsnet’s Blue Jays radio broadcaster Mike Wilner will be simulating each scheduled Blue Jays game in what was supposed to be the 2020 season.

Why Walker, Bonds, Clemens are worthy of the Hall of Fame

Mike Wilner — Tue, 21 Jan 2020 09:31:49 EST

Mike Wilner shares what his Hall of Fame ballot would look like if baseball broadcasters were allowed to vote.

Blue Jays’ year-end awards: Toronto names Grichuk as its MVP

Mike Wilner — Sun, 29 Sep 2019 17:57:00 EDT

As the curtain closes on the Toronto Blue Jays’ season, Mike Wilner asked all the players, the coaching staff and some of the behind-the-scenes folks to cast their anonymous ballots for the annual end-of-season awards

Predicting the Blue Jays’ 2019 opening day roster

Mike Wilner — Sun, 17 Mar 2019 18:35:16 EDT

With opening day drawing closer, here’s Mike Wilner’s prediction for the Toronto Blue Jays’ opening day roster.

Blue Jays players, staff vote on team’s End of Season Awards winners

Mike Wilner — Mon, 01 Oct 2018 08:26:45 EDT

Here’s how the voting went down for the Toronto Blue Jays’ annual End of Season Awards — compiled by Mike Wilner, but selected by the players, coaches and front office staff.