Title: What To Do With Adam Lind
Date: February 25, 2013
Original Source: Bluebird Banter
Synopsis: This article examined what the Blue Jays could do to protect Adam Lind from lefites.
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Title: Adjusting the New Starters for Toronto
Date: February 18, 2013
Original Source: Bluebird Banter
Synopsis: This article took a look at the new Blue Jays’ pitching acquisitions and the adjustments they’ll be facing on their new team.
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Title: 2013 Blue Jays Attendance Expectations
Date: February 11, 2013
Original Source: Bluebird Banter
Synopsis: This article took a look at recent Blue Jays attendance trends to try and set an expectation for 2013 attendance.
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Title: Blue Jays Farm System Ranked 24th by Keith Law
Date: February 4, 2013
Original Source: Bluebird Banter
Synopsis: This article responds to the Blue Jays being ranked in the bottom-10 farm systems by a pair of prospect gurus.
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Title: Trying to Figure Out Colby Rasmus
Date: January 28, 2013
Original Source: Bluebird Banter
Synopsis: This article looks at the career trends of Colby Rasmus to try and determine where his true talent lies and what can be expected from him in 2013.
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Title: Looking Back at Gibbons’ Bullpen Management
Date: January 21, 2013
Original Source: Bluebird Banter
Synopsis: My second piece for BB looked back at John Gibbons’ previous tenure as manager of the Jays to see if he showed any consistent bullpen usage patterns year-to-year and if we should expect something similar this season.
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Title: Optimizing the Blue Jays Batting Order
Date: January 14, 2013
Original Source: Bluebird Banter
Synopsis: I am now writing for Bluebird Banter, SB Nation’s Toronto Blue Jays site. My debut article there plugged Blue Jay statistics into a “lineup optimizer” to determine potential batting orders for the team this season.
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