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Veronica Chung
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PR & politics nerd 📝 • Suffering Blue Jays & F1 fan ⚾️ 🏎️ • Eternal optimist with a shot of cynicism ☕️ • She/Her • Blue Jays Nation Contributor
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My take on why betting on Dylan Cease will pay off for the Blue Jays in the long run, especially given how the free-agent starting pitching market will pan out next offseason @thejaysnation.bsky.social

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How adding Dylan Cease stabilizes the Blue Jays’ rotation long term
<p>The Blue Jays lived up to their promise to stay aggressive this winter when they signed starting pitcher Dylan Cease on a seven-year, $210 million deal (with deferrals). By handing out one of the l...
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November 27, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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Here are four important series that could determine the Blue Jays’ trajectory in 2026

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Blue Jays: 4 key series to watch in the 2026 schedule
<p>Coming off a strong 2025 season, the upcoming campaign will be crucial for the Blue Jays to solidify themselves as a robust contender and a strong competitor in the AL East. While making exact pred...
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November 24, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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ICYMI here’s why the Blue Jays have to stay aggressive and address their bench depth this winter.

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Why the Blue Jays should add some firepower to the roster this offseason
<p>There were many missed opportunities and what-ifs for the Toronto Blue Jays as they wrapped up their season in early November. Perhaps one of the most curious hypotheticals is whether the bench dep...
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November 19, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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The Blue Jays have major holes to fill this winter. Here are three urgent priorities Toronto’s front office has to focus on to bring back a competitive team on the field.

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Ranking the Blue Jays’ offseason priorities
<p>Getting to the World Series this year was proof that the Blue Jays can play on the biggest stage. There’s no denying that this offseason is one of the more crucial ones for Toronto’s front office i...
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November 17, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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ICYMI, here are three key areas the Blue Jays need to address this offseason. Being aggressive will be crucial in filling the holes in the roster, especially in the pitching department.

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3 areas the Toronto Blue Jays should focus on this offseason
<p>The Blue Jays may have lost the World Series, but their unbelievable playoff run has set a solid foundation for Toronto to continue building a competitive core for years to come. All this was possi...
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November 12, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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The Blue Jays' season ended in heartbreak this weekend after getting to Game 7 of the World Series. Here's how the last game of the year played out and what the Blue Jays should focus on this offseason.

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Reflecting on Game 7: How the Blue Jays lost a heartbreaker
<p>The Toronto Blue Jays earned their shot at immortality this fall against the defending World Series champions, the Los Angeles Dodgers. The odds have always favoured the Dodgers ever so slightly, b...
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November 3, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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On a spooky Halloween night, the Blue Jays couldn’t get the job done in Game 6. In this series of misfortunes, Toronto faced a nightmare scenario. My thoughts on what happened last night and how the Blue Jays can bounce back.

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How the Blue Jays got to the brink of elimination again
<p>This was supposed to be the end of the road, except it wasn’t. On a chilly and spooky Halloween night, the Blue Jays dropped a pivotal Game 6 matchup to the Los Angeles Dodgers to let go of the ser...
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November 1, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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Game 4 party at Rogers Centre brought in heat and cheers for the Blue Jays playing on the West Coast. Here’s what it was to watch a World Series game with thousands of Blue Jays fans.

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Blue Jays: Inside the Rogers Centre World Series watch parties
<p>Four thousand kilometres away? No problem for the Blue Jays faithful. For Blue Jays fans who couldn’t travel to Los Angeles for the away games during the World Series, they showed up to support the...
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October 29, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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The Blue Jays defied the odds to beat and dominate the Dodgers in the first game of the World Series. Here’s how Toronto won with their “death by thousand cuts” strategy.

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Instant Reaction: Blue Jays thump the Dodgers to take Game 1 of the World Series
<p>Blake Snell, the Los Angeles Dodgers’ de facto ace starter, was on the mound for the first game of the World Series while the Blue Jays were turning to Trey Yesavage to kick things off at the Roger...
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October 25, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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The Blue Jays are heading to the World Series and if you’re bandwagoning, here’s what you need to know about the 2025 Blue Jays.

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Bandwagon Blue Jays fan guide to the 2025 World Series
<p>Word on the street is that the Toronto Blue Jays are having a pretty good season. When no one was expecting Toronto to do many meaningful things entering the 2025 season, the team found ways to str...
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October 22, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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In the postseason so far:

- Jays offense: 4th highest Oct SLG% since 1969

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- Dodgers pitching: 2nd lowest Oct SLG% since 1969

Forget small ball myths. This series is going to come down to whether Toronto bats can keep slugging vs an elite LA rotation.

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The strength-vs-strength battle that will decide the World Series
In the regular season, no team's batters had a lower strikeout rate than the Blue Jays, and no team's pitchers struck out more batters than the Dodgers. Sometimes, the World Series narratives write th...
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October 22, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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The Blue Jays weren’t supposed to be this good. But they have been proving everyone wrong all year long and they weren’t going to stop anytime soon. Here’s how Toronto punched their ticket to the World Series.

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How the Blue Jays punched their ticket to the World Series
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October 22, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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With their season on the line, the Blue Jays played to their strength while capitalizing on the Mariners’ Achilles’ heel. My take on how Toronto came back to fight for another day in the ALCS.

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How the Blue Jays came back from the brink of an ALCS elimination
The story of Achilles was one of the bravest warriors in the Trojan Wa...
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October 20, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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The Blue Jays have done the improbably by climbing out of the 0-2 hole in the ALCS. Here’s how Toronto found its mojo again and is proving everyone wrong once more.

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How the Blue Jays fought to tie up the ALCS
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October 17, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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Game 2 of the ALCS will live in infamy with umpire Doug Eddings’ performance behind the plate. Here’s how managed the calls and how he has impacted the Blue Jays’ games in the past.

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Length is needed from Shane Bieber in pivotal Game 3 amid Blue Jays’ bullpen volatility
Pitching needs to improve for the Toronto Blue Jays to climb out of th...
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October 15, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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With the ALCS starting just now, here's why the Blue Jays have to win at home again.

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Blue Jays need to make home field count again in the ALCS
It all comes down to this - the <a href="https://bluejaysnation.com/">...
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October 13, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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The Blue Jays and the Mariners will face off each other in the ALCS starting tonight. Here are four X-factore that will shape or flip the narrative of this series.

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Blue Jays: Four X-factors that could decide the ALCS
At last, both the <a href="https://bluejaysnation.com/">Toronto Blue J...
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October 12, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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The Blue Jays have pulled off the improbable and punched their ticket to the ALCS. Here’s how Toronto won their way back to the playoffs and how everyone stepped up to play their game.

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How the 2025 Blue Jays found their way to the ALCS
Game 4 in the Bronx. After the <a href="https://bluejaysnation.com/">B...
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October 9, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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The Blue Jays are on their revenge tour to redeem themselves this postseason. Here’s how Toronto took another game from the ALDS before flying to the Bronx and why they shouldn’t feel complacent.

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The Blue Jays’ revenge tour has begun
For the first time in a long time, the <a href="https://bluejaysnation...
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October 6, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Entering the ALDS today, the Blue Jays have no choice but to win with odds quite literally stacked against them. Winning isn’t a choice anymore for this team now — it’s the only path to their success.

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Blue Jays: Why winning is the only option this October
The <a href="https://bluejaysnation.com/">Blue Jays</a> have done the...
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October 4, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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Without the role players on the team, the Blue Jays wouldn’t be where they are now. So here’s how players like Ernie Clement, Nathan Lukes and Myles Straw helped Toronto to punch its ticket to October.

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How Myles Straw, Nathan Lukes, and Ernie Clement have helped the Blue Jays reach October
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October 4, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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Home-field advantage matters in the playoffs and it matters even more for the 2025 Blue Jays that have a record of 50-25 at home so far. Clinching the home field will be crucial this coming week.

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The Blue Jays need home-field advantage this postseason
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September 23, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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The Blue Jays found ways to win against all odds last night and now their assignment is to carry thay grind on. My thoughts on what Toronto’s X factor is.

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The Toronto Blue Jays continue to find ways to win
Heading into the bottom of the ninth inning on Tuesday night, the Blue...
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September 10, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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The Blue Jays will need some help from unlikely teams go secure the best possible outcome for the playoffs in October. Here are four teams in the AL that could help with Toronto’s playoff push.

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4 AL teams that can play spoilers in the Blue Jays’ favour
The <a href="https://bluejaysnation.com/">Blue Jays</a> have oscillate...
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September 9, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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The Blue Jays’ road to the playoffs is only getting difficult from here on out. Here are five hitters that will test Toronto.

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5 opposing hitters that may give the Blue Jays’ pitching staff some trouble in September
The Blue Jays undoubtedly have one of the toughest schedules out of al...
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September 8, 2025 at 2:05 PM