Raptors draft: 3 switchable prospects Masai Ujiri will love

Masai Ujiri and the Toronto Raptors have adhered to a very strict philosophy in the last decade of drafting. Most of their NBA Draft picks have been made off the notion that drafting the best athlete possible was a more effective use of their resources than drafting someone for immediate need. While many mock drafters […]
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Author: Mike Luciano / Raptors HQ

Toronto Raptors: Top 20 No. 13 overall picks in NBA Draft history

The Toronto Raptors have been handed the No. 13 pick in the 2023 NBA Draft. With the Raptors fresh off a very disappointing season, some fans might be a bit disappointed that Toronto has to pick so late in the draft with a generational prospect at the top of the order. However, as history has […]
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Author: Mike Luciano / Raptors HQ

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José Berríos tosses another quality start as the Blue Jays edge out the Mets

The bats may not have made the trip to New York but the pitchers have certainly stepped up.

After a 3-0 win in the series-opener on Friday, the Blue Jays clinched their series at Citi Field with the Mets with a 2-1 win on Saturday. They’ll send Yusei Kikuchi to the mound on Sunday looking for the sweep.
Things worth mentioning…

José Berríos put together another quality start for the Blue Jays, as he scattered one earned run on four hits and three walks over six innings of work. He had a couple of rocky starts to kick off the season in Kansas City and Anaheim, but, since then, Berríos has settled nicely into a groove with quality starts in six of his last nine outings. It’s safe to say the workhorse the Blue Jays traded for in the summer of 2021 is back.
Jordan Romano wasn’t available in this game but the bullpen still got the job done without much trouble. Trevor Richards pitched a scoreless seventh, Nate Pearson tossed a clean frame in the eighth, and Erik Swanson came in for the ninth to record his first save as a Blue Jay.
This wasn’t a banner day offensively for the Blue Jays but they managed to scrape two runs across the plate, which is all they need …

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Author: Cam Lewis / Blue Jays Nation

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Raptors news: Sergio Scariolo favorite for Raps job, Nick Nurse, Steve Nash

The Toronto Raptors have seen the Milwaukee Bucks and Philadelphia 76ers hire two of their former coaches in Adrian Griffin and Nick Nurse, respectively. Their own coaching search features names like Sergio Scariolo, Jordi Fernandez, and Steve Nash, yet minimal progress has been made. If the Raptors want to make an internal hire, their best […]
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Author: Mike Luciano / Raptors HQ

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Blue Jays kick off series in Minnesota with 3-1 win

Sure is nice to have a break from the AL East.
Bo Bichette and Kevin Kiermaier homered in the third inning, and Kevin Gausman and the bullpen got the job done collectively as the Blue Jays defeated the Twins in the first game of the weekend series 3-1.
The Jays were 1-for-7 with RISP, but the Twins were almost equally as bad going 1-for-9 themselves. Gausman didn’t have his best start, but even his OK starts are valuable enough to contribute to a win.
Blue Jays Nation’s Player of the Game: Bo Bichette
The MLB leader in hits added two more on to his total tonight, going 2-for-4 with a two-run home run and a single. Bichette is the first Blue Jay to reach 10 home runs, and he was the only Blue Jay tonight to have a hit with a runner in scoring position.
Things worth mentioning
Winning is a good feeling and I don’t want to stray away from the team’s success tonight, but there were a couple of costly base running mistakes that, thankfully, did not bite them in the behind tonight. One of them came right off the bat. George Springer hit a leadoff double in the opening frame, and was moved over to third on a Bichette flyout. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. grounded a ba …

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Author: Evan Stack / Blue Jays Nation

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The case for running it back with the Toronto Maple Leafs’ core

I feel like I have the luxury of fresh eyes on the Leafs situation. I’ve been away all weekend and didn’t witness the highs and lows of Game 5, I’ve been able to sit out the hastily crafted “this group can’t win together” diatribes, and now I get to come in fresh just as the locker room cleanout day sound clips will infuriate everyone listening to the point of wanting to blow up the team and put P.A. Parenteau back on the top line. The Leafs do frustration very well. Maybe we can make them a trophy for that.
Until that happens, I’m here to weigh-in on what will be one of the most insufferable debates of the summer, or at least up until the draft, and that is what the Leafs should do with their core.
For my purposes, I’m including Morgan Rielly in the core. He is in every way except not being a forward and he’s practically that too, so when talking about what the Leafs should or shouldn’t do here it’s about Matthews, Marner, Tavares, Nylander, and Rielly. That’s not to be disrespectful to T.J. Brodie or Ilya Samsonov who clearly play major and important roles on the Leafs as well, but Bro …

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Author: Jon Steitzer / The Leafs Nation

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Raptors news: Sergio Scariolo interviewed, JJ Redick gets strong support

Now that the Toronto Raptors have interviewed JJ Redick for their head coaching vacancy, any possible hire could be on the table. This may include poaching a top European coach in Sergio Scariolo. Sergio Scariolo, who served as a Raptors assistant under Nurse before going back to the European coaching ranks, was interviewed by the […]
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Author: Mike Luciano / Raptors HQ

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Pros and Cons of Raptors hiring JJ Redick as head coach

The Toronto Raptors have been interviewing plenty of proven head coaches and top-end assistants in their quest to find a replacement for Nick Nurse. They have also made one of the more puzzling interview requests we had seen in quite some time when they asked to talk to JJ Redick. Redick, who is currently a […]
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Author: Mike Luciano / Raptors HQ

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Raptors news: OG Anunoby makes All-Defensive, top recruit work out

The Toronto Raptors have long held one of the league’s best-kept secrets under their nose, as OG Anunoby has been consistently underrated by the powers that be in the NBA. His defensive skills are elite, yet names like Matisse Thybulle got more All-Defensive Team love than him. Anunoby was putting together an excellent season last […]
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Author: Mike Luciano / Raptors HQ

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Boston completes the sweep of Toronto with a dominant 11-4 win

The Blue Jays straight up did not have a good time in Boston!
This four-game set against the Red Sox went about as bad as it could have gone, as Boston completed a dominant sweep of Toronto with a 11-5 win tonight. Boston had this game in hand from the very beginning, highlighted by a 5-run second inning that was a nightmare for Blue Jays starter Kevin Gausman. This loss also exceeds the loss total against the Red Sox from all of last season.
Blue Jays Nation’s Player of the Game: Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
Vladdy had his third consecutive two-hit game going 2-for-4 with two RBIs, including a towering solo home run and a RBI double. His home run went 403 feet and was hit 108 miles off the bat, and it tied Bo Bichette for the team lead in home runs with 7.

After his 450-footer over the Green Monster earlier in this series, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit this one 441.
Here’s some real footage of a good thing happening to the #BlueJays today: pic.twitter.com/rUhzT2oeUX
— Keegan Matheson (@KeeganMatheson) May 4, 2023

Things worth mentioning:
Kevin Gausman: There was a lot of confidence heading into today’s game, as sending Gausman to the hill when the team needed a win sounded like a good situation to be in. Gausman had thrown 14 straight scoreless innings heading into this game in wins over the Yankees and the Mariners, and had just set a career-high in strikeouts in the latter outing.
Conversely, things simply did not go well for him much at all tonight. The scoreless innings streak was snapped right away as Gausman allowed a home run from Mas …

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Author: Evan Stack / Blue Jays Nation

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