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Blue Jays' plan for Lourdes Gurriel Jr. unclear following triple-A demotion

Jeff Blair

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As host of the popular weekday morning program, The Jeff Blair Show, Blair brings Sportsnet 590 The FAN listeners up-to-date with the latest sports news and tackles the biggest questions of the day. Blair also serves as a leading Sportsnet baseball analyst, and acts as co-host of Baseball Central alongside Kevin Barker.

Magic carry quiet confidence to Game 1 win over Raptors

There was a quiet confidence about this Orlando Magic group going into this series. And it showed in their Game 1 win over the Toronto Raptors.

Three areas of concern facing Maple Leafs against Bruins

Onus is on Blue Jays fans to give Grichuk time to live up to new deal

Nobody said replacing Superman would be easy, but Randal Grichuk couldn’t have done much more than he did for the Blue Jays Wednesday. All that was missing was an acrobatic catch.

Maple Leafs owe Tavares better effort in second trip to Long Island

The Toronto Maple Leafs should look to ditch the too cool for school detachment and try to get some level of revenge for John Tavares with another date with the New York Islanders in Long Island.

Jansen passes first test with flying colours, with plenty more to come

MLBPA just another union currently being crushed by technology

Free agency used to be viewed as a right. But as Jeff Blair explains, for many players it’s now a nuisance.

Blue Jays made logical decision with increase in minor-league pay

Blue Jays vice-president of baseball operations Ben Cherington sees the team's unilateral decision to give minor-league players a 50 per-cent pay increase as something beyond simply “doing the right thing,” although sometimes that alone is reason enough to enact change.

Montoyo's faith in Blue Jays' Travis unfazed despite latest injury

Blue Jays still seeking solutions for regular lead-off spot

And so it continues – the search for a lead-off hitter that goes all the way back to Ben Revere striking out against Wade Davis in Game 6 of the 2015 American League Championship Series.