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SB Nation's Network Producer Program has a new partner: the Back In Blue Network. Back in Blue was created less than a year ago by Toronto Blue Jays fans Brad James (@BradJames41), who edits and...

In this first part of a two-part series, Noah Sherman uses theory from "The Book" by Tom Tango et al. to explain how optimizing lineup order can help baseball teams win more games and maybe even capture the pennant.

The Toronto Blue Jays will play their first real game of the season on April 5th against the Cleveland Indians. Can you predict who will deliver the Jays' First Hit of the 2012 season?

The Blue Jays have made 13 trades so far in 2011, the most in franchise history for any calendar year. How have the annual number of trades and free agent signings changed since 1976?