👤 Mike Wilner

19 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
19
2026-09-07 – 2026-10-22
Claims per article
29
548 extracted in total
Hedged claims
6%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
3,883
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Writes for Toronto Star.
Hedged claims are ones written with attribution or uncertainty (“reportedly”, “according to”). A higher rate is not a fault: it is often careful sourcing. How these are measured.

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Sports
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JaysTorontoBlue JaysClevelandGuardiansRangersTexasThe Blue Jays

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2026-09-21 · Toronto Star · Sports
Blue Jays' AL wild-card tiebreakers, schedules: Trey Yesavage to start Monday vs. Orioles
2 outlets covered this event
2026-10-22 · Toronto Star · Sports
Listen: Former Blue Jays preview the 2026 World Series — Rays vs. Brewers
no other outlet in the corpus covered this
2026-10-14 · Toronto Star · Sports
Five Blue Jays are up for gold gloves after a lost season with suspect defence. Could they win?
no other outlet in the corpus covered this
2026-10-11 · Toronto Star · Sports
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has laser eye surgery after his worst season at the plate. That's a good first step
no other outlet in the corpus covered this
2026-10-09 · Toronto Star · Sports
While MLB pitches a shorter season and playoff tweaks, there's one reason to think 2027 can be saved
no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans strongly left
2026-10-04 · Toronto Star · Sports
We asked the Blue Jays to vote for their own season awards — and one player made history
no other outlet in the corpus covered this

What they said would happen

2026-09-07 · Toronto Star
AL wild-card chase: Blue Jays visit A’s with Guardians 1 game up
🔮 The playoff picture could become clearer or a lot more muddy with the Guardians heading out on a six-game trip through Baltimore and Minnesota. assertive
2026-09-08 · Toronto Star
AL wild-card schedules and tiebreakers: Blue Jays blow chance to climb back in to playoff spot as race tightens
🔮 Smith, Keys might fit in the left-field picture, too. assertive
2026-09-15 · Toronto Star
Blue Jays' AL wild-card tiebreakers, schedules: Braydon Fisher to start bullpen game vs. Detroit. Who's next?
🔮 Braydon Fisher will serve as the opener for Toronto on Tuesday in a bullpen game in which Michael Lorenzen is expected to get the bulk of the work. assertive
2026-09-15 · Toronto Star
Blue Jays vs. Tigers: Jose Soriano had a no-hitter for Toronto after 6 innings. Then the wheels fell off
🔮 As much as they went back and forth in the late going, the Jays could have done themselves a big favour by cashing in on their boatload of early opportunities against Detroit starter Troy Melton. assertive
2026-09-17 · Toronto Star
Blue Jays’ AL wild-card tiebreakers, schedules: Toronto gets back on track and has a new team to chase
🔮 The Sox will go with swingman Erick Fedde. assertive
2026-09-18 · Toronto Star
Blue Jays' AL wild-card tiebreakers, schedules: Toronto chasing Cleveland again with 9 games left
🔮 Texas could have moved into first place in the AL West with a win and a Houston loss to Kansas City, but the Astros did not comply, beating the Royals 6-2 on the strength of five home runs, including Yordan Alvarez’s 40th and Daulton Varsho’s 12th. assertive
2026-09-19 · Toronto Star
Blue Jays' AL wild-card tiebreakers, schedules: Toronto in deep trouble and running out of runway
🔮 The Tigers will counter with one-time top prospect Jackson Jobe, who is making his eighth start of the season after returning from Tommy John surgery. assertive
2026-09-20 · Toronto Star
Blue Jays' AL wild-card tiebreakers, schedules: Toronto will need a whole lot of help to make playoffs
🔮 It hasn’t been pretty down in Texas, and the Blue Jays may have reached the point in their season where they not only can’t afford to lose but are also going to need a whole lot of help to sneak into the final wild-card spot in the American League. assertive
2026-09-21 · Toronto Star
Blue Jays' AL wild-card tiebreakers, schedules: Trey Yesavage to start Monday vs. Orioles
🔮 Toronto will be in Baltimore for one of only three games on the big-league schedule Monday and will welcome Trey Yesavage back to the starting rotation. assertive
2026-09-23 · Toronto Star
'Tis but a scratch': How the Blue Jays refused to give up on the season
🔮 While they overcame all those injuries enough to not only move back into the playoff race, but take charge of it for a heartbeat, a pitching rotation held together with spit and chicken wire — combined with the second-worst offence in the majors — could only take so much. assertive
2026-09-26 · Toronto Star
Why the Blue Jays' magic ran out: Seven reasons why this season went off the rails
🔮 That had a lot to do with the fact that the other teams in the race were all so horribly mediocre, but it provided hope that the sequel to a magical season that went all the way to Game 7 of the World Series might somehow last into October. assertive
2026-09-27 · Toronto Star
The greatest Blue Jays slugger is an overlooked giant in franchise history
🔮 The Jays would score twice more that inning for a 10-8 win. assertive
2026-09-30 · Toronto Star
Blue Jays GM Ross Atkins says Ernie Clement has 'got to earn' everyday role in 2027
🔮 Two years ago, when the Blue Jays finished last in the American League East after back-to-back playoff appearances, there was sombre reflection from president Mark Shapiro at his end-of-season post-mortem with the media and a promise that the baseball operations department would improve. assertive
2026-10-04 · Toronto Star
We asked the Blue Jays to vote for their own season awards — and one player made history
🔮 The Blue Jays may have finished their season on a high note, with heartwarming emotional displays from George Springer and Max Scherzer, but the story of 2026 was frustration and disappointment more than anything else. assertive
2026-10-09 · Toronto Star
While MLB pitches a shorter season and playoff tweaks, there's one reason to think 2027 can be saved
🔮 With the league championship series set to begin in Milwaukee on Sunday and St. Petersburg, Fla. on Monday, Major League Baseball is working behind the scenes to prepare teams for an off-season shutdown. assertive
2026-10-11 · Toronto Star
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has laser eye surgery after his worst season at the plate. That's a good first step
🔮 Guerrero had a slash line of .246/.301/.347 after getting hit by a pitch on May 24, a fastball that he thought broke his elbow at the time, and he dealt with back and knee problems all season. assertive
2026-10-15 · Toronto Star
Five Blue Jays are up for gold gloves after a lost season with suspect defence. Could they win?
🔮 Gold glove selections used to be reputation based, voted on solely by big-league managers who might only see a player six or seven times in a season. assertive
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