spincitydotorg (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
The 2010 Toronto Blue Jays: Welcome to Tank Nation. I agree with virtually everything they say, with the exception of the Tallet comments. I developed a fondness for Brian Tallet last year. Must be the ’stache.
Bluebird Banter (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
We have 10 players who are eligible for arbitration this off season. Shawn Marcum, Dustin McGowan , Brandon League , Jose Bautista , Jason Frasor , Jeremy Accardo , Brian Tallet , Shawn Camp , Casey Janssen and Raul Chavez . If you are Alex Anthopoulos , which ones do you offer arbitration to, which ones do you negotiate with and which ones do you let walk away? The Jays, in JP's time never actually...
Bluebird Banter (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
Part three of our look at the Bill James Player Projections for our Blue Jay players, this time we look at the pitchers. Part one is here and part two is here . These come from the Bill James Handbook , that will come out soon from ACTA Sports . Roy Halladay 33 Starts, 240 IP, 179 K, 17-10, 3.23 ERA They are expecting him to have basically the same season as this one. A slightly higher ERA than this...
Mopupduty.com (Free subscription) | 09/29/2009
Don’t get me wrong. I like what Mr. Tallet brings to the club. Well, mostly the porn star moustache. In my mind he did a decent job in his injury replacement starter duty and mid-inning relief. Yet Fan Graphs estimate his ’salary’ value to the Jays to be worth $8.2 million in 2009. This would put [...]
Bluebird Banter (Free subscription) | 09/28/2009
Mike Wilner, on the weekend, put out his 'plan' to 'save the Jays'. Actually it was his second suggested plan, on the theory that the Jays were going to raise the payroll to $120 million. This one is very trade heavy, trading off a bunch of pitchers (and Travis Snider ) for Felix Hernandez , Prince Fielder and a bunch of other guys. I always find suggesting trades is a tough thing because as a Jay's...
Bluebird Banter (Free subscription) | 09/27/2009
More photos » by Darren Calabrese - AP about 3 hours ago: From left to right, Toronto Blue Jays' John McDonald, Travis Snider, Jose Bautista, Aaron Hill and Vernon Wells celebrate their 5-4 win over the Seattle Mariners during AL baseball game action in Toronto on Sunday, Sept. 27, 2009. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press,Darren Calabrese) Browse more photos » Mariners 4 Blue Jays 5 I don't understand...
Bluebird Banter (Free subscription) | 09/27/2009
The last home game of the season, so since we've been going with George Harrison songs lately, I thought one of my favorites works for it, All Things Must Pass is a song you can play at my funeral. Everything has a ending. Anyway, todays game has Brian Tallet starting for the Jays and Ryan Rowland-Smith going for the M's. Unfortunately Smith is a lefty so....well let's lok at the lineup: Lineup Seattle...
Bluebird Banter (Free subscription) | 09/23/2009
More photos » by Darren Calabrese - AP about 3 hours ago: Toronto Blue Jays shortstop John McDonald fields a chopper to throw out Baltimore Orioles' Lou Montanez during the fourth inning of a baseball game in Toronto on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2009. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Darren Calabrese) Browse more photos » Orioles 5 Blue Jays 6 (11 innings) Winning is nice, come back wins are even...
Camden Chat (Free subscription) | 09/23/2009
by Kevin Rivoli - AP Hall of Famer Brooks Robinson bats during the first inning of the Baseball Hall of Fame Classic in Cooperstown, N.Y., Sunday, June 21, 2009. No, this picture doesn't have anything to do with tonight's game. But I like it. (AP Photo/Kevin Rivoli) View full size photo uploaded September 22, 2009 Mark Hendrickson will impersonate a starting pitcher. Nick Markakis will look cool. Matt...
Batter's Box Interactive Magazine (Free subscription) | 09/22/2009
As the 2009 season winds down to its depressing conclusion the only possible cure is to focus on 2010 and look for positive signs. It goes without saying that the Jays need to do what we, the knowledgable fans, think they should do. So let's try and see if Batters Box can use the wisdom of our crowd to come up with a prioritized to-do list for the 2010 team. All of you are invited to submit your top...
Bluebird Banter (Free subscription) | 09/21/2009
It is Danny Cox 50th birthday today. Danny came into the majors with the St. Louis Cardinals , playing for them for the first 6 years of his career. He had a couple of terrific seasons as a starting pitcher for them, going 18-9 with a 2.88 ERA in 1985 and then 12-13 with a 2.90 ERA in 1986, but he threw 461 innings between the two seasons. Unsurprisingly, that number of innings led to elbow troubles...
Bluebird Banter (Free subscription) | 09/18/2009
Hi everyone. Before we update our top prospects list, let's take a broader view at what has been going on among the Jays' minor-league affiliates this season. Part I will focus on the lower-level affiliates, Part II on the teams closer to the majors. Gulf Coast League Blue Jays : The GCL Jays played slightly above .500 ball this season and did so with a number of 2009 draftees and other very young...
Bluebird Banter (Free subscription) | 09/17/2009
I suppose there should be some righteous indignation that Jesse Carlson got the same 3 day suspension as Jorge Posada and yeah it is stupid that they both get the same. But then I'm not sad that Carlson gets 3 days, well actually 4 days off with this off day. Carlson was being used every day, he has been great but over work would hurt at some point and it isn't that bad that Cito has to learn to use...
Lone Star Ball (Free subscription) | 09/17/2009
More photos » by Tony Gutierrez - AP 15 days ago: Texas Rangers' Josh Hamilton runs the bases after hitting a solo home run off of Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher Brian Tallet in the fourth inning of the second game of a baseball doubleheader, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2009, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez) Browse more photos » Oh, the irony. All these years where we've lamented,...
Bluebird Banter (Free subscription) | 09/17/2009
More photos » by Kathy Willens - AP I know Hideki Matsui's just doing his job, but why does he have to do it so well against the Jays? This was his sixth homerun and he hit .373 / .439 / .745 against us this season. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens) Browse more photos » Yankees 5 Blue Jays 4 Well, the Yankees took an early lead off Brian Tallet when they scored two runs in the first inning, off...
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