Bluebird Banter (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
Jordan Bastian shared a few comments from Alex Anthopoulos about some of our injured pitchers on twitter: Shawn Marcum is healthy, ready to go and might be cleared to take a full workload next season. Jesse Litsch will be out till July. They are unsure about Dustin McGowan , he was shut down in October. The Jays are looking to pick someone up in the Rule 5 Draft. They have 11th pick. The 40-man roster...
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...
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...
Batter's Box Interactive Magazine (Free subscription) | 09/24/2009
The great Dave Till took care of this for us, year after year. I don't have Dave's fine sense of the classroom (it's been a while since I was actually in one, you know) but I'll do what I can. Something to do while I wait hopefully for Jim Balsillie to give up on his NHL dream (they don't want you, Jim, can't you see?) and turn his attention to baseball. Here's what the grades mean to me: A - Outstanding...
Sliding Into Home (Free subscription) | 09/03/2009
Yankees vs. Blue Jays Rogers Centre (4 games) This won't be a full preview, just the pitching matchup and injury reports. Sorry, I'm a little busy at the moment. All the Yankees have to do is keep doing what they done since Alex Rodriguez got back in May, and that's win. The Blue Jays stink, and have laid down to the Red Sox twice in the past two weeks. Hopefully they do the same this weekend against...
A Pack A Day (Free subscription) | 08/22/2009
Another 6-card pack from the infamous repack. Shaun Marcum Eric Hinske Cliff Floyd - Don't call him Cornelius. Even if he signs his contracts that way. Papelbon--Generation Now - Worst insert set ever. Jesse Litsch Alex Rodriguez--2007 AL All-Star - As time goes on, I find it harder and harder to believe that one of the greatest players of all time is one of the most under-appreciated. I actually kind...
Bluebird Banter (Free subscription) | 07/16/2009
More photos » by Paul Battaglia - AP Get well soon, Jesse. (AP Photo/Paul Battaglia) Browse more photos » Hey all, this is part two of our two-part series on who is at fault for the long-term injuries we've seen to four MLB-ready starters since the Spring of 2008. In part one we looked at Dustin McGowan and Casey Janssen , our two pitchers recovering from labrum surgery. Today we'll look...
Bluebird Banter (Free subscription) | 07/14/2009
More photos » by Matt Slocum - AP Get Well Soon, Casey! Good luck with your rehab start tonight. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum) Browse more photos » There has been a lot of discussion on the site recently about all of the pitching injuries the Blue Jays have sustained recently, so I thought it might be interesting to take a look at what could be causing them. In one of the comments to a recent...
The Vortex (Free subscription) | 07/07/2009
Shaun Marcum might be the next man to join the unbelievable list below of Blue Rays to start a game this season. Yesterday Marcum pitched three innings at Single A Dunedin striking out one and giving up just two hits. Roy Halladay Ricky Romero Brian Tallet Scott Richmond Brett Cecil Brad Mills Casey Janssen Robert Ray Jesse Litsch David Purcey Brian Burress Marc Rzepczynski makes his Major League debut...
Bluebird Banter (Free subscription) | 06/25/2009
More photos » by Darren Calabrese - AP Think Bronson would pitch better if he didn't kick himself in the head during his wind up? (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Darren Calabrese) Browse more photos » Reds 2 Blue Jays 8 That was a great first inning. 3 homers, 5 runs and the game was pretty much over. Aaron Hill , Vernon Wells and Adam Lind went deep. Vernon had a great day at the plate with...
TheSportsWatchers.com (Free subscription) | 06/18/2009
The Toronto Blue Jays Roy Halladay is on the 15-day DL. His stint on the DL is retroactive to June 13, thus he will be active to play on June 18, 2009. The injury to Halladay is said to be a right groin strain (not very different from that of Raul Ibanez). This is just the latest of injuries to the Blue Jays pitching staff that has already lost Ricky Romero, BJ Ryan and Jesse Litsch. And Scott Downs...
Batter's Box Interactive Magazine (Free subscription) | 06/18/2009
So... where exactly does the Blue Jays pitching stand at the moment? Why don't we investigate. Well the Blue Jays injury parade continues. Doc left his last start with a groin injury and will be put on the 15-day DL, Casey Janssen just got put on the 15 day disabled list with inflamation in his left shoulder, Jesse Litsch underwent season ending Tommy John Surgery and Scott Downs came up limp running...
Babes Love Baseball (Free subscription) | 06/18/2009
Scott Richmond absolutely lit up the Philadelphia Phillies Wednesday night. The 29-year-old rookie struck out a career-high 11 over eight innings and got some hefty run support from his Toronto Blue Jays for a 7-1 win. Richmond surrendered just five hits and retired his last 13 batters, which is a nice turn-around after going 0-3 with a 5.81 ERA over his previous five starts. The righty’s former...
Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | 06/17/2009
TORONTO, June 17 (UPI) -- The Toronto Blue Jays have placed right hander Casey Janssen on the 15-day disabled list with inflammation in his surgically repaired throwing shoulder. The move is retroactive to June 14. The team recalled southpaw Brad Mills to replace Janssen to make his major league debut Thursday at Philadelphia. Janssen missed the entire 2008 season while rehabbing a torn labrum that...
Batter's Box Interactive Magazine (Free subscription) | 06/15/2009
Hey, kids! It's Data Table Time! Back in November 2006, Sports Illustrated's Tom Verducci wrote a column identifying a group of young pitchers he expected would struggle in the coming season. What concerned him was something he called the "Year-After Effect:" It's based on a general rule of thumb among executives and pitching coaches: young pitchers should not have their innings workload...
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