Bluebird Banter (Free subscription) | yesterday
MLB Trade Rumors have a couple of Jay rumors. First they have a link to a Twitter from Ed Price of MLB Fanhouse saying the Jays are about to sign John McDonald for $1.5 million for the 2010 season. A move I really don't understand. As Trade Rumors points out his .258/.271/.384 line from last year includes career highs in slugging average and OPS. I guess if we aren't competing this season we might...
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Fanhouse's Ed Price (via Twitter) has learned that Toronto is "expected" to bring back free agent infielder John McDonald to a deal worth around $1.5MM, in what would likely be a one-year contract. McDonald has been a reserve with the Blue Jays since 2005, and has become a fan favorite in Toronto due to his often-spectacular defense at shortstop. He just completed a two-year/$3.8MM deal with...
Batter's Box Interactive Magazine (Free subscription) | yesterday
Twitter has all the news tonight. Per Jordan Bastian the Jays are close to signing John McDonald to a one year $1.5m contract. Jeff Blair tweets that a baseball guy with another organization said he thinks the Jays are 90% likely to trade Lyle Overbay at the winter meetings. Finally Bastian twitters that the Jays have called on Yorvit Torrealba multiple times and are expected to make an offer. Blair...
Beyond the Boxscore (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Combining a couple of my previous article on UZR projections (now updated with UZR/150 values) and the wOBA to WAR conversion , I have created a spreadsheet to project 2010 WAR values of most FA hitters and determine how much money should be spent for the player's production for a multi-year contract. Here are the 20 top projected free agent position players: Rank Name 2010 Projected WAR Position UZR/150...
Mobile Tech Today (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Just two weeks after Apple iPhone users in Australia reported jailbroken iPhones came under siege by attackers, a new version of the iPhone worm is posing a threat. Symantec reports the new worm targets jailbroken iPhones running SSH that are still using the default password. The worm can reportedly steal data stored on the iPhone as well as connect back to the attacker, giving them control of the...
Blogging Along Tobacco Road (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
I've received a pleasant surprise. Scottish haiku poet, John McDonald, has self-produced a magnificent CD of his poems which arrived in my mailbox last Wednesday. As he does in his books, John first reads each haiku in Scots, then in English. There are three tracks on the CD, one for each of his books, over an hour's worth of John reading his wonderful poems with that superb accent.With John's
MLB Trade Rumors (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
There's no such thing as an offseason- just different kinds of on-seasons. Todd Zolecki of MLB.com believes the Phillies will find a replacement for Eric Bruntlett among John McDonald, Omar Vizquel, Jamey Carroll, Ronnie Belliard and Juan Uribe. According to Scott Olsen, arbitration-eligible member of the Washington Nationals (for now, anyway), his shoulder is now 100 percent. Larry Stone of the Seattle...
Red Reporter (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
by Ben Margot - AP Marco Scutaro and Orlando Cabrera are two shortstop possibilities for the Reds on the free agent market this off-season. View full size photo » As Walt Jocketty spends his time in Chicago, cozying up to the other GMs for a long Winter's nap season of dealing, he appears to have two priorities on his mind : shortstop and catcher. The Reds had reportedly been trying to deal with...
Bluebird Banter (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
There isn't all that much for Blue Jay news this morning, but before I get to what there is: I forgot to check out our World Series predictions right after it ended, likely due to sadness that the Yankees won. Looking back I see that Masterkembo was the only one to guess Yankees in 6. Good job sir. Two more Jays have filed for free agency. Marco Scutaro and John McDonald . I'm sure Barajas will soon...
Batter's Box Interactive Magazine (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Jordan Bastian from bluejays.com reports the Jays have outrighted catcher Kyle Phillips and lefties Davis Romero and Bill Murphy to Las Vegas to make room on the 40-man roster. UPDATE Nov 6-9:52 pm : Shortstops Marco Scutaro and John McDonald have filed for free agency according to bluejays.com . Catcher Rod Barajas has yet to do so. Phillips catching in the bullpen before a September 26th game against...
Fenway West (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Left field is the biggest hole that the Red Sox need to fill this offseason, but there is still the issue at short. Here are the free agent shortstops from MLB Trade Rumors : Orlando Cabrera (35) - Type A, can't be offered arbitration Juan Castro (38) Alex Cora (34) Craig Counsell (39) Bobby Crosby (30) Adam Everett (33) Chris Gomez (39) Alex Gonzalez (32) - $6MM mutual option with a $500K buyout...
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
The Blue Jays would like to re-sign Marco Scutaro, Rod Barajas and John McDonald, but retaining the free agents may not be realistic. GM Alex Anthopoulos told Shi Davidi of the Canadian Press that he's not necessarily bringing them back. "As much as I like John McDonald, Rod Barajas and Marco Scutaro, there might be alternatives that make this organization better and are the right alternatives...
eGMCarTech (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
Jill Lajdziak, who joined General Motors’ Saturn brand before its first car was ever sold, will retire from the company by the end of 2009. Lajdziak, 52, led the Saturn brand through its demise last month. She will take vacation time until her retirement said spokesman John McDonald. In the mean time, GM’s Steve Hill will coordinate [...]
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
The folks at Boulevard Brewing Co. had a good time last week with some self-promoting joshing, and when it comes to Ripple Glass, it’s well deserved. John McDonald, president and founder of the 20-year-old microbrewery on Southwest Boulevard, explained at a news conference the idea leading to the new glass-recycling venture began brewing six years ago after an earlier quest by the company...
AYRSHIRE GOLF (Free subscription) | 10/18/2009
The Ayrshire Youth side made it two wins from two in the West Of Scotland Inter County League on Saturday 17th October when they defeated the Glasgow Youths side by 8 - 2 at Ayr Belleisle. Ayrshire only lost one of the ten ties, with two others being halved, on thier way to victory. Match results were (Ayrshire names first) :- Scott Clark (Ayr Belleisle) beat Craig Haugh (Cathkin Braes) by 3 &...
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habser | 09/27/2009
General Motors has taken back its announcement last week to cancel its annual September truck sale. Calling it a “competitive response” to Ford’s own truck sale, GM spokesman John McDonald revealed that the event will now run from Sept. 25 through Nov. 2.
sherlockgrkem | 09/21/2009
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