Batter's Box Interactive Magazine (Free subscription) | yesterday
It's almost as fun as this game show . I assure you, this is the last Monty Python reference. No, it isn't! Yes it is! I could be arguing in my spare time! Anyways, the Lady of the Lake, her arm clad in the purest shimmering silmite held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water, signifying by divine providence that the man known as J.M. was to carry Excalibur. THAT is why he is the MVP. Sure, you...
Bluebird Banter (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
As a start towards re-doing our prospect list I thought we'd take a look at the guys on our current list and see which ones improved their status with the team and which ones likely dropped back or right off the prospect list. Then we can start looking at who should be on the new list. This is part two, players from 11-20 on our list. 11. Marc Rzepczynski . As you likely know Scrabble started the year...
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...
Batter's Box Interactive Magazine (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
To complete the minor league week here on Batters Box let's look at the movement in the top 30 lists from 2008 to 2009. Five players graduated to the major leagues, replaced by five players who are new to the organization since last season. Thirteen players dropped off the list from 2008 and thirteen players made it on to the lists despite being overlooked last year. Graduates: Travis Snider, #1 in...
Bluebird Banter (Free subscription) | 10/04/2009
More photos » by Gail Burton - AP Cito is wondering if someone can take these knives out of his back. (AP Photo/Gail Burton) Browse more photos » Blue Jays 3 Orioles 6 For the second day in a row a long interesting day for the Jays ends with an uninteresting loss, but let's waste a few words talking about it. For the first time in a while we didn't hit a homer. We had 8 hits on the day,...
Bluebird Banter (Free subscription) | 10/04/2009
Yesterday's game was some kind of ugly, though I enjoyed watching the Twins come within 1 game of the Tigers - the Central is an exciting division. Tonight, Scott Richmond pitches for the corvids while former Jay Mark Hendrickson goes for the icteridae in the battle for Passeriformes supremacy (at least in the AL, the Cardinals pretty clearly reign supreme in all of baseball. I won't be around for...
Camden Chat (Free subscription) | 10/03/2009
Time to stop calling him New Aubrey. Michael Aubrey owned the game tonight, hitting two home run, a 2 run shot and his first career grand slam . And he continues to rock the awesome high socks. He's held his own with the bat and he plays a heck of a first base. Per FanGraphs he's accumulated a WAR of 0.2 in his 28 games (not including tonight). In 110 games with the Orioles this year, the Original...
Over the Monster (Free subscription) | 10/01/2009
by Elise Amendola - AP about 21 hours ago: Boston Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon gestures an apology to Toronto Blue Jays' Adam Lind after he hit him with a pitch in the ninth inning of a baseball game at Fenway Park in Boston, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009.The Blue Jays won 8-7. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola) View full size photo uploaded September 30, 2009 We've clinched! Now do these games really matter?...
Bluebird Banter (Free subscription) | 09/29/2009
More photos » by Charles Krupa - AP about 4 hours ago: Members of the grounds crew position a tarp across the infield during a heavy rainfall at Fenway Park during the seventh inning of a baseball game between the Boston Red Sox and the Toronto Blue Jays in Boston, Monday, Sept. 28, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) Browse more photos » Blue Jays 11 Red Sox 5 (7 innings) Rain shortened games...
Bluebird Banter (Free subscription) | 09/29/2009
Hi everyone. Hope things are going well. The Jays, having concluded the Canadian portion of our programme, will finish the year on the road. Scott Richmond and Michael Bowden will face off, Bowden making his first start of the year. Today's title comes from a Jonathan Richman song and a great one. Almost makes me not hate the Red Sox. Almost. Lineup Toronto Blue Jays @ Boston Red Sox 09/28/09 7:10...
The Joy of Sox (Free subscription) | 09/28/2009
Scott Richmond (5.32, 82 ERA+) / Josh Beckett (3,78, 125 ERA+) Beckett and Richmond faced each other at Fenway on August 28 , pitching only five innings each. Boston won the game 6-5. Boston can clinch the Wild Card if they win tonight and the Angels beat the Rangers in Anaheim ( 10 PM ).
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...
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 09/24/2009
Scott Richmond earned his first win in nearly three months on Wednesday, as the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Baltimore Orioles 6-3 to earn a three-game sweep.
Bluebird Banter (Free subscription) | 09/24/2009
More photos » by Darren Calabrese - AP about 3 hours ago: Toronto Blue Jays' Edwin Encarnacion, left, and Rod Barajas celebrate after Encarnacion scored on a hit by Lyle Overbay during the second inning of a baseball game in Toronto on Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Darren Calabrese) Browse more photos » Orioles 3 Blue Jays 7 A very fun game and fun series. Nice...
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