2019 Toronto Blue Jays (est. 2019)
 

And new season. I new OOTP. A new Dynasty.

Because that is how I roll.

It is a little different than the real Opening Day Blue Jays - no Kendrys Morales trade for one.




...and the game froze. Apparently there are rules about who can be on my DSL team. I have no idea what they are because the screen went black and pressing okay on the warning message does nothing.

TRADE

The Mariners came sniffing around Tim Mayza, offering Tim Beckham (and asking us to throw in Vlad Guerrero Jr., of course.)

While that was clearly not going to happen, we worked out a trade that made more sense.

To MARINERS

Tim Mayza
Miguel Hiraldo
Andres Sotillo

To BLUE JAYS

J.P. Crawford
Luis Liberato
Jake Fraley
Penn Murfee
Wyatt Mills

Owner Edward S. Rogers III just told me that he expects us to at least reach the playoffs.


HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!

With that out of my system... the experts are a little more reasonable, though still overly optimistic. They put the Jays at 80-82, for 4th in the AL East.

They have the divisions being won by Boston, Cleveland, and Houston with Tampa Bay and New York as Wild Cards.

For the NL it is Washington, St.Louis, and Los Angeles, with New York and Philadelphia as Wild Cards.

OPENING DAY ROSTER

ROTATION

Marcus Stroman
Aaron Sanchez
Trent Thornton
Clayton Richard
Matt Shoemaker

BULLPEN

Ken Giles
Bud Norris
Wyatt Mills
David Paulino
Joe Biagini
Danny Barnes
Clay Buchholz

LINE-UP

LF - Billy McKinney
DH - Kendrys Morales
1B - Justin Smoak
RF - Randall Grichuk
C - Danny Jansen
2B - Lourdes Gurriel
CF - Kevin Pillar
SS - Freddy Galvis
3B - Brandon Drury

BENCH

C - Luke Maile
IF - Gunnar Heidt
IF - J.P. Crawford
OF - Teoscar Hernandez

March 28th, 2019

Opening Day involved a Grand Slam by Miguel Cabrera as the Tigers beat the Blue Jays 6-2.

Kendrys Morales homered for Toronto.

WP - Matt Boyd (1-0)
LP - Marcus Stroman (0-1)

Record - 0-1

March 29th, 2019

Aaron Sanchez was sharp with a 6-inning quality start but it was for nought as the Jays fell 4-2 to the Tigers.

WP - Buck Farmer (1-0)
Save - Joe Jimenez (1)
LP - Aaron Sanchez (0-1)

Record - 0-2

March 30th, 2019

The Blue Jays got out to an early lead before letting most of it slip away. This time they were able to hold on, though, and they beat the Tigers 6-5,

Randall Grichuk and Justin Smoak homered.

WP - Trent Thornton (1-0)
Save - Ken Giles (1)
LP - Daniel Norris (0-1)

Record - 1-2

March 31st, 2019

The good news: The Blue Jays crushed the Tigers 13-3 behind a big nday by Lourdes Gurriel, including a home run, and a grand slam by Brandon Drury.

The bad news: Clayton Richard and Joe Biagini both left the game with arm issues. Neither is considered very serious, but Richard's next start may have to be pushed back and the bullpen is a little taxed now.

WP - Clay Buchholz (1-0)
LP - Matt Moore (0-1)

Record - 2-2

Sent to AAA: Wyatt Mills, Teoscar Hernandez

Called Up: Matt Dermody, Vladimir Guerrero Jr.

The time has come.

April 1st, 2019

Danny Jansen hit a walk-off RBI double to send the Blue Jays to a 4-3 win over the Orioles.

Lourdes Gurriel and Justin Smoak homered for Toronto.

WP - Matt Dermody (1-0)
LP - Tanner Scott (0-1)

Record - 3-2

April 2nd, 2019

Marcus Stroman was on fire! He struck out 10 on the way to a 6-0 shut out of the Orioles!

It was also a big day for Vladimir Guerrero. He made his debut yesterday, but today he went 3 for 5 with 3 RBI and 2 runs scored.

WP - Marcus Stroman (1-1)
LP - Dean Kremer (0-1)

Record - 4-2

April 3rd, 2019

The Jays fell 6-4 to the Orioles. Danny Jansen committed two throwing errors.

WP - Jed Bradley (1-1)
Save - Tanner Scott (2)
LP - Aaron Sanchez (0-2)

Record - 4-3

April 4th, 2019

Mike Clevinger stymied the Jays as the fell 2-1 to the Spiders.

Vladimir Guerrero went 3 for 4.

WP - Mike Clevinger (1-0)
Save - Brad Hand (3)
LP - Trent Thornton (1-1)

Record - 4-4

April 5th, 2019

The game has a rain delay of over an hour but the result was the same as yesterday, with the Blue Jays losing by one. Today the Spiders won 3-2.

WP - Tyler Olson (1-0)
Save - Jon Edwards (1)
LP - David Paulino (0-1)

Record - 4-5

TRADE

To WHITE SOX

Teoscar Hernandez
Clay Buchholz
Troy Squires
Christopher Bec
Kyle Weatherly

To BLUE JAYS

Daniel Palka (CWS retains full salary)
Jake Burger
Micker Adolfo
Joel Booker
Zack Burdi

Burdi is the real prize here. Top prospect.


Ryan Tepera is activated from the D.L.
(As is Dalton Pompey, but he is placed on waivers.)

Palka joins the Jays. Gunnar Heidt is sent to AA.

April 6th, 2019

The Blue Jays got seriously thumped today. They scored some late but still fell 11-4 to the Spiders.

WP - Carlos Carrasco (2-0)
LP - Clayton Richard (0-1)

Record - 4-6

April 7th, 2019

Billy McKinney knocked in three as the Jays beat the Spiders 6-4.

Lourdes Gurriel Jr. homered for Toronto.

WP - Matt Shoemaker (1-0)
Save - Ken Giles (2)
LP - Jon Edwards (0-1)

Record - 5-6

Anderson Hernandez signed a minor league contract.

Players of the Week: Jose Abreu, White Sox & Matt Carpenter, Cardinals

The Blue Jays fell to #18 on the Weekly Power Rankings.

April 9th, 2019

The game in Boston was rained out. The 11th is now a double header.