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June 20th – CF Adam Duvall(24, 2/2.5*, .258-2-6 .771OPS 0.5WAR 27G) was returned to us by the Mets after he got selected in the Rule 5 draft this winter. We assigned him to AAA again.

Series:
1-1 vs CLE (SP Carlos Carrasco 6IP 5H 0ER 2BB 5K W(2-2 3.83))
2-1 @ NYY (SP Henderson Alvarez III 6IP 5H 0ER 1BB 3K W(4-1 3.08), 1B David Cooper 3-5 R 2RBI DB)
2-1 @ BOS (SP Carlos Carrasco 5.2IP 7H 1ER 1BB 5K W(3-2 3.60), C Devin Mesoraco 2-4 2R 3RBI BB 2HR(11))
1-2 @ BAL
2-1 vs MIA (SP Henderson Alvarez III 6.1IP 4H 1ER 2BB 6K W(5-2 2.88), LF Jordan Danks 2-4 R 3RBI DB)
0-3 vs STL
2-1 @ WSH (SP Scott Kazmir 7.2IP 4H 1ER 3BB 5K W(4-4 2.96), C Devin Mesoraco 2-4 2R 3RBI BB HR(14))
2-1 @ PHI (SP Marcus Stroman 7IP 1H 0ER 3BB 5K W(6-5 4.01), SP Henderson Alvarez III 8.1IP 7H 2ER 0BB 3K W(6-3 3.17))
0-3 @ NYM

Record: 33-39, 4th in AL East, 6GB
June: 12-14
Runs Scored: 279(13th)
Batting AVG: .238(14th)
OBP: .304(14th)
Home Runs: 62(12th)
Stolen Bases: 33(10th)
Runs Against: 313(7th)
Starters ERA: 3.44(2nd)
Bullpen ERA: 4.52(13th)
Defensive Eff.: .715(2nd)
Zone Rating: +25.5(1st)

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Toronto Pitcher of the Month: LHSP Scott Kazmir 3-1 2.93 20K 30.2IP 0.7WAR 5GS
Toronto Position Player of the Month: 3B Anthony Rendon .268/.392/.512 4HR 13RBI 11R +0.7ZR 0.8WAR 25G

We have another Rookie of the Month and it is Anthony Rendon. He picked up pace with a couple of home runs early in the month and then was up to hitting .300 for the month before cooling down again. Also, he only juust eked out Devin Mesoraco for our internal Position Player of the Month as the backstop has hit .289-6-17 .902OPS in June and leads all AL catchers in home runs by four.

On the pitching side, the starters are amazingly good and really utilize our good defense for a good ERA… our bullpen costs us games tho. Both the righties Al Alburquerque and Tyler Duffey are a mess and lefty Mario Lujan isn’t that much better. I don’t want to return Duffey and Al Alburquerque still has the great stuff… best option would be recalling Jesse Chavez who is currently working as a starter in AAA… we stand pat.

Fun stat, Eduardo Escobar has a 16-game hitting streak and still sucks in the WAR department with a net zero… his defense is not that great unfortunately.

Around the league… don’t look now but Clayton Kershaw(11-2 1.43 116K) is on pace for the pitching triple crown. Good luck with that.

Also, our friends and partners in trade, the Washington Nationals have the best record in baseball. Riding a 22-game hitting streak, CF Michael Bourn(30, 3*, .320-3-20 .809OPS 14/18SB 2.6WAR) is red hot, RF Jose Bautista(32, 4*, .280-17-52 .920OPS 2.0WAR) and 1B Adam LaRoche(33, 3*, -302-17-56 .942OPS 2.2WAR) can be added to that list and LF Bryce Harper(20, 5*, .292-6-36 .825OPS 1.4WAR) is heating up… oh and Stephen Strasburg(24, 3.5/4*) is 7-2 2.68 110K 3.0WAR.

Taking about a bad turn of events, the Detroit Tigers lost reigning AL MvP Miguel Cabrera(30, 5*, .364-13-34 1.067OPS 2.4WAR 44G) to a severe case of post-concussion syndrome that will keep him out for the rest of the season. Hopefully, there will be no long-term consequences… but that ended their season basically as they are waay below .500 despite 1B Prince Fielder(29, 5*, .329-20-50 1.061OPS 3.0WAR) trying his best.

Minor League Report and Awards:
AA 1B Ricardo Camacho(23, 2/2.5*) .371-5-15 1.024OPS 1.2WAR 26G
A 1B Emilio Guerrero(20, 1/1.5*) .388-4-16 1.066OPS 1.2WAR 23G
R RHSP Willie Ortega(16, ½.5*) 5-0 2.01 39K 1.5WAR 6GS 31.1IP
R C Alfredo Carillo(16, 0.5/2.5*) .410-10-28 1.375OPS 1.9WAR 21G
R CF Ian Dellaripa(20, 1.5/2.5*) .392-3-20 1.095OPS 1.2WAR 25G
Won Awards this month

In other news, Nick Castellanos got bumped up to 2.5* overall with some little improvement to his running… his batting developing would be better. Yet, he is batting .338-8-45 in AAA and add Eugenio Suarez batting .329-5-26 and Jim Hatfield batting .323-8-49… I don’t know how Las Vegas is still 2 games behind in their division.

On the other hand, our pitching is still struggling down there with both Giolito and Syndergaard not getting their ERA below four and lefty closer Felipe Vazquez posting an ugly 5.70ERA with 18 saves. Work in progress I’d say.

Also work in progress is A ball left fielder Jesse Winker… and he is working on getting back on the field for 2014 as he suffered a ruptured achilles tendon and is out for the year after batting .288-7-35 .925OPS 1.2WAR. Sad news, and sad for him as we hoped he would improve quite a bit .

International Amateur Discovery Additions and Update:
none

In Other News:

June 1st – Brewers 3B Aramis Ramirez(34, 3*) added to the milestone party by collecting hit #2000 today. The 2x All-Star and 1x Silver Slugger is a career .286/.343/.498 342HR 1221RBI 2001H 982R 47.3WAR player in 1868 games.

June 1st – Cardinals RF Torii Hunter(37, 2.5*) also got a milestone under his belt, home run #300. The 9x Gold Glover, 4x All-Star and 1x Silver Slugger is a career .274/.332/.463 300HR 1127RBI 1991H 191SB 39.4WAR hitter in 1962 games. He collected hit #2000 three days later.

June 3rd – Red Sox RHSP Clay Buchholz(28, 2.5*) shut down the Twins today, 9IP 5H 0ER 0BB 4K while winning 9-0. The 2010 AL All-Star is 5-2 3.12 45K 1.5WAR in 10 starts.

June 5th – Dodgers LHSP Clayton Kershaw(25, 4.5/5*) added to his amazing season with a complete game 4-hitter with 1BB and 8K in a 5-0 win over the San Francisco Giants. The 2x All-Star moved to 8-1 1.71 93K 3.0WAR in 11 starts.

June 5th – Rays RHSP David Price(27, 3/3.5*) put on a show today, going 9IP 2H 0ER 1BB 6K in a 4-0 win in Seattle. The 2x All-Star is now 6-2 2.13 66K 1.7WAR in 11 starts.

June 11th – Mets LF Josh Willingham(34, 3*) had a huge day at the plate, going 5-5 4R 7RBI with 3HR in a 14-7 slugfest win over the Phillies. The veteran is batting .249-16-48 .878OPS 1.2WAR in 52 games.

June 13th – White Sox RF Hunter Pence(30, 3.5*) had a big 5-hit day in a 10-5 loss to the Royals, going 5-5 2R 2RBI DB HR. The 2x All-Star is batting .306-13-32 .944OPS 2.3WAR in 53 games for his new team.

June 21st – Marlins RF Giancarlo Stanton(23, 4*) had a career night tonight in a 5-1 win over the Yankees, going 3-3 3R 4RBI BB with 3HR. The 2012 NL Silver Slugger is batting .266-17-43 .891OPS 2.4WAR in 61 games.

June 29th – Reds 1B Joey Votto(29, 4.5*) was a big part of a 18-0 destruction of the Twins, going 5-6 3R 4RBI DB HR for the night. The 2x Gold Glover is batting .304-19-56 1.031OPS 2.8WAR in 69 games.

June 29th – Cleveland RF Nick Markakis(29, 3*) was part of the winning team today, but lost his 20-game hitting streak. The 2011 AL Gold Glover is batting .336-5-27 .871OPS 2.0WAR in 69 games.

July 1st – Athletics 1B Billy Butler(27, 3.5*) was named AL Batter of the Month after batting .369 with 6 home runs, 26RBIs and 17 runs scored for the month. The former KCR star is batting .321-9-43 .862OPS 1.7WAR for the season.

July 1st – Marlins RF Giancarlo Stanton(23, 4*) was named NL Batter of the Month after batting .345 with 10 home runs, 26RBIs and 18 runs scored for the month. The 1x All-Star is batting .287-20-52 .957OPS 3.2WAR for the season.

July 1st – Rangers RHSP Yu Darvish(26, 3.5*) was named AL Pitcher of the Month after going 4-1 1.72 31K in 36.2IP in 5 starts for the month. The 2012 AL All-Star is 8-4 2.41 102K 2.2WAR in 16GS for the year.

July 1st – Giants LHSP Madison Bumgarner(23, 3.5/4*) was named NL Pitcher of the Month after going 5-0 0.72 46K in 37.2IP and five starts for the month. For the year, he is 9-5 2.37 108K 1.8WAR in 15 starts in what may just be his best season.

July 1st – Blue Jays 3B Anthony Rendon(23, 3/3.5*) was named AL Rookie of the Month after batting .268 with 4 home runs, 13RBIs and 11 runs scored for the month. The top prospect is batting .218-5-23 ..661OPS 7/8SB 0.5WAR for the year.

July 1st – Cardinals RHRP Evan Scriber(27, 2*) was named NL Rookie of the Month after going 1-0 6SV 0.59 15K in 15.1IP in 14G for the month. A Rule 5 draftee from OAK this winter, he is 2-3 8SV 3.86 33K 0.3WAR in 37 games.

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Griever20 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Dortmund, Germany Posts: 3,727	2013 July 1st - State of the Blue Jays Transactions: June 20th – CF Adam Duvall(24, 2/2.5, .258-2-6 .771OPS 0.5WAR 27G) was returned to us by the Mets* after he got selected in the Rule 5 draft this winter. We assigned him to AAA again. Series: 1-1 vs CLE (SP Carlos Carrasco 6IP 5H 0ER 2BB 5K W(2-2 3.83)) 2-1 @ NYY (SP Henderson Alvarez III 6IP 5H 0ER 1BB 3K W(4-1 3.08), 1B David Cooper 3-5 R 2RBI DB) 2-1 @ BOS (SP Carlos Carrasco 5.2IP 7H 1ER 1BB 5K W(3-2 3.60), C Devin Mesoraco 2-4 2R 3RBI BB 2HR(11)) 1-2 @ BAL 2-1 vs MIA (SP Henderson Alvarez III 6.1IP 4H 1ER 2BB 6K W(5-2 2.88), LF Jordan Danks 2-4 R 3RBI DB) 0-3 vs STL 2-1 @ WSH (SP Scott Kazmir 7.2IP 4H 1ER 3BB 5K W(4-4 2.96), C Devin Mesoraco 2-4 2R 3RBI BB HR(14)) 2-1 @ PHI (SP Marcus Stroman 7IP 1H 0ER 3BB 5K W(6-5 4.01), SP Henderson Alvarez III 8.1IP 7H 2ER 0BB 3K W(6-3 3.17)) 0-3 @ NYM Record: 33-39, 4th in AL East, 6GB June: 12-14 Runs Scored: 279(13th) Batting AVG: .238(14th) OBP: .304(14th) Home Runs: 62(12th) Stolen Bases: 33(10th) Runs Against: 313(7th) Starters ERA: 3.44(2nd) Bullpen ERA: 4.52(13th) Defensive Eff.: .715(2nd) Zone Rating: +25.5(1st) Toronto Pitcher of the Month: LHSP Scott Kazmir 3-1 2.93 20K 30.2IP 0.7WAR 5GS Toronto Position Player of the Month: 3B Anthony Rendon .268/.392/.512 4HR 13RBI 11R +0.7ZR 0.8WAR 25G We have another Rookie of the Month and it is Anthony Rendon. He picked up pace with a couple of home runs early in the month and then was up to hitting .300 for the month before cooling down again. Also, he only juust eked out Devin Mesoraco for our internal Position Player of the Month as the backstop has hit .289-6-17 .902OPS in June and leads all AL catchers in home runs by four. On the pitching side, the starters are amazingly good and really utilize our good defense for a good ERA… our bullpen costs us games tho. Both the righties Al Alburquerque and Tyler Duffey are a mess and lefty Mario Lujan isn’t that much better. I don’t want to return Duffey and Al Alburquerque still has the great stuff… best option would be recalling Jesse Chavez who is currently working as a starter in AAA… we stand pat. Fun stat, Eduardo Escobar has a 16-game hitting streak and still sucks in the WAR department with a net zero… his defense is not that great unfortunately. Around the league… don’t look now but Clayton Kershaw(11-2 1.43 116K) is on pace for the pitching triple crown. Good luck with that. Also, our friends and partners in trade, the Washington Nationals have the best record in baseball. Riding a 22-game hitting streak, CF Michael Bourn(30, 3, .320-3-20 .809OPS 14/18SB 2.6WAR) is red hot, RF Jose Bautista(32, 4, .280-17-52 .920OPS 2.0WAR) and 1B Adam LaRoche(33, 3, -302-17-56 .942OPS 2.2WAR) can be added to that list and LF Bryce Harper(20, 5, .292-6-36 .825OPS 1.4WAR) is heating up… oh and Stephen Strasburg(24, 3.5/4) is 7-2 2.68 110K 3.0WAR. Taking about a bad turn of events, the Detroit Tigers* lost reigning AL MvP Miguel Cabrera(30, 5, .364-13-34 1.067OPS 2.4WAR 44G) to a severe case of post-concussion syndrome that will keep him out for the rest of the season. Hopefully, there will be no long-term consequences… but that ended their season basically as they are waay below .500 despite 1B Prince Fielder(29, 5, .329-20-50 1.061OPS 3.0WAR) trying his best. Minor League Report and Awards: AA 1B Ricardo Camacho(23, 2/2.5) .371-5-15 1.024OPS 1.2WAR 26G A 1B Emilio Guerrero(20, 1/1.5) .388-4-16 1.066OPS 1.2WAR 23G R RHSP Willie Ortega(16, ½.5) 5-0 2.01 39K 1.5WAR 6GS 31.1IP R C Alfredo Carillo(16, 0.5/2.5) .410-10-28 1.375OPS 1.9WAR 21G R CF Ian Dellaripa(20, 1.5/2.5) .392-3-20 1.095OPS 1.2WAR 25G Won Awards this month In other news, Nick Castellanos* got bumped up to 2.5* overall with some little improvement to his running… his batting developing would be better. Yet, he is batting .338-8-45 in AAA and add Eugenio Suarez batting .329-5-26 and Jim Hatfield batting .323-8-49… I don’t know how Las Vegas is still 2 games behind in their division. On the other hand, our pitching is still struggling down there with both Giolito and Syndergaard not getting their ERA below four and lefty closer Felipe Vazquez posting an ugly 5.70ERA with 18 saves. Work in progress I’d say. Also work in progress is A ball left fielder Jesse Winker… and he is working on getting back on the field for 2014 as he suffered a ruptured achilles tendon and is out for the year after batting .288-7-35 .925OPS 1.2WAR. Sad news, and sad for him as we hoped he would improve quite a bit . International Amateur Discovery Additions and Update: none In Other News: June 1st – Brewers 3B Aramis Ramirez(34, 3) added to the milestone party by collecting hit #2000* today. The 2x All-Star and 1x Silver Slugger is a career .286/.343/.498 342HR 1221RBI 2001H 982R 47.3WAR player in 1868 games. June 1st – Cardinals RF Torii Hunter(37, 2.5) also got a milestone under his belt, home run #300. The 9x Gold Glover, 4x All-Star and 1x Silver Slugger is a career .274/.332/.463 300HR 1127RBI 1991H 191SB 39.4WAR hitter in 1962 games. He collected hit #2000* three days later. June 3rd – Red Sox RHSP Clay Buchholz(28, 2.5) shut down the Twins* today, 9IP 5H 0ER 0BB 4K while winning 9-0. The 2010 AL All-Star is 5-2 3.12 45K 1.5WAR in 10 starts. June 5th – Dodgers LHSP Clayton Kershaw(25, 4.5/5) added to his amazing season with a complete game 4-hitter with 1BB and 8K in a 5-0 win over the San Francisco Giants. The 2x All-Star moved to 8-1 1.71 93K 3.0WAR in 11 starts. June 5th – Rays* RHSP David Price(27, 3/3.5) put on a show today, going 9IP 2H 0ER 1BB 6K in a 4-0 win in Seattle. The 2x All-Star is now 6-2 2.13 66K 1.7WAR in 11 starts. June 11th – Mets* LF Josh Willingham(34, 3) had a huge day at the plate, going 5-5 4R 7RBI with 3HR* in a 14-7 slugfest win over the Phillies. The veteran is batting .249-16-48 .878OPS 1.2WAR in 52 games. June 13th – White Sox RF Hunter Pence(30, 3.5) had a big 5-hit day in a 10-5 loss to the Royals, going 5-5 2R 2RBI DB HR. The 2x All-Star is batting .306-13-32 .944OPS 2.3WAR in 53 games for his new team. June 21st – Marlins* RF Giancarlo Stanton(23, 4) had a career night tonight in a 5-1 win over the Yankees, going 3-3 3R 4RBI BB with 3HR. The 2012 NL Silver Slugger is batting .266-17-43 .891OPS 2.4WAR in 61 games. June 29th – Reds* 1B Joey Votto(29, 4.5) was a big part of a 18-0 destruction of the Twins, going 5-6 3R 4RBI DB HR for the night. The 2x Gold Glover is batting .304-19-56 1.031OPS 2.8WAR in 69 games. June 29th – Cleveland* RF Nick Markakis(29, 3) was part of the winning team today, but lost his 20-game hitting streak. The 2011 AL Gold Glover is batting .336-5-27 .871OPS 2.0WAR in 69 games. July 1st – Athletics* 1B Billy Butler(27, 3.5) was named AL Batter of the Month after batting .369 with 6 home runs, 26RBIs and 17 runs scored for the month. The former KCR star is batting .321-9-43 .862OPS 1.7WAR for the season. July 1st – Marlins* RF Giancarlo Stanton(23, 4) was named NL Batter of the Month after batting .345 with 10 home runs, 26RBIs and 18 runs scored for the month. The 1x All-Star is batting .287-20-52 .957OPS 3.2WAR for the season. July 1st – Rangers* RHSP Yu Darvish(26, 3.5) was named AL Pitcher of the Month after going 4-1 1.72 31K in 36.2IP in 5 starts for the month. The 2012 AL All-Star is 8-4 2.41 102K 2.2WAR in 16GS for the year. July 1st – Giants* LHSP Madison Bumgarner(23, 3.5/4) was named NL Pitcher of the Month after going 5-0 0.72 46K in 37.2IP and five starts for the month. For the year, he is 9-5 2.37 108K 1.8WAR in 15 starts in what may just be his best season. July 1st – Blue Jays* 3B Anthony Rendon(23, 3/3.5) was named AL Rookie of the Month after batting .268 with 4 home runs, 13RBIs and 11 runs scored for the month. The top prospect is batting .218-5-23 ..661OPS 7/8SB 0.5WAR for the year. July 1st – Cardinals* RHRP Evan Scriber(27, 2*) was named NL Rookie of the Month after going 1-0 6SV 0.59 15K in 15.1IP in 14G for the month. A Rule 5 draftee from OAK this winter, he is 2-3 8SV 3.86 33K 0.3WAR in 37 games. __________________ The Montreal Expos... Exposing the New MLB? MLB 2015 - Being the Brewmaster(ended) MLB 2013: The Blue Jays That Never Were(concluded)