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Blue Jays Ready to Open 2009 Season
April 6th, 2009
The Toronto Blue Jays will host the Detroit Tigers today as the curtain will rise on the Jays 2009 season. So far 2009 has been very eventfull for the Jays as in the span of 3 days the team has fired GM J.P. Riccardi, hired GM Ryan Stewart and traded CF Vernon Wells and MR Casey Janssen to the Boston Red Sox for LF Jason Bay.
LF Jason Bay will be in the lineup today as the Jays will play host to the Tigers at the Rogers Center in Toronto. The Blue Jays will send their Ace to the hill in SP Roy Halladay who will face SP Justin Verlander of the Detroit Tigers.
The Jays 25 man roster is virtually unchanged from last season except for the addition of Bay. There is no gurantee however, that the team that starts the season will look anything like the one that will finish it. GM Ryan Stewart has been very busy working the phones and there are more rumours swirling that the team is in talks with a number of clubs about the possibility of moving more of the Jays pieces.
2009 Toronto Blue Jays 25 Man Roster
Starting Pitchers
SP Roy Halladay
SP Brian Tallet
SP Jesse Litsch
SP Scott Richmond
SP David Purcey
Bullpen
MR Jesse Carlson
MR Brandon League
MR Shawn Camp
MR Scott Downs
MR Jason Frasor
CL B.J. Ryan
Position Players
C Michael Barrett
C Rod Barajas
1B Lyle Overbay
1B Kevin Millar
2B Joe Inglett
2B Aaron Hill
3B Scott Rolen
SS John MacDonald
SS Marco Scutaro
LF Adam Lind
LF Jason Bay
CF Alex Rios
RF Travis Snider
RF Jose Bautista
Blue Jays Opening Day Lineup
SS Marco Scutaro
2B Aaron Hill
LF Jason Bay
CF Alex Rios
RF Travis Snider
3B Scott Rolen
DH Adam Lind
1B Lyle Overbay
C Rod Barajas
SP Roy Halladay
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