2007 Fictional Toronto Blue Jays - Page 16

ryan008 · 11-13-2007, 09:14 AM

Yankees Jump in to Free Agent Market

Just as the Boston Red Sox were announcing a number of major signings and trades the New York Yankes went out and made a splash signing a couple of marquee players that GM Blair Davis says will allow them to compete for a playoff spot in a very tough division. The American League East with the Toronto Blue Jays and the newly revamped Yankees and Red Sox could be one of the most competative divisions in Major League Baseball this year. GM Ryan Stewart of the Blue Jays was asked about his relative lack of activity compared to his division rivals "Well we are quite happy with out team the way it is. We are still a relatively young team and that gives us a bit of stability long term, being able to keep a core group together for a number of seasons. These guys know how to win and have demonstrated it in the past. There is no doubt that it is going to be a tough division this year but we are ready for the challenge"

ryan008 · 11-13-2007, 11:35 AM

Spring Training Begins: Jays Descend on Dunedin

March 3rd, 2014.

After a very busy offseason that saw the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees make a big splash in both the trade and free agent markets, the Toronto Blue Jays who remained relatively quiet in the offseason headed to Florida to open up Spring Training to prepare to defend their World Series Title from 1 year ago. GM Ryan Stewart was asked about his lack of activity in the offseason "We had a few meetings after the world series to determine what holes we had to fill in the organization and what direction we would like to see the team take over the next few years. The consensus decision was that the team looks good. We have a good mix of young players and veterans and I think we have the best rotation in baseball. We weren't going to make trades for the sake of making a trade. We were targeting a few players but the price was just too high. With what Boston and New York did this offseason it should be a very competative division and I think our guys will enjoy the challenge"

The Blue Jays really only have one spot open on their 25 man roster and it is for the #5 starter role. The spot was vacated when the Jays traded SP Kiminobu Hashimoto to the Red Sox in the offseason. The Jays have 2 key prospects that will likely compete for the #5 spot in the rotation. SP Salvador Parades who was the International League Pitcher of the year in AAA Syracuse and SP Ritchie MacGruder who was Parades teammate and finished with one less win than his counterpart. GM Ryan Stewart on the rotation "Like you said it is pretty much set. I don't really know who will be the #5 starter. Both of these kids had terriffic years in AAA and either one is a good addition to the rotation. they are both lefthanders so they will help us break up our rotation a little more. If I had to give an edge to someone it would be SP Ritchie MacGruder. He is older and has a few more years of professional baseball under his belt. But as always we are going to bring the best team to Toronto so it is up in the air"

Spring Training Invitees:

SP Ritchie MacGruder
SP Salvador Parades
CL Hal Nelson
CL Lawrence MacMartin
C Nick Williams
C Chris Davidson
1B Dave Crawford
3B Paul Wood
LF Juan Guerrero
LF Jeff Murphy

ryan008 · 11-13-2007, 11:52 AM

Spring Training Concludes: Blue Jays Announce Roster

March 31st, 2014.

Toronto Blue Jays GM Ryan Stewart announced the Blue Jays 25 man roster that will open up their regular season at home against the Detroit Tigers on April 8th 2014. The roster remains largely intact from the World Championship winning team from last season, but the starting rotation will feature a new arm in SP Ritchie MacGruder. GM Ryan Stewart "SP Ritchie MacGruder had a very strong Spring going 4-1 with a 3.86 ERA and won the #5 starter's job. SP Salvador Parades struggled a little bit going 2-2 with a 5.65 ERA and showed that he needs a little more time at AAA Syracuse. He has electric stuff and at just 21 still has a bright future ahead of him"

The 2014 Blue Jays Roster:

Starting Pitchers:

SP Raul Ruiz - 24-3 2.21 ERA (with Toronto)
SP Bill Arkell - 22-5 2.52 ERA (with Toronto)
SP Christian Jacobs - 25-3 1.91ERA (with Toronto)
SP Andy Simmons - 28-5 2.57 ERA (with Toronto)
SP Ritchie MacGruder - 15-6 1.69 ERA (with AAA Syracuse)

BullPen:

MR Vincent Evans - 1-1 4 SV 3.93 ERA (with Toronto)
MR Remiro Sequra- 1-2 2 SV 1.38 ERA (with Toronto)
MR Ray Russell - 0-0 4.22 ERA (with Toronto)
MR Mario Barron - 0-1 2.70 ERA (with Toronto)
MR Sergio Vargas - 2-1 4 SV 1.25 ERA (with Toronto)
MR Carlos Yhuit - 8-3 1 SV 2.87 ERA (with Toronto)
CL Steve Perkins - 1-2 48 SV 2.40ERA (with Toronto)

Position Players:

C Nick Cooper - .200 6 HR 20 RBI (with Toronto)
C Hugh Edwards - .251 10 HR 69 RBI (with Toronto)
1B Javier Gomez - .296 28 HR 109 RBI (with Toronto)
2B Lorenzo Vazquez - .295 0 HR 61 RBI (with Toronto)
2B Michael Leonard - .091 1 HR 1 RBI (with Toronto)
3B Mario Rivera - .149 1 HR 7 RBI (with Toronto)
3B Dave Chambers - .279 28 HR 149 RBI (with Toronto)
SS Richard Evans - .306 21 HR 114 RBI (with Toronto)
LF Felipe Montero - .294 19 HR 117 RBI (with Toronto)
CF Rick Bjork - .276 22 HR 100 RBI (with Toronto)
CF Juan Ortega - .333 0 HR 5 RBI (with Toronto)
RF Jim Leblanc - .280 25 HR 86 RBI (with Toronto)
RF Alonso Martinez - .291 12 HR 67 RBI (with Toronto)

ryan008 · 11-13-2007, 01:16 PM

Jays Bash Detroit 10-2 On Opening Day

April 4th, 2014.

The Toronto Blue Jays kicked off the 2014 season today with a 10-2 thrashing of the Detroit Tigers at the Rogers Center in front of a capacity crowd. SP Andy 'Major' Simmons got the ball for the Jays and the Tigers Countered with their 23 year old rookie SP Mitch 'Three finger' Gordon. Gordon a former 2nd Round Pick 34th overall of the Chicago Cubs in 2010 was traded to Detroit in 2012 and is made his big league debut on opening day in Toronto. Unfortunately for Gordon the Blue Jays bats were not kind to him as he gave up 7 runs in the first 3 innings including homeruns from RF Jim Leblanc, C Hugh Edwards and LF Felipe Montero. RF Jim Leblanc and 2B Lorenzo Vasquez lead the offence for Toronto each going 2-4 with 3 RBIs. SP Andy Simmons pitched a complete game 4 hitter allowing just 2 runs while walking 0 and striking out 13.

ryan008 · 11-13-2007, 01:31 PM

Blue Jays Go 20-0 In April

May 1st, 2014.

The Toronto Blue Jays are on quite a roll right now. In fact they have not lost a game since the regular season started. They have won 20 consecutive games and closed out the month of April in 1st Place in the American League East Division. They currently lead the New York Yankees by 9.5 games and the Boston Red Sox by 11 games.

April Standings (AL East)

Code:

Team                   W   L    PCT    GB 
Toronto Blue Jays     20   0   1.000    - 
New York (A) Yankees  12  11    .522   9.5 
Boston Red Sox         9  11    .450  11.0 
Baltimore Orioles      8  14    .364  13.0 
Tampa Bay Devil Rays   7  15    .318  14.0

April Pitching Stats

Code:

 POS #  Name             G GS W L SV IP   HA HR R ER BB  K  ERA  AVG CG SHO 
 SP  12 Bill Arkell      4  4 4 0 0  34.0 20  1 6  6  8 37 1.59 .171  3  2 
 SP  10 Christian Jacobs 3  3 3 0 0  25.1 13  1 4  2  2 24 0.71 .151  1  0 
 SP  18 Richie MacGruder 4  4 3 0 0  29.2 24  0 9  7  2 33 2.12 .212  0  0 
 SP  24 Raúl Ruíz        4  4 1 0 0  28.1 17  1 4  3  1 31 0.95 .168  1  0 
 SP  38 Andy Simmons     4  4 4 0 0  35.0 19  0 3  3  0 40 0.77 .153  3  2 
 MR  64 Mario Barrón     1  0 1 0 0  2.1   0  0 0  0  1  2 0.00 .000  0  0 
 MR  51 Vincent Evans    5  0 0 0 1  5.1   6  0 0  0  0  5 0.00 .286  0  0 
 MR  30 Ray Russell      1  0 0 0 0  0.2   1  0 0  0  1  1 0.00 .333  0  0 
 MR  60 Ramiro Segura    1  0 1 0 0  2.0   0  0 0  0  0  2 0.00 .000  0  0 
 MR  63 Sergio Vargas    4  0 0 0 1  3.0   2  0 0  0  1  5 0.00 .182  0  0 
 MR  59 Carlos Yhuit     3  0 2 0 0  2.2   3  0 0  0  0  2 0.00 .300  0  0 
 CL  41 Steve Perkins    5  0 0 0 3  5.2   5  0 2  2  2  5 3.18 .250  0  0

April Batting Stats

Code:

POS  # Name            B T  G AB  H 2B 3B HR RBI  R BB  K  AVG  OBP  SLG  OPS  SB CS 
 C  17 Nick Cooper     R R  2  6  3  1  0  0   1  2  1  2 .500 .571 .667 1.238  0  0 
 C   6 Hugh Edwards    R R 17 58 15  3  0  4  12 12  9  1 .259 .371 .517 .889   0  1 
 1B 13 Javier Gómez    L L 19 70 21  6  0  2  12 14  7 10 .300 .359 .471 .830   0  0 
 2B 19 Michael Leonard R R  1  1  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0 .000 .000 .000 .000   0  0 
 2B 42 Lorenzo Vázquez R R 18 68 21  9  0  0  11 10  3 11 .309 .329 .441 .770   5  1 
 3B 37 Mario Rivera    S R  6  7  1  0  0  0   1  0  0  1 .143 .143 .143 .286   0  0 
 3B 28 Dave Chambers   S R 19 74 22  5  0  3  17 17 12 12 .297 .402 .486 .889   1  0 
 SS  5 Richard Evans   R R 19 80 22  3  1  3  12 16  8  2 .275 .355 .450 .805   1  0 
 LF 20 Felipe Montero  R R 19 75 23  3  1  3  12 14 12 19 .307 .422 .493 .916  15  2 
 CF 14 Juan Ortega     S L  0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0 .000 .000 .000 .000   0  0 
 CF 45 Rick Bjork      R R 19 74 27 10  0  3  15 21  7  4 .365 .424 .622 1.045  2  1 
 RF 97 Alonso Martínez R R 19 79 27  4  5  3  20 19 14 18 .342 .447 .633 1.080  7  3 
 RF 11 Jim LeBlanc     L L 19 76 27  8  1  5  21 18  3  4 .355 .375 .684 1.059  2  2

ryan008 · 11-13-2007, 01:33 PM

Blue Jays SP Andy Simmons Named AL Pitcher of the Month

ryan008 · 11-13-2007, 01:56 PM

Jays - Ruiz Agree to 5 Year Extension

May 8th, 2014.

The Toronto Blue Jays and GM Ryan Stewart announced today that they have resigned SP Raul 'Hawk' Ruiz to a 5 year $56,500,000 contract extension that will keep the Jays star in Toronto until the end of the 2019 season. Ruiz will receive an average salary of $11,300,000 per season and it is rumoured that he will also receive a $2,000,000 cash bonus should he be named the American League Cy Young Award Winner. The deal also includes a team option and a no trade clause.

The 27 year old has pitched 6 years with the Blue Jays and has compiled a career record of 106-14 with a 2.08 ERA and 1283 strikouts.

GM Ryan Stewart on the extension "It is something that we really wanted to get done quickly. We started discussions back in Spring Training and we wanted to get the negotiations overwith and have his name on a new contract before the season started but it took us a little while to get it done. We are extremely happy with the length and amount of money for the deal. $11,300,000 is a bargan for a #1 pitcher in todays market"

ryan008 · 11-13-2007, 01:56 PM

Evans Named American League Player of the Week

ryan008 · 11-13-2007, 01:59 PM

Jays Montero Hurt, Will Miss 2 Weeks

The Toronto Blue Jays will be without the services of LF Felipe Montero for at least 2 weeks as the left fielder suffered a hyper extended knee. He has been placed ont he 15 day disabled list and LF Juan Guerrero has been recalled from AAA Syracuse.

ryan008 · 11-13-2007, 03:18 PM

Jays Finish Month of May With 1st Place Firmly in Hand

June 1st, 2014.

The Toronto Blue Jays picked up in May right where they left off in April. They went 24-5 to push thier overall record to 43-5. They currently enjoy an 18 game lead on the Boston Red Sox and a 23.5 game lead on the New York Yankees. The Jays are once again winning with a combination of good hitting and timely hitting from a very powerful offence. GM Ryan Stewart on the year so far "We are really hitting our stride and besides the injury to LF Felipe Montero we realy haven't had any major setbacks or slumps. Everyone is gelling and it has shown on the teams performance thus far"

American League East Standings:

Code:

Team                   W   L   PCT   GB 
Toronto Blue Jays     43   5  .896   - 
Boston Red Sox        25  23  .521  18.0 
New York (A) Yankees  21  30  .412  23.5 
Tampa Bay Devil Rays  19  31  .380  25.0
Baltimore Orioles     18  32  .360  26.0

Blue Jays May Pitching Stats:

Code:

POS  # Name             G GS W L SV IP   HA HR  R ER BB  K ERA   AVG CG SHO 
 SP 12 Bill Arkell      6  6 4 0 0  46.2 37  2 12  9 10 48 1.74 .215  1  1 
 SP 10 Christian Jacobs 6  6 5 0 0  44.0 42  2 12 12  4 44 2.45 .250  1  0 
 SP 18 Richie MacGruder 6  6 5 0 0  45.2 37  2  9  8  2 47 1.58 .219  1  1 
 SP 24 Raúl Ruíz        5  5 3 0 0  31.2 34  2 17 17  4 35 4.83 .266  0  0 
 SP 38 Andy Simmons     6  6 2 2 0  49.0 39  2 14 14  7 54 2.57 .218  1  1 
 MR 64 Mario Barrón     2  0 0 0 0   3.2  2  0  1  1  2  5 2.45 .154  0  0 
 MR 51 Vincent EvansR   6  0 1 0 0   8.1  5  0  3  2  2 11 2.16 .179  0  0 
 MR 30 Ray Russell      1  0 0 0 0   0.2  0  0  0  0  0  1 0.00 .000  0  0 
 MR 60 Ramiro Segura    4  0 1 1 0   6.1  8  0  3  3  1  6 4.26 .296  0  0 
 MR 63 Sergio Vargas    7  0 1 0 1  10.2  4  0  0  0  0  8 0.00 .108  0  0 
 MR 59 Carlos Yhuit     7  0 3 0 1   8.0  4  0  0  0  1  9 0.00 .138  0  0 
 CL 41 Steve Perkins    12 0 0 1 5  10.1  8  1  3  3  0  7 2.61 .216  0  0

Blue Jays May Batting Stats:

Code:

POS #  Name             G  AB  H 2B 3B HR RBI  R BB  K  AVG  OBP  SLG  OPS    SB CS 
 C  17 Nick Cooper      6  15  2  0  0  1   3  2  2  4 .133 .235 .333 .569     0  0 
 C   6 Hugh Edwards    25  86 33  9  0  5  20 14  5  7 .384 .429 .663 1.091    2  0 
 1B 13 Javier Gómez    28 104 27  6  0  8  26 21 16 14 .260 .361 .548 .909     0  0 
 2B 19 Michael Leonard  1   1  1  0  1  0   1  1  1  0 1.000 1.000 3.000 4.000 0  0 
 2B 42 Lorenzo Vázquez 28 104 32 10  0  1  14 16  8 11 .308 .348 .433 .781     7  3 
 3B 37 Mario Rivera    13  19  7  1  0  0   4  7  0  1 .368 .350 .421 .771     0  0 
 3B 28 Dave Chambers   29 105 27  5  0  6  19 22 27 21 .257 .418 .476 .894     2  0 
 SS  5 Richard Evans   28 119 38  5  1  7  22 24  9  9 .319 .367 .555 .922     5  2 
 LF 20 Felipe Montero  19  75 21  4  2  3  17 14  5 19 .280 .337 .507 .844    10  4 
 CF 14 Juan Ortega     14  47 15  3  0  1  10  8  1 12 .319 .320 .447 .767     6  0 
 CF 45 Rick Bjork      28 111 36  6  4  8  17 24 16  5 .324 .411 .667 1.078    1  1 
 RF 97 Alonso Martínez 28 113 29  5  3  2   9 20 14 22 .257 .353 .407 .760     7  1 
 RF 11 Jim LeBlanc     29 111 30  4  3  7  24 26 12  5 .270 .344 .550 .894     8  4

ryan008 · 11-13-2007, 03:19 PM

Blue Jays Rookie Takes Home AL Player of the Month Honors for May

ryan008 · 11-13-2007, 03:58 PM

I Have a question for anyone who is actually reading this Dynasty. It seems to me like the whole universe is very unbalanced and I am the only team that is winning. I want to know if people would like me to continue this dynasty as is or to start a new one based on the Blue Jays and modify some of the financials a little bit (I have a budget of $108 million and only one other team is over $90 the Washington Nationals). Let me know what you think. I am open to both ideas.

Thanks

Ryan

11-13-2007, 09:14 AM	#301
ryan008 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: St. Catharines, Ontario Posts: 2,365	Yankees Jump in to Free Agent Market Just as the Boston Red Sox were announcing a number of major signings and trades the New York Yankes went out and made a splash signing a couple of marquee players that GM Blair Davis says will allow them to compete for a playoff spot in a very tough division. The American League East with the Toronto Blue Jays and the newly revamped Yankees and Red Sox could be one of the most competative divisions in Major League Baseball this year. GM Ryan Stewart of the Blue Jays was asked about his relative lack of activity compared to his division rivals "Well we are quite happy with out team the way it is. We are still a relatively young team and that gives us a bit of stability long term, being able to keep a core group together for a number of seasons. These guys know how to win and have demonstrated it in the past. There is no doubt that it is going to be a tough division this year but we are ready for the challenge" Attached Images

11-13-2007, 01:33 PM	#306
ryan008 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: St. Catharines, Ontario Posts: 2,365	Blue Jays SP Andy Simmons Named AL Pitcher of the Month Attached Images

11-13-2007, 01:56 PM	#308
ryan008 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: St. Catharines, Ontario Posts: 2,365	Evans Named American League Player of the Week Attached Images

11-13-2007, 01:59 PM	#309
ryan008 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: St. Catharines, Ontario Posts: 2,365	Jays Montero Hurt, Will Miss 2 Weeks The Toronto Blue Jays will be without the services of LF Felipe Montero for at least 2 weeks as the left fielder suffered a hyper extended knee. He has been placed ont he 15 day disabled list and LF Juan Guerrero has been recalled from AAA Syracuse. Attached Images

11-13-2007, 03:19 PM	#311
ryan008 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: St. Catharines, Ontario Posts: 2,365	Blue Jays Rookie Takes Home AL Player of the Month Honors for May Attached Images

11-13-2007, 11:35 AM	#302
ryan008 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: St. Catharines, Ontario Posts: 2,365	Spring Training Begins: Jays Descend on Dunedin March 3rd, 2014. After a very busy offseason that saw the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees make a big splash in both the trade and free agent markets, the Toronto Blue Jays who remained relatively quiet in the offseason headed to Florida to open up Spring Training to prepare to defend their World Series Title from 1 year ago. GM Ryan Stewart was asked about his lack of activity in the offseason "We had a few meetings after the world series to determine what holes we had to fill in the organization and what direction we would like to see the team take over the next few years. The consensus decision was that the team looks good. We have a good mix of young players and veterans and I think we have the best rotation in baseball. We weren't going to make trades for the sake of making a trade. We were targeting a few players but the price was just too high. With what Boston and New York did this offseason it should be a very competative division and I think our guys will enjoy the challenge" The Blue Jays really only have one spot open on their 25 man roster and it is for the #5 starter role. The spot was vacated when the Jays traded SP Kiminobu Hashimoto to the Red Sox in the offseason. The Jays have 2 key prospects that will likely compete for the #5 spot in the rotation. SP Salvador Parades who was the International League Pitcher of the year in AAA Syracuse and SP Ritchie MacGruder who was Parades teammate and finished with one less win than his counterpart. GM Ryan Stewart on the rotation "Like you said it is pretty much set. I don't really know who will be the #5 starter. Both of these kids had terriffic years in AAA and either one is a good addition to the rotation. they are both lefthanders so they will help us break up our rotation a little more. If I had to give an edge to someone it would be SP Ritchie MacGruder. He is older and has a few more years of professional baseball under his belt. But as always we are going to bring the best team to Toronto so it is up in the air" Spring Training Invitees: SP Ritchie MacGruder SP Salvador Parades CL Hal Nelson CL Lawrence MacMartin C Nick Williams C Chris Davidson 1B Dave Crawford 3B Paul Wood LF Juan Guerrero LF Jeff Murphy

11-13-2007, 11:52 AM	#303
ryan008 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: St. Catharines, Ontario Posts: 2,365	Spring Training Concludes: Blue Jays Announce Roster March 31st, 2014. Toronto Blue Jays GM Ryan Stewart announced the Blue Jays 25 man roster that will open up their regular season at home against the Detroit Tigers on April 8th 2014. The roster remains largely intact from the World Championship winning team from last season, but the starting rotation will feature a new arm in SP Ritchie MacGruder. GM Ryan Stewart "SP Ritchie MacGruder had a very strong Spring going 4-1 with a 3.86 ERA and won the #5 starter's job. SP Salvador Parades struggled a little bit going 2-2 with a 5.65 ERA and showed that he needs a little more time at AAA Syracuse. He has electric stuff and at just 21 still has a bright future ahead of him" The 2014 Blue Jays Roster: Starting Pitchers: SP Raul Ruiz - 24-3 2.21 ERA (with Toronto) SP Bill Arkell - 22-5 2.52 ERA (with Toronto) SP Christian Jacobs - 25-3 1.91ERA (with Toronto) SP Andy Simmons - 28-5 2.57 ERA (with Toronto) SP Ritchie MacGruder - 15-6 1.69 ERA (with AAA Syracuse) BullPen: MR Vincent Evans - 1-1 4 SV 3.93 ERA (with Toronto) MR Remiro Sequra- 1-2 2 SV 1.38 ERA (with Toronto) MR Ray Russell - 0-0 4.22 ERA (with Toronto) MR Mario Barron - 0-1 2.70 ERA (with Toronto) MR Sergio Vargas - 2-1 4 SV 1.25 ERA (with Toronto) MR Carlos Yhuit - 8-3 1 SV 2.87 ERA (with Toronto) CL Steve Perkins - 1-2 48 SV 2.40ERA (with Toronto) Position Players: C Nick Cooper - .200 6 HR 20 RBI (with Toronto) C Hugh Edwards - .251 10 HR 69 RBI (with Toronto) 1B Javier Gomez - .296 28 HR 109 RBI (with Toronto) 2B Lorenzo Vazquez - .295 0 HR 61 RBI (with Toronto) 2B Michael Leonard - .091 1 HR 1 RBI (with Toronto) 3B Mario Rivera - .149 1 HR 7 RBI (with Toronto) 3B Dave Chambers - .279 28 HR 149 RBI (with Toronto) SS Richard Evans - .306 21 HR 114 RBI (with Toronto) LF Felipe Montero - .294 19 HR 117 RBI (with Toronto) CF Rick Bjork - .276 22 HR 100 RBI (with Toronto) CF Juan Ortega - .333 0 HR 5 RBI (with Toronto) RF Jim Leblanc - .280 25 HR 86 RBI (with Toronto) RF Alonso Martinez - .291 12 HR 67 RBI (with Toronto)

11-13-2007, 01:16 PM	#304
ryan008 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: St. Catharines, Ontario Posts: 2,365	Jays Bash Detroit 10-2 On Opening Day April 4th, 2014. The Toronto Blue Jays kicked off the 2014 season today with a 10-2 thrashing of the Detroit Tigers at the Rogers Center in front of a capacity crowd. SP Andy 'Major' Simmons got the ball for the Jays and the Tigers Countered with their 23 year old rookie SP Mitch 'Three finger' Gordon. Gordon a former 2nd Round Pick 34th overall of the Chicago Cubs in 2010 was traded to Detroit in 2012 and is made his big league debut on opening day in Toronto. Unfortunately for Gordon the Blue Jays bats were not kind to him as he gave up 7 runs in the first 3 innings including homeruns from RF Jim Leblanc, C Hugh Edwards and LF Felipe Montero. RF Jim Leblanc and 2B Lorenzo Vasquez lead the offence for Toronto each going 2-4 with 3 RBIs. SP Andy Simmons pitched a complete game 4 hitter allowing just 2 runs while walking 0 and striking out 13.

11-13-2007, 01:56 PM	#307
ryan008 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: St. Catharines, Ontario Posts: 2,365	Jays - Ruiz Agree to 5 Year Extension May 8th, 2014. The Toronto Blue Jays and GM Ryan Stewart announced today that they have resigned SP Raul 'Hawk' Ruiz to a 5 year $56,500,000 contract extension that will keep the Jays star in Toronto until the end of the 2019 season. Ruiz will receive an average salary of $11,300,000 per season and it is rumoured that he will also receive a $2,000,000 cash bonus should he be named the American League Cy Young Award Winner. The deal also includes a team option and a no trade clause. The 27 year old has pitched 6 years with the Blue Jays and has compiled a career record of 106-14 with a 2.08 ERA and 1283 strikouts. GM Ryan Stewart on the extension "It is something that we really wanted to get done quickly. We started discussions back in Spring Training and we wanted to get the negotiations overwith and have his name on a new contract before the season started but it took us a little while to get it done. We are extremely happy with the length and amount of money for the deal. $11,300,000 is a bargan for a #1 pitcher in todays market"

11-13-2007, 03:58 PM	#312
ryan008 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: St. Catharines, Ontario Posts: 2,365	I Have a question for anyone who is actually reading this Dynasty. It seems to me like the whole universe is very unbalanced and I am the only team that is winning. I want to know if people would like me to continue this dynasty as is or to start a new one based on the Blue Jays and modify some of the financials a little bit (I have a budget of $108 million and only one other team is over $90 the Washington Nationals). Let me know what you think. I am open to both ideas. Thanks Ryan