1987 Toronto Blue Jays (est. 1977) - Page 3

rpriske · 03-18-2018, 05:12 PM

Minor-league contracts signed:

Barney Phelan
Jim Mathews
Paul Maxwell
Will Becker

rpriske · 03-18-2018, 05:20 PM

Opening Day is upon us!

The Owner's expectation is, what else? Our third straight World Series.

Opening Day Roster

ROTATION

Nolan Ryan
Bert Blyleven
Mike Krukow
Dave Stieb
Bill Gray

BULLPEN

Daniel Peters(CL)
Bobby Thigpen
Karl Powell
Ron Guidry (yeah, he won't be happy with that...)
Manny Hernandez
Antonio Gonzalez
Aaron Wilson

Usual Lineup

LF - Zhao-ji Li
3B - Paul Molitor
RF - Tony Gwynn
DH - Eiichi Hasegawa
CF - Joseph Prost
C - Bill Johnson
1B - Denny Walling
SS - Garry Moore
2B - Bill Pecota

Bench

C - Domingo Bruno
3B - Miguel Serna
OF - Al Carlson
OF - Pete Incaviglia

DL

Robin Yount (3 weeks)
Jay Howell (4-5 weeks)
Jesus Garza (3 days)

rpriske · 03-18-2018, 05:23 PM

EXPERTS' PREDICTIONS

The Jays should win the AL East handily, beating the Yankees by 20 games.

Record - 112-50

Other division winners: Rangers, Phillies, Braves

Top AL Hitter: Mark McGwire, Rangers (Tony Gwynn is 6th)
Top AL Pitcher: Roger Clemens, White Sox (Dave Stieb is 3rd, Daniel Peters is 5th)

Top NL Hitter: Eric Davis, Mets
Top NL Pitcher: Fernando Valenzuela, Dodgers

rpriske · 03-21-2018, 06:04 AM

April 6th, 1987

Opening Day in Toronto! Bert Blyelven struck out nine and Joseph Prost hit the team's first home run of the season, while also knocking in five runs as the Jays beat Cleveland 9-1.

WP - Bert Blyleven (1-0)
LP - Jamie Moyer (0-1)

Record - 1-0

rpriske · 03-21-2018, 06:07 AM

The top prospect list was published.

#1 is Mark McGwire of the Rangers.

Toronto got one in the top ten, Chris Clark, playing 3rd in Cornwall, is at #8.

That is good, but he is also out only prospect in the Top 100. Our system is ranked as the 14th best in the bigs.

The Rangers are #1.

rpriske · 03-24-2018, 12:19 AM

April 8th, 1987

Nolan Ryan could get through six, but not because he pitched poorly. He did not allow a run but got gassed from throwing so many pitches as ELEVEN of his seventeen outs were strikeouts. Aaron Wilson struck out four more as the Jays beat Cleveland 6-1.

Denny Walling went 3 for 4. Tony Gwynn sprained his ankle legging out a triple. Reports are that he just needs to rest in for a couple of days.

WP - Nolan Ryan (1)
Save - Aaron Wilson (1)
LP - Tim Leary (0-1)

Record - 2-0

rpriske · 03-24-2018, 12:28 AM

Jesus Garza is activated from the D.L.

Pete Incaviglia is sent to AAA.

rpriske · 03-26-2018, 09:44 PM

April 9th, 1987

Bill Gray continued the run of well pitched games to kick off the season as he led the Jays to an 8-2 win over Cleveland. Toronto saw home runs from Bill Pecota and Al Carlson.

WP - Bill Gray (1-0)
Save - Karl Cowell (1)
LP - Jose Guzman (0-1)

Record - 3-0

rpriske · 03-29-2018, 10:58 PM

April 10th, 1987

Mike Krukpw made his official Blue Jays debut by pitching 8 innings of shutout ball, leading the Jays over the Red Sox, 3-0.

Al Carlson went 3 for 3 with his 2nd home run of the young year.

WP - Mike Krukow(1-0)
Save - Daniel Peters (1)
LP - Greg Swindell (0-1)

Record - 4-0

rpriske · 03-29-2018, 11:03 PM

It is a bit of a homecoming as the Jays claimed Mike Parrott off waivers from the Giants.

He pitched for Toronto from 1977 to 1980.

He joins the Jays and Bill Gray is reassigned to AAA. Ron Guidry is back int he rotation where he belongs. Parrott goes to the pen.

The team is very deep.

rpriske · 03-29-2018, 11:18 PM

TRADE

To CUBS

Butch Wynegar
Cam MacNeill
John Paul
Eddie Knutsen

To BLUE JAYS

Claudell Washington
Juan Ruiz
Ron Dickinson
Harald Damsgaard
Jose Correa

Another homecoming as Washington played with Toronto in 1980 and '81.

TRADE

To YANKEES

Ivan Chaves
Dave Cannon
Fernando Cruz

To BLUE JAYS

John Cerutti
Javier Alaniz
Jeff Hamilton
Chris Perry
Todd Poole

Cerutti joins the Jays.

Sent to AAA: Miguel Serna, Aaron Wilson

Designated for Assignment: Carlos Diaz, Brian Fisher

rpriske · 03-31-2018, 02:49 PM

April 11th, 1987

Despite trailing by as much as six runs, the Jays never gave up and fought back to a strong 14-7 victory over the Red Sox.

Eiichi Hasegawa hit his first homer of the season, Bill Pecota knocked in three, and each Toronto starter had at least one hit.

WP - Antonio Gonzalez (1-0)
LP - David Palmer (0-2)

Record - 5-0

Boston is the last winless team in the bigs.

rpriske · 04-02-2018, 12:54 PM

April 12th, 1987

Joseph Prost's home run and Daniel Peters striking out the side int eh 9th handed the Jays a 3-2 win over the Red Sox.

The Jays remain undefeated. The Boson are still winless.

Toronto is the lone remaining team in the AL without a loss. (The Dodgers are 7-0 in the NL.)

WP - Ron Guidry (1-0)
Save - Daniel Peters (2)
LP - Greg Matthews (0-1)

Record - 6-0

rpriske · 04-02-2018, 12:55 PM

Ed Morgan has signed a minor league contract.

rpriske · 04-02-2018, 12:56 PM

The Blue Jays are #2 not he Weekly Power Rankings, behind only the Dodgers.

Players of the Week: Mark McGwire, Rangers & Brett Butler, Dodgers

rpriske · 04-02-2018, 01:18 PM

April 14th, 1987

Toronto's Home Opener gave the fans all they wanted as a tight game was blown open by a Bill Pecota Grand Slam and a Paul Molitr 3-run blast. The Jays beat the White Sox 8-1.

WP - Karl Cowell (1-0)
LP - Teddy Huguera (1-1)

Record - 7-0

The Blue Jays are the only undefeated team remaining in MLB.

George Foster (Mets) announced his retirement.

rpriske · 04-02-2018, 01:40 PM

April 15th, 1987

The Blue Jays destroyed the White Sox, beating them 18-3.

Eiichi Hasegawa homered twice, knocking in five. Bill Pecota, Tony Gwynn, and Paul Molitor all also homered.

WP - Mike Krukow (2-0)
LP - Chris Bosio (0-1)

Record - 8-0

rpriske · 04-02-2018, 01:41 PM

Steve Carlton, Brewers, achieved career win #300!

rpriske · 04-02-2018, 01:49 PM

TRADE

To ROYALS

Domingo Bruno
John Syrett
Nick Walker

To BLUE JAYS

Gregg Gaston
Russ Perrier
Jose Rico
Bryant Black
Kelvin Fleming

All acquired players are minor leaguers.

Bruno has been great for us, but we just don't have room for all our players. Andrew Conner is called up from AAA.

rpriske · 04-02-2018, 03:14 PM

April 16th, 1987

The Toronto bats secured another one as the Jays beat the Red Sox 9-4.

Eiichi Hasegawa led the attack with his 4th home run.

WP - Bert Blyleven (2-0)
Save - Daniel Peters (3)
LP - David Palmer (0-3)

Record - 9-0

03-18-2018, 05:12 PM	#41
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 27,218	Minor-league contracts signed: Barney Phelan Jim Mathews Paul Maxwell Will Becker __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

03-18-2018, 05:20 PM	#42
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 27,218	Opening Day is upon us! The Owner's expectation is, what else? Our third straight World Series. Opening Day Roster ROTATION Nolan Ryan Bert Blyleven Mike Krukow Dave Stieb Bill Gray BULLPEN Daniel Peters(CL) Bobby Thigpen Karl Powell Ron Guidry (yeah, he won't be happy with that...) Manny Hernandez Antonio Gonzalez Aaron Wilson Usual Lineup LF - Zhao-ji Li 3B - Paul Molitor RF - Tony Gwynn DH - Eiichi Hasegawa CF - Joseph Prost C - Bill Johnson 1B - Denny Walling SS - Garry Moore 2B - Bill Pecota Bench C - Domingo Bruno 3B - Miguel Serna OF - Al Carlson OF - Pete Incaviglia DL Robin Yount (3 weeks) Jay Howell (4-5 weeks) Jesus Garza (3 days) __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ```````````````````````````````````````` Last edited by rpriske; 03-21-2018 at 05:46 AM.

03-18-2018, 05:23 PM	#43
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 27,218	EXPERTS' PREDICTIONS The Jays should win the AL East handily, beating the Yankees by 20 games. Record - 112-50 Other division winners: Rangers, Phillies, Braves Top AL Hitter: Mark McGwire, Rangers (Tony Gwynn is 6th) Top AL Pitcher: Roger Clemens, White Sox (Dave Stieb is 3rd, Daniel Peters is 5th) Top NL Hitter: Eric Davis, Mets Top NL Pitcher: Fernando Valenzuela, Dodgers __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

03-21-2018, 06:04 AM	#44
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 27,218	April 6th, 1987 Opening Day in Toronto! Bert Blyelven struck out nine and Joseph Prost hit the team's first home run of the season, while also knocking in five runs as the Jays beat Cleveland 9-1. WP - Bert Blyleven (1-0) LP - Jamie Moyer (0-1) Record - 1-0 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

03-21-2018, 06:07 AM	#45
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 27,218	The top prospect list was published. #1 is Mark McGwire of the Rangers. Toronto got one in the top ten, Chris Clark, playing 3rd in Cornwall, is at #8. That is good, but he is also out only prospect in the Top 100. Our system is ranked as the 14th best in the bigs. The Rangers are #1. __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

03-24-2018, 12:19 AM	#46
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 27,218	April 8th, 1987 Nolan Ryan could get through six, but not because he pitched poorly. He did not allow a run but got gassed from throwing so many pitches as ELEVEN of his seventeen outs were strikeouts. Aaron Wilson struck out four more as the Jays beat Cleveland 6-1. Denny Walling went 3 for 4. Tony Gwynn sprained his ankle legging out a triple. Reports are that he just needs to rest in for a couple of days. WP - Nolan Ryan (1) Save - Aaron Wilson (1) LP - Tim Leary (0-1) Record - 2-0 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

03-24-2018, 12:28 AM	#47
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 27,218	Jesus Garza is activated from the D.L. Pete Incaviglia is sent to AAA. __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

03-26-2018, 09:44 PM	#48
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 27,218	April 9th, 1987 Bill Gray continued the run of well pitched games to kick off the season as he led the Jays to an 8-2 win over Cleveland. Toronto saw home runs from Bill Pecota and Al Carlson. WP - Bill Gray (1-0) Save - Karl Cowell (1) LP - Jose Guzman (0-1) Record - 3-0 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ```````````````````````````````````````` Last edited by rpriske; 03-29-2018 at 10:39 PM.

03-29-2018, 10:58 PM	#49
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 27,218	April 10th, 1987 Mike Krukpw made his official Blue Jays debut by pitching 8 innings of shutout ball, leading the Jays over the Red Sox, 3-0. Al Carlson went 3 for 3 with his 2nd home run of the young year. WP - Mike Krukow(1-0) Save - Daniel Peters (1) LP - Greg Swindell (0-1) Record - 4-0 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

03-29-2018, 11:03 PM	#50
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 27,218	It is a bit of a homecoming as the Jays claimed Mike Parrott off waivers from the Giants. He pitched for Toronto from 1977 to 1980. He joins the Jays and Bill Gray is reassigned to AAA. Ron Guidry is back int he rotation where he belongs. Parrott goes to the pen. The team is very deep. __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ```````````````````````````````````````` Last edited by rpriske; 03-31-2018 at 02:28 PM.

03-29-2018, 11:18 PM	#51
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 27,218	TRADE To CUBS Butch Wynegar Cam MacNeill John Paul Eddie Knutsen To BLUE JAYS Claudell Washington Juan Ruiz Ron Dickinson Harald Damsgaard Jose Correa Another homecoming as Washington played with Toronto in 1980 and '81. TRADE To YANKEES Ivan Chaves Dave Cannon Fernando Cruz To BLUE JAYS John Cerutti Javier Alaniz Jeff Hamilton Chris Perry Todd Poole Cerutti joins the Jays. Sent to AAA: Miguel Serna, Aaron Wilson Designated for Assignment: Carlos Diaz, Brian Fisher __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

03-31-2018, 02:49 PM	#52
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 27,218	April 11th, 1987 Despite trailing by as much as six runs, the Jays never gave up and fought back to a strong 14-7 victory over the Red Sox. Eiichi Hasegawa hit his first homer of the season, Bill Pecota knocked in three, and each Toronto starter had at least one hit. WP - Antonio Gonzalez (1-0) LP - David Palmer (0-2) Record - 5-0 Boston is the last winless team in the bigs. __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ```````````````````````````````````````` Last edited by rpriske; 04-01-2018 at 12:15 AM.

04-02-2018, 12:54 PM	#53
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 27,218	April 12th, 1987 Joseph Prost's home run and Daniel Peters striking out the side int eh 9th handed the Jays a 3-2 win over the Red Sox. The Jays remain undefeated. The Boson are still winless. Toronto is the lone remaining team in the AL without a loss. (The Dodgers are 7-0 in the NL.) WP - Ron Guidry (1-0) Save - Daniel Peters (2) LP - Greg Matthews (0-1) Record - 6-0 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

04-02-2018, 12:55 PM	#54
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 27,218	Ed Morgan has signed a minor league contract. __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

04-02-2018, 12:56 PM	#55
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 27,218	The Blue Jays are #2 not he Weekly Power Rankings, behind only the Dodgers. Players of the Week: Mark McGwire, Rangers & Brett Butler, Dodgers __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

04-02-2018, 01:18 PM	#56
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 27,218	April 14th, 1987 Toronto's Home Opener gave the fans all they wanted as a tight game was blown open by a Bill Pecota Grand Slam and a Paul Molitr 3-run blast. The Jays beat the White Sox 8-1. WP - Karl Cowell (1-0) LP - Teddy Huguera (1-1) Record - 7-0 The Blue Jays are the only undefeated team remaining in MLB. George Foster (Mets) announced his retirement. __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

04-02-2018, 01:40 PM	#57
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 27,218	April 15th, 1987 The Blue Jays destroyed the White Sox, beating them 18-3. Eiichi Hasegawa homered twice, knocking in five. Bill Pecota, Tony Gwynn, and Paul Molitor all also homered. WP - Mike Krukow (2-0) LP - Chris Bosio (0-1) Record - 8-0 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

04-02-2018, 01:41 PM	#58
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 27,218	Steve Carlton, Brewers, achieved career win #300! __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

04-02-2018, 01:49 PM	#59
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 27,218	TRADE To ROYALS Domingo Bruno John Syrett Nick Walker To BLUE JAYS Gregg Gaston Russ Perrier Jose Rico Bryant Black Kelvin Fleming All acquired players are minor leaguers. Bruno has been great for us, but we just don't have room for all our players. Andrew Conner is called up from AAA. __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ```````````````````````````````````````` Last edited by rpriske; 04-02-2018 at 01:52 PM.

04-02-2018, 03:14 PM	#60
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 27,218	April 16th, 1987 The Toronto bats secured another one as the Jays beat the Red Sox 9-4. Eiichi Hasegawa led the attack with his 4th home run. WP - Bert Blyleven (2-0) Save - Daniel Peters (3) LP - David Palmer (0-3) Record - 9-0 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````