2014 Toronto Blue Jays (est. 2013) - Page 6

rpriske · 08-29-2013, 09:50 PM

May 28th, 2014

The Jays hit the Twins early and then held off the resurgent Minnesota to beat them 6-4. Joe Mauer just held off the attack of Brett Lawrie to get the third jewel in the triple crown. Meanwhile, Rex Brothers is now the save leader in the AL.

WP - Josh Johnson (3-1)
Save - Rex Brothers (14)
LP - Ryan Pressly (0-5)

Record - 25-23

The Jays are now tied with the Astros for the second Wild Card spot.

rpriske · 08-29-2013, 10:15 PM

May 29th, 2014

This game felt winnable but it just got away from them as the Royals topped them 4-3.

WP - Justin Marks (1-0)
Save - Greg Holland (9)
LP - Danny Salazar (1-3)

Record - 25-24

rpriske · 08-29-2013, 10:40 PM

May 30th, 2014

Colby Lewis pitched a great game but the real story came in the 9th. Ahead by one run, bases loaded, none out, with Rex Brothers up there for the Jays. His defense comes up big, as Salvadore Perez hits into an amazing 6-2-3 double play and then Brothers strikes out Alex Gordon to get his league leading 15th save.

WP - Colby Lewis (7-1)
Save - Rex Brothers (15)
LP - Danny Duffy (1-5)

Record - 26-24

rpriske · 08-30-2013, 06:56 PM

May 31st, 2014

Some timely power hitting by the Royals while key Jays continue to slump led to a 6-4 KC win.

WP - James Shields (7-2)
Save - Greg Holland (10)
LP - Hyun-Jin Ryu (2-5)

Record - 26-25

rpriske · 08-30-2013, 07:01 PM

Matthew Dean was hitter of the month for his AA league.

Major league awards:

PITCHER: James Shields, Royals & Ryan Cook, Pirates

HITTER: Miguel Cabrera, Tigers & Troy Tulowitzki, Rockies

ROOKIE: Chris McGuiness, Rangers & Corey Dickerson, Rockies

rpriske · 08-30-2013, 07:10 PM

TRADE

To Astros

J.P. Arencibia
Tanner Scheppers
Justin Nicolino

To Blue Jays

Nolan Reimold
George Springer
Adrian Houser

rpriske · 08-30-2013, 07:23 PM

Nolan Reimold, Jarret Hoffpauir and Tim Dillard are added to the Jays roster.

Leury Garcia, George Springer and Moises Sierra are sent to Buffalo.

Adrian Houser was assigned to S A Vancouver.

George Springer is considered the top prospect in the Jays system now.

rpriske · 08-31-2013, 07:37 AM

June 1st, 2014

Jose Bautista broke out of his slump by plastering a Chad Gaudin pitch out of the park for a big 3-run homer that shifted the game for the Jays and gave them a 9-7 win over the Royals.

WP - Steve Delabar (2-0)
Save - Rex Brothers (16)
LP - Chad Gaudin (1-1)

Record - 27-25

rpriske · 08-31-2013, 07:40 AM

Jacob Anderson was player of the week down in Lansing.

Buffalo was #1 in the AAA Power Rankings.

Toronto held at #10 in theirs.

Players of the week: Ryan Doumit, Rays & Matt Kemp, Dodgers

rpriske · 08-31-2013, 07:44 AM

There is quite a triple crown race between Brett Lawrie and Mike Moustakas.

AVG

1. Moustakas .368
2. Joe Mauer .357
3. Lawrie .353

HR

1. Lawrie 14
2T. Moustakas 12
2T. Jose Bautista 12
2T. Ryan Flaherty 12

RBI

1. Lawrie 43
2. Moustakas 41
3T. Bautista 38
3T. Albert Pujols 38

WAR

1. Lawrie 3.4
2. Moustakas 3.2
3. Mike Trout 2.6

Big T · 08-31-2013, 11:14 AM

Go Brett Go !

rpriske · 09-01-2013, 09:09 AM

June 2nd, 2014

Jesus Montero led the attack, getting all 3 Toronto RBI as they beat the Phillies 3-2.

Brett Lawrie went 1 for 4 and dropped his batting average to .351

WP - Tim Dillard (1-0)
Save - Rex Brothers (17)
LP - Derek Holland (3-6)

Record - 28-25

Toronto is now only .5 games back of Baltimore for the AL East lead.

AL Central - Tigers by 1.5 over KC
AL West - Rangers by 4.5 over Angels
AL WC 1 & 2 (tied) - Angels & Royals with a 1 game lead over Jays.

NL East - Braves with 8.5 game lead over Phillies
NL Central - Cardinals with 5.5 game lead over Pirates
NL West - Dodgers with 2 game lead over Rockies

WC 1 - Rockies are 4 games ahead of WC 2 - Giants with a 2.5 game lead over Phillies

rpriske · 09-01-2013, 09:12 AM

Hyun-Jin Ryu was sent to AA New Hampshire. R.A. Dickey was called up to the Blue Jays.

rpriske · 09-01-2013, 04:28 PM

June 3rd, 2014

It wasn't the performance R.A. Dickey was hoping for on his return to the bigs, but he kept the Jays in the game and an Anthony Gose Sac Fly gave them the edge as they beat the Phillies 6-5.

Jose Bautista got his 13th homer of the year. Brett Lawrie went 2 for 4 with an RBI.

WP - Carter Capps (2-0)
Save - Luke Gregerson (2)
LP - Mike Adams (2-3)

Record - 29-25

rpriske · 09-02-2013, 09:19 AM

June 4th, 2014

After taking two from the Phillies in Toronto, the Jays went to Philadelphia to play under N.L. rules and continued their winning ways, beating the Phils 4-2.

Eric Hosmer got his 6th homerun of the year.

WP - Colby Lewis (8-1)
Save - Rex Brothers (18)
LP - Kyle Kendrick (5-2)

Record - 30-25

Toronto is now tied with Baltimore for the AL East lead!

AL Central: Tigers are 1.5 games up on the Royals.
AL West: Rangers have 4 games on the Angels.

Wild Cards are Orioles/Blue Jays tied with the Angels. The Royals are 1 game back.

The NL is not as tight.

NL East: Braves have 10 games on the Phillies.
NL Central: Cardinals have 5.5 games on the Pirates.
NL West: Dodgers have 2.5 on the Rockies.

Wild Cards are Rockies and Giants with the Pirates trailing by 2.

rpriske · 09-02-2013, 12:06 PM

June 5th, 2014

Just when it looked like the Blue Jays were going to sweep the home-and-home series against the Phillies, Philadelphia came back in the bottom of the 9th, giving a blown save to Luke Gregerson and then scored in the 10th to take the 7-6 win.

WP - Jonathan Paplebon (2-4)
LP - Luke Gregerson (0-2)

Record - 30-26

rpriske · 09-02-2013, 12:28 PM

DRAFT!!

Kacy Clemens went first overall to the Astros.

Our picks (we have no bonus picks this year)

1st - Mitch Garver - C
2nd - Mike Gallagher - SS
3rd - Eric Tyler - SP
4th - Bill Simon - MR
5th - Dave Burnett - SS
6th - Gil Leonard - C
7th - Colton Butler - C
8th - Ken Johnson - SP
9th - Jamie Hopper - SS
10th - Mike Blankenship - SP
11th - Hark Thum - LF (Canadian from Toronto!)
12th - Maxwell Walker - C
13th - Bob Anderson - SS
14th - Michael Hill - SP
15th - Pepe Medina - 2B
16th - Tom McCarthy - C
17th - Jerome Tate - CF
18th - Ron Erickson - SS
19th - Darrell Brown - C
20th - Devin Fields - SS
21st - Jose Ortega - SS
22nd - Hubert Hicks - SP
23rd - Keith Thompson - RF
24th - John Haley - C (Canadian from Montreal)
25th - James Burnett - CF
26th - Mauro Garcia - C
27th - Garrett Cramer - C
28th - Truman McIlmoyle - SP (Canadian from Montreal)
29th - Lou Wood - RF
30th - Ed Dole - 1B

Lots of catchers...

rpriske · 09-02-2013, 01:07 PM

June 6th, 2014

This was a costly loss for Toronto. Not only did they get shut-out 4-0 by Tommy Hunter and the Orioles, costing them valuable ground in the division race, but Ivan Nova had to leave the game with an unknown injury.

WP - Tommy Hunter (6-5)
LP - Ivan Nova (4-5)

Record - 30-27

rpriske · 09-02-2013, 09:50 PM

June 7th, 2014

The Orioles made a late push and with Rex Brothers laid up with the flu, the Jays turned to Luke Gregerson and while things got interesting, with two men reaching scoring position, he held them off for the save.

Jose Bautista's big 3-run homer made him pass Brett Lawrie for both the league homerun lead and RBI lead.

WP - Josh Johnson (4-1)
Save - Luke Gregerson (3)
LP - Brian Matusz (4-5)

Record - 31-27

rpriske · 09-02-2013, 10:14 PM

June 8th, 2014

Another win and the Jays are now deadlocked again with the Orioles. This time a big 5 run 5th led to a 7-4 Jay win.

Tyler Moore went 2 for 5 with a homer. Eric Hosmer also went deep.

Jesus Montero left the game with an undisclosed injury.

WP - R.A. Dickey (3-1)
Save - Aaron Crow (1)
LP - Wei-Yin Chen (5-4)

Record - 32-27

08-29-2013, 10:40 PM	#103
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 27,121	May 30th, 2014 Colby Lewis pitched a great game but the real story came in the 9th. Ahead by one run, bases loaded, none out, with Rex Brothers up there for the Jays. His defense comes up big, as Salvadore Perez hits into an amazing 6-2-3 double play and then Brothers strikes out Alex Gordon to get his league leading 15th save. WP - Colby Lewis (7-1) Save - Rex Brothers (15) LP - Danny Duffy (1-5) Record - 26-24 Last edited by rpriske; 08-30-2013 at 12:15 PM.

08-30-2013, 07:23 PM	#107
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 27,121	Nolan Reimold, Jarret Hoffpauir and Tim Dillard are added to the Jays roster. Leury Garcia, George Springer and Moises Sierra are sent to Buffalo. Adrian Houser was assigned to S A Vancouver. George Springer is considered the top prospect in the Jays system now. Last edited by rpriske; 08-30-2013 at 07:29 PM.

09-02-2013, 09:19 AM	#115
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 27,121	June 4th, 2014 After taking two from the Phillies in Toronto, the Jays went to Philadelphia to play under N.L. rules and continued their winning ways, beating the Phils 4-2. Eric Hosmer got his 6th homerun of the year. WP - Colby Lewis (8-1) Save - Rex Brothers (18) LP - Kyle Kendrick (5-2) Record - 30-25 Toronto is now tied with Baltimore for the AL East lead! AL Central: Tigers are 1.5 games up on the Royals. AL West: Rangers have 4 games on the Angels. Wild Cards are Orioles/Blue Jays tied with the Angels. The Royals are 1 game back. The NL is not as tight. NL East: Braves have 10 games on the Phillies. NL Central: Cardinals have 5.5 games on the Pirates. NL West: Dodgers have 2.5 on the Rockies. Wild Cards are Rockies and Giants with the Pirates trailing by 2. Last edited by rpriske; 09-02-2013 at 09:21 AM.

09-02-2013, 12:06 PM	#116
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 27,121	June 5th, 2014 Just when it looked like the Blue Jays were going to sweep the home-and-home series against the Phillies, Philadelphia came back in the bottom of the 9th, giving a blown save to Luke Gregerson and then scored in the 10th to take the 7-6 win. WP - Jonathan Paplebon (2-4) LP - Luke Gregerson (0-2) Record - 30-26 Last edited by rpriske; 09-03-2013 at 09:43 AM.

09-02-2013, 12:28 PM	#117
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 27,121	DRAFT!! Kacy Clemens went first overall to the Astros. Our picks (we have no bonus picks this year) 1st - Mitch Garver - C 2nd - Mike Gallagher - SS 3rd - Eric Tyler - SP 4th - Bill Simon - MR 5th - Dave Burnett - SS 6th - Gil Leonard - C 7th - Colton Butler - C 8th - Ken Johnson - SP 9th - Jamie Hopper - SS 10th - Mike Blankenship - SP 11th - Hark Thum - LF (Canadian from Toronto!) 12th - Maxwell Walker - C 13th - Bob Anderson - SS 14th - Michael Hill - SP 15th - Pepe Medina - 2B 16th - Tom McCarthy - C 17th - Jerome Tate - CF 18th - Ron Erickson - SS 19th - Darrell Brown - C 20th - Devin Fields - SS 21st - Jose Ortega - SS 22nd - Hubert Hicks - SP 23rd - Keith Thompson - RF 24th - John Haley - C (Canadian from Montreal) 25th - James Burnett - CF 26th - Mauro Garcia - C 27th - Garrett Cramer - C 28th - Truman McIlmoyle - SP (Canadian from Montreal) 29th - Lou Wood - RF 30th - Ed Dole - 1B Lots of catchers... Last edited by rpriske; 09-03-2013 at 09:51 AM.

08-29-2013, 09:50 PM	#101
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 27,121	May 28th, 2014 The Jays hit the Twins early and then held off the resurgent Minnesota to beat them 6-4. Joe Mauer just held off the attack of Brett Lawrie to get the third jewel in the triple crown. Meanwhile, Rex Brothers is now the save leader in the AL. WP - Josh Johnson (3-1) Save - Rex Brothers (14) LP - Ryan Pressly (0-5) Record - 25-23 The Jays are now tied with the Astros for the second Wild Card spot.

08-29-2013, 10:15 PM	#102
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 27,121	May 29th, 2014 This game felt winnable but it just got away from them as the Royals topped them 4-3. WP - Justin Marks (1-0) Save - Greg Holland (9) LP - Danny Salazar (1-3) Record - 25-24

08-30-2013, 06:56 PM	#104
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 27,121	May 31st, 2014 Some timely power hitting by the Royals while key Jays continue to slump led to a 6-4 KC win. WP - James Shields (7-2) Save - Greg Holland (10) LP - Hyun-Jin Ryu (2-5) Record - 26-25

08-30-2013, 07:01 PM	#105
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 27,121	Matthew Dean was hitter of the month for his AA league. Major league awards: PITCHER: James Shields, Royals & Ryan Cook, Pirates HITTER: Miguel Cabrera, Tigers & Troy Tulowitzki, Rockies ROOKIE: Chris McGuiness, Rangers & Corey Dickerson, Rockies

08-30-2013, 07:10 PM	#106
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 27,121	TRADE To Astros J.P. Arencibia Tanner Scheppers Justin Nicolino To Blue Jays Nolan Reimold George Springer Adrian Houser

08-31-2013, 07:37 AM	#108
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 27,121	June 1st, 2014 Jose Bautista broke out of his slump by plastering a Chad Gaudin pitch out of the park for a big 3-run homer that shifted the game for the Jays and gave them a 9-7 win over the Royals. WP - Steve Delabar (2-0) Save - Rex Brothers (16) LP - Chad Gaudin (1-1) Record - 27-25

08-31-2013, 07:40 AM	#109
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 27,121	Jacob Anderson was player of the week down in Lansing. Buffalo was #1 in the AAA Power Rankings. Toronto held at #10 in theirs. Players of the week: Ryan Doumit, Rays & Matt Kemp, Dodgers

08-31-2013, 07:44 AM	#110
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 27,121	There is quite a triple crown race between Brett Lawrie and Mike Moustakas. AVG 1. Moustakas .368 2. Joe Mauer .357 3. Lawrie .353 HR 1. Lawrie 14 2T. Moustakas 12 2T. Jose Bautista 12 2T. Ryan Flaherty 12 RBI 1. Lawrie 43 2. Moustakas 41 3T. Bautista 38 3T. Albert Pujols 38 WAR 1. Lawrie 3.4 2. Moustakas 3.2 3. Mike Trout 2.6

08-31-2013, 11:14 AM	#111
Big T Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 3,878	Go Brett Go !

09-01-2013, 09:09 AM	#112
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 27,121	June 2nd, 2014 Jesus Montero led the attack, getting all 3 Toronto RBI as they beat the Phillies 3-2. Brett Lawrie went 1 for 4 and dropped his batting average to .351 WP - Tim Dillard (1-0) Save - Rex Brothers (17) LP - Derek Holland (3-6) Record - 28-25 Toronto is now only .5 games back of Baltimore for the AL East lead. AL Central - Tigers by 1.5 over KC AL West - Rangers by 4.5 over Angels AL WC 1 & 2 (tied) - Angels & Royals with a 1 game lead over Jays. NL East - Braves with 8.5 game lead over Phillies NL Central - Cardinals with 5.5 game lead over Pirates NL West - Dodgers with 2 game lead over Rockies WC 1 - Rockies are 4 games ahead of WC 2 - Giants with a 2.5 game lead over Phillies

09-01-2013, 09:12 AM	#113
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 27,121	Hyun-Jin Ryu was sent to AA New Hampshire. R.A. Dickey was called up to the Blue Jays.

09-01-2013, 04:28 PM	#114
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 27,121	June 3rd, 2014 It wasn't the performance R.A. Dickey was hoping for on his return to the bigs, but he kept the Jays in the game and an Anthony Gose Sac Fly gave them the edge as they beat the Phillies 6-5. Jose Bautista got his 13th homer of the year. Brett Lawrie went 2 for 4 with an RBI. WP - Carter Capps (2-0) Save - Luke Gregerson (2) LP - Mike Adams (2-3) Record - 29-25

09-02-2013, 01:07 PM	#118
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 27,121	June 6th, 2014 This was a costly loss for Toronto. Not only did they get shut-out 4-0 by Tommy Hunter and the Orioles, costing them valuable ground in the division race, but Ivan Nova had to leave the game with an unknown injury. WP - Tommy Hunter (6-5) LP - Ivan Nova (4-5) Record - 30-27

09-02-2013, 09:50 PM	#119
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 27,121	June 7th, 2014 The Orioles made a late push and with Rex Brothers laid up with the flu, the Jays turned to Luke Gregerson and while things got interesting, with two men reaching scoring position, he held them off for the save. Jose Bautista's big 3-run homer made him pass Brett Lawrie for both the league homerun lead and RBI lead. WP - Josh Johnson (4-1) Save - Luke Gregerson (3) LP - Brian Matusz (4-5) Record - 31-27

09-02-2013, 10:14 PM	#120
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 27,121	June 8th, 2014 Another win and the Jays are now deadlocked again with the Orioles. This time a big 5 run 5th led to a 7-4 Jay win. Tyler Moore went 2 for 5 with a homer. Eric Hosmer also went deep. Jesus Montero left the game with an undisclosed injury. WP - R.A. Dickey (3-1) Save - Aaron Crow (1) LP - Wei-Yin Chen (5-4) Record - 32-27