2014 Toronto Blue Jays (est. 2013) - Page 9

rpriske · 09-16-2013, 07:02 AM

July 3rd, 2014

With the Red Sox coming to town, the Jays have the chance to make some waves at the top of the AL East...

...but not today. They lost to Boston 6-0.

WP - John Danks (7-6)
LP - Hyun-Jin Ryu (2-6)

Record - 42-39

Toronto has now fallen behind Tampa Bay as well. 2 games behind Baltimore for the AL East and 1.5 behind Boston for the Wild Card.

rpriske · 09-17-2013, 08:50 PM

July 4th, 2014

A fourth of July game and it is held in Toronto? Silly scheduling but there WERE fireworks! Pedro Alvarez had tied the game up with a solo shot earlier and the next time he was up, Andrew Bailey came head-hunting. A brawl ensued (and Alvarez got off a nasty haymaker), and both were ejected and received NINE game suspensions!

His wasn't the only homer, though, as Brett Lawrie joined the fun as the Jays beat the Red Sox 5-1.

Some extra bad news is that R.A. Dickey had to leave the game with an unknown ailment.

WP - Aaron Crow (5-2)
LP - Alfredo Aceves (2-5)

Record - 43-39

The win puts Toronto behind Boston by only .5 game for the Wild Card and 1.5 behind Baltimore for the AL East.

rpriske · 09-17-2013, 09:17 PM

July 5th, 2014

Danny Salazar struck out 9 Red Sox batters but his defense made things tenser than he would have liked. Jose Bautista got a big 2-run double to give the Jays the lead, though, and they held it, downing Boston 6-3.

WP - Danny Salazar (4-3)
Save - Rex Brothers (24)
LP - Alex Cobb (7-7)

Record - 44-39

Toronto passed Boston with that win and now have the Wild Card, while still sitting 1 game back of Baltimore.

rpriske · 09-17-2013, 09:23 PM

The second BIG career-ending injury this year:

Bryce Harper has already hung it up and now Ryan Braun has joined him.

rpriske · 09-18-2013, 08:34 PM

July 6th, 2014

As quickly as they get ahead, they fall behind. Toronto dropped a 3-1 game to Boston.

WP - Clay Buchholz (5-4)
Save - Junichi Tazawa (2)
LP - Colby Lewis (8-5)

Record - 44-40

Toronto and Tampa Bay are .5 behind Boston for the Wild Card and 1.5 behind Baltimore for the AL East lead.

rpriske · 09-18-2013, 08:36 PM

The Blue Jays signed Tomas Hernandez, a 16 year old pitcher out of the Dominican, for $83,500.

rpriske · 09-18-2013, 08:38 PM

The Buffalo Bisons (AAA) and Vancouver Canadians (S A) are both #1 in their weekly power rankings.

Toronto has slipped to #10 in theirs.

Players of the week: Manny Machado, Orioles & Yadier Molina, Cardinals

rpriske · 09-18-2013, 08:42 PM

Oh my...

R.A. Dickey has a ruptured UCL. He is expected to miss 13-14 months.

Zach Stewart is called up to take his roster spot.

Also, Pedro Alvarez and Gordon Beckham are sent back to AAA and George Springer and Leury Garcia are called back up.

rpriske · 09-19-2013, 08:11 AM

July 8th, 2014

The Blue Jays were locked in with a 3-3 tie against the visiting Giants when Trevor Story knocked in Paul Konerko on a fielder's choice in the top of the 10th. Things didn't look good as Anthony Gose led off with a single in the bottom of the 10th but Mariano Rivera handled both Jose Reyes and Brett Lawrie. On the brink of elmination, Jose Bautista came up and blasted a ball over the left-field fence for his 22nd homer and the walk-off, 5-4 win!

WP - Tim Dillard (2-1)
LP - Mariano Rivera (2-3)

Record - 45-40

With most other AL East teams losing today, the Blue Jays are now tied with the Orioles for the division lead!

rpriske · 09-19-2013, 08:13 AM

The Jays signed their top target from the International group... 16 year old pitcher Santiago Gomez of the Domincan signed for $2,680,000.

rpriske · 09-19-2013, 10:32 PM

July 9th, 2014

Four Giants pitchers combined to shut out the Jays 4-0 today.

WP - Matt Cain (4-4)
Save - Sergio Romo (20)
LP - Hyun-Jin Ryu (2-7)

Record - 45-41

The Orioles were inactive so the Jays now trail by a half game, but are in a four way tie for the Wild Card.

rpriske · 09-19-2013, 10:33 PM

Time to shake things up... HUGE TRADE!!

Going to San Francisco

Josh Johnson
Bruce Rondon
Leury Garcia

Going to Toronto

Pablo Sandoval
Clayton Blackburn
Tyler Horan
Brett Binning
Spencer Navin

The fans are excited about getting Panda.

rpriske · 09-19-2013, 10:37 PM

Kyle Drabek and Gordon Beckham are called up from Buffalo. George Springer is sent down.

rpriske · 09-21-2013, 12:01 AM

July 10th, 2014

Danny Salazar dealt with control problems but his hitters bailed him out. Jose Bautista went deep TWICE and Brett Lawrie once. Bautista now leads the AL in HRs.

WP - Danny Salazar (5-3)
Save - Rex Brothers (25)
LP - Tim Linecum (7-7)

Record - 46-41

All the top AL East teams won.

rpriske · 09-21-2013, 04:40 PM

July 11th, 2014

This was as ugly as it gets, on both ends for the Jays. Seattle smoked them, 10-0.

WP - Felix Hernandez (10-4)
LP - Colby Lewis (8-6)

Record - 46-42

All the top teams lost, oddly enough, so the Jays are still tied with Tampa and Boston for the AL East lead... plus Kansas City for the Wild Card.

rpriske · 09-22-2013, 03:03 AM

July 12th, 2014

Zach Stewart made his 2014 MLB debut and pitched a beauty, but it was Anthony Gose's strong arm, throwing Mike Napoli out at home for the third out in the ninth that kept the Blue Jays' 4-3 win over Seattle.

WP - Zach Stewart (1-0)
Save - Rex Brothers (26)
LP - Brandon Morrow (6-8)

Record - 47-42

All three top AL East teams won, but the Royals lost, dropping them a game behind in the Wild Card race.

rpriske · 09-22-2013, 02:13 PM

July 13th, 2014

Aaron Crow had his second spot start, and it was ugly as the Mariners lit him up for 7 runs over three innings. The bullpen did their job but solo home runs by Gordon Beckham and Jose Bautista was all the offense the Jays could muster.

WP - Matt Garza (3-9)
LP - Aaron Crow (5-3)

Record - 47-43

Tampa and Boston win so the Jays are 1 game back in both the AL East and Wild Card races.

rpriske · 09-22-2013, 02:15 PM

Jose Bautista was the AL player of the week, hitting .421 with 5 homers and 7 RBI.

Steven Fuentes of Bluefield was the player of the week for the Appalachian league.

The Buffalo Bisons topped the power rankings for their AAA league.

The Jays dropped to #14 on theirs.

Corey Dickerson of the Rockies was the NL PotW.

rpriske · 09-22-2013, 02:17 PM

Lou Marson was sent to AAA and Pedro Alvarez was recalled.

rpriske · 09-22-2013, 09:34 PM

July 14th, 2014

The Angels banged Hyun-Jin Ryu around in the first, scoring four times. He then settled down and stopped them from adding any more... but that was enough as they beat the Blue Jays 4-2.

WP - C.J. Wilson (7-6)
Save - Antonio Bastardo (19)
LP - Hyun-Jin Ryu (2-8)

Record - 47-44

Toronto is now 1.5 games behind Boston for the AL East and 1 game behind Kansas City and Tampa Bay for the Wild Card.

09-17-2013, 09:23 PM	#164
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 27,121	The second BIG career-ending injury this year: Bryce Harper has already hung it up and now Ryan Braun has joined him. Last edited by rpriske; 10-17-2013 at 01:26 PM.

09-18-2013, 08:42 PM	#168
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 27,121	Oh my... R.A. Dickey has a ruptured UCL. He is expected to miss 13-14 months. Zach Stewart is called up to take his roster spot. Also, Pedro Alvarez and Gordon Beckham are sent back to AAA and George Springer and Leury Garcia are called back up. Last edited by rpriske; 09-18-2013 at 08:48 PM.

09-19-2013, 08:11 AM	#169
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 27,121	July 8th, 2014 The Blue Jays were locked in with a 3-3 tie against the visiting Giants when Trevor Story knocked in Paul Konerko on a fielder's choice in the top of the 10th. Things didn't look good as Anthony Gose led off with a single in the bottom of the 10th but Mariano Rivera handled both Jose Reyes and Brett Lawrie. On the brink of elmination, Jose Bautista came up and blasted a ball over the left-field fence for his 22nd homer and the walk-off, 5-4 win! WP - Tim Dillard (2-1) LP - Mariano Rivera (2-3) Record - 45-40 With most other AL East teams losing today, the Blue Jays are now tied with the Orioles for the division lead! Last edited by rpriske; 09-20-2013 at 09:44 AM.

09-22-2013, 03:03 AM	#176
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 27,121	July 12th, 2014 Zach Stewart made his 2014 MLB debut and pitched a beauty, but it was Anthony Gose's strong arm, throwing Mike Napoli out at home for the third out in the ninth that kept the Blue Jays' 4-3 win over Seattle. WP - Zach Stewart (1-0) Save - Rex Brothers (26) LP - Brandon Morrow (6-8) Record - 47-42 All three top AL East teams won, but the Royals lost, dropping them a game behind in the Wild Card race. Last edited by rpriske; 09-23-2013 at 09:59 AM.

09-22-2013, 02:13 PM	#177
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 27,121	July 13th, 2014 Aaron Crow had his second spot start, and it was ugly as the Mariners lit him up for 7 runs over three innings. The bullpen did their job but solo home runs by Gordon Beckham and Jose Bautista was all the offense the Jays could muster. WP - Matt Garza (3-9) LP - Aaron Crow (5-3) Record - 47-43 Tampa and Boston win so the Jays are 1 game back in both the AL East and Wild Card races. Last edited by rpriske; 09-23-2013 at 09:59 AM.

09-16-2013, 07:02 AM	#161
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 27,121	July 3rd, 2014 With the Red Sox coming to town, the Jays have the chance to make some waves at the top of the AL East... ...but not today. They lost to Boston 6-0. WP - John Danks (7-6) LP - Hyun-Jin Ryu (2-6) Record - 42-39 Toronto has now fallen behind Tampa Bay as well. 2 games behind Baltimore for the AL East and 1.5 behind Boston for the Wild Card.

09-17-2013, 08:50 PM	#162
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 27,121	July 4th, 2014 A fourth of July game and it is held in Toronto? Silly scheduling but there WERE fireworks! Pedro Alvarez had tied the game up with a solo shot earlier and the next time he was up, Andrew Bailey came head-hunting. A brawl ensued (and Alvarez got off a nasty haymaker), and both were ejected and received NINE game suspensions! His wasn't the only homer, though, as Brett Lawrie joined the fun as the Jays beat the Red Sox 5-1. Some extra bad news is that R.A. Dickey had to leave the game with an unknown ailment. WP - Aaron Crow (5-2) LP - Alfredo Aceves (2-5) Record - 43-39 The win puts Toronto behind Boston by only .5 game for the Wild Card and 1.5 behind Baltimore for the AL East.

09-17-2013, 09:17 PM	#163
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 27,121	July 5th, 2014 Danny Salazar struck out 9 Red Sox batters but his defense made things tenser than he would have liked. Jose Bautista got a big 2-run double to give the Jays the lead, though, and they held it, downing Boston 6-3. WP - Danny Salazar (4-3) Save - Rex Brothers (24) LP - Alex Cobb (7-7) Record - 44-39 Toronto passed Boston with that win and now have the Wild Card, while still sitting 1 game back of Baltimore.

09-18-2013, 08:34 PM	#165
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 27,121	July 6th, 2014 As quickly as they get ahead, they fall behind. Toronto dropped a 3-1 game to Boston. WP - Clay Buchholz (5-4) Save - Junichi Tazawa (2) LP - Colby Lewis (8-5) Record - 44-40 Toronto and Tampa Bay are .5 behind Boston for the Wild Card and 1.5 behind Baltimore for the AL East lead.

09-18-2013, 08:36 PM	#166
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 27,121	The Blue Jays signed Tomas Hernandez, a 16 year old pitcher out of the Dominican, for $83,500.

09-18-2013, 08:38 PM	#167
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 27,121	The Buffalo Bisons (AAA) and Vancouver Canadians (S A) are both #1 in their weekly power rankings. Toronto has slipped to #10 in theirs. Players of the week: Manny Machado, Orioles & Yadier Molina, Cardinals

09-19-2013, 08:13 AM	#170
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 27,121	The Jays signed their top target from the International group... 16 year old pitcher Santiago Gomez of the Domincan signed for $2,680,000.

09-19-2013, 10:32 PM	#171
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 27,121	July 9th, 2014 Four Giants pitchers combined to shut out the Jays 4-0 today. WP - Matt Cain (4-4) Save - Sergio Romo (20) LP - Hyun-Jin Ryu (2-7) Record - 45-41 The Orioles were inactive so the Jays now trail by a half game, but are in a four way tie for the Wild Card.

09-19-2013, 10:33 PM	#172
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 27,121	Time to shake things up... HUGE TRADE!! Going to San Francisco Josh Johnson Bruce Rondon Leury Garcia Going to Toronto Pablo Sandoval Clayton Blackburn Tyler Horan Brett Binning Spencer Navin The fans are excited about getting Panda.

09-19-2013, 10:37 PM	#173
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 27,121	Kyle Drabek and Gordon Beckham are called up from Buffalo. George Springer is sent down.

09-21-2013, 12:01 AM	#174
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 27,121	July 10th, 2014 Danny Salazar dealt with control problems but his hitters bailed him out. Jose Bautista went deep TWICE and Brett Lawrie once. Bautista now leads the AL in HRs. WP - Danny Salazar (5-3) Save - Rex Brothers (25) LP - Tim Linecum (7-7) Record - 46-41 All the top AL East teams won.

09-21-2013, 04:40 PM	#175
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 27,121	July 11th, 2014 This was as ugly as it gets, on both ends for the Jays. Seattle smoked them, 10-0. WP - Felix Hernandez (10-4) LP - Colby Lewis (8-6) Record - 46-42 All the top teams lost, oddly enough, so the Jays are still tied with Tampa and Boston for the AL East lead... plus Kansas City for the Wild Card.

09-22-2013, 02:15 PM	#178
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 27,121	Jose Bautista was the AL player of the week, hitting .421 with 5 homers and 7 RBI. Steven Fuentes of Bluefield was the player of the week for the Appalachian league. The Buffalo Bisons topped the power rankings for their AAA league. The Jays dropped to #14 on theirs. Corey Dickerson of the Rockies was the NL PotW.

09-22-2013, 02:17 PM	#179
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 27,121	Lou Marson was sent to AAA and Pedro Alvarez was recalled.

09-22-2013, 09:34 PM	#180
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 27,121	July 14th, 2014 The Angels banged Hyun-Jin Ryu around in the first, scoring four times. He then settled down and stopped them from adding any more... but that was enough as they beat the Blue Jays 4-2. WP - C.J. Wilson (7-6) Save - Antonio Bastardo (19) LP - Hyun-Jin Ryu (2-8) Record - 47-44 Toronto is now 1.5 games behind Boston for the AL East and 1 game behind Kansas City and Tampa Bay for the Wild Card. Last edited by rpriske; 09-23-2013 at 09:59 AM.