2013 Toronto Blue Jays!! - Page 6

rpriske · 05-14-2013, 11:01 PM

May 29th, 2013

Kyle Drabek's first start of the year showed some promise, but the Toronto hitters couldn't do enough with Kris Medlen and the Jays fell 4-2 to the Braves.

WP - Kris Medlen (7-2)
Save - Craig Kimbrel (20)
LP - Kyle Drabek (0-1)

Record - 22-32

rpriske · 05-15-2013, 08:32 PM

May 30th, 2013

The Atlanta pitching continues to be a puzzle that the Blue Jays batters are unable to decipher. Braves win 6-3.

WP - Luis Avilan (3-3)
Save - Craig Kimbrel (21)
LP - Josh Johnson (4-5)

Record - 22-33

rpriske · 05-15-2013, 08:36 PM

TRADE

The Rangers called... and I listened.

A number of teams were interested in Roberto Osuna... despite our scouts not being super high on him, but I didn't get an offer I liked until now.

TO TEXAS

Roberto Osuna and Adam Loewen

TO TORONTO

Colby Lewis and $2,760,000 in salary relief.

rpriske · 05-15-2013, 08:41 PM

We didn't stop there!

TRADE

TO TAMPA BAY

J.A. Happ

TO TORONTO

Matt Joyce

We are shaking things up in Toronto!

rpriske · 05-15-2013, 08:43 PM

Colby Lewis and Matt Joyce are given spots on the Blue Jays roster. To make room, Josh Johnson was sent to Buffalo, with the understanding that it is to work out the problems he has had so far on the mound. Hopefully it is temporary.

rpriske · 05-15-2013, 11:00 PM

May 31st, 2013

It took 15 innings and every bat on the bench but the Blue Jays beat the Padres 7-4. It was Adam Lind, who came in as a pinch-hitter and stayed in the game back in the 7th, with an RBI double to take the lead for Toronto.

Melky Cabrera went 3 for 5 with a homerun before leaving the game on a double switch. J.P. Arencibia and Edwin Encarnacion also both went deep.

WP - Aaron Loup (1-0)
Save - Casey Janssen (12)
LP - Jason Marquis (1-1)

Record - 23-33

rpriske · 05-15-2013, 11:07 PM

Tyler Powell of the Dunedin Blue Jays was named Pitcher of the Month for May.

May Awards

Hitter: Albert Pujols, Angels & Dexter Fowler, Rockies

Pitcher: Max Scherzer, Tigers & Matt Cain, Giants

Rookie: Hiroyuki Nakajima, Athletics & Matt Adams, Cardinals

rpriske · 05-15-2013, 11:19 PM

Called up: Evan Crawford

Sent down: Jose Reyes, Jeremy Jeffress

Designated for Assignment: Joel Carreno

TRADE

To SEATTLE

Brett Cecil

To TORONTO

Brendan Ryan

Reyes accepted his demotion as he clearly needs to get his stroke back. Ryan is a stopgap until he gets it back together.

rpriske · 05-16-2013, 11:35 PM

June 1st, 2013

Brandon Morrow recovered from some control problems to limit the Padres to only one run (plated before they even had a hit), and Colby Rasmus and Melky Cabrera both went deep as the Jays won 4-1.

WP - Brandon Morrow (5-6)
Save - Casey Janssen (13)
LP - Edison Volquez (5-5)

Record - 24-33

rpriske · 05-16-2013, 11:37 PM

Leonys Martin is activated from the DL.

Anthony Gose is sent back to Buffalo.

rpriske · 05-17-2013, 05:30 PM

June 2nd, 2013

Mark Buehrle pitched a strong game, going one out shy of the distance before letting in the only run. The Jays won 2-1 on a sac fly from Leonys Martin's first plate appearance as a Jay and a squeeze bunt by Buehrle himself!

WP - Mark Buehrle (5-3)
Save - Mickey Storey (2)
LP - Andrew Cashner (1-3)

Record - 25-33

rpriske · 05-17-2013, 05:32 PM

Lansing still holds the #1 spot in the power rankings for their league.

Toronto has climbed to #20.

Players of the week: Albert Pujols, Angels & Paul Goldschmidt, Diamondbacks

rpriske · 05-18-2013, 08:43 AM

June 4th, 2013

The Blue Jays lost a lot more than a game today.

A walk-off single by Andres Torres in the 13th gave the Giants the 3-2 win, spoiling a nice Jay debut for Colby Lewis, but the real cost was the loss of both Brett Lawrie and Matt Joyce.

The prognosis on Joyce is still unavailable but Lawrie was strained his PCL and will be out for 5 weeks.

Both Bautista and Lawrie out? The season doesn't look like it is going to get any better for Toronto.

WP - Javier Lopez (1-0)
LP - Steve Delabar (1-1)

Record - 25-34

rpriske · 05-18-2013, 08:45 AM

Brett Lawrie placed on D.L.

Anthony Gose called back up.

rpriske · 05-18-2013, 11:04 PM

June 5th, 2013

The Blue Jays batters made an ok showing of themselves but the pitchers were unable to contain the Giants, falling 9-5.

Tyler Moore picked up his 6th homer. There are reports that Mickey Storey may have been hurt when he left the game in the 8th.

WP - Matt Cain (7-1)
LP - Justin Germano (1-5)

Record - 25-35

rpriske · 05-18-2013, 11:07 PM

Matt Joyce was placed on the D.L. with a strained calf muscle.

Jose Reyes was recalled from Buffalo.

rpriske · 05-19-2013, 12:04 AM

DRAFT!!!

We pick 9th...

(EDITED TO INCLUDE WHERE THEY WENT IN RL)

ROUND 1 - SS - Andy McGuire - Vienna, VA, HS [University of Texas]

ROUND 2 - 2B - Gosuke Katoh - Poway, CA - HS [2nd Round - Yankees]

ROUND 3 - RF - Nicholas Buckner - Unknown birth city, USA - HS [14th Round - Pirates]

ROUND 4 - MR - Garrett Williams - Shreveport, LA - HS [33rd Round - Padres]

ROUND 5 - LF - Thomas Milone - Unknown birth city, USA - HS [3rd Round - Rays]

Round 6 - C - Francis Christy - Petaluma, CA - HS[37th Round - Athletics]

Round 7 - 1B - Brian Ragira - Arlington, TX - College[4th Round - Giants]

Round 8 - SS - Timmy Richards - Long Beach, CA - HS [40th Round - Marlins]

Round 9 - MR - Dominic Taccolini - Sugar Land, TX - HS [College - Arkansas]

Round 10 - MR - A.J. Bugucki - Gilbertsville, PA - HS [31st Round - Twins]

Round 11 - LF - Cody Thomas - Colleyville, TX - HS [30th Round - Yankees]

Round 12 - RF - Jacob Heyward - MacDonough, GA - HS [38th Round - Braves]

Round 13 - 2B - Andy Peterson - El Granada, CA - College [College - Oregon State]

Round 14 - MR - Roy Morales - Lares, Puerto Rico - HS [unknown]

Round 15 - LF - Jason Martin - Corona, CA - HS [8th Round - Astros]

Round 16 - SS - Tim Hepburn - Rawdon, Quebec - HS [unknown]

Round 17 - SS - Reynaldo Marrero - Bayamon, Puerto Rico - HS [unknown]

Round 18 - MR - Chandler Eden - Yuba City, CA - HS [36th Round - Marlins]

Round 19 - MR - Casey Meisner - Houston, TX - HS [3rd Round, Mets]

Round 20 - SP - Jacob Rhame - Corpus Christi, TX - College [6th Round, Dodgers]

Round 21 - CF - Herman Clark - Berkeley, CA - College [unknown]

Round 22 - SS - Rich Adkin - Stephenville, TX - College [unknown]

Round 23 - MR - Taylor Williams - Camas, WA - College [4th Round, Brewers]

Round 24 - SP - Trevor Gott - Lexington, KY - College [unknown]

Round 25 - 2B - Carlos Aguilar - Charlotte, NC - College [unknown]

Round 26 - CL - Joe Alexander Jimenez - Bayamon, Puerto Rico - HS [unknown]

Round 27 - CF - Enrique Alomar - Bristol, PA - HS [unknown]

Round 28 - SS - Mark Barrett - Munising, MI - College [unknown]

Round 29 - CF - Angel 'Lumpy' Castaneda - San Jose, CA - HS [unknown]

Round 30 - SP - Frederic Combes - Nipawin, Saskatchewan - HS [unknown]

rpriske · 05-19-2013, 12:12 AM

Mickey Storey was placed on the 60-day DL with extreme shoulder inflammation. It is expected he will miss about 4 months.

Michael Schwimer was recalled from Buffalo.

rpriske · 05-19-2013, 09:41 AM

June 7th, 2013

Brandon Morrow and Casey Janssen combined for a 4 hit shut out of the Rangers, dropping them 2-0. Morrow struck out 9, though he walked 4.

Edwin Encarnacion provided half the scoring with his 11th homerun of the season.

WP - Brandon Morrow (6-6)
Save - Casey Janssen (14)
LP - Yu Darvish (5-6)

Record - 26-35

rpriske · 05-19-2013, 09:52 AM

TRADE

To Houston: Dustin McGowan

To Toronto: Brandon Barnes

I had some interesting offers for McGowan. Nick Swisher was the biggest name, but he has a too hefty contract that comes with him. Darrin Ruf was interesting, but I decided to go with the better fielder.

Barnes was assigned to Buffalo.

05-15-2013, 08:36 PM	#103
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,972 Blog Entries: 1	TRADE The Rangers called... and I listened. A number of teams were interested in Roberto Osuna... despite our scouts not being super high on him, but I didn't get an offer I liked until now. TO TEXAS Roberto Osuna and Adam Loewen TO TORONTO Colby Lewis and $2,760,000 in salary relief. Last edited by rpriske; 05-16-2013 at 09:39 AM.

05-15-2013, 08:43 PM	#105
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,972 Blog Entries: 1	Colby Lewis and Matt Joyce are given spots on the Blue Jays roster. To make room, Josh Johnson was sent to Buffalo, with the understanding that it is to work out the problems he has had so far on the mound. Hopefully it is temporary. Last edited by rpriske; 05-16-2013 at 09:39 AM.

05-19-2013, 12:04 AM	#117
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,972 Blog Entries: 1	DRAFT!!! We pick 9th... (EDITED TO INCLUDE WHERE THEY WENT IN RL) ROUND 1 - SS - Andy McGuire - Vienna, VA, HS [University of Texas] ROUND 2 - 2B - Gosuke Katoh - Poway, CA - HS [2nd Round - Yankees] ROUND 3 - RF - Nicholas Buckner - Unknown birth city, USA - HS [14th Round - Pirates] ROUND 4 - MR - Garrett Williams - Shreveport, LA - HS [33rd Round - Padres] ROUND 5 - LF - Thomas Milone - Unknown birth city, USA - HS [3rd Round - Rays] Round 6 - C - Francis Christy - Petaluma, CA - HS[37th Round - Athletics] Round 7 - 1B - Brian Ragira - Arlington, TX - College[4th Round - Giants] Round 8 - SS - Timmy Richards - Long Beach, CA - HS [40th Round - Marlins] Round 9 - MR - Dominic Taccolini - Sugar Land, TX - HS [College - Arkansas] Round 10 - MR - A.J. Bugucki - Gilbertsville, PA - HS [31st Round - Twins] Round 11 - LF - Cody Thomas - Colleyville, TX - HS [30th Round - Yankees] Round 12 - RF - Jacob Heyward - MacDonough, GA - HS [38th Round - Braves] Round 13 - 2B - Andy Peterson - El Granada, CA - College [College - Oregon State] Round 14 - MR - Roy Morales - Lares, Puerto Rico - HS [unknown] Round 15 - LF - Jason Martin - Corona, CA - HS [8th Round - Astros] Round 16 - SS - Tim Hepburn - Rawdon, Quebec - HS [unknown] Round 17 - SS - Reynaldo Marrero - Bayamon, Puerto Rico - HS [unknown] Round 18 - MR - Chandler Eden - Yuba City, CA - HS [36th Round - Marlins] Round 19 - MR - Casey Meisner - Houston, TX - HS [3rd Round, Mets] Round 20 - SP - Jacob Rhame - Corpus Christi, TX - College [6th Round, Dodgers] Round 21 - CF - Herman Clark - Berkeley, CA - College [unknown] Round 22 - SS - Rich Adkin - Stephenville, TX - College [unknown] Round 23 - MR - Taylor Williams - Camas, WA - College [4th Round, Brewers] Round 24 - SP - Trevor Gott - Lexington, KY - College [unknown] Round 25 - 2B - Carlos Aguilar - Charlotte, NC - College [unknown] Round 26 - CL - Joe Alexander Jimenez - Bayamon, Puerto Rico - HS [unknown] Round 27 - CF - Enrique Alomar - Bristol, PA - HS [unknown] Round 28 - SS - Mark Barrett - Munising, MI - College [unknown] Round 29 - CF - Angel 'Lumpy' Castaneda - San Jose, CA - HS [unknown] Round 30 - SP - Frederic Combes - Nipawin, Saskatchewan - HS [unknown] Last edited by rpriske; 06-11-2013 at 11:58 AM.

05-19-2013, 09:41 AM	#119
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,972 Blog Entries: 1	June 7th, 2013 Brandon Morrow and Casey Janssen combined for a 4 hit shut out of the Rangers, dropping them 2-0. Morrow struck out 9, though he walked 4. Edwin Encarnacion provided half the scoring with his 11th homerun of the season. WP - Brandon Morrow (6-6) Save - Casey Janssen (14) LP - Yu Darvish (5-6) Record - 26-35 Last edited by rpriske; 05-21-2013 at 12:44 PM.

05-14-2013, 11:01 PM	#101
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,972 Blog Entries: 1	May 29th, 2013 Kyle Drabek's first start of the year showed some promise, but the Toronto hitters couldn't do enough with Kris Medlen and the Jays fell 4-2 to the Braves. WP - Kris Medlen (7-2) Save - Craig Kimbrel (20) LP - Kyle Drabek (0-1) Record - 22-32

05-15-2013, 08:32 PM	#102
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,972 Blog Entries: 1	May 30th, 2013 The Atlanta pitching continues to be a puzzle that the Blue Jays batters are unable to decipher. Braves win 6-3. WP - Luis Avilan (3-3) Save - Craig Kimbrel (21) LP - Josh Johnson (4-5) Record - 22-33

05-15-2013, 08:41 PM	#104
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,972 Blog Entries: 1	We didn't stop there! TRADE TO TAMPA BAY J.A. Happ TO TORONTO Matt Joyce We are shaking things up in Toronto!

05-15-2013, 11:00 PM	#106
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,972 Blog Entries: 1	May 31st, 2013 It took 15 innings and every bat on the bench but the Blue Jays beat the Padres 7-4. It was Adam Lind, who came in as a pinch-hitter and stayed in the game back in the 7th, with an RBI double to take the lead for Toronto. Melky Cabrera went 3 for 5 with a homerun before leaving the game on a double switch. J.P. Arencibia and Edwin Encarnacion also both went deep. WP - Aaron Loup (1-0) Save - Casey Janssen (12) LP - Jason Marquis (1-1) Record - 23-33

05-15-2013, 11:07 PM	#107
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,972 Blog Entries: 1	Tyler Powell of the Dunedin Blue Jays was named Pitcher of the Month for May. May Awards Hitter: Albert Pujols, Angels & Dexter Fowler, Rockies Pitcher: Max Scherzer, Tigers & Matt Cain, Giants Rookie: Hiroyuki Nakajima, Athletics & Matt Adams, Cardinals

05-15-2013, 11:19 PM	#108
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,972 Blog Entries: 1	Called up: Evan Crawford Sent down: Jose Reyes, Jeremy Jeffress Designated for Assignment: Joel Carreno TRADE To SEATTLE Brett Cecil To TORONTO Brendan Ryan Reyes accepted his demotion as he clearly needs to get his stroke back. Ryan is a stopgap until he gets it back together.

05-16-2013, 11:35 PM	#109
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,972 Blog Entries: 1	June 1st, 2013 Brandon Morrow recovered from some control problems to limit the Padres to only one run (plated before they even had a hit), and Colby Rasmus and Melky Cabrera both went deep as the Jays won 4-1. WP - Brandon Morrow (5-6) Save - Casey Janssen (13) LP - Edison Volquez (5-5) Record - 24-33

05-16-2013, 11:37 PM	#110
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,972 Blog Entries: 1	Leonys Martin is activated from the DL. Anthony Gose is sent back to Buffalo.

05-17-2013, 05:30 PM	#111
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,972 Blog Entries: 1	June 2nd, 2013 Mark Buehrle pitched a strong game, going one out shy of the distance before letting in the only run. The Jays won 2-1 on a sac fly from Leonys Martin's first plate appearance as a Jay and a squeeze bunt by Buehrle himself! WP - Mark Buehrle (5-3) Save - Mickey Storey (2) LP - Andrew Cashner (1-3) Record - 25-33

05-17-2013, 05:32 PM	#112
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,972 Blog Entries: 1	Lansing still holds the #1 spot in the power rankings for their league. Toronto has climbed to #20. Players of the week: Albert Pujols, Angels & Paul Goldschmidt, Diamondbacks

05-18-2013, 08:43 AM	#113
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,972 Blog Entries: 1	June 4th, 2013 The Blue Jays lost a lot more than a game today. A walk-off single by Andres Torres in the 13th gave the Giants the 3-2 win, spoiling a nice Jay debut for Colby Lewis, but the real cost was the loss of both Brett Lawrie and Matt Joyce. The prognosis on Joyce is still unavailable but Lawrie was strained his PCL and will be out for 5 weeks. Both Bautista and Lawrie out? The season doesn't look like it is going to get any better for Toronto. WP - Javier Lopez (1-0) LP - Steve Delabar (1-1) Record - 25-34

05-18-2013, 08:45 AM	#114
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,972 Blog Entries: 1	Brett Lawrie placed on D.L. Anthony Gose called back up.

05-18-2013, 11:04 PM	#115
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,972 Blog Entries: 1	June 5th, 2013 The Blue Jays batters made an ok showing of themselves but the pitchers were unable to contain the Giants, falling 9-5. Tyler Moore picked up his 6th homer. There are reports that Mickey Storey may have been hurt when he left the game in the 8th. WP - Matt Cain (7-1) LP - Justin Germano (1-5) Record - 25-35

05-18-2013, 11:07 PM	#116
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,972 Blog Entries: 1	Matt Joyce was placed on the D.L. with a strained calf muscle. Jose Reyes was recalled from Buffalo.

05-19-2013, 12:12 AM	#118
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,972 Blog Entries: 1	Mickey Storey was placed on the 60-day DL with extreme shoulder inflammation. It is expected he will miss about 4 months. Michael Schwimer was recalled from Buffalo.

05-19-2013, 09:52 AM	#120
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,972 Blog Entries: 1	TRADE To Houston: Dustin McGowan To Toronto: Brandon Barnes I had some interesting offers for McGowan. Nick Swisher was the biggest name, but he has a too hefty contract that comes with him. Darrin Ruf was interesting, but I decided to go with the better fielder. Barnes was assigned to Buffalo.