Modern Jays

rpriske · 10-06-2012, 11:30 AM

I did the first year of this over in Historical Leagues in error.

It can be found there. http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...blue-jays.html

As of the 2012/2013 off season, I am moving it here.

Hope you enjoy it.

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The first thing the Toronto Blue Jays management did after a somewhat disappointing season is fire their Scouting Director, Andrew Tinnish.

"He didn't fit what we are going for here," said G.M. Rusty Priske

They immediately brought in Jason Jackson. He has 31 years of experience and is legendary in International Scouting and Outstanding in Major league scouting (and pretty good right across the board). He is signed to a 3 year contract.

(Highly Favors Ability)

How this will affect the Blue Jays going forward remains to be seen.

The Jays made money last year as Priske was aggressive in shedding unwanted contracts. Alan Horn and Rogers gave them a budget bump and he now has nearly $30m to spend on free agents.

Initial reports say that he wants 2 starting pitchers and a 1B or DH.

rpriske · 10-06-2012, 04:41 PM

Hall of Fame!!

Big Hall of Fame class as the voters came to their senses and did not punish the 'steroid' era players.

Inductees

Craig Biggio
Barry Bonds
Roger Clemens
Mike Piazza
Curt Schilling
Sammy Sosa

Four teams are looking for Managers (Chicago - AL, Oakland, Seattle, Houston) and one GM (Chicago - AL)

rpriske · 10-06-2012, 04:55 PM

Good job Yunel!

Yunel Escobar wins the AL Gold Glove for SS!

Full List

AL

P - Jason Hammel (BAL)
C - Joe Mauer (MIN)
1B - Albert Pujols (LAA)
2B - Ian Kinsler (TEX)
3B - Adrian Beltre (TEX)
SS - Yunel Escobar (TOR)
LF - Carl Crawford (BOS)
CF - Peter Bourjos (LAA)
RF - Alex Rios (CWS)

NL

P - Ricky Nolasco (MIA)
C - Yadier Molina (SLC)
1B - Joey Votto (CIN)
2B - Brandon Phillips (CIN)
3B - Ryan Zimmerman (WAS)
SS - Jose Reyes (MIA)
LF - Chris Heisey (CIN)
CF - Carlos Gomez (MIL)
RF - Brian Bogusevic (HOU)

rpriske · 10-06-2012, 04:56 PM

Rookie of the Year Awards...

Mike Trout (LAA) and Anthony Rizzo (CHC)

rpriske · 10-06-2012, 05:08 PM

Manager of the Year

(this is funny considering what really happened)

Bobby Valentine (BOS) and Don Mattingly (LAD)

Also, Toronto makes its first trade of the offseason!

Trying to turn a surplus into a strength, the Jays traded disappointing closer Sergio Santos to the Chicago Cubs for SP Jeff Samardzija.

Fans were not happy about losing Santos, but GM Rusty Priske said they would be more unhappy if the Jays couldn't get more out of their rotation.

rpriske · 10-06-2012, 05:10 PM

Cy Young awards

Some stalwarts here as Justin Verlander (DET) and Roy Halladay (PHI) win the awards.

Also, Toronto announced they have signed Chad Gaudin to a 1-yr contract with a team option 2nd year averaging about $1m per year.

rpriske · 10-06-2012, 05:14 PM

MVP

He did it!

Jose Bautista won the AL MVP! 67 Homeruns will have that effect!

Matt Kemp won for the NL.

rpriske · 10-06-2012, 05:34 PM

Arbitration

We settled with Travis Snider on $1.5m before the hearings.

Neftali Feliz - $3.2m (team offer)
Brad Ziegler - $2.5m (player request)

That is a half mil more than I wanted to pay Ziegler, but that is the deal when you go to arb.

rpriske · 10-15-2012, 11:41 AM

Big Trade and a Rule 5 addition

To CWS: Jemile Weeks, Eric Arce

To TOR: Adam Dunn, Kevan Smith, Jeffrey Soptic, Dan Black and $3m cash

Chicago offered this without the added minor leaguers on their part. I goosed it up and then we made it happen. This is the big bat I was looking for at 1st. This did stop me from making that starting pitcher free agent splash, but who I wanted (Greinke) had been extended before I got a shot anyway. I am now being more modest in my goals and trying to sign Gavin Floyd to go with my acquisition of Jeff Samardzija.

Weeks had already lost favour with me compared to Josh Satin.

RULE 5

I lost nobody and nabbed former 1st overall draft pick, Tim Beckham. He is injured now, and I immediately dropped him onto the 60-day DL. I hope he will turn into my 2B of the future.

rpriske · 10-16-2012, 07:07 AM

Dec. 28th, 2012

The Toronto Blue Jays didn't get the big prize in free agent pitching, but they did add to their rotation. They signed Gavin Floyd to a 1-year, $9.5 million deal.

rpriske · 10-16-2012, 09:54 PM

Recap of the Jays early 2013 transactions.

Jan. 12th - signed MR Johan Yan to a 1 year $800,000 contract

Jan. 17th - claimed RF Cesar Puello off waivers from the Mets

Feb. 2nd - signed MR Chad Qualls to a 1 year $1.5m contract

Feb. 11th - signed MR David Quinowski to a minor league contract

Feb. 19th - signed MR Garrett Bolt to a minor league contract

Feb. 27th - signed 1B Calvin Anderson to a minor league contract

Mar. 3rd - claimed MR Eduardo Sanchez off waivers from the Cardinals

rpriske · 10-18-2012, 09:19 AM

I am in Spring Training and while I am having trouble with the predictions screen, the changes in WAR have the Blue Jays marked as the most improved team in the league.

yougo1000 · 10-18-2012, 05:21 PM

How did Rizzo do, I saw he won ROY.

rpriske · 10-19-2012, 07:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by yougo1000

How did Rizzo do, I saw he won ROY.

He had a big year.

.311 / .380 / .565

29 HR, 91 RBI

159 OPS+

48.8 VORP

rpriske · 10-24-2012, 06:58 AM

March 15th, 2013: First round of cuts

Sent to AAA Las Vegas:

SP 29 yo Alexi Ogando
SP 26 yo Michael Kirkman
MR 23 yo Kelvin Herrera
1B 26 yo Koby Clemens
RF 21 yo Cesar Puello

Mostly we have players who aren't ready. Clemens is behind a new backlog... though Dunn is not hitting much better than he is. Ogando is switching back to the bullpen now that we have more starters. Herrera is the big disappointment. I had hoped to turn him into my closer, but his poor performance combined with the surprisingly good results from Alan Farina have sent Kelvin down for more seasoning.

Puello is still very young and Kirkman is AAA fodder in case of injury etc.

rpriske · 10-26-2012, 08:35 AM

March 18th, 2013

Kelvin Herrera's poor performance may have been the first announced disappointment of Spring Training, but it would not be the last.

Jose Bautista, coming off a huge season that saw him win the AL MVP has missed most of ST with a sore shoulder. It is reported that he will be back with time for 4 or 5 warm-up games before the season starts, but it is a cause for concern.

The latest big adjustment in thinking happened today when John Farrell informed GM Rusty Priske that he and his coaches don't consider Josh Satin able to play second base.

Satin came over from the New York Mets late last season in exchange for Ben Francisco. He quickly stole the starting 2B job from Jemile Weeks and while defense was not his strength, he did an adequate job while performing strongly at the plate. His performance was good enough that the Jays were willing to let Weeks go to Chicago as a key member of the Adam Dunn trade.

Yet when he showed up to ST this year he had clearly lost a step. He was still swinging the bat well but his ability in the middle infield was questionable until finally Farrell pulled the trigger.

As he was the presumptive starter at second, this has led to some shuffling. Farrell is unclear at this point whether it will be Adeiny Hecchevarria, who was earmarked as a super-utility player, or Tim Beckham, former top draft-pick and current rule-5 pick-up from Tampa Bay, who will grab the vacancy. It is also unclear whether Satin will stay on as a back-up to Brett Lawrie and the Dunn/Edwin Encarnacion 1B/DH combo or if he will head down to AAA or be shopped.

rpriske · 10-28-2012, 11:06 AM

March 22nd, 2013 - 2nd round of cuts (and G.M. Rusty Priske's 45th birthday...)

Sent to AAA

28 yo SP Brandon Morrow
24 yo OF John Tolisano
21 yo OF Rymer Liriano
24 yo OF Moises Sierra

We are also waiting on a diagnosis for injured reliever Pedro Campos.

I was surprised that Morrow accepted the demotion but I guess he is appraising his play honestly. The others are just OF surplus. They all could have a decent future.

rpriske · 10-28-2012, 12:45 PM

23 yo rookie MR Pedro Campos has torn the flexor tendon in his elbow and will be out for 11 months.

Ouch.

rpriske · 10-28-2012, 09:34 PM

2013 Blue Jays Opening Day Roster

Rotation

Neftali Feliz
Roy Oswalt
Gavin Floyd
Brad Peacock
Jeff Samardzija

Bullpen

Chad Qualls (c)
Johan Yan
Jesus Martinez
Eduardo Sanchez
Brad Ziegler
Chad Gaudin
Alan Farina

C - J.P. Arencibia, Wilin Rosario
1B - Adam Dunn, Josh Satin
2B - Tim Beckham
3B - Brett Lawrie
SS - Yunel Escobar
U - Adeiny Hechavarria
LF - Travis Snider
CF - Lorenzo Cain
RF - Jose Bautista
OF - Josh Willingham
DH - Edwin Encarnacion

Changes from initial plan:

Well, Josh Satin, obviously, but Beckham seems to be making the most of his opportunity. I also didn't expect Willingham to lose his starting job to Snider, but they will all get a decent amount of at-bats.

Bautista was hurt for much of spring training, but when he wasn't... whoa. He hit .750. That's right .750. That isn't OPS. That is batting average. His OPS was well above 2.000.

Small sample size of course, but... whoa.

MacIsaacM · 10-28-2012, 09:42 PM

67 HR?! Wow.

Josh Satin turned out to be a huge disappointment for me -- I ended up trading him for Bob Kennedy, who's now a 2-time batting title holder, and Satin's in AAA for Texas.

10-06-2012, 11:30 AM	#1
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,972 Blog Entries: 1	Modern Jays I did the first year of this over in Historical Leagues in error. It can be found there. http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...blue-jays.html As of the 2012/2013 off season, I am moving it here. Hope you enjoy it. `````````````` The first thing the Toronto Blue Jays management did after a somewhat disappointing season is fire their Scouting Director, Andrew Tinnish. "He didn't fit what we are going for here," said G.M. Rusty Priske They immediately brought in Jason Jackson. He has 31 years of experience and is legendary in International Scouting and Outstanding in Major league scouting (and pretty good right across the board). He is signed to a 3 year contract. (Highly Favors Ability) How this will affect the Blue Jays going forward remains to be seen. The Jays made money last year as Priske was aggressive in shedding unwanted contracts. Alan Horn and Rogers gave them a budget bump and he now has nearly $30m to spend on free agents. Initial reports say that he wants 2 starting pitchers and a 1B or DH. Last edited by rpriske; 01-31-2013 at 11:03 AM.

10-06-2012, 04:55 PM	#3
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,972 Blog Entries: 1	Good job Yunel! Yunel Escobar wins the AL Gold Glove for SS! Full List AL P - Jason Hammel (BAL) C - Joe Mauer (MIN) 1B - Albert Pujols (LAA) 2B - Ian Kinsler (TEX) 3B - Adrian Beltre (TEX) SS - Yunel Escobar (TOR) LF - Carl Crawford (BOS) CF - Peter Bourjos (LAA) RF - Alex Rios (CWS) NL P - Ricky Nolasco (MIA) C - Yadier Molina (SLC) 1B - Joey Votto (CIN) 2B - Brandon Phillips (CIN) 3B - Ryan Zimmerman (WAS) SS - Jose Reyes (MIA) LF - Chris Heisey (CIN) CF - Carlos Gomez (MIL) RF - Brian Bogusevic (HOU) Last edited by rpriske; 10-24-2012 at 01:12 PM.

10-18-2012, 05:21 PM	#13
yougo1000 All Star Reserve Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Illinois Posts: 652	How did Rizzo do, I saw he won ROY. __________________ Teams I like: Cubs Bears Bulls Hawks and Kansas JayHawks

10-28-2012, 09:34 PM	#19
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,972 Blog Entries: 1	2013 Blue Jays Opening Day Roster Rotation Neftali Feliz Roy Oswalt Gavin Floyd Brad Peacock Jeff Samardzija Bullpen Chad Qualls (c) Johan Yan Jesus Martinez Eduardo Sanchez Brad Ziegler Chad Gaudin Alan Farina C - J.P. Arencibia, Wilin Rosario 1B - Adam Dunn, Josh Satin 2B - Tim Beckham 3B - Brett Lawrie SS - Yunel Escobar U - Adeiny Hechavarria LF - Travis Snider CF - Lorenzo Cain RF - Jose Bautista OF - Josh Willingham DH - Edwin Encarnacion Changes from initial plan: Well, Josh Satin, obviously, but Beckham seems to be making the most of his opportunity. I also didn't expect Willingham to lose his starting job to Snider, but they will all get a decent amount of at-bats. Bautista was hurt for much of spring training, but when he wasn't... whoa. He hit .750. That's right .750. That isn't OPS. That is batting average. His OPS was well above 2.000. Small sample size of course, but... whoa. Last edited by rpriske; 10-30-2012 at 01:55 PM.

10-06-2012, 04:41 PM	#2
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,972 Blog Entries: 1	Hall of Fame!! Big Hall of Fame class as the voters came to their senses and did not punish the 'steroid' era players. Inductees Craig Biggio Barry Bonds Roger Clemens Mike Piazza Curt Schilling Sammy Sosa Four teams are looking for Managers (Chicago - AL, Oakland, Seattle, Houston) and one GM (Chicago - AL)

10-06-2012, 04:56 PM	#4
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,972 Blog Entries: 1	Rookie of the Year Awards... Mike Trout (LAA) and Anthony Rizzo (CHC)

10-06-2012, 05:08 PM	#5
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,972 Blog Entries: 1	Manager of the Year (this is funny considering what really happened) Bobby Valentine (BOS) and Don Mattingly (LAD) Also, Toronto makes its first trade of the offseason! Trying to turn a surplus into a strength, the Jays traded disappointing closer Sergio Santos to the Chicago Cubs for SP Jeff Samardzija. Fans were not happy about losing Santos, but GM Rusty Priske said they would be more unhappy if the Jays couldn't get more out of their rotation.

10-06-2012, 05:10 PM	#6
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,972 Blog Entries: 1	Cy Young awards Some stalwarts here as Justin Verlander (DET) and Roy Halladay (PHI) win the awards. Also, Toronto announced they have signed Chad Gaudin to a 1-yr contract with a team option 2nd year averaging about $1m per year.

10-06-2012, 05:14 PM	#7
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,972 Blog Entries: 1	MVP He did it! Jose Bautista won the AL MVP! 67 Homeruns will have that effect! Matt Kemp won for the NL.

10-06-2012, 05:34 PM	#8
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,972 Blog Entries: 1	Arbitration We settled with Travis Snider on $1.5m before the hearings. Neftali Feliz - $3.2m (team offer) Brad Ziegler - $2.5m (player request) That is a half mil more than I wanted to pay Ziegler, but that is the deal when you go to arb.

10-15-2012, 11:41 AM	#9
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,972 Blog Entries: 1	Big Trade and a Rule 5 addition To CWS: Jemile Weeks, Eric Arce To TOR: Adam Dunn, Kevan Smith, Jeffrey Soptic, Dan Black and $3m cash Chicago offered this without the added minor leaguers on their part. I goosed it up and then we made it happen. This is the big bat I was looking for at 1st. This did stop me from making that starting pitcher free agent splash, but who I wanted (Greinke) had been extended before I got a shot anyway. I am now being more modest in my goals and trying to sign Gavin Floyd to go with my acquisition of Jeff Samardzija. Weeks had already lost favour with me compared to Josh Satin. RULE 5 I lost nobody and nabbed former 1st overall draft pick, Tim Beckham. He is injured now, and I immediately dropped him onto the 60-day DL. I hope he will turn into my 2B of the future.

10-16-2012, 07:07 AM	#10
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,972 Blog Entries: 1	Dec. 28th, 2012 The Toronto Blue Jays didn't get the big prize in free agent pitching, but they did add to their rotation. They signed Gavin Floyd to a 1-year, $9.5 million deal.

10-16-2012, 09:54 PM	#11
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,972 Blog Entries: 1	Recap of the Jays early 2013 transactions. Jan. 12th - signed MR Johan Yan to a 1 year $800,000 contract Jan. 17th - claimed RF Cesar Puello off waivers from the Mets Feb. 2nd - signed MR Chad Qualls to a 1 year $1.5m contract Feb. 11th - signed MR David Quinowski to a minor league contract Feb. 19th - signed MR Garrett Bolt to a minor league contract Feb. 27th - signed 1B Calvin Anderson to a minor league contract Mar. 3rd - claimed MR Eduardo Sanchez off waivers from the Cardinals

10-18-2012, 09:19 AM	#12
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,972 Blog Entries: 1	I am in Spring Training and while I am having trouble with the predictions screen, the changes in WAR have the Blue Jays marked as the most improved team in the league.

10-24-2012, 06:58 AM	#15
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,972 Blog Entries: 1	March 15th, 2013: First round of cuts Sent to AAA Las Vegas: SP 29 yo Alexi Ogando SP 26 yo Michael Kirkman MR 23 yo Kelvin Herrera 1B 26 yo Koby Clemens RF 21 yo Cesar Puello Mostly we have players who aren't ready. Clemens is behind a new backlog... though Dunn is not hitting much better than he is. Ogando is switching back to the bullpen now that we have more starters. Herrera is the big disappointment. I had hoped to turn him into my closer, but his poor performance combined with the surprisingly good results from Alan Farina have sent Kelvin down for more seasoning. Puello is still very young and Kirkman is AAA fodder in case of injury etc.

10-26-2012, 08:35 AM	#16
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,972 Blog Entries: 1	March 18th, 2013 Kelvin Herrera's poor performance may have been the first announced disappointment of Spring Training, but it would not be the last. Jose Bautista, coming off a huge season that saw him win the AL MVP has missed most of ST with a sore shoulder. It is reported that he will be back with time for 4 or 5 warm-up games before the season starts, but it is a cause for concern. The latest big adjustment in thinking happened today when John Farrell informed GM Rusty Priske that he and his coaches don't consider Josh Satin able to play second base. Satin came over from the New York Mets late last season in exchange for Ben Francisco. He quickly stole the starting 2B job from Jemile Weeks and while defense was not his strength, he did an adequate job while performing strongly at the plate. His performance was good enough that the Jays were willing to let Weeks go to Chicago as a key member of the Adam Dunn trade. Yet when he showed up to ST this year he had clearly lost a step. He was still swinging the bat well but his ability in the middle infield was questionable until finally Farrell pulled the trigger. As he was the presumptive starter at second, this has led to some shuffling. Farrell is unclear at this point whether it will be Adeiny Hecchevarria, who was earmarked as a super-utility player, or Tim Beckham, former top draft-pick and current rule-5 pick-up from Tampa Bay, who will grab the vacancy. It is also unclear whether Satin will stay on as a back-up to Brett Lawrie and the Dunn/Edwin Encarnacion 1B/DH combo or if he will head down to AAA or be shopped.

10-28-2012, 11:06 AM	#17
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,972 Blog Entries: 1	March 22nd, 2013 - 2nd round of cuts (and G.M. Rusty Priske's 45th birthday...) Sent to AAA 28 yo SP Brandon Morrow 24 yo OF John Tolisano 21 yo OF Rymer Liriano 24 yo OF Moises Sierra We are also waiting on a diagnosis for injured reliever Pedro Campos. I was surprised that Morrow accepted the demotion but I guess he is appraising his play honestly. The others are just OF surplus. They all could have a decent future.

10-28-2012, 12:45 PM	#18
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,972 Blog Entries: 1	23 yo rookie MR Pedro Campos has torn the flexor tendon in his elbow and will be out for 11 months. Ouch.

10-28-2012, 09:42 PM	#20
MacIsaacM Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Victoria, BC, Canada Posts: 110	67 HR?! Wow. Josh Satin turned out to be a huge disappointment for me -- I ended up trading him for Bob Kennedy, who's now a 2-time batting title holder, and Satin's in AAA for Texas.