2018 Toronto Blue Jays (est. 2018) - Page 12

rpriske · 12-25-2018, 08:21 AM

Jake Petricka has a strained tricep and is heading to the D.L. for the next 3-4 weeks.

Jared Miller is recalled from AAA.

rpriske · 12-25-2018, 08:28 AM

Players of the Week: Justin Smoak, Orioles & Rhys Hoskins, Phillies

The Blue Jays slipped another spot to #27 on the Weekly Power Rankings.

rpriske · 12-28-2018, 02:03 AM

August 13th, 2018

Big day for Wei-Yin Chen as he pitched a complete game, three hit shut out. The Jays beat the Royals 3-0!

Chris Davis homered. Jacoby Ellsbury's hit streak ended at 15 games.

WP - Wei-Yin Chen (1-2)
LP - Ian Kennedy (6-13)

Record - 48-70

rpriske · 12-30-2018, 03:13 AM

August 14th, 2018

Marco Estrada pitched into the 9th and Vladi Guerrero Jr. hit his first career big league home run as the Jays beat the Royals 5-1.

WP - Marco Estrada (7-8)
LP - Burch Smith (6-8)

Record - 49-70

rpriske · 01-01-2019, 09:27 AM

August 15th, 2018

Conor Fisk had a solid outing, leading the Blue Jays to an 8-4 win over the Royals.

Russell Martin and Jacoby Ellsbury homered for Toronto.

WP - Conor Fisk (1-2)
LP - Jacob Junis (2-4)

Record - 50-70

rpriske · 01-02-2019, 11:38 PM

August 16th, 2018

A number of injuries and tired players led to a somewhat porous defence for Toronto. (It got so bad that Jose Abreu played RF, for the first time in his career.)

The Royals took advantage of three errors to beat the Jays 8-2.

Abreu homered for Toronto.

WP - Danny Duffy (12-4)
LP - Tyler Skaggs (1-3)

Record - 50-71

rpriske · 01-05-2019, 11:56 AM

August 17th, 2018

The Blue Jays struck out 14 times on the way to a 4-1 loss to the Yankees.

Aledmys Diaz hit his 14th homer of the year.

WP - Masahiro Tanaka (9-6)
Save - Aroldis Chapman (28)
LP - J.A. Happ (7-11)

Record - 50-72

rpriske · 01-05-2019, 11:58 AM

Down in AAA Aaron Sanchez is out for the year.

His injury track record is such that we should no longer count on a future for him.

rpriske · 01-08-2019, 06:57 AM

August 18th, 2018

The Blue Jays got out to an early 4-0 lead over the Yankees but they couldn't hold it and ended up losing 6-5 in 10 innings.

Jacoby Ellsbury and Bo Bichette homered for Toronto.

WP - Adam Warren (4-0)
LP - Pat Neshek (0-1)

Record - 50-73

rpriske · 01-08-2019, 07:00 AM

Big news today!

Josh Donaldson is back! He got doctor's clearance and was activated from the D.L.

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. was sent back to AAA.

rpriske · 01-12-2019, 01:22 AM

August 19th, 2018

The Blue Jays were unable to hold their early lead and fell 4-2 to the Yankees.

WP - Tyson Ross (2-4)
Save - Adam Warren (3)
LP - Marco Estrada (7-9)

Record - 50-74

rpriske · 01-12-2019, 01:25 AM

Mike Dunn and Ronald Dominguez signed minor league deals.

Jonah Arenado of Vancouver was named Player of the Week for his Short A league.

For the bigs it was Rougned Odor, Rangers & Paul Goldschmidt, Diamondbacks

The Jays inched up a spot to #26 on the Weekly Power Rankings.

rpriske · 01-14-2019, 10:29 PM

August 20th, 2018

As bad as this season has been, at least they aren't the Orioles, right?

Today Baltimore beat Toronto 7-2. That is five losses in a row for the Jays.

Mikie Mahtook hit his 5th homer as a Jay.

WP - Doug Fister (2-6)
LP - Conor Fisk (1-3)

Record - 50-75

rpriske · 01-18-2019, 06:59 AM

August 21st, 2018

Back-to-back jacks by Bo Bichette and Jose Abreu put it away for the Jays, beating the Orioles 5-1.

Tyler Skaggs pitched well until tearing his fingernail in the 6th. He is expected to be okay for his next start.

WP - Tyler Skaggs (2-3)
Save - Sam Dyson (1)
LP - Chris Tillman (0-17)

Record - 51-75

rpriske · 01-20-2019, 10:11 PM

August 22nd, 2018

J.A. Happ started strong but Simon Castro struggled somewhat in relief and the Orioles beat the Blue Jays 6-3.

WP - Nathan Eovaldi (3-8)
Save - Zach Britton (13)
LP - Simon Castro (0-1)

Record - 51-76

rpriske · 01-24-2019, 06:49 AM

August 24th, 2018

Wei-Yin Chen took a shut out into the 8th while striking out nine as the Jays beat the Phillies 4-1.

WP - Wei-Yin Chen (2-2)
Save - James Pazos (4)
LP - Tommy Hunter (1-6)

Record - 52-76

rpriske · 01-27-2019, 04:18 PM

August 25th, 2018

Jose Abreu hit a huge Grand Slam to propel the Jays past the Phillies by a score of 8-5.

WP - Jared Miller (3-0)
LP - Al Albuquerque (0-2)

Record - 53-76

rpriske · 01-30-2019, 07:00 AM

August 26th, 2018

The normally unflappable Aaron Loup allowed two runs in the 8th, dropping a 6-5 decision to the Phillies.

Aledmys Diaz and Chris Davis homered for the Jays.

WP - Edubray Ramos (6-5)
Save - Hector Neris (17)
LP - Aaron Loup (5-1)

Record - 53-77

rpriske · 01-30-2019, 07:02 AM

Players of the Week: J.D. Martinez, Red Sox & Evan Longoria, Giants

The Jays slipped a spot to #27 on the Weekly Power Rankings.

rpriske · 02-02-2019, 08:55 AM

August 27th, 2018

Mike Ford hit his first major league home run and it gave the Blue Jays the lead as they went on to a 6-3 victory over the Orioles.

Josh Donaldson and Aledmys Diaz also homered for Toronto.

WP - J.A. Happ (8-11)
Save - James Pazos (5)
LP - Chris Tillman (0-18)

Record - 54-77

12-25-2018, 08:21 AM	#221
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,972 Blog Entries: 1	Jake Petricka has a strained tricep and is heading to the D.L. for the next 3-4 weeks. Jared Miller is recalled from AAA. __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ```````````````````````````````````````` Last edited by rpriske; 12-28-2018 at 01:49 AM.

12-25-2018, 08:28 AM	#222
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,972 Blog Entries: 1	Players of the Week: Justin Smoak, Orioles & Rhys Hoskins, Phillies The Blue Jays slipped another spot to #27 on the Weekly Power Rankings. __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

12-28-2018, 02:03 AM	#223
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,972 Blog Entries: 1	August 13th, 2018 Big day for Wei-Yin Chen as he pitched a complete game, three hit shut out. The Jays beat the Royals 3-0! Chris Davis homered. Jacoby Ellsbury's hit streak ended at 15 games. WP - Wei-Yin Chen (1-2) LP - Ian Kennedy (6-13) Record - 48-70 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

12-30-2018, 03:13 AM	#224
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,972 Blog Entries: 1	August 14th, 2018 Marco Estrada pitched into the 9th and Vladi Guerrero Jr. hit his first career big league home run as the Jays beat the Royals 5-1. WP - Marco Estrada (7-8) LP - Burch Smith (6-8) Record - 49-70 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ```````````````````````````````````````` Last edited by rpriske; 01-01-2019 at 09:17 AM.

01-01-2019, 09:27 AM	#225
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,972 Blog Entries: 1	August 15th, 2018 Conor Fisk had a solid outing, leading the Blue Jays to an 8-4 win over the Royals. Russell Martin and Jacoby Ellsbury homered for Toronto. WP - Conor Fisk (1-2) LP - Jacob Junis (2-4) Record - 50-70 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

01-02-2019, 11:38 PM	#226
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,972 Blog Entries: 1	August 16th, 2018 A number of injuries and tired players led to a somewhat porous defence for Toronto. (It got so bad that Jose Abreu played RF, for the first time in his career.) The Royals took advantage of three errors to beat the Jays 8-2. Abreu homered for Toronto. WP - Danny Duffy (12-4) LP - Tyler Skaggs (1-3) Record - 50-71 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

01-05-2019, 11:56 AM	#227
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,972 Blog Entries: 1	August 17th, 2018 The Blue Jays struck out 14 times on the way to a 4-1 loss to the Yankees. Aledmys Diaz hit his 14th homer of the year. WP - Masahiro Tanaka (9-6) Save - Aroldis Chapman (28) LP - J.A. Happ (7-11) Record - 50-72 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

01-05-2019, 11:58 AM	#228
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,972 Blog Entries: 1	Down in AAA Aaron Sanchez is out for the year. His injury track record is such that we should no longer count on a future for him. __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

01-08-2019, 06:57 AM	#229
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,972 Blog Entries: 1	August 18th, 2018 The Blue Jays got out to an early 4-0 lead over the Yankees but they couldn't hold it and ended up losing 6-5 in 10 innings. Jacoby Ellsbury and Bo Bichette homered for Toronto. WP - Adam Warren (4-0) LP - Pat Neshek (0-1) Record - 50-73 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

01-08-2019, 07:00 AM	#230
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,972 Blog Entries: 1	Big news today! Josh Donaldson is back! He got doctor's clearance and was activated from the D.L. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. was sent back to AAA. __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

01-12-2019, 01:22 AM	#231
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,972 Blog Entries: 1	August 19th, 2018 The Blue Jays were unable to hold their early lead and fell 4-2 to the Yankees. WP - Tyson Ross (2-4) Save - Adam Warren (3) LP - Marco Estrada (7-9) Record - 50-74 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

01-12-2019, 01:25 AM	#232
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,972 Blog Entries: 1	Mike Dunn and Ronald Dominguez signed minor league deals. Jonah Arenado of Vancouver was named Player of the Week for his Short A league. For the bigs it was Rougned Odor, Rangers & Paul Goldschmidt, Diamondbacks The Jays inched up a spot to #26 on the Weekly Power Rankings. __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

01-14-2019, 10:29 PM	#233
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,972 Blog Entries: 1	August 20th, 2018 As bad as this season has been, at least they aren't the Orioles, right? Today Baltimore beat Toronto 7-2. That is five losses in a row for the Jays. Mikie Mahtook hit his 5th homer as a Jay. WP - Doug Fister (2-6) LP - Conor Fisk (1-3) Record - 50-75 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

01-18-2019, 06:59 AM	#234
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,972 Blog Entries: 1	August 21st, 2018 Back-to-back jacks by Bo Bichette and Jose Abreu put it away for the Jays, beating the Orioles 5-1. Tyler Skaggs pitched well until tearing his fingernail in the 6th. He is expected to be okay for his next start. WP - Tyler Skaggs (2-3) Save - Sam Dyson (1) LP - Chris Tillman (0-17) Record - 51-75 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

01-20-2019, 10:11 PM	#235
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,972 Blog Entries: 1	August 22nd, 2018 J.A. Happ started strong but Simon Castro struggled somewhat in relief and the Orioles beat the Blue Jays 6-3. WP - Nathan Eovaldi (3-8) Save - Zach Britton (13) LP - Simon Castro (0-1) Record - 51-76 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

01-24-2019, 06:49 AM	#236
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,972 Blog Entries: 1	August 24th, 2018 Wei-Yin Chen took a shut out into the 8th while striking out nine as the Jays beat the Phillies 4-1. WP - Wei-Yin Chen (2-2) Save - James Pazos (4) LP - Tommy Hunter (1-6) Record - 52-76 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

01-27-2019, 04:18 PM	#237
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,972 Blog Entries: 1	August 25th, 2018 Jose Abreu hit a huge Grand Slam to propel the Jays past the Phillies by a score of 8-5. WP - Jared Miller (3-0) LP - Al Albuquerque (0-2) Record - 53-76 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

01-30-2019, 07:00 AM	#238
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,972 Blog Entries: 1	August 26th, 2018 The normally unflappable Aaron Loup allowed two runs in the 8th, dropping a 6-5 decision to the Phillies. Aledmys Diaz and Chris Davis homered for the Jays. WP - Edubray Ramos (6-5) Save - Hector Neris (17) LP - Aaron Loup (5-1) Record - 53-77 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

01-30-2019, 07:02 AM	#239
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,972 Blog Entries: 1	Players of the Week: J.D. Martinez, Red Sox & Evan Longoria, Giants The Jays slipped a spot to #27 on the Weekly Power Rankings. __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

02-02-2019, 08:55 AM	#240
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,972 Blog Entries: 1	August 27th, 2018 Mike Ford hit his first major league home run and it gave the Blue Jays the lead as they went on to a 6-3 victory over the Orioles. Josh Donaldson and Aledmys Diaz also homered for Toronto. WP - J.A. Happ (8-11) Save - James Pazos (5) LP - Chris Tillman (0-18) Record - 54-77 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````