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The Great Big 2012 Blue Jays Forecast Series, Part 15: Ricky Romero
With spring training officially just under a month away, we continue with a series of projections on what the 2012 Toronto Blue Jays might look like. Each day (don’t hold me to this), I will profile a 2012 Blue Jays starter, closing with a set of numbers based on my (usually positive) expectations. We complete our look at the projected starting rotation today with a few words...
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Top Prospect Update
Okay, Before I get to the main body of this post, this is just a shout out post which will be deleted once it (hopefully!) produces the desired results:I have a post on my list of things do to which involves remarking upon the various prospect ranking of high-profile sites. The one i'm yet waiting on is Keith Law. BUT in the mean time, i have a problem. I need SOMEONE who bought...
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The Great Big 2012 Blue Jays Forecast Series, Part 14: Brandon Morrow
With spring training officially just under a month away, we continue with a series of projections on what the 2012 Toronto Blue Jays might look like. Each day (don’t hold me to this), I will profile a 2012 Blue Jays starter, closing with a set of numbers based on my (usually positive) expectations. Today, we’ll look at one of the Blue Jays’ latest multi-year signing...
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Where the Jays Stand – Starting Rotation
Remember back in the fall when I was doing a weekly positional breakdown of the Jays as baseball traipsed through its eventful off-season and into the spring?
Well, I went across to diamond to every fielding position off the mound – and little has changed since then. At catcher, former Angel Jeff Mathis will take over the role as J.P. Arencibia’s back-up that was vacated by Tampa...
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An Early Look a the 2012 Blue Jays Offense - ZIPS Projections
I've heard a lot of people complain this offseason that the Toronto Blue Jays didn't do enough to improve their team for 2012. Of course, these people tend to be those who believe the Jays should have thrown $300M at Pujols, $250M at Fielder, and $100M at Buerhle, but do they have a point that, on the whole, the Jays have stagnated to a detrimental degree?
The imrpovements...
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The Great Big 2012 Blue Jays Forecast Series, Part 13: Kyle Drabek
With spring training officially just under a month away, we continue with a series of projections on what the 2012 Toronto Blue Jays might look like. Each day (don’t hold me to this), I will profile a 2012 Blue Jays starter, closing with a set of numbers based on my (usually positive) expectations. We continue to move along the projected rotation today with a look at former top...
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The Toronto Blue Jays Weren’t Thinking About This When They Made Their Logo
The new Blue Jays logo is awesome. Really classy.
The old one wasn’t terrible, but it wasn’t as good as the new one.
After a day walking around New York City on Saturday, I will never see the old Toronto logo in the same eyes ever again. I am very interested in street art, graffiti and how different groups take popular symbols and put a twist on them. I was walking...
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Player Profile #75: Ricky Romero | SP | TOR
If Jeremy Hellickson is the winner of the 2011 Pitch Who Best Outperformed Their Peripherals Award, then Ricky Romero is definitely the runner up. Last season, Romero’s 1.28-run gap between his ERA and FIP was the second largest in baseball (where the ERA was lower) behind only Hellickson. Romero ranked 60th on the season and we’re ranking him at 75, so clearly we think...
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Player Profile #93: Brett Lawrie | 3B | TOR
Brett Lawrie gained some fans during his 15 minutes (or 43 games) of fame last season. Over a full season (let’s say 150 games) his 2011 totals would have looked something like this: 91 runs, .293 BA, 31 homers, 87 RBI, 24 SB. Because I know you’re wondering, that line would have ranked 20th overall last season. Yes, those numbers are correct. Of course, it’s way...
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Francisco Cordero, Toronto finalize $4.5M contract
Reliever Francisco Cordero and the Toronto Blue Jays have finalized a $4.5 million, one-year contract.
The Blue Jays announced the deal Wednesday.
The 36-year-old right-hander was 5-3 with a 2.45 ERA and 37 saves in 43 chances for Cincinnati last season, reaching 30 saves for the seventh time. He held batters to a .198 average, the lowest of his career.
Cordero, a three-time All...
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Jays Make Cordero Signing, Budget Bullpen Official
GM Alex Anthopoulos and the Blue Jays have made their deal with former Reds, Brewers, and Rangers closer Francisco Cordero — to a one-year deal worth $4.5 million — official, according to reports Jon Heyman of CBS.
A successful high-leverage reliever at one point, who struck out more than 25% of batters faced every season between 2003 and 2008, Cordero’s velocity...
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Montero or Lawrie?
Jeff Blair of the Toronto Globe and Mail had an interesting note in his column today, noting that there’s speculation in Toronto that the Mariners offered Michael Pineda to the Blue Jays in exchange for Brett Lawrie. They passed, and as we all know, the Mariners shipped Pineda to New York for Jesus Montero instead.
So, this brings up an interesting question – who is the...
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2012 Fantasy Baseball Toronto Blue Jays Starting Rotation Preview
Ricky Romero (credits below) Looks like the Blue Jays are happy with the young starting pitching staff they have assembled as they did virtually nothing this winter in the free agent market to help the staff with the exception of adding a steady closer in Sergio Santos. Ricky Romero is poised to take the next step as the team's ace and he will be followed most likely by Brandon...
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Blue Jays 3B Jose Bautista is Mr. Drug Test
Coming into the 2010 season, Blue Jays third baseman/outfielder Jose Bautista had played for parts of nine seasons with five different teams. His only season as a full-time player, he hit 16 home runs in 532 official at bats. He was known as your prototypical journeyman. After being cast aside by the Orioles, Devil Rays and Royals, Bautista was a Pittsburgh Pirate from 2005 until...
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Future Shock: Blue Jays Top 11 Prospects by Kevin Goldstein
Previous Rankings: 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008
System in 20 Words or Less: Some elite position players and a cadre of young high-ceiling pitchers make Toronto the envy of every team in baseball.
Five-Star Prospects
1. Travis d’Arnaud, C
2. Jake Marisnick, OF
Four-Star Prospects
3. Daniel Norris, LHP
4. Anthony Gose, OF
5. Noah Snydergaard, RHP
Three-Star Prospects...
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