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Who Could Be Put on to the Prospects List? Dunedin Edition
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Was going to look for prospects from all the A teams but Dunedin had a number of players that could deserve consideration as to get one our list. So we'll look at the other A-ball teams next week.
Eric Thames: An 8th round draft pick in 2008, he had a great season...
Thursday Bantering: Roster Move, Ticket Prices and the Halladay Rumor Du Jour
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The Jays have added Reider Gonzalez to their 40-man roster which protects him from being picked up in the Rule 5 draft. We talked about Reider yesterday, he's a likely add to our top prospects list. He was 4-6 with a 2.90 ERA in 17 starts at New Hampshire last year.
Robert...
Blue Jays and Blogs
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Yesterday the Drunks gave their Guide to Tank Nation. There was a suggestion at the end that kind of interested me.
Invite two or three blogs, each homestand, to cover a game or two, assign a media officer to them, and show them the ropes. Yeah, the old media guys are going...
Where Will Roy Halladay Play Next Year?
2 days ago by
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by Darren Calabrese - AP
Can you imagine him in any other uniform? Ok, but can you imagine it without tears rolling down your cheeks? (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Darren Calabrese, File)
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Mike Scioscia AL Manager of the Year
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Mike Scioscia AL Manager of the Year
The vote was similar to our SB Nation vote. The writers had Joe Girardi 3rd and we had Wakamatsu 3rd. The writers didn't have anyone vote for Trey Hillman, so maybe they are smarter after all.
Who Could Be Put on the Prospect List? Part One.
2 days ago by
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We took a look at the guys that were on our prospect list last year, to see which ones should move up or down on the list, now let's take a look at guys that weren't on last year's list and maybe could be this year. We'll look at the guys in that were in Triple...
NFL Pool Week 11 and Week 10 Results
2 days ago by
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There is another Thursday game this week so I'm putting up the pool today. Last week's winner was Aa Goodfellow who got 10 of 15. Congratulations. Craig in Calgary and I did the worst this week getting just 6 right. Oh well, can't win every week Craig.
This week...
Blue Jay Minor League Free Agents
3 days ago by
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The Jays have 16 Six-Year minor league free agents. Here is the list:
Pitchers: RHP T.J. Beam, LHP Fabio Castro, RHP James Lehman, LHP Chris Michalak, LHP Davis Romero, RHP Sean Smith
Catchers: Adair Betegon, Kyle Phillips
Infielders: Howie Clark, Jesus Gonzalez, Kevin Howard...
Zack Greinke Wins Cy Young
3 days ago by
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Zack Greinke Wins Cy Young
Roy Halladay comes in 5th. Roy actually got more votes than the 3rd and 4th place finishers but Justin Verlander recieved 1 first place vote and CC Sabathia got 2 second place votes while all 11 of Doc's votes were third place votes.
The Bill James Handbook
3 days ago by
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The nice people at ACTA Sports sent me a copy of the Bill James Handbook. Baseball books are my favorite thing in the world. Free ones are better yet.
The main part of the book is the career register that gives career stats for every batter and pitcher that...
The Season That Was: Edwin Encarnacion
4 days ago by
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by Reinhold Matay - AP
Looks good fielding this ball. (AP Photo/Reinhold Matay)
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Edwin had a good season in 2008, hitting .251/.340/.466 with 26 home runs in 506...
Oakland's Andrew Bailey Wins Rookie of the Year
4 days ago by
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Oakland's Andrew Bailey Wins Rookie of the Year
No votes for Ricky Romero. I thought he'd get some support.
Monday Banterings: Spring Training Dates, Brandon Phillips Rumors
4 days ago by
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The Jays announced their spring training schedule this morning. Pitchers and catchers report February 22nd. Position players on the 25th and the first spring games is March 3rd. If you are planning a trip to Dunedin to watch the Jays their schedule is here. They start the...
Just Dropped in to See What Condition My Condition is In: Who Moves Up, Who Moves Down on our Prospect List, Part 3, 21-30
5 days ago by
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On our look through our prospect list from last year, in preparation to re-do the list for this year. This time we look at the last ten of 30. Next we'll look at guys that joined the organization this past year and guys that took a step forward to see who could be added to...
Just Dropped in to See What Condition My Condition is In: Who Moves Up, Who Moves Down on our Prospect List, Part Two Players 11-20
6 days ago by
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As a start towards re-doing our prospect list I thought we'd take a look at the guys on our current list and see which ones improved their status with the team and which ones likely dropped back or right off the prospect list. Then we can start looking at who should be on the...
Friday Bantering: Prospects and Impatience
7 days ago by
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There are a bunch of Blue Jay stories out there at the moment.
Hardball Times have their Top 10 Blue Jay prospects up. It is almost a whole new list, since Snider, Cecil and Rzep have graduated to the big leagues. It is nice to see a couple of outfielders on the list...
Arbitration Eligible Jays
7 days ago by
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We have 10 players who are eligible for arbitration this off season. Shawn Marcum, Dustin McGowan, Brandon League, Jose Bautista, Jason Frasor, Jeremy Accardo, Brian Tallet, Shawn Camp, Casey Janssen and Raul Chavez. If you are Alex Anthopoulos, which ones do you offer arbitration...
Randy Ruiz Named to Tops Triple-A All-Star Team
8 days ago by
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Randy Ruiz Named to Tops Triple-A All-Star Team
Ruiz named All-Star first baseman. Congratulations Randy.
Aaron Hill and Adam Lind Win Silver Slugger Awards
8 days ago by
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The Silver Slugger awards were given out today and we had two winners. Aaron Hill won for best offensive second baseman and Adam Lind won for best DH. Both are very deserving. Congratulations both of you. The whole list of winners:
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Yankees Interested in Roy Halladay?
8 days ago by
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Jon Heyman from SI.com writes that the Yankees will 'contact' the Jays about Doc. I can not imagine. I thought I could handle anything. I spent a whole season watching Kevin Millar 'play' first base. I assumed there was nothing that could make me stop watching...
Just Dropped in to See What Condition My Condition is In: Who Moves Up, Who Moves Down on our Prospect List
8 days ago by
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As a start towards re-doing our prospect list I thought we'd take a look at the guys on our current list and see which ones improved their status with the team and which ones likely dropped back or right off the prospect list. Then we can start looking at who should be on the...
NFL Pool Week 10
8 days ago by
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I didn't realize there was a Thursday game this week, so if you want send me your picks before tonight's game or if not just send me your Sunday picks before Sunday, it's not like missing one game gives you much less chance of winning. Also include your guess for points...
SB Nation's MVP Awards
9 days ago by
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We've come to the last of our SB Nation Awards, yesterday we posted the Cy Young, Tuesday the Rookie of the Year and Monday Manager of the Year. If you've been following along you know that the baseball bloggers voted on these, AL blogs voted for...
Josh Towers is a Free Agent
9 days ago by
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Josh Towers is a Free Agent
Who says there is no good free agent pitchers out there?
Top 50 All-Time Jays: #3 Roy Halladay
9 days ago by
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Harry Leroy Halladay | SP | 1998-
Notable Accomplishments: Cy Young Award 2003, All-Star 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009
Roy Halladay was born May 14th, 1977 in Denver, Colorado. He was drafted in the 1st round of the 1995 amateur draft by the Jays out...
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