tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71857564182993402412024-03-12T23:47:32.391-04:00Blue Jays PlusGideon Turkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15770900671394683043noreply@blogger.comBlogger398125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185756418299340241.post-59556557599405324172013-09-01T09:07:00.000-04:002013-10-09T09:08:32.243-04:00The New BlueJaysPlus<br />
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Gideon Turkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15770900671394683043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185756418299340241.post-89283638967559769892013-08-29T04:22:00.001-04:002013-08-29T04:22:18.569-04:00Minor League Roundup – August 28th<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Wilson had another strong game on Wednesday, its been
announced that he’s heading to the Arizona Fall League in September, because the
Jays need to figure out if they need to protect Wilson from the Rule 5 draft
this upcoming season. It’s a borderline
play, because he looked like a complete bust coming into the year, but has
really emerged with a respectable
performance in Double A at just 23 years old.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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up with another multi-extra base hit game, with yet another home run. He tied his career high in home runs with 5,
and also has crushed his career high with 37 steals. The Canadian is an exciting guy to watch.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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.238/.312/.333, with just 1 HR. In the
following 35 games he’s hit .402/.433/.623, and has redeemed the Jays faith in
him for giving him a massively overslot contract in 2011. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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past three days. Monday he hit his first
home run, Tuesday he was 3/3 with a triple, and Wednesday he had 2 walks and 2
hits. Considering he came into Monday
hitting .185/.276/.250, this is just the spark you want to see.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to pitching full time, you have to take your time in his development, so even
an achievement as small as this is a huge positive.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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well since getting promoted to the Bluefield roster. Still, even with these negative results,
unless we hear news of Hollon’s elbow flaring up, I’m not going to worry too
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game is that Nessy was back on the field in Lansing after sitting out 3
games. While I’d been worried that this
hiatus was due to his lingering concussion issues, it turns out it was because
he hadn’t run out a ground ball over the weekend. That lack of effort is certainly not a good
thing, however considering that I’d feared the issue was concussion related, I’ll
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Ewan Rosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13086628919182333567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185756418299340241.post-4885468064272034192013-08-28T13:41:00.000-04:002013-08-28T13:41:06.184-04:00Minor League Roundup- August 27<div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">
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Dean got right back on track Monday, after going 1-6 on the weekend, with 4 Ks. A definite surprise bright-spot of late. He appears to have taken the move to 1st base in stride. Yesterday's game raised his slash line to .332/.383/.495. Expect Dean to raise in Jays top prospect lists in the near future. </div>
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A BlueJaysPlus favourite, he appears to have found his stroke in the GCL, going 3-3 a day after hitting his first professional home run. Rowdy, a larger guy, is not particularly quick, but from what I have heard, the triple was no fluke, and the footspeed isn't as horrendous as one may think.</div>
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<b>Franklin Barreto</b> (Bluefield, high rookie)<br />
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The struggling Barreto had a nice night, and the double was certainly a good sign. The walk is also something Barreto is rather familiar with, showing good patience in the GCL, with a .360 OBP. Not all that many Jays fans have heard of Barreto, but you will. Expect Barreto to be a top 5 Jays prospect in the very near future. He is just that right now, in my opinion. </div>
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<b>Ricky Romero</b> (Buffalo, AAA)<br />
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Romero struggled again with the Bisons last night. It seems like there's a new issue every time he takes the mound, and last night, it was his command, walking 6 batters in 6.1 innings. I suppose there's not much else to say about Ricky, you just have to wait things out and hope for the best. </div>
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The 2013 6th rounder struggled for Dunedin last night, in a very short outing. It wasn't horrendous, but it was bad enough be put in "the bad" for the roundup. Boyd, out of Oregon State, is a tall lefty. His fastball sits around 88-89, with an inconsistent changeup. His best pitch is probably his curveball, which sits around 71-75 MPH with some sharp bite to it. It's worth noting that Boyd is already 22, so he's more advanced in development than most of the Jays 2013 draftees. Boyd could be a Buffalo Bison by the end of 2014. </div>
IsaacBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16898856155892045442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185756418299340241.post-25578630203104931782013-08-27T16:51:00.001-04:002013-08-27T17:24:50.713-04:00August 27th Game Preview- New York Yankees @ Toronto Blue Jays<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is me(Gideon) writing a short intro about how the Jays suck and should continue to lose games so they get a good draft pick for next year. Ok, now I can get to the game preview. I always need to have that intro.<br />
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<b>Gibby/AA quotes </b><i>via the great beat reporters that cover this team(and the not so great ones)</i><br />
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<li>Alex Anthopolous told the media that manager John Gibbons is coming back next year. I trust him, but he has lied before... Let's hope he's telling the truth. #GibbyTheBest</li>
<li>Gibby said that Ryan Goins will continue to see a lot of playing time down the stretch. Good. </li>
<li>AA talked about pitchers, saying that a decision on Josh Johnson's compensation status will come after the season. That means there is no way anybody is paying Josh Johnson $14 Million. Also speculated that Brandon Morrow's injury has to do with his cutter usage. </li>
<li>When talking about September call ups, Alex said that just because Marcus Stroman and Sean Nolin are playing in the AFL, doesn't mean they are out of the running for a call up.</li>
<li>Speaking of the AFL, rosters were announced today, and 7 Jays will be heading out there this fall(subject to change)...The players will be:</li>
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<i>vs. R .224/.333/.392</i><b> </b> <i>vs. R .318/.365/.465</i></div>
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<tr><td class="parkCat" style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left; width: 30px;"><a href="">gbH</a>:</td><td class="parkNum" style="text-align: right; width: 30px;">103</td><td class="parkNum" style="text-align: right; width: 30px;">108</td><td></td><td class="parkCat" style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left; width: 30px;"><a href="">ofH</a>:</td><td class="parkNum" style="text-align: right; width: 30px;">99</td><td class="parkNum" style="text-align: right; width: 30px;">98</td></tr>
<tr><td class="parkCat" style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left; width: 30px;">1B:</td><td class="parkNum" style="text-align: right; width: 30px;">93</td><td class="parkNum" style="text-align: right; width: 30px;">98</td><td></td><td class="parkCat" style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left; width: 30px;">GB:</td><td class="parkNum" style="text-align: right; width: 30px;">97</td><td class="parkNum" style="text-align: right; width: 30px;">97</td></tr>
<tr><td class="parkCat" style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left; width: 30px;"><a href="">2/3B</a>:</td><td class="parkNum" style="text-align: right; width: 30px;">134</td><td class="parkNum" style="text-align: right; width: 30px;">122</td><td></td><td class="parkCat" style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left; width: 30px;">FB:</td><td class="parkNum" style="text-align: right; width: 30px;">97</td><td class="parkNum" style="text-align: right; width: 30px;">98</td></tr>
<tr><td class="parkCat" style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left; width: 30px;">HR:</td><td class="parkNum" style="text-align: right; width: 30px;">113</td><td class="parkNum" style="text-align: right; width: 30px;">118</td><td></td><td class="parkCat" style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left; width: 30px;">LD:</td><td class="parkNum" style="text-align: right; width: 30px;">103</td><td class="parkNum" style="text-align: right; width: 30px;">105</td></tr>
<tr><td class="parkCat" style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left; width: 30px;">Runs:</td><td class="parkNum" style="text-align: right; width: 30px;">101</td><td class="parkNum" style="text-align: right; width: 30px;">111</td><td></td><td class="parkCat" style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left; width: 30px;">IF:</td><td class="parkNum" style="text-align: right; width: 30px;">102</td><td class="parkNum" style="text-align: right; width: 30px;">108</td></tr>
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Gideon Turkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15770900671394683043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185756418299340241.post-33399870815475125852013-08-27T07:54:00.000-04:002013-08-27T07:54:41.260-04:00Minor League Roundup – August 26th<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">John
Stilson</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> – Buffalo (Triple A)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Stilson continues to mow batters down. He has the stuff to be a quality 7<sup>th</sup>
or 8<sup>th</sup> inning guy, and I don’t think it will be long before we get a
chance to see him, because I expect him to get a September call up.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Due to the Blue Jays calling up the entire Bisons outfield
over the past couple weeks they signed the 28 year old Gailen out of the independent
leagues. In his 3 games he’s looked good,
hitting .412/.412/.667. Since he’s 28,
he’s almost certainly a nothing, but its cool to see him get a combo meal at
the AAA level.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Pompey</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> – Lansing (High Single A)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The speedy outfielder from Mississauga hasn’t been playing
especially well lately, hitting just .203/.354/.219 in the month of August, but
boy did he bounce back on Monday with a killer game. Prior to Monday, he’d only hit 9 HRs in his
200 minor league games, but he hit TWO on Monday alone. He’s a fun player, with a good deal of
potential.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Guerrero, the young 20 year old shortstop in Lansing, has
really jumped up onto my radar the past month.
He’s gone from a guy just barely holding his own at a young age at a full
season league, into a full-fledged beast hitting .385/.421/.550 in the month of
August. The 6’4 shortstop hit his 8<sup>th</sup>
home run of the year, showing that there is certainly power in that bat of his.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Hot Rod Tellez finally hit his first home run. The late round draft pick who the Jays paid
800k this last June, has wowed some scouts with his displays in batting
practice, but none of that has translated to the game. Lets hope this HR, is the first of many more
to come.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Tirado</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> – Bluefield (High Rookie)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This is hardly a disaster start for Tirado, but it’s the worst
that the Jays had going today. He did
tie his career high in walks, and tied a career low with just one
strikeout. Despite that he only gave up
two hits, and I still have tonnes of hope for him in the future.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Nessy</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> – Lansing (High Single A)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Nessy hasn’t played in the past 3 games. I’ve reached out to the PR representative from
the Lansing organization but have yet to hear anything back. I’m worrying that perhaps the concussion
issues that plagued him earlier in the season have flared back up. I hope that’s not the case, but I’m
worried it is. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Ewan Rosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13086628919182333567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185756418299340241.post-84602070921211571602013-08-26T18:11:00.003-04:002013-08-26T18:11:22.010-04:00Minor League Roundup – Weekend Report! August 23rd-25th<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 115%;">Just when it seemed like McGuire wouldn't be protected by the Jays this off-season from the Rule 5 Draft, he has put together a nice month of August making everybody second guess themselves. If he can continue to build on his recent performance in what is likely going to be his final start of 2013 this week, he just might get his contract purchased. The scouts still aren't in love with him, but Mort said on BP today that he'd be interesting out of the bullpen, so maybe the Jays try that next year.</span></div>
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Dantzler</span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> – Vancouver (Short Season Single A)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Dantzler continues to rip apart pitching in Vancouver, and although I know nothing about this 14th round 2013 draftee, he has gotten himself off to a great start,and I'm sure the organization will reward him with full season ball come 2014. Oh, and by the way, I didn't know who this guy was either until I wrote this paragraph.</span></div>
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Norris</span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> – Lansing (Low Single A)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Drabek</span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> – Buffalo (Triple A)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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up as many hits as he had in his previous 4 starts. Despite having this minor setback, he still
only walked 1 batter, and that’s the key thing to look at, because of Drabek’s
struggles in that regard during his time in the majors.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Sanchez</span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> – Dunedin (High Single A)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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blisters, he had potentially the worst start of his season. He struggled with his control (which could be
an indication that the blisters were still an issue), and while 3 of his runs
were unearned that was only because of a single error. For the player who is the Jays top prospect,
I still have major question marks about him going into next season.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Vancouver. He’s still yet to draw a
walk, and has just hit 3 extra base hits (one of them on the weekend). The biggest issue has been his deficiencies
at shortstop. He’s now committed 6
errors in just 10 games, and given the depth the team has at that position I
suspect this next week could be the last time he sees at shortstop.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Dean</span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Coming off an 11 game hitting streak (in which he hit
.410/.452/.662) he didn’t have a great weekend with 4 strikeouts. Considering how well he’s been hitting of
late, this isn’t anything to worry about.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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starts he’s given up a combined 12 hits.
I’m thinking that he’s probably tiring down the stretch a little bit,
and given how great his season has been (1.92 ERA, 21.0 K%, & 6.5 BB%), its
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Ewan Rosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13086628919182333567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185756418299340241.post-37405797839062959532013-08-26T17:32:00.002-04:002013-08-26T17:32:32.406-04:00August 26th Game Preview- New York Yankees @ Toronto Blue Jays<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Remember that time the Jays could have been the 5th worst team in baseball, but then they decided to mount a comeback in the 9th inning? Yeah, it was yesterday. Let's hope the Jays play just as solid as a game tonight as they did yesterday, but this time, come out on the losing end of the thing. So, game preview. Let's do it.<br />
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<b>Injury News/ Suspension News/ Roster Move</b><br />
<b>(Or you can just read <a href="https://twitter.com/BKennedyStar" target="_blank">Brendan Kennedy</a>'s twitter feed)</b><br />
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<li>Jays AAA catcher Sean Ochinko has been suspended 50 games for the use of amphetam<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">ine<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">'s. No word yet on if he plans to make a fake website to cover it up. </span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Earlier today Chien-Ming Wang was DFA'd to make room for Aaron Loup who was on the paternity list.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Steve Delabar will get into rehab action on Wednesday, while Dustin McGowan is scheduled for a side on Wednesday and a rehab game on Friday(assuming his arm doesn't fall off by then).</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Colby Rasmus suffered a "minor" setback in rehab. Gibby says he should still be back this season, so a 2015 comeback is likely.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Oh, and because we thought this season couldn't get any worse, Gibby says that Brett Cecil is dealing with shoulder soreness and will rest a few days. 2013 everybody!</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">And this, which I'm too lazy to write out.</span></span></li>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
Redmond will start Wednesday's game vs <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23yankees&src=hash">#yankees</a>, Gibby said, followed by Buehrle, Dickey, Happ after Thursday's off day. <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23bluejays&src=hash">#bluejays</a><br />
— Brendan Kennedy (@BKennedyStar) <a href="https://twitter.com/BKennedyStar/statuses/372089298415546368">August 26, 2013</a></blockquote>
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<u>Probable Pitchers</u><br />
<b>Blue Jays Yankees</b><br />
RHP R.A. Dickey<b> </b>RHP Phil Hughes<br />
<i>vs. R .239/.305/.392</i><b> </b><i> vs. R .273/.312/.471</i><br />
<i>vs. L .251/.321/.462</i><b> </b><i>vs. L .291/.348/.502</i><br />
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<u>Lineups</u><br />
<b>Blue Jays</b><br />
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<a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Bluejays&src=hash">#Bluejays</a> line-up vs. <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23yankees&src=hash">#yankees</a> Reyes6, Goins4, Encarnacion0, Lind3, Lawrie5, Sierra9, Thole2, Pillar7, Gose8; DickeyvHughes <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Jays&src=hash">#Jays</a><br />
— Mike Wilner (@Wilnerness590) <a href="https://twitter.com/Wilnerness590/statuses/372099308662706176">August 26, 2013</a></blockquote>
<b>Yankees</b><br />
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<a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Yankees&src=hash">#Yankees</a> line-up vs. <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Bluejays&src=hash">#Bluejays</a> Gardner8, Jeter6, Cano4, Soriano7, Granderson0, Rodriguez5, Overbay3, Suzuki9, Romine2; HughesvDickey <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Jays&src=hash">#Jays</a><br />
— Mike Wilner (@Wilnerness590) <a href="https://twitter.com/Wilnerness590/statuses/372099651333156864">August 26, 2013</a></blockquote>
<script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>Gideon Turkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15770900671394683043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185756418299340241.post-66915723844173735822013-08-26T04:03:00.004-04:002013-08-26T04:06:35.034-04:00Blue Jays Plus Podcast - Episode 22<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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After a week without a podcast (my apologies), Chris and I are back this week.<br />
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In this week's show we discuss how crappy the team is, and how we're heading for a top 5 pick, a bunch of injury updates and roster moves, then spend a good deal of time breaking down the Free Agent pitching market.<br />
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Then after that we bring in Drunk Jays Fans Andrew Stoeten to discuss John Farrell's comments about the Jays problems developing players. <br />
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This week's music was a bunch of depressing country tinged covers, including (in order); <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnQO29AUSIY">Teddy Thompson's cover of Tonight We'll be Fine by Leonard Cohen</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23aYZf18i-c">Annie Lennox's cover of Neil Young's Dont Let It Bring You Down</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aF9AJm0RFc">Johnny Cash's cover of Nine Inch Nails' Hurt</a>, and my personal favourite this week of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzYHllLv_IE">Dolly Parton's Jolene, but slowed to 75% of the original speed. </a>Its haunting and great.<br />
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Here's the article we discuss with Mr. Stoeten, its really great like everything you find over at DJF.<br />
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<a href="http://blogs.thescore.com/djf/2013/08/23/lets-talk-about-player-development/">Drunk Jays Fans - Lets Talk About Player Development</a><br />
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<a href="https://archive.org/download/BlueJaysPlusPodcastEpisode22/BlueJaysPlus%20Podcast%20-%20Episode%2022.mp3">Download - Episode 22</a><br />
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Ewan Rosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13086628919182333567noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185756418299340241.post-53751027550572647382013-08-25T13:10:00.001-04:002013-08-25T13:10:20.911-04:00August 25th Game Preview-Toronto Blue Jays @ Houston Astros<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">With a loss today and a Brewers win, the Blue Jays could move down to 5th worst record in Major League Baseball, which would(if the season ended today) land them the 5th pick in next year's draft. Being swept by the Astros is embarrassing, but 2 protected picks is amazing, so please Blue Jays, keep on playing horribly and lose out the remaining games on the schedule. Thanks.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Park Factors (via <a href="http://statcorner.com/team2.php?team=117&year=2013" target="_blank">statcorner.com</a>)</span><br />
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<tr><td align="center" colspan="7" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px;" valign="top"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7185756418299340241"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">PARK FACTORS (LHB / RHB)</span></b></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="parkCat" style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left; width: 30px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">K:</span></td><td class="parkNum" style="text-align: right; width: 30px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">101</span></td><td class="parkNum" style="text-align: right; width: 30px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">112</span></td><td width="10"></td><td class="parkCat" style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left; width: 30px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7185756418299340241">nB</a>:</span></td><td class="parkNum" style="text-align: right; width: 30px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">109</span></td><td class="parkNum" style="text-align: right; width: 30px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">102</span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="parkCat" style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left; width: 30px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7185756418299340241">gbH</a>:</span></td><td class="parkNum" style="text-align: right; width: 30px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">104</span></td><td class="parkNum" style="text-align: right; width: 30px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">104</span></td><td></td><td class="parkCat" style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left; width: 30px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7185756418299340241">ofH</a>:</span></td><td class="parkNum" style="text-align: right; width: 30px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">97</span></td><td class="parkNum" style="text-align: right; width: 30px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">99</span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="parkCat" style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left; width: 30px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">1B:</span></td><td class="parkNum" style="text-align: right; width: 30px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">99</span></td><td class="parkNum" style="text-align: right; width: 30px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">99</span></td><td></td><td class="parkCat" style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left; width: 30px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">GB:</span></td><td class="parkNum" style="text-align: right; width: 30px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">100</span></td><td class="parkNum" style="text-align: right; width: 30px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">96</span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="parkCat" style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left; width: 30px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7185756418299340241">2/3B</a>:</span></td><td class="parkNum" style="text-align: right; width: 30px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">99</span></td><td class="parkNum" style="text-align: right; width: 30px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">109</span></td><td></td><td class="parkCat" style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left; width: 30px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">FB:</span></td><td class="parkNum" style="text-align: right; width: 30px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">97</span></td><td class="parkNum" style="text-align: right; width: 30px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">103</span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="parkCat" style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left; width: 30px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">HR:</span></td><td class="parkNum" style="text-align: right; width: 30px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">110</span></td><td class="parkNum" style="text-align: right; width: 30px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">117</span></td><td></td><td class="parkCat" style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left; width: 30px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">LD:</span></td><td class="parkNum" style="text-align: right; width: 30px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">94</span></td><td class="parkNum" style="text-align: right; width: 30px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">95</span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="parkCat" style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left; width: 30px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Runs:</span></td><td class="parkNum" style="text-align: right; width: 30px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">102</span></td><td class="parkNum" style="text-align: right; width: 30px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">103</span></td><td></td><td class="parkCat" style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left; width: 30px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">IF:</span></td><td class="parkNum" style="text-align: right; width: 30px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">108</span></td><td class="parkNum" style="text-align: right; width: 30px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">88</span></td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">*100 is league average. Higher than 100 means it is at a higher rate than average, lower is the opposite. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Probable Pitchers</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-size: 15px;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Blue Jays Astros</span></b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #515151; font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">LHP Mark Buehrle LHP Dallas Keuchel</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #515151; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><i>vs. R .288/.335/.442 vs. R .300/.356/.477</i></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #515151; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><i>vs. L .222/.278/.371 vs. L .297/.347/.486</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #515151; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><b>Line Ups</b></span></span><br />
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
Today's <a href="https://twitter.com/BlueJays">@BlueJays</a> lineup:(2:10pmET)
Reyes-SS
Davis-CF
Encarnacion-1B
Lawrie-3B
DeRosa-DH
Arencibia-C
Sierra-RF
Pillar-LF
Goins-2B
Buehrle-P<br />
— Blue Jays-Official (@BlueJays) <a href="https://twitter.com/BlueJays/statuses/371658209993302017">August 25, 2013</a></blockquote>
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<a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Astros&src=hash">#Astros</a> line-up vs. <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Bluejays&src=hash">#Bluejays</a> Grossman9, Hoes7, Altuve0, Carter3, Dominguez5, Barnes8, Villar6, Elmore4, Clark2; KeuchelvBuehrle <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Jays&src=hash">#Jays</a><br />
— Mike Wilner (@Wilnerness590) <a href="https://twitter.com/Wilnerness590/statuses/371663292910931968">August 25, 2013</a></blockquote>
<script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>Gideon Turkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15770900671394683043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185756418299340241.post-88355138874143188172013-08-24T21:30:00.000-04:002013-08-24T21:30:07.456-04:00Minor League Roundup – August 23rd<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Jimenez has impressed early into his AAA debut. He’s carried over his hitting streak from AA
into a modest 6 gamer, and has also thrown out 3 of the 9 stolen base attempts,
which isn’t a great rate for someone with an arm the caliber of his, but still
shows some promise.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Stilson</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> – Buffalo (Triple A)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Stilson has really turned his season around the past
month. While his ERA and K% have stayed
relatively consistent, his BB% has dropped from 11.2 all the way down to
3.3. If he has corrected his shaky
command, that’s the last hurdle he’ll need to get over before earning a
promotion to the big leagues. With news
that Brad Lincoln was demoted after today’s game, I could easily see Stilson
being the one promoted to fill that gap.(Editors Note: This didn't happen. It might soon, though.)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Smith Jr.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> – Lansing (Low Single A)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Yet another strong game from Dwight Smith. His 7<sup>th</sup> multi-hit game in the month
of August, which has powered him to a .302/.375/.430 slash line during that
period. Hopefully Smith can salvage what
looks to be a very weak draft class in 2011.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Chase
DeJong</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> – Bluefield (High Rookie)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">4 IP – 3 H, 1 R, 2 BB, 9 K<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Chase DeJong had the best start of his professional career Friday
night, striking out 2 more than his previous career high. In his past 7 starts, he’s struck out 42
batters, and walked only 5, a very impressive achievement for a pitcher who was
drafted out of high school only one year ago.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Miguel
Castro</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> – GCL (Low Rookie)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">7 IP – 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 6 K<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Amazingly, DeJong’s 9 strikeout performance wasn’t the best
by a Jays prospect last night. In just
his 3<sup>rd</sup> start on American soil, Castro went 7 full innings, and didn’t
walk a single batter. Even though he did
have excellent control, his command was fairly shaky, which led to him being up
in the zone. Based on a live report from
Jared McDonald (<a href="https://twitter.com/Jared_Macdonald" target="_blank">@Jared_McDonald</a> on Twitter) he got lucky with a bunch of his 9 fly ball
outs, since they were very deep. While
that is mildly concerning, its still a hugely positive early start for a young
Dominican starter.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Bad<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Santiago
Nessy</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> – Lansing (Low Single A)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">0/5 – 2 K, 0/1 throwing out runners<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Nessy’s season has largely been derailed after sustaining a
concussion in the month of April.
However, in the month of August that has turned things around. During that month he’s hit
.315/.345/.407. Friday wasn’t a good
example of that though. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Franklin
Barreto</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> – Bluefield (High Rookie)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">0/4 – 2 K<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Barreto started his career in Bluefield going 5 for 11, but
since then he’s not had quite the same success going 1 for 18. This is just a 5 game blip, and considering
that he’s just 17 years old its definitely not something to get worried about.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Ewan Rosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13086628919182333567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185756418299340241.post-67242569349570354482013-08-23T08:10:00.000-04:002013-08-23T08:10:01.055-04:00Minor League Roundup – August 22nd<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Good</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Marcus
Stroman</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> – New Hampshire (Double A)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">5.2 IP – 5 H, 2 R, 2 BB, 8 K, 1 HR<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This is almost exactly Stroman’s typical stat line from his
season at AA. Coming into this start he
was averaging 5.2 IP, 6.5 Ks, 1.3 BB, 5 Hits, & .75 HR, he had a couple
extra strikeouts, but aside from that, steady as she goes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Emilio
Guerrero</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> – Lansing (High Single A)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">3/4 – 1 SB<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Guerrero continues to absolutely rake. The light has gone on for the 20 year old in
the month of August hitting .369/.396/.536, and is setting himself up to
succeed next year at the next level.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">L.B.
Dantzler</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> – Vancouver (Short Season Single A)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">1/4 – 1 HR, 2 K<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Dantzler hit his Northwest League leading 9<sup>th</sup>
home run on Thursday night. Even though
he is 22 years old, and seemingly doesn’t have much upside, having a guy
hitting .318/.403/.523 at any level is somewhat pleasing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Dawel
Lugo</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">
– Vancouver (Short Season Single A)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">2/4 – 2 2B, 1 K<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In his first 6 games in Vancouver he had hit .241/.241/.241,
which means he hadn’t drawn a walk, nor had he gotten an extra base hit. He still hasn’t drawn a walk, but he remedied
that extra base hit issue ripping two doubles Thursday night. Still isn’t the start you’d like to see for a
player debuting at a new level, but considering he’s just 18 any sign is a
positive one.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Ricky
Romero</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> – Buffalo (Triple A)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">5.1 IP – 9 H, 5 R//4 ER, 1 BB, 6 K, 1 HR<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Romero stinks. He
cant even get AAA batters out on a regular basis, and I hate that by doing this
article daily I get a constant reminder of that every 5 days. Ugh.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Franklin
Barreto</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> – Bluefield (High Rookie)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">0/4 – 2 K, 1 Error<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">A poor day at the plate is one thing, but committing your 3<sup>rd</sup>
error at shortstop in just 6 games is the most concerning aspect. While I have zero doubt that Barreto will
need to move off shortstop long term, leaving him there is worthwhile,
because he’ll get more reps, and perhaps allow him to stay at 2<sup>nd</sup>
base rather than moving to the outfield.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Richard
Urena</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> – GCL (Low Rookie)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">0/5 – 2 K, 1 Error<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">One day after an exciting debut in the GCL, Urena was pretty
crappy. 2 strikeouts, and an error for
his second consecutive day. That being
said, given that Dunedin was rained out for 3 straight days, I have to assume
that the field conditions were relatively poor.
I’m not panicking based on the 2 errors, especially based on the
reputation he’s coming to America with.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;">The Other</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><b>A.J. Jimenez </b>- Buffalo (Triple A)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">A.J didn't play last night in Buffalo, which is only strange because it was the game after a day off.It might just be some end of the season soreness, but an actual injury is possible. Whatever the case may be, we'll keep an eye on it via twitter. Hopefully it's nothing serious.</span></span></div>
Ewan Rosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13086628919182333567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185756418299340241.post-53427688566153569452013-08-22T11:25:00.003-04:002013-08-22T11:25:34.591-04:00August 22nd Game Preview-Toronto Blue Jays @ New York Yankees<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi17w_P8z_2u1COvaFhZRrvWPhI4qNc-gokU2BRFtep4HuMgjxuACIYHt5oc8mFXExnuaPWNhGifY2xwJDAXe-QNr7yVIZH7DLwOxcaAbtuZMlJxSjPSE0iBlRxMSqEjG3DidynLIZzz8E/s1600/overlay_1377183379_710405025.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi17w_P8z_2u1COvaFhZRrvWPhI4qNc-gokU2BRFtep4HuMgjxuACIYHt5oc8mFXExnuaPWNhGifY2xwJDAXe-QNr7yVIZH7DLwOxcaAbtuZMlJxSjPSE0iBlRxMSqEjG3DidynLIZzz8E/s320/overlay_1377183379_710405025.jpg" width="320" /></a>The Jays are trying to get swept today as they face the Yankees for the 4th and final game of this series. Toronto is now only 15.5 games in front of Houston for last in Major League Baseball, currently sitting 11th worst in baseball. So, yeah, let's hope for some well played baseball and a whole lot of losses!<br />
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<b>Roster Moves</b><br />
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<ul>
<li><strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=goins-001rya&utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.blogger.com" target="_blank">Ryan Goins</a></strong> was called up this morning from AAA Buffalo. This spot was made available because <strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/i/izturma01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.blogger.com" target="_blank">Maicer Izturis</a></strong> was placed on the 15-day DL.</li>
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<tr><td class="parkCat" style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left; width: 30px;">K:</td><td class="parkNum" style="text-align: right; width: 30px;">98</td><td class="parkNum" style="text-align: right; width: 30px;">106</td><td width="10"></td><td class="parkCat" style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left; width: 30px;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7185756418299340241">nB</a>:</td><td class="parkNum" style="text-align: right; width: 30px;">105</td><td class="parkNum" style="text-align: right; width: 30px;">103</td></tr>
<tr><td class="parkCat" style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left; width: 30px;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7185756418299340241">gbH</a>:</td><td class="parkNum" style="text-align: right; width: 30px;">106</td><td class="parkNum" style="text-align: right; width: 30px;">104</td><td></td><td class="parkCat" style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left; width: 30px;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7185756418299340241">ofH</a>:</td><td class="parkNum" style="text-align: right; width: 30px;">98</td><td class="parkNum" style="text-align: right; width: 30px;">95</td></tr>
<tr><td class="parkCat" style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left; width: 30px;">1B:</td><td class="parkNum" style="text-align: right; width: 30px;">107</td><td class="parkNum" style="text-align: right; width: 30px;">100</td><td></td><td class="parkCat" style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left; width: 30px;">GB:</td><td class="parkNum" style="text-align: right; width: 30px;">100</td><td class="parkNum" style="text-align: right; width: 30px;">99</td></tr>
<tr><td class="parkCat" style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left; width: 30px;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7185756418299340241">2/3B</a>:</td><td class="parkNum" style="text-align: right; width: 30px;">90</td><td class="parkNum" style="text-align: right; width: 30px;">95</td><td></td><td class="parkCat" style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left; width: 30px;">FB:</td><td class="parkNum" style="text-align: right; width: 30px;">108</td><td class="parkNum" style="text-align: right; width: 30px;">102</td></tr>
<tr><td class="parkCat" style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left; width: 30px;">HR:</td><td class="parkNum" style="text-align: right; width: 30px;">126</td><td class="parkNum" style="text-align: right; width: 30px;">111</td><td></td><td class="parkCat" style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left; width: 30px;">LD:</td><td class="parkNum" style="text-align: right; width: 30px;">93</td><td class="parkNum" style="text-align: right; width: 30px;">95</td></tr>
<tr><td class="parkCat" style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left; width: 30px;">Runs:</td><td class="parkNum" style="text-align: right; width: 30px;">108</td><td class="parkNum" style="text-align: right; width: 30px;">104</td><td></td><td class="parkCat" style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left; width: 30px;">IF:</td><td class="parkNum" style="text-align: right; width: 30px;">97</td><td class="parkNum" style="text-align: right; width: 30px;">89</td></tr>
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*100 is league average. Higher than 100 means it is at a higher rate than average, lower is the opposite.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><u style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Probable Pitchers Game 1</u><br style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><b style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Blue Jays Yankees</b><br style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><i style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">LHP <strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/happja01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.blogger.com" target="_blank">J.A. Happ</a></strong> LHP <strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/pettian01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.blogger.com" target="_blank">Andy Pettitte</a></strong></i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><i style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">vs. RHB: .237/.340/.420 vs. RHB .326/.370/.472</i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><i>vs. LHB: .267/.313/.333 vs. LHB .204/.241/.343</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><u>Line-Ups Game 1</u></span><br style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><b style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Blue Jays Yankees</b><br style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">SS </span><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/player_search.cgi?results=reyesjo01,reyesjo02,reyes-016jos,reyes-004jos,reyes-017jos&utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.blogger.com" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Jose Reyes</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"> RF Ichiro</span><br style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">CF </span><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/davisra01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.blogger.com" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Rajai Davis</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"> DH <strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/wellsve01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.blogger.com" target="_blank">Vernon Wells</a></strong></span><br style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">1B <strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/e/encared01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.blogger.com" target="_blank">Edwin Encarnacion</a></strong> 2B </span><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/canoro01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.blogger.com" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Robinson Cano</a><br style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">DH <strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/derosma01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.blogger.com" target="_blank">Mark DeRosa</a></strong></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"> LF </span><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/soriaal01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.blogger.com" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Alfonso Soriano</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"> </span><br style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">3B <strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lawribr01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.blogger.com" target="_blank">Brett Lawrie</a></strong> 3B </span><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/player_search.cgi?results=rodrial01,rodrig011ale&utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.blogger.com" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Alex Rodriguez</a><br style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">C J.P Arencibia CF </span><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/grandcu01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.blogger.com" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Curtis Granderson</a><br style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">LF <strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/pillake01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.blogger.com" target="_blank">Kevin Pillar</a></strong> 1B <strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/reynoma01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.blogger.com" target="_blank">Mark Reynolds</a></strong></span><br style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">SS <strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kawasmu01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.blogger.com" target="_blank">Munenori Kawasaki</a></strong> SS <strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/player_search.cgi?results=nunezed02,nunez-003edu&utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.blogger.com" target="_blank">Eduardo Nunez</a></strong></span><br style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">LF </span><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/pillake01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.blogger.com" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Kevin Pillar</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"> C </span><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/stewach01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.blogger.com" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Chris Stewart</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"> </span></span></div>
Gideon Turkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15770900671394683043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185756418299340241.post-65075320331674357742013-08-22T04:43:00.001-04:002013-08-22T10:25:28.581-04:00Minor League Roundup – August 21st<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">It’s a very light day in the world of Jays minor leaguers,
because Bluefield & Buffalo had the day off, and Dunedin’s double header
was rained out after 1 inning.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">So today’s
edition of the Roundup is very light.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Richard
Urena</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> – GCL (Low Rookie)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I’d suspected that Urena would be called up, because he’d
been sitting out the past few games in the DSL. In his stateside debut he picked up right where he left off, with a
multihit game, including an extra base hit.
Also, while he made an error in the field, the reports I saw were that
he made a couple of very spectacular plays, which his defensive reputation
would lead you to believe.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Marcus
Walden</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> – New Hampshire (Double A)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">7.2 IP – 5 H, 3 R, 3 BB, 5 K, 1 HBP, 11 Ground Ball Outs<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">On most days I doubt that Walden would’ve cracked the “good”
side of the Roundup, but with a lessened pool of players he gets featured. Even though Walden gave up 3 runs, he did
what he does best, and generated a truck load of ground balls. His strikeout rate of 12.5% isn’t going to
get him to the majors, but its quite possible that his GB rate near 60% just
might.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Luis
Perez</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> – Dunedin (High Single A)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Perez had a very short outing, because Dunedin was rained
out after just 1 inning. That one inning
was about as poor as one can be without giving up a run. He walked the first batter of the game, he
hit the next batter, then after inducing a double play, the third out of the
inning came when the runner was thrown out at home after a wild pitch. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Perez come back from Tommy John surgery has been a lot rockier
than the rehab of Hutchison and Drabek, and we’ll have to see how it continues.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Chris Hawkins</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> –
Lansing (Low Single A)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This time 2 years ago, Chris Hawkins was one of the top
prospects in the Blue Jays system. Going
into the 2012 season he was the Jays #11 ranked prospect by Kevin Goldstein,
and the #8 by Jonathan Mayo. At this
point however, all that optimism is basically gone. In 2012 he struggled in his debut in Lansing,
hitting just .269/.331/.332. This year
however, while repeating at the Low A level, not only has he not advanced, but
he’s actively taken a step back hitting just .224/.277/.313. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Basically every element of his game has gone backwards this
season. He’s walking less, he’s striking
out more, he’s stealing less bases and he’s also gone from right field to left
field. Write him off, Hawkins is done as
a prospect.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><b>Ryan Goins</b> - Buffalo (Triple A)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">While Buffalo didnt play, Wednesday was probably the best day of his baseballing life, since he's on his way to Toronto to replace the injured Maicer Izturis. While I'm mildly excited to see if Goins can capably fill a utility role with the big club next year, it might not be the best timing, because he's mired the worst slump of his career. Not only has he not had a hit in 5 games, but in the month of August in total he's hitting just .169/.234/.168. Perhaps not the best timing, but I'd much rather give him a chance to play than Munenori Kawasaki.</span></span></div>
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Ewan Rosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13086628919182333567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185756418299340241.post-23835458416049971872013-08-21T10:53:00.000-04:002013-08-21T16:04:13.870-04:00August Trade Candidates<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">When the July 31 non-waiver trading deadline arrived
with the Blue Jays realistically out of contention, it was expected that some
superfluous pieces (to varying degrees) such as Casey Janssen, Darren Oliver,
Rajai Davis and Emilio Bonifacio would be moved for low-level prospects or
financial relief.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Instead the deadline
came and went with the Blue Jays making no transactions at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since that time, Emilio Bonifacio has cleared
waivers and been traded to the Kansas City Royals for a player to be named
later (PTBNL) or cash.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While this represents
a logical start to moves for the Blue Jays, two more players should be
jettisoned for some value as they are both impending free agents and unlikely
to return – Darren Oliver and Rajai Davis.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Moving Oliver is the easiest move the Blue Jays can
make for the rest of the season.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With a
pair of strong southpaw relievers in Brett Cecil and Aaron Loup, Oliver has
been relegated to the third left-handed option in the bullpen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was also behind Juan Perez until the
latter tore his UCL two weeks ago.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Oliver is 42 years old and is likely in his last season, although
speculation of his pending retirement has existed for years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He has had difficulty getting his curveball
in the zone versus left-handed hitters, making him unsuitable for high-leverage
work, but he could be appealing in a low-leverage role for a team like the
Yankees, Tigers, or Orioles who have all dealt with bullpen issues throughout
the year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Tigers are probably the best
fit as Leyland likes having veteran arms in his bullpen and Phil Coke, his
lower-leverage left-handed option has battled control problems (9.6% walk
rate).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oliver could be replaced by
Mickey Storey in the short term, in whom the Blue Jays could have another arm
similar to Neil Wagner, and should ultimately be replaced by Luis Perez, who
should return from Tommy John surgery in a couple of weeks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Trading Oliver would represent a cost savings
of $639,000</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">While trading Rajai Davis would bring back the greater
value of the pair, the Blue Jays current roster construction makes it
considerably more difficult.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the
non-waiver trading deadline, the Blue Jays had the flexibility to trade Davis,
but with Rasmus and Cabrera both on the disabled list and Bautista now nursing
a sore hip the Blue Jays outfield depth has been stretched to the limit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Kevin Pillar and Anthony Gose have both been
recalled from Buffalo and were sharing left and centre field with Davis, with
Bautista manning right field, but now the Blue Jays have <a href="https://twitter.com/Wilnerness590/status/370012597233283073">placed Bautista
on the disabled list</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/Wilnerness590/status/370019122626576384">recalled
Moises Sierra</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Davis is an impending free agent and his skill set may
be more difficult to replace than would appear at first glance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Using the list of 2014 Free Agents indicated
as centre fielders (a must for a fourth outfielder) by </span><a href="http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2012/02/2014-mlb-free-agents.html"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">MLB
Trade Rumours</span></a><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">, I sorted for players more productive than
Davis against left-handed pitching (career 112 wRC+ vs. LHP).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=0&type=1&season=2013&month=13&season1=1871&ind=0&team=0&rost=0&age=0&filter=8688&players=1,1142,1572,3708,4727,4747,3255,6141,4885,1488,3882"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">There
were two</span></a><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> – Franklin Gutierrez at 124 and Chris Young at 122
(Andres Torres at 105 was the only other player better than league average).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Of those four Davis has accumulated the same
value of BsR – the sum of </span><a href="http://www.fangraphs.com/library/offense/wsb/"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">wSB</span></a><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">
(linear weights of stolen base in runs above average) and Ultimate Base Running
(</span><a href="http://www.fangraphs.com/library/offense/ubr/"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">UBR</span></a><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">),
which values non-stolen base baserunning events also using runs above average
(making UBR similar to UZR) – as the other three combined.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While Gutierrez and Young may provide better
offensive value vs. LHP, the speed is a factor that neither can even begin to
compensate for, making Davis’ skill set rather unique.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">One cheaper option may be an internal fix, where Gose
and Pillar platoon in left field, the team to goes back to a seven-man bullpen
and the Blue Jays find a right-handed platoon power bat to pair with Lind and
some cheap speed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Of course this would
require jettisoning Melky Cabrera on a club that feels his leg issues were turf
related.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One year at $8M is a reasonable
contract for Cabrera, making it potentially desirable. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Blue Jays could potentially trade Davis with a
handshake agreement to return, but he would be under no obligation to hold to
that and Major League Baseball may even consider such an agreement to be
tampering as Davis’ new club would have a window of exclusive negotiating rights
from the time of the trade until the opening of free agency.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Despite this, I would like to see Davis moved (cost
savings $533,000) as he could have value to a potential playoff team.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cincinnati seems like the most logical
landing spot as he could replace Xavier Paul, he of -5 wRC+ in 81 PA vs.
LHP.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Heisey edges Paul in wRC+ vs. RHP
103 to 100 and Heisey’s mark vs. southpaws is 82.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Heisey is vastly superior to Paul and Davis
would give the Reds a much improved second outfield option off the bench, along
with a pinch-runner they sorely lack.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Other teams such as Oakland, Boston and Baltimore
either lack room on the bench or need help in the other side of a platoon, but
could use him as a pinch-runner if they desired to, although this would be a
sub-optimal use of roster space.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Another
club could claim him off waivers (thereby blocking Cincinnati from trading for
him) and the Blue Jays could work out a trade with them, but a trade to
Cincinnati for a mid-level prospect makes the most sense for both parties.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I would be surprised and yet not overly
disappointed if Rajai Davis is a Blue Jays on September 1.</span></div>
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<![endif]-->Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185756418299340241.post-20867852630531990502013-08-21T04:26:00.003-04:002013-08-21T08:28:11.096-04:00Minor League Roundup – August 20th<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Good</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Drew
Hutchison</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> – Buffalo (Triple A)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">After doing fairly poorly in his first two rehab starts in
AAA, Hutchison bounced back quite nicely in his 3<sup>rd</sup> time
around. He managed as many strikeouts on
Tuesday as he had in the previous two starts.
Considering he just had his Tommy John surgery on the 8<sup>th</sup> of
August in 2012, he is well ahead of schedule.
I’m expecting to see Hutchison during some point in the month of
September.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Daniel
Norris</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> – Lansing (Low Single A)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Daniel Norris is on fire in August. In 20 innings he has thrown in the month, he’s
given up just 1 run (good for a 0.45 ERA), and also has posted an impressive 33.3%
K rate, and a 9.3 BB% rate. While that
run is very impressive its debatably not even his best stretch of the
season. From July 13<sup>th</sup> to
July 29<sup>th</sup> he posted a 1.12 ERA, and a 41.8% K rate, and a 16.4% BB
rate. Norris still struggles to put his
mechanics together on a consistent basis, so he isn’t the most reliable
starter. However, seeing that he can be
utterly dominant for stretches is a huge positive for a player who’s just 20
years old playing in the Mid-west League.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Dalton
Pompey</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> – Lansing (Low Single A)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">After racing through 3 levels of the minor leagues last
season, Pompey, the 16<sup>th</sup> round pick in 2010 out of Mississauga has
settled in and posted a very strong season in Lansing. The speedy centerfielder is not only in the
top 5 in the MWL in steals, but he’s also in the top 15 in walks. He showed off both those skills on Tuesday
drawing two walks, and also stealing his 36<sup>th</sup> base on the
season. Considering that he was drafted
so late, he’s bloomed into a fairly promising prospect.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Alberto
Tirado</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> – Bluefield (High Rookie)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The 18 year old Tirado gave up his first career home run in
his 25<sup>th</sup> career appearance on Tuesday night. That would be impressive for any pitcher, but
considering that Tirado is the youngest pitcher in the entire Appalachian
league it really jumps off the page. Even
in the start where he gave up that magic 1<sup>st</sup> home run, he still
managed to increase his K rate, and lower his BB rate. The Bluefield pitching staff is stacked with
high upside arms, but no one is a better prospect than Tirado.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Jairo
Labourt</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> – Bluefield (High Rookie)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">While Tirado had another terrific appearance, his rotation mate
Labourt had a bit of a downer, posting maybe the worst start of his
season. Considering that he gave up two
home runs (after coming into the game with just one on the season), and also
that Tirado gave up his first I’d have to think that the wind was blowing out
of Bowen Field on Tuesday. Even after
giving up the 3 runs, his ERA still looks great at 1.72, and he’ll be one of
the key cogs in Bluefield’s run to the Appalachian League title.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Davis</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> – Bluefield (High Rookie)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">0/4 – 2 K, 1 Error<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The speedy 1<sup>st</sup> round pick from 2012 snapped an 8
game hitting streak, by striking out twice.
In the game he also committed his 5<sup>th</sup> error of the year. Considering how raw he was when he was
drafted you can’t be disappointed by how his season has gone thus far. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Jake
Brentz</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> – GCL (Low Rookie)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">1 IP – 2 H, 4 R, 2 BB, 0 K, 2 HR<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">One game its up, next day its down. That’s likely how things will go for a
prospect as raw as Jake Brentz. In his
last start he didn’t walk anyone for the first time as a professional. This time he walked 2 and didn’t strike
anyone out. Much like Matt Smoral who
was on the mound yesterday, its going to be frustrating to watch him go down his
development path. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
Ewan Rosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13086628919182333567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185756418299340241.post-77135503955220311582013-08-20T11:04:00.002-04:002013-08-22T10:58:38.639-04:00Game Preview: Toronto Blue Jays @ New York Yankees (Doubleheader)<div style="text-align: left;">
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After close to 2 months away from the blogosphere, I am back home where I have internet, and can now write again. It has obviously been a very exciting past couple of weeks with the news of our merger/growth being released, and I'm really looking forward to September 1st. We've got some great content planned, and you guys are really going to like it. While we are preparing to launch in a little more than a week, we are going to start producing the 2nd of the 3 daily articles we plan on having every day at the new site, starting today. Ewan has been doing his minor league roundup for a couple of weeks now, and today I'm going to begin our game previews. We will likely be rotating who does these, but I figured that now that I'm back, I'll start us off. This is also going to act as a commenting thread about the game for any of you who'd like to participate, so please feel free to comment on this article throughout the day/night with your opinions and what not. Oh, if you are wondering, the third daily article we will have is a link dump. That should start being produced any day now. So, on to the double header game preview? Let's do it!<br />
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<b>Roster Notes:</b><br />
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<li>Blue Jays SS <strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kawasmu01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.blogger.com" target="_blank">Munenori Kawasaki</a></strong> was reinstated from the paternity list yesterday, while RP Thaddeus Weber was optioned down to AAA Buffalo, and called back up to be the 26th man for the Blue Jays in today's double header</li>
<li>SS <strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/player_search.cgi?results=reyesjo01,reyesjo02,reyes-016jos,reyes-004jos,reyes-017jos&utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.blogger.com" target="_blank">Jose Reyes</a></strong> is only scheduled to start game 1 today, as it's his 1st game back after sitting out a few games with a knee injury. Kawasaki will start game 2. </li>
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<u>Yankee Stadium Park Factors(via <a href="http://statcorner.com/team2.php?team=147&year=2013" target="_blank">statcorner.com</a>)</u><br />
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<tr><td class="parkCat" style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left; width: 30px;">K:</td><td class="parkNum" style="text-align: right; width: 30px;">99</td><td class="parkNum" style="text-align: right; width: 30px;">106</td><td width="10"></td><td class="parkCat" style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left; width: 30px;">nB:</td><td class="parkNum" style="text-align: right; width: 30px;">105</td><td class="parkNum" style="text-align: right; width: 30px;">100</td></tr>
<tr><td class="parkCat" style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left; width: 30px;">gbH:</td><td class="parkNum" style="text-align: right; width: 30px;">106</td><td class="parkNum" style="text-align: right; width: 30px;">103</td><td></td><td class="parkCat" style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left; width: 30px;">ofH:</td><td class="parkNum" style="text-align: right; width: 30px;">97</td><td class="parkNum" style="text-align: right; width: 30px;">96</td></tr>
<tr><td class="parkCat" style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left; width: 30px;">1B:</td><td class="parkNum" style="text-align: right; width: 30px;">107</td><td class="parkNum" style="text-align: right; width: 30px;">100</td><td></td><td class="parkCat" style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left; width: 30px;">GB:</td><td class="parkNum" style="text-align: right; width: 30px;">100</td><td class="parkNum" style="text-align: right; width: 30px;">99</td></tr>
<tr><td class="parkCat" style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left; width: 30px;">2/3B:</td><td class="parkNum" style="text-align: right; width: 30px;">90</td><td class="parkNum" style="text-align: right; width: 30px;">97</td><td></td><td class="parkCat" style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left; width: 30px;">FB:</td><td class="parkNum" style="text-align: right; width: 30px;">109</td><td class="parkNum" style="text-align: right; width: 30px;">101</td></tr>
<tr><td class="parkCat" style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left; width: 30px;">HR:</td><td class="parkNum" style="text-align: right; width: 30px;">129</td><td class="parkNum" style="text-align: right; width: 30px;">108</td><td></td><td class="parkCat" style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left; width: 30px;">LD:</td><td class="parkNum" style="text-align: right; width: 30px;">92</td><td class="parkNum" style="text-align: right; width: 30px;">97</td></tr>
<tr><td class="parkCat" style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left; width: 30px;">Runs:</td><td class="parkNum" style="text-align: right; width: 30px;">108</td><td class="parkNum" style="text-align: right; width: 30px;">103</td><td></td><td class="parkCat" style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left; width: 30px;">IF:</td><td class="parkNum" style="text-align: right; width: 30px;">97</td><td class="parkNum" style="text-align: right; width: 30px;">90<br />
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<u>Probable Pitchers Game 1</u><br />
<b>Blue Jays Yankees</b><br />
SP <strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/rogeres01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.blogger.com" target="_blank">Esmil Rogers</a></strong> SP <strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/n/novaiv01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.blogger.com" target="_blank">Ivan Nova</a></strong><br />
<i>vs. R .271/.296/.429 vs. R .272/..326/.357</i><br />
<i>vs. L .311/.390/.509 vs. L .240/.326/.311</i><br />
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<u>Line-Ups Game 1</u><br />
<b>Blue Jays Yankees</b><br />
SS <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/player_search.cgi?results=reyesjo01,reyesjo02,reyes-016jos,reyes-004jos,reyes-017jos&utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.blogger.com" target="_blank">Jose Reyes</a> CF <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gardnbr01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.blogger.com" target="_blank">Brett Gardner</a><br />
CF <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/davisra01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.blogger.com" target="_blank">Rajai Davis</a> RF Ichiro<br />
RF <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/player_search.cgi?results=bautijo02,bautijo01,bautis005jos&utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.blogger.com" target="_blank">Jose Bautista</a> 2B <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/canoro01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.blogger.com" target="_blank">Robinson Cano</a><br />
DH <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/e/encared01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.blogger.com" target="_blank">Edwin Encarnacion</a> DH <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/soriaal01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.blogger.com" target="_blank">Alfonso Soriano</a> <br />
1B <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lindad01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.blogger.com" target="_blank">Adam Lind</a> 3B <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/player_search.cgi?results=rodrial01,rodrig011ale&utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.blogger.com" target="_blank">Alex Rodriguez</a><br />
3B <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lawribr01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.blogger.com" target="_blank">Brett Lawrie</a> LF <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/grandcu01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.blogger.com" target="_blank">Curtis Granderson</a><br />
2B <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/i/izturma01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.blogger.com" target="_blank">Maicer Izturis</a> 1B <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/o/overbly01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.blogger.com" target="_blank">Lyle Overbay</a> (LOL)<br />
C <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/tholejo01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.blogger.com" target="_blank">Josh Thole</a> SS <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/n/nixja01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.blogger.com" target="_blank">Jayson Nix</a> (LOLOL)<br />
LF <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/pillake01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.blogger.com" target="_blank">Kevin Pillar</a> C <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/stewach01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.blogger.com" target="_blank">Chris Stewart</a><br />
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<u>Probable Pitchers Game 2</u><br />
<b>Blue Jays Yankees</b><br />
SP <strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/buehrma01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.blogger.com" target="_blank">Mark Buehrle</a></strong> SP <strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hugheph01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.blogger.com" target="_blank">Phil Hughes</a></strong><br />
<i>vs. R .286/.337/.439 vs. R .253/.297/.470</i><br />
<i>vs. L .224/.282/.379 vs. L .294/.357/.511</i><br />
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<u>Line-Ups Game 2</u><br />
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<b>Blue Jays Yankees</b><br />
RF <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/davisra01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.blogger.com" target="_blank">Rajai Davis</a> CF <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gardnbr01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.blogger.com" target="_blank">Brett Gardner</a><br />
2B <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/i/izturma01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.blogger.com" target="_blank">Maicer Izturis</a> RF <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/wellsve01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.blogger.com" target="_blank">Vernon Wells</a><br />
1B <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/e/encared01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.blogger.com" target="_blank">Edwin Encarnacion</a> 2B <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/canoro01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.blogger.com" target="_blank">Robinson Cano</a><br />
DH <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lindad01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.blogger.com" target="_blank">Adam Lind</a> LF <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/soriaal01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.blogger.com" target="_blank">Alfonso Soriano</a><br />
3B <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lawribr01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.blogger.com" target="_blank">Brett Lawrie</a> DH <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/player_search.cgi?results=rodrial01,rodrig011ale&utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.blogger.com" target="_blank">Alex Rodriguez</a><br />
C J.P Arencibia 1B <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/reynoma01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.blogger.com" target="_blank">Mark Reynolds</a><br />
CF <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gosean01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.blogger.com" target="_blank">Anthony Gose</a> SS <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/player_search.cgi?results=nunezed02,nunez-003edu&utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.blogger.com" target="_blank">Eduardo Nunez</a><br />
LF <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/pillake01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.blogger.com" target="_blank">Kevin Pillar</a> 3B <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/n/nixja01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.blogger.com" target="_blank">Jayson Nix</a><br />
SS <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kawasmu01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.blogger.com" target="_blank">Munenori Kawasaki</a> C <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/rominau01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.blogger.com" target="_blank">Austin Romine</a>Gideon Turkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15770900671394683043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185756418299340241.post-90290595914743415062013-08-20T10:53:00.001-04:002013-08-20T10:53:26.463-04:00Minor League Roundup – August 19th<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">By:Gideon Turk(Yes, I'm back)</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 18px;">Ewan Ross </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 18px;">contributed</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 18px;"> to this post.</span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #00b0f0; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;">The Good</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;">Andy Burns</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;"> – New Hampshire (Double A)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;">2/4 – 1 SB, 1 Error</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;">Burns continues to just rake. He has now extended his hitting streak to 10 games, in which he’s hitting .341/.386/.585. Going back even further than that to grab a bigger sample size, in the past month of games he’s hit .276/.321/.504. Burns got off to a very cold start after getting called up to AA, but boy does he look like he has some promise hitting this well at just 22 years old.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;">Chad Jenkins</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;"> – New Hampshire (Double A)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;">4 IP – 3 H, 2 R (0 Earned), 0 BB, 4 K, 1 Wild Pitch</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">In Chad's 3rd New Hampshire rehab start, he continued to have success, keeping his ERA at 0.00. A huge factor for that is his ability to keep runners off base, specifically walking batters, which he has done only once in his 10 IP for the Fisher Cats(compared to 8 strikeouts). Jenkins will likely get another 2 or 3 starts in the minors, and then be back up with the Jays as a September call up(or will be part of a Bisons playoff run).</span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;">Emilio Guerrero</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;"> – Lansing (Low Single A)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;">1/3 – 1 BB, 2 SB, 1 Error</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;">Guerrero continues to scorch at the young age of 20 in a full season league. He’s now extended his hitting streak to 14 games, in which he’s been absolutely unconscious hitting .429/.431/.661. If I wanted to be nit-picky I’d note that he hasn’t been walking, with just 1 walk in that span (and it was intentional), but when you’re hitting over .425 that seems unnecessary.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;">Tom Robson</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;"> – Vancouver (Short Season Single A)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;">5 IP – 5 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 5 K</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;">Robson continued his fantastic season last night, when he faced over 19 batters for the 7th straight </span><span style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, serif;">appearance. He now has a 3:1 K:BB ratio in Vancouver, and if he keeps up this success, he'll find himself in a nice looking Lansing rotation to start 2014.</span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;">Matt Dean</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;"> – Bluefield (High Rookie)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;"> Matthew had yet another outstanding game for the Rookie Blue Jays yesterday, showing his power with the double and homer, while throwing in a walk as well just for good measure. The Rasmus like K-rate is worrisome, but he extended his non-multiple K game streak to 15 last night(9 games during that span without a K), so maybe he has turned a corner in that regard. He is putting himself on the prospect map, and should be an interesting name to watch in the future.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;">1/3 – 1 2B, 1 BB</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;">4.1 IP – 7 H, 4 R (2 Earned), 0 BB, 6 K – 5 Groundouts, 1 Flyout</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Wasilewski's line might not look great, but the 6 strikeouts and no walks more than makeup for the 7 hits allowed in 4.1 innings. He has not allowed more than 2 earned runs in a game since his 1st of the season in June, </span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">quietly</span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"> putting up a nice season.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">With his 2 walks last night, Jansen has brought his OBP up to .400 for the season. In his first year as a professional, he has been fine, and for a 16th rounder, any success he has is an </span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">overachievement</span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">. </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;">3 IP – 2 H, 1 R, 2 BB, 3 K, 1 HBP, 1 Wild Pitch – 6 Groundouts, 0 Flyouts</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Smoral's control again was lost last night, as it has been for the entire season(higher BB% than K%), but the 6 ground balls were nice to see, along with no flyouts. Smoral has the potential to be great, and keep in mind that he is just 19 years old, pitching in his first pro season. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;">Goins struggled last night, but at least he made contact during all 3 of his PA's. I can't imagine Mike McCoy was too happy with the lack of protection behind him in the line up last night :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;">0/3 – 1 BB, 2 K</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Sierra's 2 strikeouts and no hits last night really show how much the 4th outfielder </span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">ceiling</span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"> player is doing this year. He is striking out way too often, and if last night is any indication, maybe his hot streak was just that, and didn't really have any effect on him at all. But you know, #SSS.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;">0/4 – 1 K</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;">The speedy Wilson's hit streak came to an end last night, when he didn't couldn't get anything going with the bat, and wound up going o fer with a K. He is having a decent season though, and at just 23 years old in AA, not all hope is lost.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Lopes's shine is wearing off quickly, and the 20 year old middle infielder has shown that above rookie ball, he just can't hit. Adjustments need to be made for Lopes, or else he will find himself off of the prospect radar.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;">4 IP – 3 H, 2 R, 1 BB, 1 K</span><br />
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Kyle Drabek starts his night retiring 6 straight. Velo topping 95 & 94mph, 24 pitches. <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23bisons&src=hash">#bisons</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23bluejays&src=hash">#bluejays</a></div>
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— Ben Wagner (@benwag247) <a href="https://twitter.com/benwag247/statuses/369605447202140160">August 19, 2013</a></div>
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Drabek appeared in his second game for the Bisons yesterday on his way back to the majors, and was very good once again. He was limited to 65 pitches, but made good use of them, going 4 innings and only allowing 3 hits and a walk. The strikeouts could be better, but just the fact that he is on a mound after two Tommy John surgeries is fantastic, and any success he has is just awesome. Oh, and he was hitting 95 MPH!</div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;">AJ Jimenez </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;">– Buffalo (Triple A)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;">1/3 – 1 2B, 2 SB Allowed</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">AJJ had a nice night at the plate, but behind it was a different story. Overall he is fine behind the dish, and at least he doesn't airmail his throws into centre field every time like a certain catcher the Blue Jays employ. Lets hope Jimenez' defense stays good, last night was a blip, and his bat is enough to dispose of JPA in the off-season.</span></span></div>
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<script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>Gideon Turkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15770900671394683043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185756418299340241.post-92184216043783761622013-08-19T15:53:00.003-04:002013-08-31T21:47:31.927-04:00Minor League Roundup – August 18th<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Back to back appearances on the Roundup for Kenny
Wilson. Wilson posted a combo-meal (a HR
& SB), extended his hitting streak to 8 games, and put up his 5<sup>th</sup>
walk in his past 5 games.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Hobson</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> – Dunedin (High Single A)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">K.C. Hobson was a rare high school draft pick during the JP
Ricciardi era, being taken in the 6<sup>th</sup> round in JP’s final season
running the draft (2009). After getting
to Lansing in 2010, he stalled out there, spending the next two seasons at the
Low A level, which seemed to belie the modest prospect status he had. This year up until the All-Star break in July
I had pretty much written him off as a prospect given that he was hitting a
pitiful .189/.228/.370, even though he had his 12 home runs in the difficult
hitting environment that is the Florida State League. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Since then he’s really turned things around
dramatically. In the past month, he’s
showing perhaps there is still some promise in his bat, because he’s really
gone on a tear going .291/.339/.545, and piling on another 6 HRs. Since he’s just 22, and likely to start next
year at AA, we’ll see how things go, but the lesson here might be that its
really difficult to project how high school draft picks will develop.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Smith Jr.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> – Lansing (Low Single A)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">A solid if unspectacular game from one of the legacy players
in the Jays system. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Goins posted a golden sombrero on Sunday night. He’s now gone the entire weekend without
posting a hit. He did manage one walk on
Friday, but aside from that it was 11 outs in the other 11 at bats.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In his debut in Triple A, Nolin didn’t get off to the start
you’d like to see, walking as many as he struck out. I was thinking we might get a look at Nolin
in September, but I’m starting to reevaluate that plan, given not only his
struggles in the AAA debut, but also the fact Kyle Drabek & Drew Hutchison
are probably more likely to fill any rotation holes that crop up in the last
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Prior to two weeks ago, Mr. Sierra was mired in a disastrous
season, which had essentially killed what little prospect status he had
left. At that time, he was a 25 year old
posting a .259/.271/.391 line, and since then he’s gone on a complete tear
hitting 5 of his 11 home runs, and has increased his overall season OBP by 40
points, and his Slugging % by 35 points.
I’m still rather doubtful about whether he can have any role in the
majors, but that’s better than having no belief at all.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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.351/.400/.622. Considering prior to
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who’s just 22 and playing in AA. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Wilson was drafted 5 years ago in the 2<sup>nd</sup>
round. A rare high school draft pick by
JP Ricciardi. Along the way he’s lost
almost all the prospect luster he had. However,
this year things have rebounded, and his .302/.379/.391 line shows that there
is a glimmer of hope in him yet. Given
that he’s still just 23 years old, we’ll see what becomes of him, but he could
be another happy story to emerge from the minor leagues this year.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Matt
Boyd</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">
– Dunedin (High Single A)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">As the only college pitcher the Jays selected in this past
June’s draft, he was the only one of the bunch who had the ability to move
quickly, and he’s shown that’s quite possible.
In his first appearance in Dunedin since getting promoted he picked
right up where he left off in Lansing. The
5 strikeouts he rang up Saturday night were more than any appearance while in
Michigan, and he didn’t give up a single hit.
I’m eagerly awaiting a current scouting report to see what kind of
projection he has in his arm.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Emilio
Guerrero</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> – Lansing (Low Single A)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">2/5 – 1 2B, 1 K<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Coming off his crazy 6 for 6 game, Guerrero wasn’t quite
that amazing (no one could be), but he still picked up 2 hits, and one of them
was for extra bases. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Jeremy
Gabryszwski</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">– Vancouver (Short Season Single A)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">6 IP – 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 K, 1 HBP<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Gabryszwski had gone through the roughest patch of the
season in his past 3 starts, having given up 20 hits, 6 walks, to go with 14
runs. Saturday, he bounced back from that
slump posting the strongest start he’s ever posted as a professional. Just 2 hits, and his trademark control as
always.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Franklin
Barreto</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> – Bluefield (High Rookie)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">2/5 – 1 2B, 1 K, 1 CS<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">3 games into his career at Bluefield, and he’s just doing
what he’s done all year, which is hit. Barreto
was already the youngest player in the Gulf Coast League, now after his
promotion there’s only 1 player in the entire Appalachian league within 12
months of him. I love this prospect more
than any who’s played for the Jays in longer than I can remember.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Chase
De Jong</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> – Bluefield (High Rookie)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">4 IP – 2 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 6 K<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Even in the two starts previous to this where he’d given up
6 runs, and 11 hits De Jong managed to continue to get swings and misses. Now after a strong start Saturday night he’s
struck out 25, and walked just 3. He joins
up with Jairo Labourt, & Alberto Tirado to form the backbone of the playoff
bound Bluefield rotation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Jake
Brentz</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> – GCL (Low Rookie)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">1 IP – 1 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 2 K, 1 Wild Pitch<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Things keep getting better for the sushi-raw Brentz. His first appearance as a professional was
about as poor as things get, 2 balks, 3 walks, and he recorded zero outs. Since that disaster start, in the next 5
outings he’s only given up 2 hits, and Saturday was the first outing where he hasn’t
walked anyone. The lack of hits, and the
6 strikeouts he’s accrued show that the stuff he has is very legit. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Ryan
Goins</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> – Buffalo (Triple A)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">0/5 – 1 K<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">On the negative side, Ryan Goins had a really rough game,
going 0/5 against Trenton. The positive
is that Goins is the only Jays prospect that I thought was worthy of saying had
a poor performance today. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Emilio
Guerrero</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> – Lansing (Low Single A)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">6/6 – 1 HR, 1 SB<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Yet another young shortstop in the Blue Jays system who has
jumped onto my radar this season. Coming
into the month of August he was doing a decent job as a 20 year old holding his
own in a full season league, but his .234/.317/.332 wasn’t impressing
anyone. However, Guerrero is now riding
an 11 game hitting streak, and that peaked with him going 6 for 6 Friday night,
and in addition he hit his 7<sup>th</sup> home run, and stole his 15<sup>th</sup>
base. On this 11 game hit streak, he’s
rocked a .466/.478/.733 slash line, and can now be added to Lugo, Barreto,
Urena & Gudino to give the Jays potentially the best group of under 20
shortstops in all the minor leagues today.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Franklin
Barreto</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> – Bluefield (High Rookie)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">3/6 – 1 2B, 1 Error<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">*Double
Header*<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In his debut in the mountains of West Virginia, Barreto
picked up right where he left off in the Gulf Coast League. Not only did he get a hit in both halves of a
double header, but he also committed one of his trademark errors as well. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">D.J.
Davis</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> – Bluefield (High Rookie)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">2/5 – 1 HR, 1 2B, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 Error<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">*Double
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Mitch
Nay</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">
– Bluefield (High Rookie)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">2/7 – 1 HR, 2 K<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">*Double
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Matt
Dean</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">
– Bluefield (High Rookie)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">3/6 – 1 HR<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">*Double
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">We’ll deal with all 3 of these Bluefield prospects
together. This team is just a blast to
follow. In a double header Friday night,
we got to see multiple hits, as well as a home run from each of them. There’s a very good reason that this
Bluefield team is 37 and 17 on the season, and these three are a giant part of
it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: red;">The Bad</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Marcus
Walden</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> – New Hampshire (Double A)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">6 IP – 9 H, 4 R, 4 BB, 4 K<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The sinkerballing Walden is a very tough prospect to get a
handle on, because so much of his value is based on the defense playing behind
him, that leads to him having very up and down starts. Regardless if Walden is walking 4 batters
every 6 innings (like he did Friday night), he’s not going to have much success
at any level.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Luis
Perez</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> – Dunedin (High Single A)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">1 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 1 K<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The forgotten of the trio of Jays pitchers rehabbing from
Tommy John surgery (along with Kyle Drabek, & Drew Hutchison) is finally
back on the mound after having to shut down a previous rehab stint when he had
a setback. Even though he didn’t have a particularly
strong outing, its still relatively good news that he’s pitching at all this
year. After he had his set back in July
reports are that he had been shut down for the season. So lets just take baby steps this time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Shane
Dawson</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> – Vancouver (Short Season A Ball)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">4.2 IP – 6 H, 5 R, 2 BB, 7 K<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">While Shane Dawson got off to a very hot start in his first
3 starts to begin his Single A career, things hit a bit of a speed bump in his
4<sup>th</sup>. He still managed to
strike out a quarter of the batters he faced, but after giving up just 1 run in
the first 14 innings, he gave up 5 Friday night all by itself. Considering that Dawson came into the season
as a completely unheralded 17<sup>th</sup> round draft pick, its tough to get
too disappointed after he had soared so high.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Daniel
Lietz</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> – GCL (Low Rookie)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">3 IP – 7 H, 6 R (4 Earned), 1 BB, 1 K, 1 HR<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Lietz, who the Jays took in the 5<sup>th</sup> round this
past June has gotten off to a very brutal start to his professional
career. While he’s struck out a healthy
amount (21.4%), and hasn’t walked too many (4/1 K/BB rate), he’s really gotten
beaten up when he isn’t striking people out.
At just 19, its too early to really comment on his professional future
without any scouting information on him, but things don’t look especially good
at this point.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Edwin
Fuentes</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> – GCL (Low Rookie)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">1/2 – 3 Errors<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Fuentes, the young 18 year old Columbian, has tough shoes to
fill now that Franklin Barreto has been called up to Bluefield, and he got off
to a very rough start making his 1<sup>st</sup> start of the year at shortstop
on Friday. I’m fairly confident that
Fuentes isn’t any type of prospect, and so seeing him make 3 errors might not
be the biggest deal. In fact the only
reason I’m including him here is to reiterate my wish that Richard Urena the Jays
#2 signing from the Dominican last year (behind Barreto), gets the call up and
can make his stateside debut before the season ends.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Dawel
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– Vancouver (Short Season A Ball)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">0/4 – 2 Ks<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">While Mr. Lugo didn’t have success in his debut in
Vancouver, this post is merely to congratulate him on his promotion from Rookie
level Bluefield to Single A Vancouver.
In his 50 games this year in Bluefield the 18 year old Dominican
shortstop had a very successful season.
Finishing with a .295/.315/.468 slash line, but most impressively his 6
home runs tied him for 4<sup>th</sup> in the entire league in HRs. Considering there was only 1 player in the
entire league younger than him that’s very impressive.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;">Coming off an 0 for 10 streak, Goins gets back on the horse with a strong 3 for 4 game. After seeing what Kawasaki has done both offensively, and defensively the past two games, its reinforcing my thought that Goins should be called up to fill the utility role for the rest of the season.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;">2/5 – 1 HR, 1 SB, 2 K</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;">After being called up to Double A, Burns struggled mightily. In his first 34 games he posted a measly .200/.268/.343. However since then he’s been absolutely on fire, hitting 5 home runs, and putting up a stellar .320/.358/.700 line. He’s a young player at just 22 in Double A, and the development he’s showing is quite promising.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;">AJ Jimenez</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;"> – New Hampshire (Double A)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;">3/4 – 2 2B, 1 BB</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;">While Jimenez has hit well the past few games, however the strange thing is just how he’s been hitting well. Instead of the hits being based in his contact skills, like we would expect from Jimenez’ scouting report, he’s hit 2 home runs and 4 doubles in his past 8 games. Not sure if this is something that can translate based on the reports I’ve gotten about his swing mechanics, but its certainly something you like to see.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;">Chad Jenkins</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;"> – New Hampsire (Double A)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;">4.1 IP – 3H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;">On his way back from a shoulder injury, Jenkins made his 2<sup>nd</sup> start in Double A, and it went fairly well, scattering 3 hits over 4+ innings, and striking out 3. He doesn’t have much promise, but he’s a nice depth option for next season, and hopefully he can fill that role next year.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;">Daniel Norris</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;"> – Lansing (Low Single A)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;">5 IP – 4 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 8 K</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;">For a player who started the year with an ERA close to 10 over his first 7 starts, its remarkable how dramatically Norris has turned things around. On May 8<sup>th</sup> Norris had an ERA of 9.99, a K rate of 13.7%, and walk rate of 11.2%. Since that start he’s become one of the best starters in the Midwest League posting a 2.40 ERA, a K rate of 31.7 %, and a walk rate of 12.7%. Had he kept that up all season he’d have the 10<sup>th</sup> lowest ERA, and the highest strikeout rate in the entire league. Not too shabby considering he’s the 10<sup>th</sup> youngest pitcher in the league this season. </span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;">Jairo Labourt</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;"> – Bluefield (High Rookie)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;">3.2 IP – 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 K</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;">In a game shortened by a power outage, Labourt (the 6’4 Dominican lefty) was cruising. For a pitcher who was very much off people’s radars coming into the year, he’s posted the best numbers on a stacked Bluefield pitching staff. With a sterling 1.37 ERA, and a strikeout to walk ratio of over 3 ½ to 1 he’s set him self up nicely to debut in a full season league next year at the ripe young age of 20.</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;">The Bad</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;">Moises Sierra</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;"> – Buffalo (Triple A)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;">0/3 – 3 K, 1 Error</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;">While Sierra has been playing very well the past few weeks (including a couple of appearances on the Roundup), that came crashing down to earth on Thursday. Not only did he have an error in the outfield, but he also put up a golden sombrero. </span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;">Christian Lopes</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;"> – Lansing (Low Single A)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;">0/3 – 2 K</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;">The all bat 2<sup>nd</sup> base prospect has struggled this year in Lansing, and that has been expanded upon in the past week, where he’s now 2 for his last 19. Lopes really needs to start hitting if he’s going to stay on the prospect radar, because while his glove might be good enough to stay at 2<sup>nd</sup>, its not going to be a carrying tool for him.</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;">The Other</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;">Anthony Gose </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;">–<b> </b>Buffalo (Triple A)<b></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;">0/1 – 1 BB, 1 HBP</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;">While Gose reached base twice in Thursday’s game, that isn’t why he’s being included. He’s on the list because he finally got the call up to the big squad, and hopefully will be in the lineup Friday night in Tampa Bay.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Anthony
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– Buffalo (Triple A)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">1/3 – 1 SB, 1 BB, 2 K</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Despite being passed over for the promotion when Colby
Rasmus went down, Gose still went out and had another decent game.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, he struck out twice more, but another
stolen base.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s now 10 consecutive
steals without being caught.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Kyle
Drabek</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> – Buffalo (Triple A)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In Drabek’s first appearance in Buffalo he was absolutely
awesome.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>3 perfect innings, while piggy
bagging off Drew Hutchison.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While the
team continues to take things very slowly with Drabek (since its his 2<sup>nd</sup>
Tommy John surgery), but I’m expecting to see him come September.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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Sierra</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> – Buffalo (Triple A)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">2/4 – 1 HR, Outfield Assist,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">After struggling for most of the AAA season Sierra has
really caught fire lately, and hit his 4<sup>th</sup> home run in his last 9
games.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Prior to that he only had 6 in
the prior 4 months.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Positive sign, for a
player who I see as a fringe major leaguer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Aaron Sanchez</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> –
Dunedin (High Single A)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">After struggling for his last few starts, and being lifted in
his last start with a blister issue, Sanchez came back with a vengeance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not only did he have 6 strikeouts, but all 9
of outs came via the groundball.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A step
back in the right direction.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">L.B.
Dantzler</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> – Vancouver (Short Season Single A)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The senior first baseman drafted out of the University of
South Carolina in the 14<sup>th</sup> round continues to impress in his first
professional season.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hitting his 8<sup>th</sup>
home run, in just 42 games, and boosting his slash line to .320/.394/.569.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Who knows what he’ll become, but I think it
might be time to push him up the ladder for the past couple weeks of the year.</span></div>
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Robson</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> – Vancouver (Short Season Single A)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Robson continues hit hot throwing since his promotion to Vancouver,
scattering 2 hits over 5 innings, and also generating 8 groundball outs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If things keep going this well for the rest
of the season, we can look at the 20 year old Robson, to start next year in a
full season league.</span></div>
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Davis</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> – Bluefield (High Rookie)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">After two consecutive days of rainouts, Bluefield got back
on the field, and the speedy Davis had a pretty solid couple games, including
his 5<sup>th</sup> home run of the season.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Its been a bit of an up and down season for the 19 year old, but given
how raw he was when he was drafted the overall package of his season has to be
seen as positive.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The big 1<sup>st</sup> baseman had a pair of very quality
games in soggy Bristol.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There had been
some very large doubts about Dean, especially given that he was signed to a
well above slot value in 2010.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He’s
shown the ability to hit the ball consistently (.300+ batting average), but
since he’s a first baseman, you’d sure like him to show more power (just 19
extra base hits in 47 games).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Zak
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Wasilewski, the 20 year old 14<sup>th</sup> round pick in
2012 had his best professional start.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Scattering 6 hits over 5 full innings, and not walking anyone (the first
time he’d done that all season).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
local Virginia product has made a serious jump this season.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In his second season after undergoing Tommy
John surgery shortly after being drafted, his control has improved, and is yet
another high ceiling arm to add to the Jays stocked cupboard.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Alberto
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">If Wasilewski was good in the first half of the double
header, the 18 year old Tirado was even better.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Carrying a no-hitter into the bottom of the 4<sup>th</sup> before
allowing the only hit he’d allow in his 5 innings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He also tied his season high in strikeouts
with 6.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The youngest player on the
Bluefield roster dropped his ERA to 1.56.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Drew
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Unlike Kyle Drabek who’s rehab has gone about as smoothly as
possible, Hutchison is running into some speed bumps after his promotion to
AAA.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While this one wasn’t quite as
disastrous as his first outing, it still wasn’t good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He showed the typical lack of command you’ll
frequently see from pitchers returning from Tommy John surgery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Though that isn’t a good thing, its far from
worrisome, since I haven’t seen any reports of setbacks or discomfort.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hutchison was already ahead of schedule, so even
despite these speed bumps I’d expect we’ll catch a glimpse of him during the
September roster expansion.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Ryan
Goins</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> – Buffalo (Triple A)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">After I advocated Goins getting the promotion in place of
Kawasaki on the podcast today, Goins went out and fell into a 0 for 9
slump.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Goins is never going to be a
star, but given that the Jays decided to protect him from the Rule 5 draft by
placing him on the 40 man roster this winter, I still think he should be
getting a shot to see what he can do instead of 32 year old Munenori Kawasaki.</span></div>
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Smoral</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> – GCL (Low Rookie)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Another appearance, another typical Smoral outing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The good news is that the reports I’ve seen
on him is that the stuff is still there, its just that he’s having a really
difficult time repeating his mechanics.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>No surprise for the 6’8 220 lb monster.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>As I say every time I include him, this is going to be a long process
for Smoral, we’re going to need to have patience.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Franklin
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Clinton
Hollon</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> – GCL (Low Rookie)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This has nothing to do with their play on the field, but I
have a report from a source that both of the players have been promoted from
the Complex League to Bluefield.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll be
very interested to see what the corresponding moves in Bluefield might be,
because Barreto will be displacing Dawel Lugo at shortstop, meaning Lugo will
either be moving to his eventual home of 3<sup>rd</sup>, and Mitch Nay would go
to Vancouver.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or perhaps Lugo will be
the one getting promoted.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Hollon has really impressed after having concerns about him elbow
coming out of the draft.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>None of that
has been seen, and he joins what is now a totally stacked Bluefield pitching
staff, along with Alberto Tirado, Adonys Cardona, Chase DeJong, and Jairo
Loubert to name just a few.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Anthony Gose – Buffalo (Triple
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">A second consecutive appearance on the the Minor League Roundup’s good list,
Gose was 2/5 with a stolen base in Buffalo’s 13-4 loss to former Jays
affliliate Syracue. Gose is 3/11 over the last two games yet has 3 stolen
bases. Over his last 10 games he’s hitting .300/.300/.525 and 7 Stolen bases
without being caught. It’s a strange 10 games for Gose as he hasn’t walked at
all despite a good career and an alright season walk rate. After breaking his
strikeout streak yesterday Gose struck out once in 5 plate appearance today.
Gose has currently stolen 9 bases in a row without being caught.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">New Hampshire played a pair of 7 inning games today, with Burns
going 3/7 with a double, a homer and an error. The error came playing short
stop. Andy Burns has been on fire over the last 10 games. Hitting .300/.349/.600
with 2 HR, 4 2B and a triple. Burns also has stolen 2 bases over that period.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">After a rather poor start to his pro career, Brentz showed some
improvement in his 5<sup>th</sup> appearance. The young lefthander still is
incredibly raw, but the stuff is for real, especially for a lefthander. All
you can hope for is improvement at this point, as the balks show, he is still
very new to pitching.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Of the two dingers against one was to Twins über-prospct Miguel Sano. Despite
the sub-par start today still has a 2.97 ERA and a 16/68 BB/K ratio over 60.2
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finally returned from a turned ankle, played DH and singled in his only plate
appearance before being pulled from the game for a pinch runner. There are two
thoughts behind this as I haven’t seen anything on the reason for being pulled.
Either Thon re-aggravated the injury, or the team wanted to get him at bats and
didn’t want to worry about him running too much. Thon’s injury had de-railed
what amounts to his best season as a pro, while old for the league, Thon’s
blood disorder cost him nearly a full year of development time and hadn’t lived
up to his 1.5 million signing bonus he got in 2010. Over his past 10 games (pre
injury and last night) Thon had been hitting .355/.447/.484.</span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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JaysProspectFanatichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09901085230897298099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185756418299340241.post-51861650111804677242013-08-13T12:43:00.000-04:002013-08-13T12:43:56.218-04:00Taming the (Red) BullBy: Chris Sherwin<br />
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Brett Lawrie burst onto the scene for the Toronto Blue Jays in 2011 posting a .293/.373/.580 slash line and 9 home runs in 43 games. He showed off a textbook swing paired with terrific bat speed which gave Jays fans hope for the future. While most of us knew that regression was coming in 2012, even still his .273/.324/.405 line was still seen as a disappointment. Outside of the month of June, his power vanished and his on-base percentage was barely average.<br />
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Even with the disappointing year, Lawrie still has one of the best swings in the majors. He has incredible bat speed and when he gets himself into full extension he has tremendous power potential. Anyone that’s watched an inning of Blue Jays baseball has gotten used to Brett Lawrie’s high strung nature and Red Bull fueled energy. This has gotten in the way of his development at the plate in the years since his debut. He has so much pre-load movement in his batting stance, and he tries to hit the ball out of the pitchers hand instead of letting the ball come to him. He has a half squat and slightly open stance while wagging his bat all over the place. Sometimes I think he looks like a kid opening his or hers first present on Christmas morning.<br />
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This movement throws off his timing and as a result he was constantly grounding out, and failing to elevate pitches you’d expect him to crush. The longer the batter can wait on a pitch, the less likely he is of being fooled. If Lawrie can learn to ease up and sit back he has the bat speed to wait and punish pitches.
Changing a batters mechanics can be a very tricky project for hitting coaches. A players mental makeup can get in the way when someone is trying to change them (Looking at you, Travis Snider), however there are critical changes that need to be made to Lawrie’s mechanics for him to develop into the hitter we all hope he can.<br />
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One of the common issues people have with Lawrie’s pre load mechanics is the “hitch” in his swing. A hitch in the swing is when a player drops his hands during the pitchers windup and then raises them again before swinging. This is a bit of a pet peeve of mine because of how misunderstood the term is. Lawrie in fact doesn’t have a hitch in his swing. People confuse his bat waggle for a hitch. As you can see from the gif below, Lawrie gets his hands in a great position before starting his swing and they are very fast and controlled.<br />
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What we can’t deny is that something had to change about all the pre load movement. Prior to the All Star Break he was putting up miserable numbers at the plate and had one the worst two strike approaches around (9 wRC+ in 0-2 counts!) I criticised the Jays for appearing to not make an effort to change obvious flaws that were holding a potential superstar back. In their defense, athletes like Lawrie can be tough to change. His ultra turbo attitude makes him the player he his. Trying to remove some of that could be very harmful. However outside of a few memorable instances one thing we’ve noticed this year about Lawrie is his ability to cool off in <a href="http://www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/mlb/davidi-derosa-has-more-to-give-to-jays/">certain situations and be more mature on the field</a>. This kind of restraint is something I was worried he wouldn’t be capable of. My foot was officially removed from my mouth on July 24th. Lawrie came to the plate that night standing taller rather than squatting.<br />
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This change was a minor win for me because finally we saw evidence of mechanical tweaking by Lawrie and the coaches. There was still the problem with too much movement but it was a positive sign nonetheless. On July 28 I was stunned to see Lawrie step up to the plate standing straight up and holding his hands closer to his body and his bat more vertical. By staying vertical Lawrie can take advantage of the loop in his swing and get the ball in the air. His bat waggle is still there and may never leave but it’s a much calmer waggle. Instead of getting both arms involved he now waggles the wrists while staying vertical and a still body. This is a huge win for Chad Motolla because he was able to calm Lawrie’s pre load without taking away all of his agro (Bat waggle).<br />
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Since making this adjustment at the plate Lawrie has an 11 game hit streak and his slash line is .381/.447/.643 with 2 HR’s, a wOBA of .466 and .262 ISO. Now this is a painful example of small sample size but the success is critical because it reinforces the changes that have been made. During Lawrie’s short career he’s shown some makeup issues and refused to admit when he’s wrong. That seems to <a href="http://www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/mlb/davidi-derosa-has-more-to-give-to-jays/">be changing as this season</a> goes on and willingness to let up on his agro at the plate is a very positive sign for Jays fans.
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