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By Tom Dakers That said, I really don't want to position us closer to the mass media. I don't want full access to the team, I don't want to be in the locker room or the press box. I don't want to be an 'insider'. I don't want to know that Kevin Millar is really a great guy in the locker room. Until they start giving run...

By Tom Dakers DOPIRAK, 25, split the 2009 season between New Hampshire of the Eastern League (AA) and Las Vegas of the Pacific Coast League (AAA). Combined, the 6-4, 220 lb. right-handed hitter posted a .317 average with 42 doubles, 27 home runs and 102 RBI in 139 games. The Palm Harbor, Florida resident was...

By Tom Dakers BLUE JAYS ADJUST 40-MAN ROSTER PHILLIPS, 25, appeared in five games for the Blue Jays this past season, batting .278 with three doubles and two RBI. The San Diego California, native is a veteran of eight pro seasons, spending the last three in the Blue Jays organization.

at one point. ESPN's Chris Berman Caught On Camera Talking About Smuggling Canadian Pills to have one Blue Jays game a year: Sports ... huffingtonpost.com

By Tom Dakers As part of his consulting agreement, GASTON, 65, will advise and consult in all areas of Baseball Operations, including the Major League Club, spring training, minor league operations and scouting. The Olsmar, Florida resident, who returned as manager on June 20, 2008, is the first two...

There have been only 14 winning streaks in the 106-year history of the World Series and six of those repeat...

By Tom Dakers And what's even a bigger sin? That this is the closest to worth talking about as far as the Jays are concerned, that we have. Can you see it? CBC interrupts their Coronation Street reruns to bring us: "Breaking News. The Jays would like to sign their free agent catcher and shortstop. Do we have fi...

By hugo Hi everyone.  Before we update our top prospects list, let's take a broader view at what has been going on among the Jays' minor-league affiliates this season.  Part I will focus on the lower-level affiliates, Part II on the teams closer to the majors. 

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By jessef Jays of the Day: Camp (.185), Accardo (.159) and Overbay (.159).  Honorable mentions to Scoot and Vernon, who had a single and double each, as well as Tek, who would have fared better, were it not for E5's error. Hinskes go to Lind (-.161, in spite of the two RBI) and E5 (-.138, plus the error) and Rod B...

By Tom Dakers •Jorge Posada? More like Jorge Pissedoffa, amirite? The Yanks' catcher sparks a bench-clearing brawl with the Blue Jays. Pitcher Jesse Carlson suffered a pretty nasty head wound, making this the worst day of casualties in the history of Canadian wars.

By hugo DMN: Anything else Rangers fans should know about the Blue Jays?   Hugo:  The past two months have really taken its toll on the psyche of the team's fans.  Even after the Jays' hot start, fans expected the second half to be tough with so many games against the Yankees, Red Sox, and Rays, b...

The Money Times The Blue Jays had the bases loaded with one gone in the ninth. Lyle Overbay and Vernon Wells each singled, and Randy Ruiz had his jersey clipped by a pitch. ... Bosox rally over JaysTimes and Transcript JD Drew is hotter than Heidi Watney in a dressOver The Monster

Prospect learns difficult lessons Las Vegas Review - Journal But the 2007 first-round draft pick of the Toronto Blue Jays has encountered adversity for the first time on the diamond in his first Triple-A season, ...

Lyle Overbay due up. Single: Lyle Overbay singled to center. Runner on first with one out and Vernon Wells due up. Out: Vernon Wells struck out swinging. ... Angels 7, Blue Jays 3Newsday all 24 news articles »

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By hugo The truth is, the Jays system is really interesting in that it never gets very highly ranked by people who rank prospects systems, but it has been extremely consistent in developing major-league players for the Jays.  It's not flashy, but it has been an effective source of cheap, quality m...

By Tom Dakers about : Toronto Blue Jays' Randy Ruiz greets teammates in the dugout after hitting a second inning home run off Yankees starter A.J. Burnett in their baseball game at Yankee Stadium Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2009 in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens) Blue Jays 3 Yankees 4 (11 innings)

Runners on first and third with one out and Vernon Wells due up. Substitution: Lyle Overbay is Pinch-Running for Kevin Millar. Single: Vernon Wells singled ... Play by playUSA Today all 66 news articles »

By hugo Cincinnati RedsToronto Blue JaysChris Dickerson - CFMarco Scutaro - SSJerry Hairston Jr. - SSAaron Hill - 2BJoey Votto - 1BVernon Wells - CFBrandon Phillips - 2BScott Rolen - 3BLaynce Nix - LFAdam Lind - LFJonny Gomes - DHAlex Rios - RFJay Bruce - RFLyle Overbay - 1BRamon Hernandez - CRod B...

By hugo Fast forward to the end of June, we're almost but not quite halfway through the season, and the Jays are doing well, sitting 5 games over .500 and just 1 game behind the New York Yankees for the AL Wild Card lead.  And, yet, a familiar problem...

By Tom Dakers about : Toronto Blue Jays' Scott Rolen connects for an RBI single, scoring Aaron Hill in the first inning of an interleague baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies, Wednesday, June 17, 2009, in Philadelphia. The Blue Jays won 7-1. (AP Photo/Tom Mihalek) Blue Jays 7 Phillies 1

 FL Outside of a 9-0 shellacking (-114) at the hands of the Toronto Blue Jays last Tuesday, Texas averaged three runs against per game last week. The Rangers should continue to remain in the black on the under as long as oddsmakers overrate their offense ...

 CA by Chris Heuving (Member) After a recent series between the Texas Rangers and Toronto Blue Jays, in which Toronto won two of three (one rain out) in Texas, I was led to question who is the better second basemen: the under-appreciated Aaron Hill, ...

By hugo Dallas Morning News: The Blue Jays lost 9 in a row in late May, but have rebounded. What happened during that losing streak and why are they having better success now? DMN:  Does Toronto have enough to stay with the Yankees and Red Sox (and even Tampa Bay) in the AL East?

  Canada - Dave Perkins T his might not be the first time you've ever heard this one, but there's no time like tonight to have that old reliable innings-eater Roy Halladay on the bump for the Blue Jays. The Jays motored out to California last night with the best record in the ...

By hugo The Jays went 15-9, good enough for the best/second best record in the A.L.(percentage points behind the Boston Red Sox)  Their Pythagorean record was also 15-9, or 14-10 depending on which page of Baseball Reference you read.       The Jays lead the American League in defensive efficiency

By hugo about : Toronto Blue Jays relief pitcher Brandon League reacts after hitting Cleveland Indians' Ben Francisco with the bases loaded to force in a run in the seventh inning of a baseball game Friday, April 10, 2009, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)

By hugo Richard Griffin, on the other hand, pins the Jays' chances on Vernon Wells in an article where Wells acknowledges that he is trying to play the role that Carlos Delgado played on the 2003 Jays, anchoring the lineup and forcing pitchers to go after the players hitting above them in the lineu...

By rincewind No, he wasn't necessarily looking to jettison incumbent starter John McDonald. Yes, he's considering using Joe Inglett at short sometimes. Yes, he would use Jose Bautista there even though he has never played the position at the major-league level. Joe Inglett SS Scott Rolen 3B

By hugo I've been told that they have some interest in free-agent shortstop Orlando Cabrera — who has also attracted interest from the Oakland Athletics — but that they need to first clear some payroll, even if it's just a couple of million dollars. Seriously? Okay, go on, we're listening:

By hugo Those guys are going to come in and they've got an opportunity to win a job," Blue Jays general manager J.P. Ricciardi said. Ricciardi has long had a thing for Clement, who underwent rotator cuff surgery after the 2006 season.  Ricciardi was in on Clement when Boston signed him before 2005, and...

By hugo Richmond has such a thin track record in the minors from which to draw that it is hard to say whether he enjoyed flukey success with the Jays in 2008 or whether he is capable of holding down a back-end rotation spot.  Richmond is somewhat making up for his inability to pitch during the Olympics...

By hugo Part 2: Jays Priorities for the Offseason Part 3: Should the Jays Rebuild? Part 5: How Should the Jays Fill Out Their Rotation Part 6: Part 6: Can the Jays Complete with Barajas catching and Scutaro at Short? Part 7: Should the Jays Trade From Their Bullpen?

By Marc Hulet One year ago, the Toronto Blue Jays organization was coming off a disappointing season in terms of first-base depth in the system. The club’s top first baseman prospect was Chip Cannon, who slugged 32 home runs in 2005 and played at three different levels while topping out at Double-A. He fo...

By rincewind One line in Jeff Blair's column interested me: The guess here is that hasn't changed. The 2009 Blue Jays won't likely be better than a fourth-place team and god help them if McGowan or Janssen has a setback or other guys regress to the mean.

By David Aaron Lindsay What do you think as a Blue Jays fan who has attended a game at Rogers Centre? Do you agree with me? Disagree? What improvements would you make? I'd love to read everyone's take on how to improve the game day experience. Please comment below.

By hugo 12. Robert Ray – RHP, DOB 1/1984, 6’4", 185 lbs: Robert Ray had a great 2008 season, split between high-A Dunedin and AA New Hampshire (where he posted a 3.18 ERA over 16 starts). The Jays 7th round pick in 2005, Ray stepped forward after it was feared he had stalled at Dunedin (2008 was his 3rd yea...

 TORONTO - TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays signed a two-year agreement Monday with triple-A affiliate Las Vegas 51's. "We're excited to partner with such a strong ... Blue Jays say good-bye to Syracuse farm team Toronto Star Blue Jays Baseball Affiliate Coming to Las Vegas KLAS-TV

51s, Blue Jays ready to 'make best of it' Las Vegas Review - Journal, NV - The Blue Jays, who won consecutive World Series in 1992 and 1993, feature veterans Roy Halladay, AJ Burnett, Vernon Wells and Scott Rolen and youngsters ... 51s to become Blue Jays’ Triple-A affiliate Las Vegas Sun

Ricciardi can use the injury defense all he wants, but there was a time when the Jays had Reed Johnson, Shannon Stewart and Adam Lind ready to play left field every day and somehow Brad Wilkerson had to be picked out from behind the counter at Subway to become a regular player for this team.

The Orioles’ struggles continued with three straight losses to conclude their recent four-game series against the Toronto Blue Jays. They are now 48-53 this season and 2 1/2 games behind the Blue Jays at the bottom of the American League East. It won’t get any easier for the Orioles this wee...

By rickchand Hill dined on a Steve Trachsel curve in the third for a three-run homer, as Toronto collected 16 hits in an 11-3 win over Baltimore. Hill is looking good in that 2 spot, is he not? Every Blue Jays starter had at least one hit; David Eckstein with three. It's all good news for Jays fans, who despera...

By sussman What is it about that vast field of indoor turf that compels individuals to sashay onto it? Was it the powder blue throwbacks? That's the only excuse I'm taking on an otherwise standard Blue Jays opening night. Toronto beat the visiting Red Sox 6-3, thanks to Frank Thomas's go-ahead double....

The guys spend the remainder of the hour covering missing team previews for the Colorado Rockies, Houston Astros, Cincinnati Reds, Seattle Mariners, Kansas City Royals and Toronto Blue Jays. To jump to and listen to a specific team preview, select the team below… Colorado RockiesCinci...

By Leitch For the third consecutive season, we are proud to introduce the Deadspin Baseball Season Previews. Yes, baseball is awfully close now; it's spring training, after all. How novel -- the duty of writing the Jays preview has been offered to an actual Jays fan.

By rickchand • Padres 4, Cardinals 0 ... It's the score that appeared on the ESPN crawl at the exact moment that Bonds hit his home run on Tuesday ... Padres 4, Cardinals 0 ... Jake Peavy extending his scoreless streak to 19 innings, San Diego earning its major league-leading 16th shutout of the season ... Padres 4, Car...

By Leitch You might remember, from a couple of years ago, when Sports Illustrated baseball guru Tom Verducci played for five days with the Toronto Blue Jays during spring training. It was a clever idea, and well-written, as was his piece this year about serving as an umpire. But, like an athlete who ha...

Former Cy Young Award winner Roy Halladay is expected to miss four to six weeks after having an emergency appendectomy Friday, the latest bad break for the struggling Toronto Blue Jays.

By Michael Femia Wake had a little early trouble. The Jays loaded the bases with one out, but Wake struck out Frank Thomas, then Miracle Mirabelli whipped the ball down to first to catch Troy Glaus on the rare strike-em-out-pick-em-off double play. That seemed to take the tiny bit of wind out of Toronto's sai...

Two teams - the San Diego Padres and Toronto Blue Jays - stand to benefit more than any other team this season. The Padres have six picks in the first and supplemental first rounds. The Jays have five and then add another two in the second round, as does San Diego.

By Leitch We've come of age, and now team owner Rogers Communications has beefed up the payroll to give us the winner we deserve - well, there's that, and the corporate imperative that more people watching the Jays equals greater sales of cellphones and CrackBerries. Rogers has us by the balls twice...