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By rincewind Rogers built a huge communication empire and in 2000 bought the Jays for $112 million US. In 2004 he bought Skydome and renamed it Rogers Centre. Rogers was willing to spend money on the Jays allowing the payroll to climb not that it paid off in playoff appearances, but after Interbrew's chea...

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.

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By rincewind And in news, that no one but me will be interested in, son of  former Jay John Mayberry, John Mayberry, Jr (inventive name) was traded from the Texas Rangers to the Phillies For outfielder Greg Golson. Mayberry, 24, hit .264 with 20 homers between Double A and Triple A. John Sr. is number 41 on our...

By hugo This goes hand in hand with his decision to go into the season with two 40 year olds in important offensive positions with only one back up plan (Lind) in case their bats should slow.  Add in his wonderful choice of Shannon Stewart over Reed Johnson and his not having a better back up for a Scott...

By hugo Today's title, of course, comes from the Sgt. Pepper tune "Getting Better" (I always loved the John Lennon echo line ("It can't get much worse!")) and it's appropriate for today's post, which features some great news for a change: Aaron Hill is feeling great , and looks to be on track for a re...

By rincewind In 1986 John appeared in 34 and made 20 starts. The Jays had a really good starting staff that year with Jimmy Key, John Clancy, Dave Stieb and Doyle Alexander, but the Jays traded Doyle to the Braves for Duane Ward in the middle of the season, opening a starting spot for Cerutti. John had a 9 and 4...

By rincewind The one that stands out is Michael Young, who has to be one of the worse shortstops in recent memory. Maybe it is time to take the vote away from the managers and coaches and give it to someone that will take a moment to think before voting? I'd pick Overbay over Pena, I'd pick 5 guys before Pedroi...

By rincewind In 2000 he made the major leagues, making 18 starts for the Cubs before being traded to the Expos for Rondell White. He made 1 start for the Expos then spent most of the next 3 years having and recovering from 2 Tommy John surgeries. He made it back to the majors in 2004 and made 12 starts for the Exp...

By hugo Blue Jays fans can stop arguing over whether Mike Jacobs would be an asset to the team.  The Marlins traded their young first baseman to the Kansas City Royals for reliever Leo Nunez.  We speculated that Jacobs would come cheap, and trading an everyday position player for a reliever would se...

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By rincewind Jesse was a good defensive outfielder with a rocket for an arm and was part of what was the best Jays outfield ever with Lloyd Moesby and George Bell. Some at the time suggested it was the best outfield in baseball history but, of course, it wasn't. But they were very good.

By rincewind Dustin McGowan W    L    G   GS    IP        H    BB   SO HR  ERA Projected    12  10  27   27  169.2  146  61  144  14  4.08 Season         6     7  19   19  111.1  115   38   85    9   4.37

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...

By rincewind Canadians and former Jays in the game: Jason Bay was 1 for 3 with a walk, considering the Sox only had 3 hits that's pretty good. Gabe Gross got in the game as a defensive replacement, the way he's been swinging the bat, that's likely his role for the World Series. Eric Hinske still hasn't appear...

By rincewind 2001 Escobar pitched more out of the bullpen, though he still made 10 starts. He brought down his ERA to 3.50 and his strike out rate went up, 121 in 126 innings. So before the 2002 season JP traded Billy Koch for Eric Hinske and Kelvim became the closer once again. He earned 38 saves but when you giv...

By rincewind A: There are very few whippets available out there, but there are other solutions. For one, I would consider going after free agent shortstop Orlando Cabrera after he leaves the White Sox at the end of this year. He is a slick fielder, steals bags and has been in the playoffs four times in the pa...

By rincewind After the 1980 season he signed as a free agent with the Milwaukee Brewers where he played for 4 seasons as a platoon 3B/DH. The Brewers made it to the World Series once in the Harvey Wallbanger period but lost out to the Cardinals. Roy went 0 for 11 in 4 games. Roy signed with the San Francisco Gian...

By hugo Amen.  For example, he will be exposing himself to major-league baseball teams who will be falling all over themselves to pay him upwards of $15 million per year in order to hurl baseballs for them every 5th day. What Burnett doesn't seem to grasp is how perfect a situation he has with the Blue...

By rincewind After the end of his playing career, Garth went into coaching; he managed at every minor league level in the Toronto Blue Jays system. He currently works for the Sosnick Cobb Sports Agency and is agent for a handful of young players. He is also a roving instructor for the Milwaukee Brewers. He h...

By rincewind Toronto Blue Jays @ New York Yankees 08/31/08 1:05 PM EDT Toronto Blue JaysNew York YankeesMarco Scutaro - 2BJohnny Damon - CFDavid Eckstein - DHDerek Jeter - SSAlex Rios - RFBobby Abreu - RFVernon Wells - CFAlex Rodriguez - 3BRod Barajas - CJason Giambi - 1BAdam Lind - LFXavier Nady - LFJo...

By rincewind The Jays were one of the top teams in baseball during Pat’s time with the team, won the division title in ’89 and ’91 but lost in the ALCS both years. In 1992, when the Jays won their first of two World Series, Pat was an offensive force in the ALCS against the A’s hitting .318/.320/.455 in the 6 games....

By rincewind 08/27/08 7:10 PM EDT Toronto Blue JaysTampa Bay RaysJoe Inglett - 2BAkinori Iwamura - 2BMarco Scutaro - 3BB.J. Upton - CFAlex Rios - RFCarlos Pena - 1BVernon Wells - CFRocco Baldelli - DHAdam Lind - LFWilly Aybar - 3BLyle Overbay - 1BBen Zobrist - LFMatt Stairs - DHShawn Riggans - CRod Baraja...

By hugo Toronto Blue Jays @ Detroit Tigers 08/12/08 7:05 PM EDT Toronto Blue JaysDetroit TigersJoe Inglett - 2BCurtis Granderson - CFMarco Scutaro - 3BPlacido Polanco - 2BAlex Rios - RFCarlos Guillen - 3BVernon Wells - CFMagglio Ordonez - RFMatt Stairs - DHMiguel Cabrera - 1BRod Barajas - CMat...

By rincewind Toronto Blue Jays Texas Rangers Complete Coverage > Lineup Toronto Blue Jays @ Texas Rangers Jays have Wilk in the lineup, bad shoulder and all. Zaun's in and Mac.....not sure if I like Mac in as much in a game where offence should be plenty. But then he's been hitting great of late.

By rincewind Toronto Blue Jays Texas Rangers Saturday, Aug 2, 2008, 8:05 PM EDT Rangers Ballpark in Arlington A.J. Burnett vs Scott Feldman Clear. Winds blowing in from right field at 5-10 m.p.h. Game Time temperature: Around 100. Complete Coverage >

By rincewind 08/01/08 8:05 PM EDT Toronto Blue JaysTexas RangersJoe Inglett - RFIan Kinsler - 2BMarco Scutaro - SSFrank Catalanotto - DHAlex Rios - CFMichael Young - SSLyle Overbay - 1BJosh Hamilton - CFAdam Lind - LFMarlon Byrd - RFMatt Stairs - DHDavid Murphy - LFRod Barajas - CGerald Laird - CScott...

By rincewind But Lyle has been hot and Rios seems to have found the power stroke again. Should be a fun time in the thread tonight. Join us in the thread though I'll likely be in and out as we's building a fence with our good neighbors. Poll How will the series go? Jays win 3 Jays win 2-1 Mariners win 2-1 Mariners w...

By hugo Baltimore Orioles @ Toronto Blue Jays So there are reasons to be looking up, but that's only necessary because the past three days have been such a downer. A.J. Burnett faces off against Jeremy Guthrie today in what should be a good game. Burnett has been quite good recently and the Jays have bee...

By hugo Baltimore Orioles @ Toronto Blue Jays The Jays are still reeling from some injuries, however. Aaron Hill has still not been able to play so the Jays are playing a man down. Rod Barajas is banged up and looked absolutely awful on Thursday (I'm told, by my brother, who was at the game), so a day off...

By hugo Toronto Blue Jays @ Philadelphia Phillies Anyway, back to today's game - Shaun Marcum has been lights out this season and will get the start. Of course Marcum's been fortunate with respect to balls in play (his .184 BABIP this season can't be expected to continue) and with baserunners (most...

By hugo Toronto Blue Jays @ Minnesota Twins 05/14/08 8:10 PM EDT Toronto Blue JaysMinnesota TwinsBrad Wilkerson - RFCarlos Gomez - CFAaron Hill - 2BMatt Tolbert - 2BAlex Rios - CFJoe Mauer - CScott Rolen - 3BJustin Morneau - 1BMatt Stairs - DHMichael Cuddyer - RFLyle Overbay - 1BJason Kubel - DHS...

By hugo Toronto Blue Jays @ Minnesota Twins Then luck bounced the Jays way, and a Stewart sac fly, Aaron Hill 2-rbi single (1 of which was scored due to a heads up play by Brad Wilkerson to tag to 2nd on the sac fly), and Snakeface save later, the Jays had snapped their losing streak. B.J. Ryan got the win by...

By hugo Scott Rolen added a HR and Lyle Overbay hit another double to hopefully continue his march toward a .400 SLG and walked as well. He also hit another long opposite way flyball that almost made it out. Marco Scutaro wasn't much with the glove in his first game as the regular SS, but he had 3 hits, whi...

By hugo Chicago White Sox @ Toronto Blue Jays Yesterday's game featured Doc Halladay finally getting a little run support. Doc pitched great - he had one bad inning which was helped along by an Eckstein throwing error - and gave up only 3 hits and no walks (one HBP) over 7 1/3 innings, while striking o...

By hugo Tuesday, April 29- Boston, Massachusetts 7:05 PM (EDT) Toronto Blue Jays rf Alexis Rios ss David Eckstein 3b Scott Rolen cf Vernon Wells 2b Aaron Hill 1b Lyle Overbay dh Shannon Stewart lf Adam Lind c Gregg Zaun Pitching: Doc Halladay, rhp Boston Red Sox cf Coco Crisp 2b Dustin Pedroia

By hugo 8:10 PM (EDT) Toronto Blue Jays ss David Eckstein 2b Aaron Hill rf Alexis Rios cf Vernon Wells dh Matt Stairs 3b Scott Rolen 1b Lyle Overbay lf Adam Lind c Gregg Zaun Pitching: Shaun Marcum, rhp Kansas City Royals cf David DeJesus 2b Alberto Collaspo 3b Alex Gordon lf Jose Guillen

By hugo Friday, April 25- Kansas City, Missouri 8:10 PM (EDT) Toronto Blue Jays ss David Eckstein 2b Aaron Hill rf Alexis Rios cf Vernon Wells dh Matt Stairs 3b Scott Rolen 1b Lyle Overbay lf Shannon Stewart c Rod Barajas Pitching: Zack Greinke, RHP

By hugo Toronto Blue Jays 2B Aaron Hill RF Alexis Rios CF Vernon Wells DH Frank Thomas 1B Lyle Overbay C Rod Barajas 3B Joe Inglett SS John McDonald P A.J. Burnett Texas Rangers 2B Ian Kinsler SS Michael Young RF Josh Hamilton 3B Hank Blalock CF Marlon Byrd LF David Murphy DH Frank Catalanotto

By hugo In yesterday's battle of two young pitchers, Clay Buchholz looked to be a little more comfortable early on, as Jesse Litsch struggled a little with control and needed to be bailed out by sharp defense, but in the end it was the Jays that came out on top as they jumped all over Buchholz in the 6t...

By hugo Jamie Campbell favorite David Eckstein led off the next inning and worked an 11-pitch at-bat into a leadoff walk (sprint), and Shannon Stewart, batting for Matt Stairs, followed up with a single. Alex Rios and Vernon Wells followed with terrible at-bats, both making first-pitch outs, b...

By hugo Toronto Blue Jays SS David Eckstein LF Matt Stairs RF Alexis Rios CF Vernon Wells DH Frank Thomas 1B Lyle Overbay 2B Aaron Hill 3B Marco Scutaro C Greg Zaun New York Yankees DH Johnny Damon SS Derek Jeter RF Bobby Abreu 3B Alex Rodriguez 1B Jason Giambi 2B Robinson Cano LF Hideki Matsui

By achengy AL AL East (this has done by our writers already): 1. Boston Red Sox 2. Toronto Blue Jays 3. New York Yankees 4. Tampa Bay Devil Rays 5. Baltimore Orioles Al Central: 1. Detroit Tigers 2. Cleveland Indians 3. Kansas City Royals 4. Chicago White Sox 5. Minnesota Twins

By hugo The Jays begin the regular season on Monday afternoon at Yankee Stadium, now in its last season. Roy Halladay will face Chien-Ming Wang, and John Gibbons has announced the Jays lineup: LF Matt Stairs RF Alexis Rios CF Vernon Wells DH Frank Thomas 1B Lyle Overbay 2B Aaron Hill

By Matt For the next couple of days to get us ready for Spring Training, I am going to be posting some Scouting Reports on some young Jays. In fact, I will be posting a Scouting Report a day for the Top 30 Jays Prospects. However, the Reports will come in no particular order. I will let you decided where eac...

By hugo Wednesday, September 26 - Baltimore, Maryland 7:05 PM (EDT) Toronto Blue Jays Reed Johnson rf Matt Stairs 1b Alexis Rios cf Frank Thomas dh Aaron Hill 2b Greg Zaun c Adam Lind lf Russ Adams 3b John McDonald ss Pitching: Doc Halladay, RHP Baltimore Orioles Brian Roberts 2b Melvin Mora dh

By hugo Finally, B.J. Ryan has resumed throwing (albeit from 45 feet) and expects to pitch in front of Blue Jay brass this week.  B.J., who underwent Tommy John surgery in May, has been playing catch for 3 weeks and appears to be on schedule for a Spring Training return, although the larger priority is to...

By hugo Thursday, September 13th - Toronto, Ontario 7:05 PM (EDT) Toronto Blue Jays Derek Jeter ss Bobby Abreu Jose Molina c Pitching: Ian Kennedy, RHP Toronto Blue Jays Russ Adams 3b Alexis Rios cf Frank Thomas dh Matt Stairs rf Aaron Hill 2b Lyle Overbay 1b Greg Zaun c Pitching: A.J. Burnett, RHP

By hugo Tuesday, August 28 - Oakland, California 10:05 PM (EDT) Toronto Blue Jays Vernon Wells cf Reed Johnson lf Alexis Rios rf Matt Stairs dh Troy Glaus 3b Lyle Overbay 1b Aaron Hill 2b Curtis Thigpen c John Macdonald ss Pitching: Chad Gaudin, RHP

By hugo Friday, August 17 - Toronto, Ontario 7:07 PM (EDT) Baltimore Orioles Brian Roberts 2b Corey Patterson cf Nick Markakis rf Miguel Tejada ss Kevin Millar 1b Aubrey Huff dh Melvin Mora 3b Ramon Hernandez c Jay Payton lf Pitching: A.J. Burnett, RHP

By hugo Pitching: Kelvim Escobar, RHP Toronto Blue Jays Reed Johnson lf Lyle Overbay 1b Alexis Rios rf Vernon Wells cf Frank Thomas dh Troy Glaus 3b Aaron Hill 2b Greg Zaun c Ray Olmedo ss For the Jays, Ray Olmedo gets the start, Sparky returns to LF, and Glaus is still healthy enough to play.