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September 08 Review
Team Stats
Overall Record: 80-82
September Record: 14-12
Current Standing: 4th place in AL East (23 GB)
Team Leaders
Batting Average: David Eckstein (.298)
Home Runs: Barry Bonds (35)
RBI: Barry Bonds (98)
SB: Alex Rios (15)
Wins: Roy Halladay (18)
ERA: Dustin McGowan (3.90)
K's: Dustin McGowan (191)
Saves: BJ Ryan (23)
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Code:
2008 Batting Team G AVG AB H 2B 3B HR BB K SB CS R RBI SLG OBP
Betemit, Wilson TOR 52 .229 192 44 5 1 11 13 49 2 0 26 27 .438 .275
Bonds, Barry TOR 130 .253 470 119 26 0 35 77 105 1 2 89 98 .532 .361
Chacin, Gustavo TOR 24 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Eckstein, David TOR 139 .298 524 156 28 2 1 27 42 11 2 71 40 .365 .341
Halladay, Roy TOR 2 .333 6 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 .333 .429
Hill, Aaron TOR 162 .284 613 174 39 2 12 36 100 3 3 69 57 .413 .325
Jeroloman, Brian TOR 4 .214 14 3 0 0 0 3 5 0 0 0 2 .214 .353
Lind, Adam TOR 61 .313 163 51 16 1 9 19 28 0 0 24 32 .589 .391
Litsch, Jesse TOR 1 .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Luna, Hector TOR 13 .296 27 8 0 1 0 1 4 0 0 3 1 .370 .321
Marcum, Shaun TOR 2 .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
McDonald, John TOR 94 .277 202 56 12 0 0 11 26 7 3 24 12 .337 .316
McGowan, Dustin TOR 2 .400 5 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .400 .400
Nady, Xavier TOR 99 .264 326 86 16 1 9 20 70 2 0 45 51 .402 .313
Overbay, Lyle TOR 59 .268 149 40 12 0 2 14 35 0 0 16 24 .389 .329
Rios, Alex TOR 155 .275 622 171 36 8 27 54 116 15 5 100 87 .489 .335
Stairs, Matt TOR 134 .287 470 135 39 3 26 44 100 1 0 74 77 .549 .351
Stewart, Shannon TOR 65 .257 214 55 7 2 3 16 21 1 1 28 23 .350 .307
Thigpen, Curtis TOR 139 .193 467 90 20 2 9 41 100 2 2 46 56 .302 .260
Thomas, Frank TOR 139 .255 495 126 30 0 16 64 95 0 1 69 70 .412 .350
Wells, Vernon TOR 130 .263 495 130 24 1 21 26 94 6 2 61 58 .442 .300
Code:
2008 Pitching Team IP ERA G GS W L SV K BB R/9
Accardo, Jeremy TOR 63.2 2.97 66 0 6 1 16 54 18 10.46
Chacin, Gustavo TOR 101.1 5.60 30 6 3 4 1 62 48 15.63
Dotel, Octavio TOR 72.0 4.75 66 0 5 6 0 83 25 12.38
Halladay, Roy TOR 239.0 4.26 34 34 18 8 0 166 52 10.96
League, Brandon TOR 28.1 6.35 14 3 0 2 0 20 17 16.52
Litsch, Jesse TOR 146.2 7.12 27 27 7 14 0 80 67 16.88
Marcum, Shaun TOR 206.0 5.16 36 36 10 15 0 167 57 13.81
McGowan, Dustin TOR 214.2 3.90 33 33 17 10 0 191 75 11.57
Parrish, John TOR 25.0 4.68 22 0 0 0 0 21 17 16.20
Ryan, B.J. TOR 46.0 2.93 48 0 2 1 23 56 15 10.57
Tallet, Brian TOR 84.1 4.27 66 0 3 6 0 53 31 12.59
Vermilyea, Jamie TOR 0.2 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Wells, Randy TOR 6.2 1.35 3 0 0 0 0 11 1 10.80
Wolfe, Brian TOR 13.0 8.31 13 0 0 3 0 8 7 20.77
Team Injuries
SP Gustavo Chacin (Ruptered Knee Ligaments) September 22, 2008 - ???
Bonds Watch
Barry Bonds (.254 BA, 35 HR, 98 RBI, 89 R)
797 HR
Final Comments
We missed my goal of .500 by 1 game. Well this season wasn't a complete failure. I want to thank the team for a good year. And hope we have a better season next year.
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Playoffs
Before the playoffs started
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After the World Series
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Toronto Sun
Blue Jays re-sign a few release a few today
Blue Jays re-sign
1B Frank Thomas (2-yr 5.85M)
3B Wilson Betemit (1-yr 2.35M) [arbitration]
SS David Eckstein (3-yr 5.15M)
LF/DH Barry Bonds (2-yr 7.5M Player Option 8.25M)
SP Gustavo Chacin (1-yr 1.1M) [arbitration]
RP Jeremy Accardo (1-yr 4.15M) [arbitration]
Blue Jays release
RF Xavier Nady
LF Shannon Stewart
SS Hector Luna
RP Brian Tallet
RP John Parrish
Re: Fly like a bird: The 2008 Toronto Blue Jays
ESPN The Magazine
Free Agent Report
Catcher
Jason Kendall (85) [.252, 1 HR, 36 RBI, 49 R)
Ivan Rodriguez (83) [.286, 3 HR, 18 RBI, 15 R)
Javier Valentin (77) [.300, 24 HR, 111 RBI, 71 R)
1st Basemen
Jim Thome (86) [.252, 40 HR, 91 RBI, 81 R)
Ben Broussard (80) [.279, 13 HR, 66 RBI, 57 R)
Daryle Ward (79) [.270, 5 HR, 35 RBI, 29 R)
2nd Basemen
Ray Durham (83) [.273, 10 HR, 38 RBI, 62 R)
Clint Barmes (83) [.304, 0 HR, 13 RBI, 19 R)
Jeff Kent (81) [.277, 21 R, 68 RBI, 70 R)
3rd Basemen
Casey Blake (86) [.299, 23 HR, 91 RBI, 67 R)
Russell Branyan (84) [.242, 10 HR, 51 RBI, 30 R)
Ty Wigginton (82) [.250, 17 HR, 72 RBI, 56 R)
Shortstops
Rafeal Furcal (84) [.248, 8 HR, 41 RBI, 95 R]
Christian Guzman (84) [.242, 1 HR, 48 RBI, 68 R)
Orlando Cabrera (79) [.240, 10 HR, 46 RBI, 80 R)
Left Fielders
Raul Ibanez (82) [.271, 13 HR, 86 RBI, 70 R)
Matt Diaz (80) [.309, 27 HR, 85 RBI, 69 R)
Josh Willingham (80) [.265, 12 HR, 35 RBI, 56 R)
Center Fielders
Mike Cameron (.243, 28 HR, 74 RBI, 93 R)
Shane Victorino (.291, 19 HR, 63 RBI, 99 R)
Melky Cabrera (.288, 11 HR, 66 RBI, 89 R)
Right Fielders
Bobby Abreu (93) [.278, 14 HR, 87 RBI, 100 R)
Xavier Nady (86) [.264, 9 HR, 51 RBI, 45 R)
Ken Griffey Jr (84) [.268, 27 HR, 72 RBI, 76 R)
Starting Pitchers
Dave Bush (89) [14-8, 4.27 ERA, 137 K)
Sidney Ponson (86) [14-3, 3.99 ERA, 150 K)
Mark Mulder (83) [0-0, 0.00 ERA, 1 K)
Relief Pitchers
Damaso Marte (84) [4-4, 3.94 ERA, 74 K, 1 SV)
Hideki Okajima (82/84) [11-3, 4.08 ERA, 93 K, 4 SV)
Bob Howry (82) [5-7, 4.11 ERA, 66 K, 0 SV)
Blue Jays have 22.27M Cap Space
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Toronto Sun
Jays trade fan favorite Wells to Giants
The Jays and Giants agreed on a 5 player trade that would send CF Vernon Wells (84), RP Jordan De Jong (67/70), and 3B Kevin Ahrens (55/83) to the Giants for SP Henry Sosa (69/85) and CF Wendell Fairley (60/89).
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Toronto Sun
Blue Jays sign 6 today and make 2 trades
The Toronto Blue Jays have signed 6 free agents today [which is the limit]
Blue Jays sign
1B Jim Thome (86) [2-yr, 9.95M]
SP Dave Bush (89) [3-yr 7.4M]
RP Hideki Okajima (82) [2-yr 6.3M]
SP Pedro Martinez (82) 2-yr 4.4M]
C Ivan "Pudge" Rodriguez (82) [2-yr 6.2M]
RF Ken Griffey (84) [2-yr 8.25M]
They also made 2 trades today. They traded SS David Eckstein and Matt Stairs to the Cardinals for CF Isaac Galloway (63/86)
The 2nd one was 1B Lyle Overbay (80) and LF Adam Lind (77/82) to the Mariners for RF Wladimir Balentien (77/85)
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2009 Season Preview
2008 stats in parenthesis
Lineup
2B Aaron Hill (.284, 12 HR, 3 SB, 69 R, 57 RBI)
RF Ken Griffey (.268, 27 HR, 1 SB, 76 R, 72 RBI)
CF Alex Rios (.275, 27 HR, 15 SB, 100 R, 87 RBI)
LF Barry Bonds (.253, 35 HR, 1 SB, 89 R, 98 RBI)
1B Jim Thome (.252, 40 HR, 0 SB, 81 R, 91 RBI)
DH Frank Thomas (.255, 16 HR, 0 SB, 69 R, 70 RBI)
SS Wilson Betemit (.229, 11 HR, 2 SB, 26 R, 27 RBI)
3B Wladimir Balentien (.297, 3 HR, 0 SB, 12 R, 15 RBI)
C Ivan Rodriguez (.286, 3 HR, 2 SB, 15 R, 18 RBI)
Bench
2B Russ Adams (.000, 0 HR, 0 SB, 0 R, 0 RBI)
LF Ryan Patterson (.000, 0 HR, 0 SB, 0 R, 0 RBI)
C Curtis Thigpen (.193, 9 HR, 2 SB, 46 R, 56 RBI)
SS Pedro Lopez (.000, 0 HR, 0 SB, 0 R, 0 RBI)
RF Buck Coats (.000, 0 HR, 0 SB, 0 R, 0 RBI)
Starting Rotation
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