Fly like a bird: The 2008 Toronto Blue Jays
I know there are a lot of Blue Jay dynasties but I read some of them and wanted to try my hands at one.
It may come off looking the same as Tampa Bay Rays: New Name, New Look, New Era. I did use his format.
I will be using Koolzachs up to date rosters.
To limit what I did last time the ground rules are.
-only a max of 3 trades during the season and offseason
-only a max of 6 free agents per offseason
- a max of 3 free agents during the season
- I must not go past 15M over my budget.
2008 Goals
- Finish the season over .500
- Have at least 2 batters hit over .300
- Do not fnish last in the AL East
_/ Acquire an ace of the future (_/ equals a check since i can't find a real check)
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Meet your Toronto Blue Jays
Lineup
SS David Eckstein (87)
CF Vernon Wells (84)
RF Alex Rios (93)
DH Barry Bonds (73)
1B Frank Thomas (82)
LF Matt Stairs (79)
2B Aaron Hill (81)
3B Marco Scutaro (77)
C Curtis Thigpen (77/84)
Starting Rotation
Roy Halladay (90)
Dustin McGowan (81/85)
Shaun Marcum (84/88)
Freddy Garcia (82)
Jesse Litsch (71/77)
Bullpen
Closer - Jeremy Accardo (85/89) [BJ Ryan is out for 12 days]
Setup man - Scott Downs (78)
Short Relief - Jason Frasor (80/81)
Short Relief - Brian Wolfe (74/77)
Middle Relief - Brian Tallet (83/85)
Long Relief - Gustavo Chacin (72/73)
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Toronto Sun
Jays trade Burnett to Nationals
The Toronto Blue Jays and the Washington Nationals that would send SP AJ Burnett (81), C Gregg Zaun (80), and RP Scott Downs(78) to the Nationals for 2 two pitching prospects. The Prospects are SP Jack McGeary (63/92) and SP Josh Smoker (62/94).
(The Real Trade Article)
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In other News the Blue Jays have signed free agents LF/DH Barry Bonds (73) [1 yr 9.5M], 1B Frank Thomas (81) [1 yr 8.95 M] and SP Freddy Garcia (81) [2 yr 3.65M]
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Why did you sign Bonds and Thomas, I mean you have Lyle Overbay, Scutaro, and more, you don't need two 38+ year old veterans.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by
TheBigBomber
Why did you sign Bonds and Thomas, I mean you have Lyle Overbay, Scutaro, and more, you don't need two 38+ year old veterans.
It's something I always do, not sure why.
Quote:
Originally Posted by
dannymac910
Good luck.
thanks
Re: Fly like a bird: The 2008 Toronto Blue Jays
Why send Burnett to Was.?
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Quote:
Originally Posted by
dannymac910
Why send Burnett to Was.?
a trade block deal and I wanted to get prospects and they gave me the best.
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April 2008 Review
Team Stats
Overall Record: 13-15
April Record: 13-15
Current Standing: Third Place in AL East (4.5 GB)
Team Leaders
Batting Average: David Eckstein (.330)
Home Runs: Alex Rios (5)
RBI: Alex Rios (18)
SB: David Eckstein (2)
Wins: Roy Halladay / Shawn Marcum (3)
ERA: Freddy Garcia (4.38)
K's: Freddy Garcia (36)
Saves: Jeremy Accardo (5)
Attachment 19130
Jays Hot Hitter: SS David Eckstein (.330 BA, 1 HR, 7 RBI, 32 Hits)
Jays Hot Pitcher: SP Roy Halladay (3-1, 5.21 ERA, 30 K, 38 IP)
Team batting Stats
Code:
2008 Batting Team G AVG AB H 2B 3B HR BB K SB CS R RBI SLG OBP
Bonds, Barry TOR 11 .179 39 7 1 0 0 9 12 0 0 6 4 .205 .327
Diaz, Robinzon TOR 5 .333 9 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .333 .333
Eckstein, David TOR 26 .330 97 32 3 0 1 8 5 2 0 15 7 .392 .404
Hill, Aaron TOR 28 .228 101 23 7 0 2 7 17 0 2 8 10 .356 .270
Lind, Adam TOR 8 .273 11 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .273 .273
McDonald, John TOR 11 .333 18 6 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 1 .500 .333
Overbay, Lyle TOR 22 .310 71 22 8 0 2 5 16 0 0 10 13 .507 .351
Rios, Alex TOR 28 .322 118 38 5 2 5 5 20 2 0 14 18 .525 .344
Scutaro, Marco TOR 27 .222 90 20 2 0 1 13 12 0 0 9 10 .278 .320
Stairs, Matt TOR 27 .213 108 23 9 0 4 7 34 0 0 14 13 .407 .261
Stewart, Shannon TOR 4 .357 14 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 3 .357 .357
Thigpen, Curtis TOR 26 .163 86 14 4 1 1 5 24 0 0 5 8 .267 .209
Thomas, Frank TOR 27 .277 101 28 8 0 3 9 26 0 0 15 14 .446 .351
Wells, Vernon TOR 27 .305 105 32 10 1 4 10 21 2 0 15 15 .533 .365
Code:
2008 Pitching Team IP ERA G GS W L SV K BB R/9
Accardo, Jeremy TOR 5.2 1.59 7 0 1 0 5 5 1 6.35
Carlson, Jesse TOR 14.0 6.43 13 0 1 0 2 15 6 12.21
Chacin, Gustavo TOR 14.0 3.21 7 0 0 0 1 4 11 16.71
Frasor, Jason TOR 12.0 9.00 13 0 0 0 0 17 3 15.00
Garcia, Freddy TOR 37.0 4.38 6 6 1 3 0 36 9 10.46
Halladay, Roy TOR 38.0 5.21 6 6 3 1 0 30 5 11.13
Litsch, Jesse TOR 26.1 3.08 4 4 2 1 0 22 11 12.30
Marcum, Shaun TOR 35.0 4.89 6 6 3 3 0 31 12 13.37
McGowan, Dustin TOR 34.1 6.29 6 6 1 4 0 29 12 14.42
Tallet, Brian TOR 18.2 4.34 16 0 1 0 0 19 6 9.16
Wolfe, Brian TOR 13.0 8.31 13 0 0 3 0 8 7 20.77
Injuries
Barry Bonds - Hand Stress Fracture (2 weeks)
Bonds Watch
Barry Bonds (.179, 0 HR, 4 RBI, 6 R)
762 Career HR
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May 2008 Review
Team Stats
Overall Record: 27-30
May Record: 14-15)
Current Standing Fourth Place AL East (7.5 GB)
Team Leaders
Batting Average: David Eckstein (.319)
Home Runs: Matt Stairs (12)
RBI: Alex Rios (40)
SB: Alex Rios (4)
Wins: Roy Halladay (7)
ERA: Roy Halladay (4.67)
K's: Dustin McGowan (66)
Saves: BJ Ryan (7)
Attachment 19132
Jays Hot Hitter: Barry Bonds (.333 BA, 2 HR, 7 RBI, 7 R) [last 10 games]
Jays Hot Pitcher: Roy Halladay (7-0, 47 K, 4.43 ERA, 69 IP) [last 10 games
Code:
2008 Batting Team G AVG AB H 2B 3B HR BB K SB CS R RBI SLG OBP
Bonds, Barry TOR 37 .234 128 30 4 0 7 29 29 0 1 25 22 .430 .375
Chacin, Gustavo TOR 14 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Diaz, Robinzon TOR 13 .219 32 7 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 .219 .219
Eckstein, David TOR 52 .319 191 61 8 0 1 13 12 2 1 27 15 .377 .378
Garcia, Freddy TOR 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Hill, Aaron TOR 57 .272 213 58 15 1 4 13 40 0 3 20 16 .408 .313
Lind, Adam TOR 19 .333 39 13 2 0 2 4 4 0 0 6 7 .538 .395
Litsch, Jesse TOR 1 .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Marcum, Shaun TOR 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
McDonald, John TOR 34 .306 62 19 5 0 0 3 3 2 0 11 4 .387 .348
Overbay, Lyle TOR 37 .264 106 28 9 0 2 8 23 0 0 12 17 .406 .313
Rios, Alex TOR 57 .314 236 74 13 5 11 14 45 4 2 33 40 .551 .349
Scutaro, Marco TOR 53 .235 179 42 5 1 3 19 28 0 1 15 22 .324 .308
Stairs, Matt TOR 52 .270 185 50 12 1 12 19 48 1 0 33 32 .541 .338
Stewart, Shannon TOR 13 .267 45 12 1 0 0 2 6 0 0 7 4 .289 .298
Thigpen, Curtis TOR 50 .157 166 26 6 1 1 11 41 1 0 12 15 .223 .210
Thomas, Frank TOR 49 .281 178 50 13 0 5 19 37 0 0 24 28 .438 .361
Wells, Vernon TOR 52 .268 198 53 13 1 9 12 41 2 1 29 24 .480 .310
Code:
2008 Pitching Team IP ERA G GS W L SV K BB R/9
Accardo, Jeremy TOR 21.0 0.86 22 0 2 0 5 15 5 8.14
Carlson, Jesse TOR 28.2 4.08 25 0 3 1 3 30 9 10.67
Chacin, Gustavo TOR 29.0 4.34 14 0 0 2 1 19 17 17.38
Frasor, Jason TOR 30.2 8.22 27 0 2 1 0 35 8 14.09
Garcia, Freddy TOR 62.1 5.78 11 11 2 6 0 53 19 12.71
Halladay, Roy TOR 81.0 4.67 12 12 7 1 0 57 14 10.78
Litsch, Jesse TOR 55.1 4.23 9 9 3 2 0 39 20 13.34
Marcum, Shaun TOR 72.2 6.19 13 13 3 8 0 55 20 14.12
McGowan, Dustin TOR 75.1 4.78 12 12 4 5 0 66 22 11.71
Ryan, B.J. TOR 8.0 3.38 9 0 0 0 7 8 3 11.25
Tallet, Brian TOR 28.2 3.14 23 0 1 1 0 24 9 9.42
Wolfe, Brian TOR 13.0 8.31 13 0 0 3 0 8 7 20.77
Injuries
None
Bonds Watch
Barry Bonds (.234 BA, 7 HR, 22 RBI, 25 R)
769 HR
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Toronto Sun
Amatuer Draft review
1st round - SS Tim Beckham (56/95)
2nd round - 3B Pedro Alvarez (58/93)
3rd round - 2B Jemile Weeks (58/89)
4th round - SP Kevin Nicholson (49/81)
5th round - RP Cory Mawson (48/79)
6th round - RP Pat Nishikawi (47/74)
This is possibly my best draft of all time. I got three great prospects in Beckham, Alvarez, and Weeks. All I did was pick the guy with the highest peak, and I got those guys.
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June 08 Review
Team Stats
Overall Record: 41-42
June Record: 14-12
Current Standing: 4th place in AL East (12 GB) 6th place in AL Wildcard (6 GB)
Team Leaders
Batting Average: David Eckstein (.326)
Home Runs: Matt Stairs (18)
RBI:Alex Rios (53)
SB: David Eckstein (6)
Wins: Roy Halladay / Shawn Marcum (11)
ERA: Roy Halladay (4.11)
K's: Dustin McGowan (102)
Saves: BJ Ryan (13)
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Batting Stats
Code:
2008 Batting Team G AVG AB H 2B 3B HR BB K SB CS R RBI SLG OBP
Bonds, Barry TOR 59 .236 208 49 11 0 12 43 43 0 1 40 40 .462 .367
Chacin, Gustavo TOR 18 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Diaz, Robinzon TOR 18 .279 43 12 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 2 3 .302 .326
Eckstein, David TOR 72 .326 267 87 16 1 1 16 20 3 1 39 20 .404 .375
Garcia, Freddy TOR 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Hill, Aaron TOR 83 .287 310 89 20 1 4 21 54 0 3 33 23 .397 .330
Lind, Adam TOR 33 .307 75 23 5 0 3 10 9 0 0 11 12 .493 .395
Litsch, Jesse TOR 1 .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Marcum, Shaun TOR 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
McDonald, John TOR 50 .308 107 33 8 0 0 5 10 3 2 13 6 .383 .342
Overbay, Lyle TOR 48 .278 126 35 11 0 2 12 30 0 0 14 23 .413 .338
Rios, Alex TOR 83 .311 344 107 21 6 15 21 68 6 3 47 53 .538 .352
Scutaro, Marco TOR 78 .228 267 61 6 1 3 25 43 1 1 24 28 .292 .294
Stairs, Matt TOR 72 .299 254 76 20 2 18 27 63 1 0 49 49 .606 .371
Stewart, Shannon TOR 17 .254 59 15 1 0 1 3 8 0 0 9 8 .322 .290
Thigpen, Curtis TOR 73 .177 243 43 9 2 4 20 53 1 1 23 32 .280 .242
Thomas, Frank TOR 73 .256 266 68 17 0 7 28 57 0 0 39 39 .398 .339
Wells, Vernon TOR 75 .268 295 79 14 1 14 18 60 4 1 40 35 .464 .312
Pitching Stats
Code:
2008 Pitching Team IP ERA G GS W L SV K BB R/9
Accardo, Jeremy TOR 31.0 2.03 32 0 4 1 5 27 8 9.00
Carlson, Jesse TOR 44.0 3.89 36 0 4 1 3 37 16 9.82
Chacin, Gustavo TOR 42.2 5.48 18 0 0 2 1 27 22 16.66
Frasor, Jason TOR 38.0 7.34 33 0 2 1 0 41 11 13.26
Garcia, Freddy TOR 102.0 5.21 17 17 4 9 0 86 29 12.79
Halladay, Roy TOR 127.0 4.11 18 18 11 1 0 86 21 10.20
Litsch, Jesse TOR 75.1 4.30 12 12 4 3 0 46 30 13.62
Marcum, Shaun TOR 98.1 6.04 18 18 4 10 0 73 28 14.64
McGowan, Dustin TOR 113.0 4.78 18 18 7 8 0 102 38 11.95
Ryan, B.J. TOR 17.0 2.65 18 0 0 1 13 17 4 9.00
Tallet, Brian TOR 34.2 3.38 29 0 1 2 0 28 11 11.16
Wolfe, Brian TOR 13.0 8.31 13 0 0 3 0 8 7 20.77
Injuries
None
Bonds Watch
Barry Bonds (.236 BA, 12 HR, 40 RBI, 40 R)
774 HR
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USA Today
Attachment 19197
The 2008 All Star Game MVP
79th All Star Game
New York, New York - The All Star game last night was a complete success. The National League beat the American League 7-4. David Wright was named MVP going 3-4 with 2 HR and 5 RBI. The Win went to SP C.C. Sabathia and the Loss went to RP Joe Nathan. Both of these pitchers started the game. Milton Bradley (AL) went 1-4 with a HR. The only Home Run the AL hit.
Code:
National League at American League
July 10, 2008
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
National League 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 1 0 7 10 1
American League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 7 3
National League AB H BB R HR RBI K SB AVG
Jimmy Rollins SS 5 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 .322
Johan Santana P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Rafael Soriano P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Kerry Wood P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Eric Gagne P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
David Wright 1B 4 3 1 2 2 5 1 0 .319
Matt Holliday RF 5 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 .314
Albert Pujols DH 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 .310
Ryan Braun CF 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 .302
Chipper Jones 3B 3 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 .331
Adam Dunn LF 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .292
Brian McCann C 3 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 .306
Hanley Ramirez PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .314
Javier Valentin C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273
Orlando Hudson 2B 5 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 .309
Totals 39 10 7 7 2 7 10 0
2B: Ryan Braun
HR: David Wright 2
GDP: Adam Dunn
E: C.C. Sabathia
American League AB H BB R HR RBI K SB AVG
Grady Sizemore CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .294
Josh Beckett P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Roy Halladay P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Daisuke Matsuzaka P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Joakim Soria P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Ian Kinsler 2B 4 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 .291
Alex Rodriguez 3B 4 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 .344
Josh Hamilton RF 4 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 .367
David Ortiz 1B 4 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 .305
Mark Teixeira DH 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 .308
Milton Bradley LF 4 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 .294
Victor Martinez C 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .300
Jermaine Dye PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .305
Edgar Renteria SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .296
Totals 35 7 0 4 1 4 12 0
2B: Josh Hamilton
HR: Milton Bradley
DP: David Ortiz 2, Edgar Renteria
E: Ian Kinsler, Edgar Renteria, Roy Halladay
What confused me is that Joe Nathan started the game
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USA Today
Trade Deadline Edition
Blue Jays Get:
RP Octavio Dotel (84)
White Sox Get:
3B Scott Rolen (81)
C Rod Barajas (71)
Blue Jays get:
IF/Util Wilson Betemit (82/87)
RF Xavier Nady (86)
Yankees Get:
SP Freddy Garcia (86)
3B Marco Scutaro (78)
C Robinson Diaz (67/76)
RP Jesse Carlson (77/80)
RP Jason Frasor (80/81)
Yankees Get:
RP Heath Bell (86/87)
Padres Get:
RP Mark Melancon (70/84)
RP Kevin Whelan (74/89)
Rays Get:
C AJ Pierzynski (77/77)
White Sox Get:
SP Alex Cobb (60/76)
SP Ronny Sandberg (50/82)
Nationals Get:
RP Juan Morillo (74/84)
Rockies Get:
SP Odalis Perez (80)
Cardinals Get:
2B Brandon phillips (83)
Reds Get:
SP Mitchell Boggs (73/90)
Marlins Get:
SP Aaron Harang (88)
Reds Get:
RP Chris Leroux (69/85)
SP Chris Volstad (76/87)
RP Eulogio De La Cruz (76/87)
Red Sox Get:
C Javier Valentin (76)
Reds Get:
SP Daniel Bard (69/83)
D'Backs get:
SP Wandy Rodriguez (77)
Astros Get:
RF Gerardo Parra (65/81)
C Frank Curreri (66/76)
Indians Get:
LF Jack Cust (85)
Athletics Get:
LF Nick Weglarz (63/88)
Marlins Get:
C Ramon Hernandez (80)
Orioles Get:
2B Chris Coghlan (63/78)
Angels Get:
LF Marcus Thames (85)
Tigers Get:
LF Chris Pettit (67/81)
2B Sean Rodriguez (72/86)
Orioles Get:
RP Jamie Walker (77)
Cardinals Get:
RF Joe Mather (70/77)
Angels Get:
LF Endy Chavez (77)
Reds Get:
RP Barret Browning (65/79)
Orioles Get:
C Jeff Clement (75/86)
Mariners Get:
2B Brian Roberts (85)
Marlins Get:
LF Luke Scott (81)
Orioles Get:
RP Scott Nestor (67/81)
RP Harvey Garcia (70/80)
Cubs Get:
SS Bobby Crosby (83)
Athletics Get:
SP Robert Hernandez (57/87)
SP Sean Marshall (79/84)
RP Andy Cavazos (70/73)
Braves Get:
SP Bronson Arroyo (88)
Reds Get:
RP Blaine Boyer (75/82)
These are all the trades that happened during the month of July around the Trading Deadline.
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July and August 2008 Review
Team Stats
Overall Record: 41-42
July Record: 10-15
August Record: 15-13
Current Standing:
Team Leaders
Batting Average: David Eckstein (.302)
Home Runs: Barry Bonds (27)
RBI: Barry Bonds (82)
SB:Alex Rios (13)
Wins: Roy Halladay (16)
ERA: Roy Halladay (4.23)
K's: Dustin McGowan (158)
Saves: BJ Ryan (17)
Attachment 19338
Attachment 19339
Code:
2008 Batting Team G AVG AB H 2B 3B HR BB K SB CS R RBI SLG OBP
Betemit, Wilson TOR 30 .255 110 28 3 1 7 6 25 2 0 15 14 .491 .291
Bonds, Barry TOR 109 .254 394 100 25 0 27 64 83 0 1 74 82 .523 .361
Chacin, Gustavo TOR 24 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Eckstein, David TOR 117 .302 440 133 23 2 1 24 33 10 1 61 34 .370 .349
Halladay, Roy TOR 2 .333 6 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 .333 .429
Hill, Aaron TOR 136 .279 513 143 36 2 9 32 89 2 3 58 44 .409 .322
Lind, Adam TOR 54 .326 144 47 14 1 8 16 23 0 0 23 29 .604 .401
Litsch, Jesse TOR 1 .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Luna, Hector TOR 7 .357 14 5 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 .357 .357
Marcum, Shaun TOR 2 .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
McDonald, John TOR 80 .271 177 48 12 0 0 10 21 5 3 21 11 .339 .312
McGowan, Dustin TOR 2 .400 5 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .400 .400
Nady, Xavier TOR 83 .259 290 75 12 1 8 15 62 2 0 41 43 .390 .303
Overbay, Lyle TOR 48 .278 126 35 11 0 2 12 30 0 0 14 23 .413 .338
Rios, Alex TOR 136 .282 550 155 35 7 23 44 105 13 4 86 78 .496 .336
Stairs, Matt TOR 114 .287 397 114 33 2 22 36 90 1 0 61 64 .547 .350
Stewart, Shannon TOR 50 .262 164 43 6 2 2 12 19 1 1 24 17 .360 .313
Thigpen, Curtis TOR 117 .195 390 76 17 2 9 36 87 2 2 43 52 .318 .266
Thomas, Frank TOR 119 .245 420 103 24 0 13 53 84 0 0 54 63 .395 .341
Wells, Vernon TOR 107 .269 417 112 20 1 18 24 81 5 2 52 51 .451 .309
Code:
2008 Pitching Team IP ERA G GS W L SV K BB R/9
Accardo, Jeremy TOR 52.2 3.59 57 0 4 1 15 47 15 11.11
Chacin, Gustavo TOR 87.2 5.75 28 4 2 3 1 58 40 15.60
Dotel, Octavio TOR 66.1 3.80 58 0 5 6 0 77 23 11.13
Halladay, Roy TOR 202.0 4.23 29 29 16 5 0 137 41 11.18
League, Brandon TOR 14.2 4.91 9 1 0 1 0 9 5 12.89
Litsch, Jesse TOR 121.0 6.77 22 22 7 9 0 66 57 16.44
Marcum, Shaun TOR 169.2 5.25 30 30 7 14 0 136 48 14.16
McGowan, Dustin TOR 173.1 4.26 27 27 13 10 0 158 60 11.63
Parrish, John TOR 11.1 4.76 10 0 0 0 0 10 6 18.26
Ryan, B.J. TOR 35.0 3.09 39 0 1 1 17 44 10 10.29
Tallet, Brian TOR 67.2 3.86 53 0 2 5 0 42 25 11.44
Wolfe, Brian TOR 13.0 8.31 13 0 0 3 0 8 7 20.77
Team Injuries
SP Trystan Magnuson (Broken Finger) July 12, 2008 - August 16, 2008
CF Vernon Wells (Chipped Knee Cap) July 20, 2008 - August 3, 2008
Bonds Watch
Barry Bonds (.254 BA, 27 HR, 82 RBI, 74 R)
789 HR
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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)
Attachment 19340
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
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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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