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The Blue Jays have added right-handed pitcher Reidier Gonzalez to their 40-man roster . That means the 24 year-old Cuban is protected from being selected by another club in the Rule 5 draft on December 10th.
Gonzalez went 4-6 with a 2.90 ERA and a 1.15 WHIP in 17 starts with ...
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Toronto Blue Jays
Tim Linceum wins a very close vote to take home his second Cy Young Award.
Linceum's 100 points edged out Chris Carpenter (94) and Adam Wainwright (90). Linceum and Wainwright were named on all 32 ballots, with Wainwright actually polling more first-place votes (12 to 11) than Lincecum. Will ...
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Cy Young
Toronto Blue Jays
Chris Carpenter
Adam Wainwright
Will Carroll
Keith Law
I'm disappointed this club will not be wearing this sharp road uniform anymore but you can take a look at it here through the "ventana of visuality" known as the Batter's Box POTD .
Denard Span leads off from first during first inning action September 7th at the ...
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Scott Baker
As a "reward" for loyal fans and season ticket holders for a 75 win campaign, the Blue Jays organization is considering jacking up the price of single game tickets for next season according to the Globe & Mail . In addition, the team is cutting ...
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Toronto Blue Jays
He polled no votes at all. Not a sausage. Bugger all. He didn't get a whole lot of love from the Baseball Writers Association of America but he gets some here in another installment of the Batter's Box POTD .
Ricky Romero delivers a pitch against Seattle in his final 2009 start at ...
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J.C. Romero
A hat tip to KaneCoKeith who alerted me that Dimaond Futures had begun ranking the farm systems of the major league teams with the Blue Jays. Chad Jenkins is the top rated prospect. In case you were wondering they didn't pick the Jays out of interest, Toronto is their 30th ranked ...
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Toronto Blue Jays
To the surprise of (hopefully) no one, Zack Greinke has won the AL Cy Young.
The only thing mildly surprising is his margin of victory, as Seattle's Felix Hernandez was a pretty distant second. Greinke received 25 of 28 first place votes. Hernandez had 2, and AL strikeout leader Justin ...
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Zack Greinke
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Felix Hernandez
Justin Verlander
The guys who are free agents who don't cost a draft pick, or more than the ML minimum, is out with over 500 names to choose from. Can any help the Jays?
From http://thegameofbaseball.myblog.it/ and http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/minor-league-free-agents Blue Jay minor league ...
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Toronto Blue Jays
Fabio Castro
Davis Romero
Congratulations to Andrew Bailey, winner of the 2009 AL Rookie of the Year award -- he probably shouldn't have won it, frankly, but the voters seem inclined to live by the mantra "when in doubt, give it to an Oakland Athletic" --he's the seventh Oaklander to win it since 1986. (The Jays have ...
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Toronto Blue Jays
Chris Coghlan of the Florida Marlins may be pouring a cocktail or two today as he wins the National League Rookie of the Year award .
The 24 year-old Coghlan beat out Phillies lefty J.A. Happ by just 11 points for top NL rookie honours. Rounding out the top five were Atlanta ...
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Toronto Blue Jays
Florida Marlins
Philadelphia Phillies
J.A. Happ
Atlanta Braves
TSN.ca , via Jeff Blair of the Globe & Mail , says the Blue Jays have interest in Reds second baseman Brandon Phillips . The same story also mentions the Red Sox are interested in Jays shortstop Marco Scutaro according to ESPN.com's Peter Gammons .
The 28 year-old Phillips ...
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According to reports, Oakland A's relief pitcher Andrew Bailey is the American League Rookie of the Year, receiving 13 of 28 first-place votes and 88 points. Texas Rangers shortstop Elvis Andrus was the runner-up with 65 points, one ahead of Detroit Tigers RHSP Rick ...
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Detroit Tigers
Rick Porcello
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The wrist surgery for Vernon Wells went "well" ( get it ?) according to bluejays.com's Jordan Bastian . The 30 year-old center fielder is expected to be ready for the start of spring training next year.
Vernon Wells leads off from second base during a game against ...
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Vernon Wells
The Hardball Times rates outfielder Johermyn Chavez as the Jays best minor league prospect in its top 10 list . The minor league crew at Batter's Box had Chavez at #12 in the top 30 list which you can check out here , here and here .
THT rates righty ...
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Toronto Blue Jays
The Jays Triple-A all-star representative gets the limelight in the world wide web phenomenon known as the Batter's Box POTD . ;D
Congratulations to first baseman/DH Randy Ruiz , who's pictured here on Jays Vision in his first appearance as a Blue Jay at the Rogers Centre. ...
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Congratulations to second baseman Aaron Hill and designated hitter Adam Lind for winning Silver Slugger Awards for 2009 according to Jordan Bastian from bluejays.com . A tip of the graphite Jays cap to Bauxite perlhack for the heads up.
Left Photo - Adam Lind pinch-hits for Randy ...
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Aaron Hill
The 2009 American League Gold Glove Awards have been "handed" out and are presented here entirely without comment from Batter's Box , as a means of inviting your comments and corrections, Bauxites around the world ...
Position Player Team C Joe Mauer, Twins 1B Mark Teixeira, ...
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Joe Mauer
Mark Teixeira
Placido Polanco
Evan Longoria
Derek Jeter
battersbox.ca - 10 days ago
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The Jays have added first baseman/DH Brian Dopirak
to the 40-man roster and also acquired utility man
Mike McCoy off the waiver wire from the Colorado Rockies. McCoy comes to the Jays after getting his first taste of the big leagues this ...
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The Straight Dope, Jays Get A Real McCoy
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This Blue Jay was on the verge of going back to the team he began his major league career with. He's the subject of our POTD .
Lyle Overbay bats against the Twins at the Rogers Centre September 7th. A proposed deal that would have sent first baseman Lyle Overbay to Arizona for catcher ...
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battersbox.ca - 13 days ago
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Alex Anthopoulos has completed his due diligence with
the players, coaches, other GM and agents and he
held a conference call today to answer questions about his plans. The conference call can be heard here . The call is 35 minutes long. ...
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Alex Anthopoulos Lays Out His Vision
