Should I Stay or Should I Go? Catcher Edition
feedproxy.google.com 10/28/2009 — In my last Toronto Blue Jays “Should I stay or Should I Go?” article I focused on the Blue Jays shortstop situation for next season, which involves two free agents named Marco Scutaro (Toronto’s starter in 2009) and John McDonald (backup shortstop and fan favorite). Today I would like ...

This is News?
bluebirdbanter.com 10/20/2009 — It isn't easy writing about the Jays, everyday, with, you know, NO NEWS TO TALK ABOUT . I mean, take today, the closest to Jay news is that Bob Elliot spoke to Alex Anthopoulos. Sounds promising. Heaven knows I have like 40 questions for Alex. But ...

Jays to re-sign Marco Scutaro?
mopupduty.com 10/20/2009 — Bob Elliot’s most recent column featured a few quotes from new GM Alex Anthopoulos regarding Scutaro and Barajas. “We like both players,” “We’d like to bring them both back.” Can the Jays afford to bring ...

"The Twins Way"
bluebirdbanter.com 10/12/2009 — I hope  Richard Griffin  and   Ken Fidlin , who each wrote about how the Jays should do things 'the Twins way' in the past week, were watching the Twins/Yankee game tonight. The each made a big deal about how the Twins win with ...

Now and Zen
ghostrunneronfirst.com 10/14/2009 — Obviously there is plenty going on in the baseball world and zero going on in Blue Jays world. Zero outside of, as the Tao smartly points out, AA doing the identical thing to J.P. (firing/shaking up scouts) without a peep emanating from the local slam ...

Major League Philosophy
battersbox.ca 10/27/2009 — Alex Anthopoulos's first order of duty is to come up with a philosophy for the team.  What is a team philosophy you ask?  Beeston and Anthopoulos stated in their first Saturday press conference that the organization first needs to define a ...

Blogger Nine Innings: The Tao of Stieb
nydailynews.com 10/26/2009 — What does Donal Logue have to do with baseball? Just a little wordplay off one of his movies is all. I like to run the interviews in the Blogger Nine Innings series with the name of the blogger, but the public persona of The Tao of Stieb , a ...

Breaking Down the 2010 Free Agent Class: Shortstops
tylersarticles.blogspot.com 10/22/2009 — Free agency is almost upon us, so I felt it was time to continue my breakdown of the 2010 class by position. I covered outfielders and starting pitchers back earlier in the summer and will continue with shortstops now. There are 15 major league free agents whose primary position is shortstop, ...

Where were you 16 years ago?
bluejayhunter.com 10/24/2009 — Today is a very special day - it's an occasion so momentous that it should almost be declared a national holiday in Canada. It was this very day 16 years ago that Joe Carter solidified himself as one of the greatest Blue Jays of all time by taking a Mitch Williams pitch deep to ensure the ...

Note to Alex Anthopoulos: The Dan O'Dowd Model
jorgesaysno.blogspot.com 10/26/2009 — As new Blue Jays GM Alex Anthopoulos begins his first offseason with the Blue Jays as GM, there are plenty of questions surfacing about the direction of the team. -What will the Blue Jays do with Roy Halladay ? -Are the Blue Jays going to rebuild? ...

Acta undergoes second Astros interview — Major League Baseball News 10/21/2009
Former Nationals manager Manny Acta was in Houston on Wednesday and became the first managerial candidate to interview for a second time.

Twins prospect Sano issued work visa — Major League Baseball News 10/21/2009
The Twins cleared perhaps the biggest hurdle in completing their deal with Miguel Angel Sano -- the top Dominican prospect they signed earlier this month -- as the 16-year-old was issued a work visa this week.

Anthopoulos getting to know Jays — Major League Baseball News 10/21/2009
A significant amount of Alex Anthopoulos' time over the past couple of weeks has been dedicated to a fact-finding mission. The new Blue Jays general manager has been reaching out to each of Toronto's players and coaches by phone.

2010 Seattle Mariners Offseason Plan — Bleacher Report - MLB 10/22/2009
I'll admit this is mostly speculation, but there is quite a lot of reasoning behind my ideas. This is just free writing my ideas, so here it is, my 2010 Seattle Mariners offseason plan. 1. Swap Brandon Morrow and JJ Hardy. Morrow is expendable ...

Mariners among clubs pursuing Kikuchi — Major League Baseball News 10/22/2009
The Mariners' pursuit of left-hander Yusei Kikuchi, an 18-year-old from Japan, has reached the wait-and-see stage.