thestar.com - 8/22/2008
—
Richard Griffin T he Jays yesterday obtained third baseman Jose Bautista from the Pirates for a player to be named later. The club claimed Bautista on waivers, then negotiated with the Bucs for a suitable minor-leaguer to be sent back later. Pittsburgh then allowed the claim by the Jays to go through instead of withdrawing their former third-base starter from waivers. Bautista will join the ...
Comments
Blog Reactions
Baseball Today: Friday, August 22
Projo Sox Blog —
... HERE AND THERE: The Blue Jays picked up Jose Bautista from the Pirates for a player to be named (Toronto Star) . . . The Twins have expressed interest ...
August 22, 2008: On a Roll
Batter's Box Interactive Magazine —
... Jose Bautista! Take it away Richard Griffin! Well, it's a pretty reasonable take, really. Bautista has 12 home runs this year in some 320 at bats; Scoots, X-Factor, Johnny Mac and Voodoo Joe have 8 in 1,001. Not so great. ...
Jose Bautista Is No Hall Of Famer
Bugs & Cranks —
... Though, according to Blue Jays GM JP Ricciardi, he probably shouldn’t get too wedded to the idea of starting north of the border either. When asked to assess the trade, Ricciardi told the Toronto Star ...
Related Content
Blue Jays acquire Bautista | bluejays.com: Official Info
mlb.mlb.com 8/21/2008 — The TORONTO BLUE JAYS have acquired INF JOSE BAUTISTA from the Pittsburgh Pirates for a player to be named later. BAUTISTA, 27, is currently with Indianapolis (AAA) of the International League, having appeared in five games, hitting .300 (6-20) ...
Pirates trade Bautista to Toronto
community.post-gazette.com 8/21/2008 — By Dejan Kovacevic | 3:14 p.m.
The Pirates today traded third baseman Jose Bautista to the Toronto Blue Jays for a player to be named later.
Bautista, 27, was surprisingly demoted last week to Class AAA Indianapolis after batting .244 with 12 ...
Support Fredbird!
bugsandcranks.com 8/22/2008 — Go here and vote for Fredbird over Pirate Parrot (what kind of lame mascot doesn’t have a name?
JOSE BAUTISTA A BLUE JAY
mondesishouse.blogspot.com 8/22/2008 — Earlier this afternoon, the Pirates consummated a trade with the Toronto Blue Jays that sent 3B Jose Bautista north of the border for the always-intriguing Minor Leaguer To Be Named Later. Rather than bore you with statistics, I'll limit my ...
José Bautista is the final piece of the puzzle
taoofstieb.blogspot.com 8/22/2008 — The Jays have acquired José Bautista and he will lead them to the promised land. Okay, so that's a bit of an overstatement, given the fact that the perennially-dreadful Pirates couldn't even see fit to keep him on their Major League roster. On the ...
Blue Jays place OF Wilkerson on DL (AP) —
Yahoo! Sports - MLB News 8/22/2008
The Blue Jays placed outfielder Brad Wilkerson on the 15-day disabled list Friday with lower back spasms and added utilityman Jose Bautista to the 25-man roster. Bautista, acquired from Pittsburgh on Thursday for a player to be named, was not in the ...
Bautista arrives in Toronto —
Major League Baseball News 8/22/2008
Jose Bautista felt a sense of relief when he learned that the Pirates had traded him to the Toronto Blue Jays. An organizational change was precisely what the third baseman had hoped for after losing his job in Pittsburgh earlier this month.
