taoofstieb.blogspot.com - 25 days ago
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So at some point in his Declaration of Principles call over the weekend, Alex Anthopoulos noted that he wanted to build (NOT re-build, goddamnit!) the Jays with trades, the draft, free agents, international signings, and minor league free agents. That's Alex the Ant's plan. Beautifully fucking ...
Alex Anthopoulos Lays Out His Vision
battersbox.ca 26 days ago — 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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Jays may consider trading Halladay
mlb.mlb.com 26 days ago — By Jordan Bastian / MLB.com 11/07/09 8:55 PM EST TORONTO -- Alex Anthopoulos finally did away with the suspense and agreed on Saturday afternoon to discuss the immediate and long-term direction of the Blue Jays. It was a topic the new general manager ...
The Man Behind the Curtain Goes to Work
bluejayhunter.com 25 days ago — Occasionally it's best not to know what's going on behind the scenes. Unfortunately for the Toronto Blue Jays, over the course of this past season the disarray and inner workings of their organization were revealed for all to see. Now, Alex Anthopoulos has the dubious task of taking his place ...
Catcher Heading North?
baseballmusings.com 26 days ago — The Arizona Republic reports a rumor that the Blue Jays and Diamondbacks are trying to work a deal that would send catcher Chris Snyder to Toronto for first baseman Lyle Overbay . The Toronto Star gets a no comment out of the Blue Jays GM .
The Arizona Republic reported Saturday such a trade ...
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 ...
Jays Add Gonzalez to 40 Man Roster, Free Agent Market Opens
bluejays.gearupforsports.com 14 days ago —
The Toronto Blue Jays made a roster move on Thursday adding 23 year old right handed pitcher Reidier Gonzalez to their 40 man roster.
The move protects Gonzalez from being taken in the Rule 5 Draft which approaches on December 10th 2009.
Players considered eligible for the Rule 5 ...
Alex the Builder
taoofstieb.blogspot.com 26 days ago — I suppose I would quibble with the semantics of it all. "....Anthopoulos characterizes the Blue Jays as a team that's building, rather than rebuilding. "I think when people talk about a rebuild, it would be tearing down a team and trading away numbers of players. I don't know that we have ...
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? ...
The Alex Anthopoulos State of the Franchise Conference Call
bluejayhunter.com 27 days ago — I woke up this morning wondering if Alex Anthopoulos had forgotten all about his promise to address the "state of the franchise" this week and give fans an update on which direction the Toronto Blue Jays would be taking. After dragging in the city's best writers in on their weekend off, most ...
Throwback Uniforms: Toronto Blue Jays (1992)
inhistoric.com 19 days ago —
For a Friday night game against the L.A. Angels, the Toronto Blue Jays sported their classic uniforms from the 1992 and 1993 seasons, the years they won the World Series. A few members of those classic teams were on hand to watch the modern Jays beat the Angels, 5-4.
1993 was a long time ...