The Blue Jays added yet another pitcher with a recent history of injuries to their staff, signing former Devil Ray and Mets righty Victor Zambrano on Tuesday to a Minor League deal with an invitation to Spring Training. In addition to Zambrano, John Thomson and Tomo Ohka will also limp into camp next month and try … Read more »
No news here: the Blue Jays are still in need of some arms to fill their 2007 starting rotation. Back in December, when J.P. was swinging and not dealing at the Winter Meetings, and Wells appeared to be Texas-bound for 2008, I added a Reader Poll that asked which arms the Jays should target. Not included in the list of … Read more »
Several sources are reporting that the Blue Jays and Devil Rays are discussing a trade that would send coveted OF/1B Elijah Dukes to Toronto for pitchers Shaun Marcum and minor leaguer Josh Sowers. It's rumors like this that I find particularly interesting: on the surface it doesn't seem to make much sense, but if you look … Read more »
Did the Blue Jays ever release confirmed details about the nature Alex Rios' staph infection last season? It sounds like it might have been the same bug that the CBC is referring to in this story: Superbug at Canada's doorstep. If this is the case, we might start hearing about more players going down with this … Read more »
Baseball-Reference's new Play Index provides a handful of useful data mining tools for baseball stats freaks. The Event Finder locates all of a player's hits, doubles, outs, home runs, and more. You can view a detailed summary, or the complete list of every play including opposing batter or pitcher, opponent, inning, score, runners on base, and a play … Read more »
The Washington Nationals are a team in transition–at least that's what the fans are sincerely hoping. A 5th place team for the past two seasons, the Nats are going young in 2007 with a fresh managerial perspective provided by Manny Acta. I like Acta's go-out-and-get-'em attitude and focus on defense, as well as the team's move to "go young", but … Read more »
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