2011 Blue Jays Season Thread

[JayP]

Originally Posted by Frequitude

I'm still baffled there's not an expanded version of instant replay in baseball. I get giving the strike zone to umps, that's cool. But on black and white out/safe calls at the plate or the bases it makes no sense not to have it.

You got to have that "human element" in the game. I mean, who doesn't get entertained seeing humans make bad calls?

The funny thing is that if the teams were reversed and if was Pedroia (or whoever) getting thrown out at the plate it would be a huge deal that a big market team battling for a division got hosed out of a win. You read ESPN's joke of a recap and it's written up like it's a "disputed" call with only quotes from Farrell complaining about it. That's not a disputed call - that's a blown call.

[Machiavelli]

I've had about enough of Francisco.

[Beerfest]

lol what a choke job.

[Ashasx]

I turned it to Sportsnet as soon as I heard it was 4-1, bases loaded. I knew it would happen.

[Chump]

Originally Posted by Machiavelli

I've had about enough of Francisco.

I had enough of Francisco a month ago. The guy is just terrible. He has the worse stats of any blue jays reliever yet we keep brining him out in key situations.

[OILFAN #81]

It must be so frustrating to be a Jays fan year in and year out. Wow.

[nik-]

Well then, that was interesting.

[mykalberta]

I know its tuff being a Jays fan, but I have to say this is one of the more fun years I have had watching - it started out just watching for Joey Bats - but now it really does look like they are 1 or 2 away from actually giving the Red $ox and Yahnkee$ a run for their money.

I am now getting worried after signing Bautista to such a great contract, how do we now sign a UFA for higher than we are paying him.

And yah last night was disappointing, watch it until Bats hits another homer to make it 4-0 - then I leave and wham bam thank you mam in the morning on the highlights I see a 5-4 loss

[ben voyonsdonc]

Can we please DFA Francisco?

[flambers]

Originally Posted by ben voyonsdonc

Can we please DFA Francisco?

Jays won't DFA Francisco as they expect he will leave via Free Agency when the Season ends. Which will result in a Sandwich pick.

[ben voyonsdonc]

Hmm...that is a good point. Any restrictions in banishing him to AAA?

[Caged Great]

Shane Farrell officially signed. The Jays apparently have agreements with most of the top end players like Norris and Beede but can't release them as they don't have them all done and don't want them to affect negotiating with the rest.

Pitcher (21 unsigned pitchers)

Kevin Comer - 1st Supplemental round - (High School)
Daniel Norris - 2nd round - (High School)
Jeremy Gabryszwski - 2nd round - (High School)
John Stilson - 3rd round - (College)
Thomas Robson - 4th round - ?
Anthony Chin - 5th round - (High School)
Anthony DeSclafani - 6th round - ?
Mark Biggs - 8th round - (High School)
Andrew Suarez - 9th round - (High School)
Aaron Garza - 10th round - (High School)
Nicolas Wiper - 14th round - (High School)
Cody Glen - 15th round - (High School)
Brady Dragmire - 17th round - ?
Luke Weaver - 19th round - (High School)
Joel Seddon - 20th round - (High School) - Turned down 1 million, likely not to sign
Aaron Nola - 22nd round - (High School)
Jerrick Suiter - 35th round - (High School)
Chris Cox - 39th round - ?
Jake Eliopoulos - 43rd round - (No School)
Shane Farrel - 46th round - (Signed)
Charlie Lamar - 49th round - (High School)

1B (13 position players Unsigned)

Richard Prigatano - 16th round - (High School)
John Coy - 45th round - (College)

SS

Christian Lopes - 7th round - (High School)
Andrew Burns - 11th round - (College)
Peter Mooney - 21st round - (College)
K'Shawn Smith - 23rd round - (College)
Austin Nola - 31st round - (College)

3B

Matt Dean - 13th round - (High School)
Austin Davis - 47th round - (High School)

Outfielders

Dwight Smith - 1st Supplemental round - (High School)
John Norwood - 12th round - (College)
Derrick Lovelace - 27th round - (High School)
Jacob Wakamatsu - 48th round - (High School)

Signed

Musgrove (RHP - 1st round), Berti (2B - 18th round), Rollins (LHP - 24th round), Arce (1B 25th round),
Atkinson (SS - 26th round),Vega-Rosado (SS - 28th round), Cole (RHP - 29th round), Patterson (1B - 30th round),
Pillar (OF - 32nd round), Champlin (RHP - 33rd Round), Munoz (C - 34th round), Sikula (RHP - 36th round),
Williams (RHP - 37th round), Taylor (RF - 38th round), Baligod (OF - 40th round), Barrett (SS - 41st round),
Davis (LHP - 42nd round) , Broussard (RHP - 44th round),Shane Farrel (RHP - 46th round), Brown (RHP - 50th round)

Unofficially Signed, but have dollar frameworks in place

Beede (RHP - 1st round), Anderson (OF - 1st Round),

Undrafted signed players

RHP Phil Brua – Oberlin Ohio
RHP Tucker Jensen – Embry-Riddle Fla
RHP Ian Kadish – Marshall
RHP Jon Lucas – Wagner
RHP Blake McFarland – San Jose State
RHP Ajay Meyer – Ashland Ohio
RHP Chris Roman – Nova Southeastern Fla
RHP Randall Thompson Florida Tech
RHP Ben White – Temple *Assigned to Short Season Vancouver
C George Carroll – New York Tech
C Chris Schaeffer – North Carolina State
3B Kevin Howard – Lancaster Atlantic – *Update, Assigned to AAA Las Vegas
SS Chris Peters – Cincinnati

[Karl]

9-4 Jays, but don't look now...the Indians just got hit-after-hit off Camp and have the bases loaded with none out.

[Machiavelli]

This better not happen again...

[Karl]

####....9-6 now!

[Karl]

Laporta grounds out to end the 8th inning with runners at 2nd and 3rd.

[Machiavelli]

The Franchise comes through with some insurance.

[Karl]

Snider booms a double to centre field and cashes in Bautista and Encarnacion. 11-6

[Karl]

Michael Brantley singles in Lou Marson. 11-7 Jays.

[Karl]

SWING-AND-A-MISS!!! Rauch strikes out Cabrera.

Final score, 11-7 Jays.