2012 Toronto Blue Jays Season Thread

[The Big Chill]

Originally Posted by Otsy

Drabek to DL with Ligament sprain. Brett Cecil recalled and starting Sunday

Interesting. I kind of stopped following how Cecil was doing since he was sent back down to AAA. Hopefully he can do a decent job for us.

[Jason14h]

Danny Knobler of CBSSports.com reports that the Blue Jays are "particularly interested" in Justin Morneau, but so far the Twins don't seem interested in trading him.

[KelVarnsen]

MRI for Drabek shows ligament tear. Likely Tommy John for him.

[Otsy]

Originally Posted by KelVarnsen

MRI for Drabek shows ligament tear. Likely Tommy John for him.

Has a visit scheduled with Dr. Andrews to confirm. that's very unfortunate for Drabek. See you back in the bigs in 2014.

[nik-]

Originally Posted by KelVarnsen

MRI for Drabek shows ligament tear. Likely Tommy John for him.

UGH

[403ep3]

with the jays' luck, another pitcher will go down..

[The Big Chill]

Originally Posted by KelVarnsen

MRI for Drabek shows ligament tear. Likely Tommy John for him.

Ah man, that sucks. I fear that this will really hurt his progression.

[403ep3]

Originally Posted by 403ep3

with the jays' luck, another pitcher will go down..

Holy ####! -_-

[Sylvanfan]

I think Gozer posted something from fan graphs last year where they noted Drabek as a guy to watch for being a future Tommy John candidate due to his throwing style. It sucks, but a lot of guys have been able to come back from it. Hopefully Drabek can too.

[Jason14h]

Kyle Drabek (elbow) is scheduled to undergo Tommy John surgery Tuesday.

Drabek was diagnosed with a ligament tear in his elbow, so it was something of a foregone conclusion. This will be the second Tommy John surgery of his brief career. He'll miss the rest of the season and the early portion of 2013, as well.

[Caged Great]

Smoral signed for 2 mil.

[Gozer]

http://m.mlb.com/tor/news/article/2012062133708346/

Jays trade cash for a Royal that didn't make the rotation this season.

Exactly the kind of trade I wanted - a guy that could be a player...from a team that doesn't develop prospects well... at no cost.

[jschick88]

Sounds like Lind is on his way back to the Jays.

Manager John Farrell mentioned the first baseman, currently on a tear for triple-A Las Vegas, as a possibility Sunday during his daily chat with reporters when asked about his plans for the DH spot.

http://www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/201...e_a_las_vegas/

[KelVarnsen]

Lind is a bum. Just say no to Lind.

[flames_1987]

Who else are you going to call up? I'm fine with this move. Davis is playing incredibly well in LF right now and going to have quite a high trade value if this continues.

[KelVarnsen]

True, but I just don't like Lind I guess.

[flames_1987]

Originally Posted by KelVarnsen

True, but I just don't like Lind I guess.

Believe me Kel, I don't have anything good to say about him or his piss poor work ethic and workout regime that has not yet him to develop at all. I just understand the move

[Otsy]

From the Toronto Sun
BRANDON MORROW
He left his start against the Washington Nationals after nine pitches with a strained oblique muscle in his left side in. He’s now in Dunedin rehabbing and is expected to miss two months, returning Aug. 11 or so.
Best case: 12 missed starts.
Worst case: 15 or more. Doctors and trainers have timetables for injuries such as a hamstring or an elbow. Not so with an oblique which, besides being a muscle, also has a meaning of “indirectly stated or expressed; not straightforward” in the dictionary.



So 4 of 5 starters hurt (hopefully Alvarez not hurt badly), but still would have had to find a replacement starter for him when his innings limit was up anyway. I guess it's just going to be Romero and a bunch of plugs most of the rest of the way. Hoepfully no more major injuries. Gonna make for some long game I think. I guess will see just how many games good hitting can win.

[flambers]

Originally Posted by Otsy

From the Toronto Sun
BRANDON MORROW
He left his start against the Washington Nationals after nine pitches with a strained oblique muscle in his left side in. He’s now in Dunedin rehabbing and is expected to miss two months, returning Aug. 11 or so.
Best case: 12 missed starts.
Worst case: 15 or more. Doctors and trainers have timetables for injuries such as a hamstring or an elbow. Not so with an oblique which, besides being a muscle, also has a meaning of “indirectly stated or expressed; not straightforward” in the dictionary.



So 4 of 5 starters hurt (hopefully Alvarez not hurt badly), but still would have had to find a replacement starter for him when his innings limit was up anyway. I guess it's just going to be Romero and a bunch of plugs most of the rest of the way. Hoepfully no more major injuries. Gonna make for some long game I think. I guess will see just how many games good hitting can win.

I read on "Mike Wihner's" blog the following quote "John Farrell said after the game that Richmond's call-up (Robert Coello was sent down) had nothing to do with Alvarez having to leave the game early, that Richmond was coming up to be a part of the bullpen and that he didn't believe Alvarez' injury was serious. In fact, the thinking is that Alvarez may not even have to miss a start."

[KelVarnsen]

Shi Davidi ‏@ShiDavidi Travis d'Arnaud tore the PCL ligament in his knee last night sliding into second. Out 6-8 weeks, no surgery needed, rest of knee fine.