2014 Toronto Blue Jays

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New OOTP... new Blue Jays dynasty!

Here we go!

Opening day roster...


ROTATION

Brandon Morrow
R.A. Dickey
Mark Buehrle
Dustin McGowan
Drew Hutchinson

BULLPEN

Sergio Santos (C)

Steve Delabar
Brett Cecil (L)

Aaron Loup (L)
Esmil Rogers
Todd Redmond
Jeremy Jeffress

C - Erik Kratz / Dioner Navarro
1B - Adam Lind / Dan Johnson
2B - Maicer Izturis
3B - Brett Lawrie
SS - Jose Reyes
U - Ryan Goins
LF - Melky Cabrera
CF - Colby Rasmus
RF - Jose Bautista / Moises Sierra
DH - Edwin Encarnacion

Let see if Reyes lasts longer than one at-bat...


Owner's expectations: .500

Preseason Predictions:

Toronto to finish fourth in the AL East, going 81-81

Division winners: Yankees, Tigers, Angels, Nationals, Cardinals, Giants

Wild Cards: Athletics, Rays, Pirates, Brewers

Top AL Hitter: Miguel Cabrera (Tigers), with Jose Reyes 6th.

Top AL Pitcher: Joe Nathan (Tigers), with R.A. Dickey 3rd

Top NL Hitter: Ryan Braun (Brewers)

Top NL Pitcher: Gio Gonzalez (Nationals)

Toronto has the 28th best system with only one player (Arik Sikula) in the top 100 (93rd)

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Man-Keung Kum is the new hitting coach in Bluefield (R).

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Sigh. Crash.

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Trying this again with 3-D turned off. I'm not interested in it anyway, and it may be causing problems. Let's see.

I have done the same things but the preseason predictions are different. I have updated the above post.

The game is all backed-up... let's see where we go...how far we get...

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Drew Beuerlein signed a minor league contract.

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March 31st, 2014

Well, David Price may have struck out 9 Blue Jays, but it was Brandon Morrow who picked up the complete game, 4-2 win over the Rays on opening day.

Edwin Encarnacion hit the first homer of the year for Toronto.

WP - Brandon Morrow (1-0)
LP - David Price (0-1)

Record - 1-0

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So, no crash with 3-D turned off, but I also didn't update the park pictures. I will back-up everything and try that a little later.

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NOTE: Looks like the crashing problem was connected with the 3_D, which I don't care about anyway. It is turned off and thing s are okay.


April 1st, 2014

R. A. Dickey and Matt Moore had a great duel, but an untimely wild pitch by Dickey gave the Rays the 3-2 win.

Jose Bautista got his first dinger of the year.

WP - Matt Moore (1-0)
Save - Jake McGee (1)
LP - R.A. Dickey (0-1)

Record - 1-1

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April 2nd, 2014

What a day! It took 13 innings and an AMAZING performance in relief by Steve Delabar and back-to-back 13th inning homers by Joe Reyes and Melky Cabrera but the Jays finally beat the Rays 6-4.

Delabar pitched 2.2 innings, walking one and striking out SEVEN.

Ryan Goins hit three doubles.

WP - Jeremy Jeffress (1-0)
Save - Sergio Santos (1)
LP - Joel Peralta (1-1)

Record - 2-1

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Miguel Cabrera of the Tigers notched his 2000th hit against the Royals.

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TRADE

To METS

Dan Johnson

To BLUE JAYS

John Lannan


Lannan is assigned to Buffalo and Mike Nikeas is called up.

Eric Kratz is expected to miss a week of action. The Jays don't want to put him on the D.L., but they needed another catcher on the roster.

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April 3rd, 2014

The Rays gave the Jays a scare as they loaded them up with only one out against Sergio Santos, but a pair of pop-ups ended the threat and gave Toronto the 5-4 win.

Dioner Navarro and Colby Rasmus each got their first homers of the year.

WP - Dustin McGowan (1-0)
Save - Sergio Santos (2)
LP - Jake Odorizzi (0-1)

Record - 3-1

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April 4th, 2014

The home opener did not go well for the Jays as the Yankee long ball hit Hutchinson hard, as New York won 6-4. Edwin Encarnacion and Jose Bautista went back-to-back to each get their second homers of the year.

WP - Ivan Nova (1-0)
Save - David Robertson (2)
LP - Drew Hutchinson (0-1)

Record - 3-2

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April 5th, 2014

An 11th inning, walk-off RBI single by Adam Lind gave Toronto the 5-4 win over the Yankees.

Steve Delabar was super sharp again and Jose Bautista hit his 3rd home run.

WP - Jeremy Jeffress (2-0)
LP - Vidal Nuno (0-1)

Record - 4-2

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April 6th, 2014

R.A. Dickey went the distance in a 3-1 win over the Yankees. Adam Lind hit his first homer of the campaign.

WP - R.A. Dickey (1-1)
LP - C.C. Sabathia (0-1)

Record - 5-2

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The first weekly power rankings have Toronto in the #2 spot! Wow!

Players of the week: Adam Jones, Orioles & Brandon Belt, Giants

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April 8th, 2014

The Blue Jays offence exploded over the woeful Astros, beating them 10-2.

Brett Lawrie and Edwin Encarnacion hit back-to-back bombs and Adaml Lind and Colby Rasmus also went deep.

WP - Mark Buhrle (1-0)
LP - Brett Oberholtzer (0-2)

Record - 6-2

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Raul Ibanez of the Angels hit his 2000th career hit. He did it against his former team, Seattle.

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TRADES!!

Toronto has a new second baseman.... or an old second baseman...

To YANKEES

Matt Tuiasosopo
Sean Nolin

To BLUE JAYS

Kelly Johnson
Shane Greene


To CARDINALS

Dioner Navarro
Angel Rosas

To BLUE JAYS

Seth Maness
Corey Baker
Audry Perez
Allen Cordoba

Johnson and Maness both join the Blue Jays.

Drew Hutchinson heads down to Buffalo.

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April 9th, 2014

Dustin McGowan held the Astros to 3 hits and 1 run over 8 innings and Steve Delabar struck out all 3 batters he faced. Colby Rasmus hit his third homer of the year and the Jays beat the Astros 5-1.

WP - Dustin McGowan (2-0)
LP Dallas Keuchel (0-2)

Record - 7-2