2017 Toronto Blue Jays (est. 2015)

rpriske · 07-01-2016, 11:21 PM

2015 - 79-83 (WS Tampa Bay over Cincinnati)

2016 - 84-78 (WS Dodgers over Mariners)

rpriske · 07-01-2016, 11:25 PM

OFFSEASON ADDITIONS

Hyun-soo Kim
Neil Walker
Martin Prado
Rafael Devers
John Ryan Murphy
Kes Carter

OFFSEASON LOSSES

Josh Donaldson
Brian McCann
Devon Travis
Brandon Finnegan
Alex Cobb
Trevor Rosenthal
Jose Valdez
Seth Smith
Ramon Santiago

rpriske · 07-04-2016, 08:01 AM

March 5th, 2017

A 9th inning comeback gave the 4-3 win to the Jays over the Mariners, capped by a walk-off RBI single by Didi Gregorius.

Concerning is Marcus Stroman leaving the game in the 4th inning. It look like he is heading to the D.L. for a bit. He should be back before the season starts but it will put him behind.

WP - Juan Nicosia (1-0)
LP - Dominic Leone (0-1)

Spring Record - 1-0

rpriske · 07-04-2016, 08:03 AM

Marcus Stroman was placed on the 17-day DL.

Dylan Floro and Trevor Story were called up from the minor league camp.

rpriske · 07-04-2016, 07:32 PM

March 6th, 2017

Second game of the spring, second injury of the spring as Ryan Casteel left the game with an undiagnosed injury.

The Jays lost a close one, falling 3-2 to Cleveland.

Donell Linares hit a home run.

WP - Trevor Bauer (1-0)
Save - Cody Allen (1)
LP - Aaron Sanchez (0-1)

Spring Record - 1-1

rpriske · 07-06-2016, 07:20 AM

March 7th, 2017

What was the bigger news in this 14-2 blowout by the Twins? Was it the complete meltdown by starter Drew Smyly? Or was it the fact that for the third straight spring training game, the Jays lost a player to injury? Today it was Ronald Torreyes.

WP - Trevor May (1-0)
LP - Drew Smyly (0-1)

Spring Record - 1-2

rpriske · 07-06-2016, 07:22 AM

Ryan Casteel's hamstring is going to shelve him for 7-8 weeks.

Joe DeCarlo is called up from the minor league camp.

rpriske · 07-10-2016, 01:29 AM

March 8th, 2017

The first game without an injury was also a pretty solid start by Drew Hutchinson and the first signs of life by Neil Walker.

WP - Drew Hutchison (1-0)
Save - Jairo Diaz (1)
LP - Gio Gonzalez (0-1)

Spring Record - 2-2

rpriske · 07-10-2016, 01:33 AM

Ronald Torreyes is going on the D.L. for about 3 weeks.

Chase Strumph is called up from the minor league camp.

rpriske · 07-12-2016, 12:46 AM

March 9th, 2017

Joe Wendle hit a big home run to give the A's a 7-4 win over Toronto.

WP - Ariel Miranda (1-1)
Save - Sean Doolittle (2)
LP - Tyler Clippard (0-1)

Spring Record - 2-3

rpriske · 07-13-2016, 02:31 PM

March 10th, 2017

The Jays lost 4-2 to the Astros.

WP - Colin McHugh (1-0)
Save - Jordan Jankowski (3)
LP - Taylor Cole (0-1)

Spring Record - 2-4

rpriske · 07-13-2016, 10:51 PM

March 11th, 2017

George Springer went 3 for 4, leading the Jays to a 9-4 win over the Royals.

WP - Drew Pomeranz (1-0)
LP - Clay Buchholz (0-1)

Spring Record - 3-4

rpriske · 07-16-2016, 09:46 AM

March 12th, 2017

This wasn't a good game on ether side of the ledger for Toronto.

They lost to Boston 6-1.

WP - Jacob DeGrom (1-1)
Save - Brandon Finnegan (3)
LP - Aaron Sanchez (0-2)

Spring Record - 3-5

rpriske · 07-16-2016, 10:18 AM

First Round of Spring Cuts

Sent to Minor League Camp: Drew Smyly, Oscar Hernandez, Dylan Floro, Rafael Devers

TRADE

To CLEVELAND

Tyler Clippard
Andy Fermin
Ian Parmley

To BLUE JAYS

Cody Allen
Jodd Carter
Hunter Owen

Allen joins camp.

TRADE

To YANKEES

Neil Walker
Gavin LaValley
Marcus Knecht
Jake Higginbotham

To BLUE JAYS

Jacoby Ellsbury
A.J. Simcox
Luis Perdomo
Hunter Parsons

Ellsbury joins the Jays camp.

SURPRISING TRADE!

To TIGERS

Eric Hosmer
Cristian Peguero
Carlos Belen

To BLUE JAYS

Francisco Martinez
Luis Torrealba
French Cordero
$6m

All players go to the minor league camp.

rpriske · 07-17-2016, 01:45 PM

March 13th, 2017

The first game after the spring makeover went pretty badly. The Jays fell 8-0 to the Tigers.

WP - Mike Ekstrom (1-0)
Save - Nick Vincent (1)
LP - Drew Hutchinson (1-1)

Spring Record - 3-6

rpriske · 07-17-2016, 02:37 PM

March 15th, 2017

The Jays edged the Orioles 2-1, but Chase Strumpet went down with a strained back and is going on the D.L.

WP - Jarred Cosart (1-0)
Save - Daniel Coulombe (1)
LP - Mike Wright (1-1)

Spring Record - 4-6

rpriske · 07-17-2016, 03:08 PM

March 16th, 2017

The Jays swung away with a big 10-2 win over the Rays. Donell Linares hit 2 home runs and knocked in 5!

WP - Taylor Cole (1-1)
LP - Brad Hand (0-2)

Spring Record - 5-6

rpriske · 07-18-2016, 03:28 PM

March 18th, 2017

The Jays beat the Rangers 3-1, but the big news was Martin Perez hitting George Springer with a pitch in the 1st inning. Springer was clearly in pain when he left the field.

We await official word on his condition.

WP - John Stilson (1-0)
Save - Mark Montgomery (1)
LP - Roman Mendez (1-1)

Spring Record - 6-6

rpriske · 07-18-2016, 04:09 PM

March 19th, 2017

The Jays lost a close one to the Yankees, 6-5.

WP - Masahiro Tanaka (1-0)
Save - A.J. Ramos (5)
LP - Taylor Jordan (0-1)

Spring Record - 6-7

rpriske · 07-20-2016, 10:11 PM

March 20th, 2017

Aaron Sanchez threw 5 PERFECT innings as he and 4 Blue Jay relievers led Toronto to a 2-0 win over the White Sox.

WP - Aaron Sanchez (1-2)
Save - Reynaldo Lopez (1)
LP - Jose Quintana (0-1)

Spring Record - 7-7

07-01-2016, 11:21 PM	#1
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,988 Blog Entries: 1	2017 Toronto Blue Jays (est. 2015) 2015 - 79-83 (WS Tampa Bay over Cincinnati) 2016 - 84-78 (WS Dodgers over Mariners) __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

07-01-2016, 11:25 PM	#2
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,988 Blog Entries: 1	OFFSEASON ADDITIONS Hyun-soo Kim Neil Walker Martin Prado Rafael Devers John Ryan Murphy Kes Carter OFFSEASON LOSSES Josh Donaldson Brian McCann Devon Travis Brandon Finnegan Alex Cobb Trevor Rosenthal Jose Valdez Seth Smith Ramon Santiago __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

07-04-2016, 08:01 AM	#3
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,988 Blog Entries: 1	March 5th, 2017 A 9th inning comeback gave the 4-3 win to the Jays over the Mariners, capped by a walk-off RBI single by Didi Gregorius. Concerning is Marcus Stroman leaving the game in the 4th inning. It look like he is heading to the D.L. for a bit. He should be back before the season starts but it will put him behind. WP - Juan Nicosia (1-0) LP - Dominic Leone (0-1) Spring Record - 1-0 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

07-04-2016, 08:03 AM	#4
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,988 Blog Entries: 1	Marcus Stroman was placed on the 17-day DL. Dylan Floro and Trevor Story were called up from the minor league camp. __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

07-04-2016, 07:32 PM	#5
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,988 Blog Entries: 1	March 6th, 2017 Second game of the spring, second injury of the spring as Ryan Casteel left the game with an undiagnosed injury. The Jays lost a close one, falling 3-2 to Cleveland. Donell Linares hit a home run. WP - Trevor Bauer (1-0) Save - Cody Allen (1) LP - Aaron Sanchez (0-1) Spring Record - 1-1 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

07-06-2016, 07:20 AM	#6
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,988 Blog Entries: 1	March 7th, 2017 What was the bigger news in this 14-2 blowout by the Twins? Was it the complete meltdown by starter Drew Smyly? Or was it the fact that for the third straight spring training game, the Jays lost a player to injury? Today it was Ronald Torreyes. WP - Trevor May (1-0) LP - Drew Smyly (0-1) Spring Record - 1-2 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

07-06-2016, 07:22 AM	#7
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,988 Blog Entries: 1	Ryan Casteel's hamstring is going to shelve him for 7-8 weeks. Joe DeCarlo is called up from the minor league camp. __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

07-10-2016, 01:29 AM	#8
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,988 Blog Entries: 1	March 8th, 2017 The first game without an injury was also a pretty solid start by Drew Hutchinson and the first signs of life by Neil Walker. WP - Drew Hutchison (1-0) Save - Jairo Diaz (1) LP - Gio Gonzalez (0-1) Spring Record - 2-2 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

07-10-2016, 01:33 AM	#9
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,988 Blog Entries: 1	Ronald Torreyes is going on the D.L. for about 3 weeks. Chase Strumph is called up from the minor league camp. __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ```````````````````````````````````````` Last edited by rpriske; 12-20-2016 at 11:01 AM.

07-12-2016, 12:46 AM	#10
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,988 Blog Entries: 1	March 9th, 2017 Joe Wendle hit a big home run to give the A's a 7-4 win over Toronto. WP - Ariel Miranda (1-1) Save - Sean Doolittle (2) LP - Tyler Clippard (0-1) Spring Record - 2-3 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ```````````````````````````````````````` Last edited by rpriske; 07-12-2016 at 12:55 AM.

07-13-2016, 02:31 PM	#11
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,988 Blog Entries: 1	March 10th, 2017 The Jays lost 4-2 to the Astros. WP - Colin McHugh (1-0) Save - Jordan Jankowski (3) LP - Taylor Cole (0-1) Spring Record - 2-4 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

07-13-2016, 10:51 PM	#12
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,988 Blog Entries: 1	March 11th, 2017 George Springer went 3 for 4, leading the Jays to a 9-4 win over the Royals. WP - Drew Pomeranz (1-0) LP - Clay Buchholz (0-1) Spring Record - 3-4 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

07-16-2016, 09:46 AM	#13
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,988 Blog Entries: 1	March 12th, 2017 This wasn't a good game on ether side of the ledger for Toronto. They lost to Boston 6-1. WP - Jacob DeGrom (1-1) Save - Brandon Finnegan (3) LP - Aaron Sanchez (0-2) Spring Record - 3-5 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

07-16-2016, 10:18 AM	#14
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,988 Blog Entries: 1	First Round of Spring Cuts Sent to Minor League Camp: Drew Smyly, Oscar Hernandez, Dylan Floro, Rafael Devers TRADE To CLEVELAND Tyler Clippard Andy Fermin Ian Parmley To BLUE JAYS Cody Allen Jodd Carter Hunter Owen Allen joins camp. TRADE To YANKEES Neil Walker Gavin LaValley Marcus Knecht Jake Higginbotham To BLUE JAYS Jacoby Ellsbury A.J. Simcox Luis Perdomo Hunter Parsons Ellsbury joins the Jays camp. SURPRISING TRADE! To TIGERS Eric Hosmer Cristian Peguero Carlos Belen To BLUE JAYS Francisco Martinez Luis Torrealba French Cordero $6m All players go to the minor league camp. __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ```````````````````````````````````````` Last edited by rpriske; 07-16-2016 at 03:37 PM.

07-17-2016, 01:45 PM	#15
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,988 Blog Entries: 1	March 13th, 2017 The first game after the spring makeover went pretty badly. The Jays fell 8-0 to the Tigers. WP - Mike Ekstrom (1-0) Save - Nick Vincent (1) LP - Drew Hutchinson (1-1) Spring Record - 3-6 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

07-17-2016, 02:37 PM	#16
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,988 Blog Entries: 1	March 15th, 2017 The Jays edged the Orioles 2-1, but Chase Strumpet went down with a strained back and is going on the D.L. WP - Jarred Cosart (1-0) Save - Daniel Coulombe (1) LP - Mike Wright (1-1) Spring Record - 4-6 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ```````````````````````````````````````` Last edited by rpriske; 07-17-2016 at 02:38 PM.

07-17-2016, 03:08 PM	#17
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,988 Blog Entries: 1	March 16th, 2017 The Jays swung away with a big 10-2 win over the Rays. Donell Linares hit 2 home runs and knocked in 5! WP - Taylor Cole (1-1) LP - Brad Hand (0-2) Spring Record - 5-6 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

07-18-2016, 03:28 PM	#18
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,988 Blog Entries: 1	March 18th, 2017 The Jays beat the Rangers 3-1, but the big news was Martin Perez hitting George Springer with a pitch in the 1st inning. Springer was clearly in pain when he left the field. We await official word on his condition. WP - John Stilson (1-0) Save - Mark Montgomery (1) LP - Roman Mendez (1-1) Spring Record - 6-6 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

07-18-2016, 04:09 PM	#19
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,988 Blog Entries: 1	March 19th, 2017 The Jays lost a close one to the Yankees, 6-5. WP - Masahiro Tanaka (1-0) Save - A.J. Ramos (5) LP - Taylor Jordan (0-1) Spring Record - 6-7 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

07-20-2016, 10:11 PM	#20
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 23,988 Blog Entries: 1	March 20th, 2017 Aaron Sanchez threw 5 PERFECT innings as he and 4 Blue Jay relievers led Toronto to a 2-0 win over the White Sox. WP - Aaron Sanchez (1-2) Save - Reynaldo Lopez (1) LP - Jose Quintana (0-1) Spring Record - 7-7 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````