Roundup - Trim a Little Bit Off the Top

Sunday, March 28 2004 @ 09:12 AM EST

Contributed by: Pistol

All the latest and greatest Jays news that's fit to blog.

* The Jays lost a 5-3 decision to the Astros yesterday. Here are the Sun game notes.

* Carlos Tosca continues torture 'roto geeks' by not announcing a closer, but has indicated that he has decided how he wants to use the pen.

* Geoff Baker writes about Aquilino Lopez and is putting his money on Lopez to close. Lopez took his rookie salary and wisely invested it in real estate and other income producing assets - farm land & cattle in the Dominican.

* Apparently the media can't get enough of the closer situation as everyone is writing about it today.

Tosca quotes "I also know, and this is from someone who I consider to be the best guy at working a bullpen -- Jim Leyland - that sometimes a game is in the seventh inning and you've got to take a pop with a certain guy. Hopefully, I can make them understand that too.

"There are going to be situations and incidents that, hey, you're going to be pitching in not your normal inning because I feel that if we don't get this guy out in this situation, we may not have another opportunity to use you."


* And then there were 29. The Jays made several roster cuts yesterday. Chulk was sent to triple-A Syracuse. Chiaffredo, Hall, Matos and Maurer were assigned to the minor league camp.

* How did Baseball Day in Canada go?

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