Its opening day in the minor leagues. Buffalo's game has already been rained out with the games in New Hampshire and Michigan in doubt too. Dunedin could be our only hope for a game. But before the games begin it's time to talk about the minor league updates. The first MLU on Da Box was published on April 10, 2004. Alex Rios was in AAA, Aaron Hill in AA and a host of players who we had high hopes for were scattered through the system. Those of you with long memories might remember Vito Chiarravalotti, who we got excited about for a while before we learned that first basemen who mash in short season ball don't always make it to the big leagues.
I wrote my first MLU on April 12th, 2004. The Jays had a minor league team in Charleston and Greg Zaun was playing for the Jays AAA team in Syracuse. 2017 will be the 14th year of minor league coverage on Da Box, the longest continuous coverage of the Blue Jays minor leagues on the internet.
Posted by
Gerry on Thursday, April 06 2017 @ 10:40 AM EDT.
Most Recent Post: 04/06 05:44PM by ISLAND BOY [
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The new season is finally here. Several of the roster have registered their opinions on the 2017 season.
Posted by
Gerry on Wednesday, April 05 2017 @ 06:29 AM EDT.
Most Recent Post: 04/06 09:45AM by christaylor [
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Ours not to reason why, ours is but to do and die...
Posted by
Eephus on Tuesday, April 04 2017 @ 06:36 PM EDT.
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It will be Marco Estrada facing off against Kevin Gausman today. And on Wednesday, JA Happ goes against Dylan Bundy.
Minor league rosters will be announced this week. The Blue Jays do not release rosters until the home town teams have their chance to announce their teams first. Most of those announcements will come today and tomorrow. Some of the reporters covering the major league team will have some news sooner, and as I type this the Fisher Cats have released their roster.
With the season just 60 hours away the Jays have made their final roster decisions, and there are some surprises.
Phew, spring is almost over. It is sunny and the snow is almost all gone up here in Thunder Bay. The Jays have Pearce in LF and Smoak at 1B it seems.
Sox it to me... (ugh that was bad even by my standards...)
Posted by
Eephus on Thursday, March 30 2017 @ 08:36 AM EDT.
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I'm running out of time faster than I'm running out of divisions...
Posted by
Eephus on Tuesday, March 28 2017 @ 08:36 AM EDT.
Most Recent Post: 03/29 06:51AM by ISLAND BOY [
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Not last, but possibly least...
Getting to the final days of spring now - time for someone to step up.
The battle for second place...
Figured it was time to start anew. Jays now 2nd or 3rd worst in the AL (depending how you count it) at 2-7. Yankees using up all their luck now at 10-3, while Boston & Baltimore are solidly mediocre at 5-6 and 6-5 respectively. Tampa a tiny bit better at 6-4.
It's a previewy time of year...
Uh oh, panic time. Jays are 0-3 in spring. Time to fire everyone! Oh, these games don't count? OK. ::steps off ledge::
