Gus Chacin had
shoulder surgery earlier this week. There apparently was a small rotator cuff tear that was repaired and according to the article Ricciardi said he should be ready for spring training.
Vernon Wells also has a shoulder issue, but not enough of one to stop playing, or even have an MRI on it. But he will have an MRI
after the season. This seems a little silly to me, no?
There are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in your
philosophy, and the Arizona Diamondbacks are a phenomenon far beyond the
range of our poor instruments.
Rangers win tonight after putting up a
*30* spot on the Orioles. When I first saw the score on ESPN I thought it was a preseason football score. WOW.
The Rangers 8th and 9th hitters each have 7 RBIs.
That can't help the O's pythaogoras!
Correct me if I'm wrong, but is it or is it not the Accepted Wisdom that if you want players with high upside you should be looking at high schoolers in the draft? At least with respect to position players.
When did this happen, anyway? Is it a new thing? Should we take it seriously?
One of these days - maybe tonight, who knows? - Scott Downs is going to
come into a game with runners on base. And a graphic will go up on the
screen, obliging Jamie and his amigo de soir (that's a mixed something) to make some sort of comment
to the effect that Downs has allowed just 6 of 30 inherited runners to
score this season.
I've had a few vague and disconnected thoughts this week about Aaron and Bonds - I'm not sure why - and I started looking over their careers a little...
I went and made a graphic, and ever since I've been deeply, deeply confused.
There is a line between a fan's hope that dies only when his club is
mathematically eliminated and what we know to be realistic chances of
actually winning. After Wednesday's satisfying thrashing of the
Yankees, the Jays are straddling that line. Shall we look a little
closer?
Three nights watching the Jays battle the Yankees. I have some random observations.
Some of you may wish he hadn't and some of you may not even care.
Some of you may even be waiting for Alex Rodriguez to take this record off his hands.
I'm back online, and the winning streak ends. My fault. I should have known.
Never mess with a winning streak.
I'm sorry.
The Internet? I remember!
The Jays hit a bunch of HRs to beat the Twins 6-4.
Jack Wilson? Apparently not. Of course, I think that just might be trying to drive the price down - there's not a lot of SS options coming up this offseason. The John McDonald line is nice and all, but everytime McDonald starts to get regular playing time he eventually hits a big 0-fer slump. And he still doesn't have a hit since the All Star break.
Jason Phillips
has been released and Curtis Thigpen has been called up to take his place.
"We want to give Thigpen a little look here and see what we got. That's
basically it," Jays manager John Gibbons said after a 4-2 loss to the
Seattle Mariners. "He's going to play, he'll at least get a couple of
games a week."
After last night's game the Jays
recalled Brandon League.
Jordan De Jong was sent to Syracuse.
