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Blue Jays Baserunning? Not So Bad, Actually
2009-09-16 13:42:00
Last night I got to see Vernon Wells picked off (allegedly) first base and then thrown out of the game for arguing his case.  Due to the sheer number of flubs, misplays and screw-ups this season I didn’t think anything of it.  In fact I expected to see it.  But then I thought for a ...
The Weekend Blue Jays Dichotomy
2009-09-06 18:18:00
The comic above pretty much sums up my experience at the Jays games this labour day weekend.  I wouldn’t go into the nitty gritty details in a game review but it went down like this: Friday I rolled into the dome and was treated to a Roy Halladay one-hitter. (Roy became just the 5th pitcher in ...
For Whom the Bard Tolls - Red Sox Soak it to the Jays - What Happened to Jo
2009-08-30 13:08:00
The legend of Daniel Bard continues to grow like a mushroom in the rain. (AP Photo) In a sloppy rain soaked night at Fenway Park the Red Sox yet again found a way to win despite another poor start from...
Blue Jays Wives & Girlfriends
2009-08-27 13:45:00
Blue Jays Wives & Girlfriends *Editor’s Note:  Spurred on by the success of the “Baseball’s Hottest Wives“  and “Top 10 Derek Jeter Bimbos” posts, our resident sleuth Mr. X  (more of Mr. X’s work can be found here) went into deep cover to find out what kind of wives and girlfriends your favourite Jays are pulling ...
The Best Jays Pictures Thus Far
2009-08-25 13:48:00
The Best Jays Pictures Thus Far So there’s not too much to write about lately. Well maybe there is but I don’t feel like it.  And can you blame me?  The most riveting Jays news is the impending shut down of some young starting pitchers.  Around the game playoff races are heating up but aren’t hot ...
Jays Outfield D Terrible
2009-08-20 17:36:00
With the trading of Rios and the ascension of Randy Ruiz (eight game hitting streak) the new look Jays outfield is Lind in LF, Wells in CF and Snider in RF. Good god, that’s such a terrible defensive alignment. We all know about Vernon Wells troubles in CF. The man who?s an RBI away from 50 ...
Blue Jays and Pirates Parallels
2009-08-11 19:15:00
Alex Rios and his future millions are headed to Chicago. The Jays failed to receive even the proverbial “bag of balls”. The Toronto Blue Jays have now shed millions in payroll during the season. Virtually nothing was spent in the off-season… The upcoming 2010 playoff run may be out the window unless millions are spent in ...
Sox Get Alex Rios; Jays get Financial Savings
2009-08-11 01:13:00
Joe Cowley is reporting that the Chicago White Sox have acquired outfielder Alex Rios from the Toronto Blue Jays. The Sox acquired Rios via the waiver process and as a result did not have to give up any players to get Rios. The move will effect the future of the franchise though as Rios, 28, is set to make 58.7 million between the 2010 and 2014 seasons....
Toronto Blue Jays Release BJ Ryan. JP is an idiot
2009-07-09 02:21:00
Jays Release BJ Ryan. JP is an idiot God damn it J.P., you love pissing away money, don’t you? The Jays released BJ Ryan a few hours ago. From Bastian: Ryan is still on the books for roughly $5 million more this season and another $10 million in 2010 — paychecks that will continue to head his ...
Jays vs Yankees 4th of July Weekend Series
2009-07-04 17:44:00
Positives from yesterday’s game Tallet manning up after a none out, bases loaded jam Rios’ linedrive, up the middle RBI single Vernon taking AJ deep on an 0-2 pitch Scutaro’s nice ranging CF fly catch in the 7th Chavez’s work behind the plate (unfortunately not in the batters box) The construction of the lineup itself Things I didn’t like I’m always of the ...
ESPN Insider gives a few Jays some love
2009-07-02 20:21:00
Today over at ESPN Insider, a couple of Jays received some all-star love. Firstly Aaron Hill was listed as the ‘best of the bubble’ type players by Jay Jaffe in the Baseball Prospectus article (BP Daily: Let them play!) nod for the third spot should go to Hill… A catalyst of Toronto’s surprising showing, he’s hitting ...
Toronto Blue Jays vs Phillies Series Stat Preview
2009-06-26 23:48:00
We’re livebloggin the first two games on the Phillies vs Jays series for The Score. Come on by! Friday Night Liveblog Link: http://liveblogs.thescore.com/E-vent/MLB_-_Phillies_vs_Blue_Jay-s Here’s a bunch of interesting Philly stats I’ve collected before game 1 of the Series: Last night the Phillies gave up 10 consecutive runs to lose to the Tampa Rays 10-4. For the month ...
Janssen on DL. Jays bring up Brad Mills
2009-06-17 19:09:00
Via Bastain at MLB.com On Wedneday, right-hander Casey Janssen was placed on the 15-day disabled list with inflammation in his throwing shoulder — the same one that required surgery two springs ago and cost him all of last season. The Blue Jays have promoted lefty Brad Mills to take Janssen’s turn in the rotation on Thursday in Philadelphia. I’m not sure about calling up Mills over Cecil. Mills has allowed five or more runs in three of his past four starts. He’s also walked 11 over that span (24.1 IP). I guess the Jays are willing to give him a look. On the other hand Cecil has allowed only five runs once in five starts since being sent back down to AAA. During that time he has a 23/11 K/BB ratio. The injury to Janssen plus the Halladay question mark gives the Jays a Romero, Tallet, Richmond, Mills rotation. Depending on Doc’s status the Bluebirds may need to reach back down to AAA and bring up Cecil or promote Hayhurst to the rotation (five starts in ...
Jays undefeated when Rolen hits fourth
2009-06-17 17:46:00
Jays undefeated when Rolen hits fourth The headline is true, the Jays have a perfect record when Scott Rolen is hitting fourth in the order. Of course they’re only 1-0. After moving Rios down in the order the Jays now have a 1-3 record (Marlins Sweep + last nights win). Flip Rios and Wells in the order In the Jays version 2.0 batting order Vernon is in the three spot and Rios is back hitting sixth. This seems to have (at least in the short-term) woken Rios up. In four games Alex has collected 9 hits, 2 HR and a 1.611 OPS. Conversely Wells is hitting .111 over this stretch, with two hits in 18 AB. I’d flip these two if this trend continues, even in the short-term (ie one or two more games) Cito sticking up for his players? Cito said the following after last nights game (regarding Scott Downs limping after running down to first base and pitchers hitting as a whole) “That’s what happens,” said a disgusted Gaston. “My guys don’t take batting pr...
Jays in Danger of Falling Down to .500. Defending World Series Champ up nex
2009-06-15 17:26:00
The Jays are in danger of falling down to .500 on the season as they head to Philly for their series with the defending champs. Game 1: Romero vs Hamels Cole has been human this season, allowing 10 HR in 62.1 IP, along with an opponents .300 batting average. However he is only one start removed from ...
Jays Draft Recap
2009-06-10 16:50:00
The first day of the MLB draft is done. The Jays selected four pitchers with their first five picks. Pick 1 (20th) - Chad Jenkins From reports Jenkins fits the Jays mold of a near MLB ready pitcher that can fill the back half of a rotation but ultimately lacks the upside of a front-line starter. ...
How to fix the Batting Order Blues (Jays)
2009-06-09 16:18:00
How to fix the Batting Order Blues (Jays) The Jays offense has been less than stellar as of late. Here’s my optimal lineup for the next month or so. Note: This is my perfect world scenario batting order and most likely isn’t going to happen. Optimal Jays Offense Scutaro Hill Lind Rios Overbay (sub with Millar vs lefites) Rolen Wells Harper (sub with Bautista ...
Liveblogging the Jays This Weekend
2009-05-30 18:37:00
Liveblogging the Jays This Weekend I’ll be liveblogging both  Jays games this weekend, beginning with today’s game at 1pm and tomorrow’s matchup between Ricky Romero and Jon Lester. Follow us on Twitter to get the link for tomorrow’s game or hit up The Score Live Blogs.  Go Jays. © Callum for Mop Up Duty | Baseball News Sabermetric | ...
Liveblogging: Blue Jays vs. Red Sox
2009-05-19 17:01:00
Liveblogging: Blue Jays vs. Red Sox The Blue Jays own the AL’s best record at 27-14. They begin a nine-game road trip Tuesday night at Fenway Park when they play the Boston Red Sox for the first time this season and have a 3 1/2-game lead over the Red Sox after a four-game home sweep of ...
Live Game Notes: Tribe vs Jays May 5th
2009-05-06 14:36:00
Early is back with live game notes from yesterdays come from behind win at the Rogers Centre. Enjoy! - What a crazy game yesterday afternoon. After yesterday’s back and forth affair which the Jays bullpen fell apart they fell apart again today, costing Brett Cecil a win in his MLB debut. Cecil pitched 6 innings of 6 hit (5 ...
Yesterday?s Jays effort and other thoughts
2009-05-01 17:54:00
Yesterday’s DP Six double plays. Yikes. The double plays really hurt the ballclub last season, so this could be the beginning of a very dangerous trend. Surprisingly Alex Rios didn’t contribute to the DP count. On the bright side scoring six runs in a game where twelve of your teams out come via six plays is ...
10 Reasons To Start Watching The Blue Jays
2009-04-27 13:40:00
10 Reasons To Start Watching The Blue Jays BlogTo has compiled a pretty great list on the 10 Reaons to Start Watching The Blue Jays. Highlights include: 6. Who’s That on the Mound? It doesn’t seem to matter… The Jays have possibly the most unbelievable pitching staff in the majors. Fans have seen the last couple years that our ...
Strictly Business - Jays call up Burres & Bullington
2009-04-24 20:16:00
Strictly Business - Jays call up Burres & Bullington Reporters that actually cover the Jays on a daily basis (Bastian for example) got this one wrong. And why did they? Because they are too close to the source. They get Cito’s input (which really doesn’t mean anything when it comes to transactions), which they buy into. ...
Bad Luck for Jays as Romero Lands on DL
2009-04-23 23:27:00
A tough break for the Jays just came across the news wire, standout starter Rickey Romero has just landed on the 15 day DL with a strained muscle in his right side. Although I haven’t seen regarding his replacement as of yet I wouldn’t be surprised to see former major league Wade Miller get the call. ...
Live Game Notes April 22nd - Jays 8 Rangers 7
2009-04-23 17:32:00
Live Game Notes - Jays 8 Rangers 7 Today we have live game notes from one of our founding writers, Early. A baseball history expert, you can check out his archives of historical articles spanning from the 1900’s to the present day by clicking here. Onto the live game notes. Cito said after the game they are ...
Liveblogging Tonight?s Blue Jays/Rangers Game
2009-04-21 23:25:00
Liveblogging Tonight’s Blue Jays/Rangers Game Tonight my good friend Roy (pictured on the right - some say there is a resemblance but I don’t see it) will be starting for the TBJ vs. the Texas Rangers and I have the pleasure of blogging it live for our compadres over at The Score.  My counterpart Kman will ...
Should the Jays send Purcey down to AAA?
2009-04-18 16:04:00
How did my prediction for last night hold up? (For those that missed it the gist is this: When Purcey can’t control his fastball he ups his percentage of sliders thrown. When at the park or watching on TV if you’re seeing a large number of sliders assume that his command of the fastball jut ...
2009 Jays vs 2008 AL Standings
2009-04-17 18:20:00
2009 Jays vs 2008 AL Standings After last nights destruction (I can’t think of any of word) of the Twins the Jays upped their record to 8 - 3. How does this record compare vs the AL 11ish games in last season? The list date is April 12th of last season, which is comparable in games ...
LiveBloggin Tonight’s Jays Game
2009-04-14 20:41:00
LiveBloggin Tonight’s Jays Game Tonight I’ll be blogging the Toronto Blue Jays vs Minnesota Twins game over at TheScore.com. This will be Ricky Romero’s local television debut start. We’ve done four of these so far and they’re getting progressively better. If you’re watching the game at home or out and about come check out the liveblog and participate. Hope to see you tonight at 8pm! LiveBlog Link http://liveblogs.thescore.com/E-vent/MLB_-_Blue_Jays_vs_Twins © Kman for Mop Up Duty | Baseball News Sabermetric | Baseball History Bio, 2009. | Permalink | | Add to del.icio.us Post tags: 2009 season, Live Game Notes, LiveBlog, thescore, toronto blue jays $25+ of Free Baseball Media Files
Jason Frasor was the Best Jays Pitcher in 2008 at?
2009-04-14 06:15:00
Jason Frasor was the Best Jays Pitcher in 2008 at… The flavor of the week appears to be Jason Frasor. Usually only mentioned in Jays jokes, Frasor was the best Jays pitcher in 08 at… Inherited runners scored percentage (IR) An IR is when a pitcher comes into a game and there are already runners on base. Does ...
I?m Amped for Rick Porcello?s MLB Debut vs Jays
2009-04-09 13:14:00
Rick Porcello’s MLB Debut Last season while on a trip to Florida I was lucky enough to see Rick pitch. And he was flat out awesome. His stuff has been discussed on various sites. Here’s a MLB.com scouting report: His 2-seam fastball is one of the best I’ve seen in person, regardless of level. That’s saying quite ...
Quick Key Stat for 2009 Jays
2009-04-05 16:34:00
Quick Key Stat for 2009 Jays Groundball Percentage (GB) for starting pitchers. The Jays 2009 starting rotation will induce far fewer ground balls vs the 2008 starting five. Gone (or likely low 2009 IP) A.J Burnett (48.5%) Shaun Marcum (43.1%) Dustin McGowan (41.4%) Replacements (for the time being) David Purcey (31.8%) Scott Richmond (36%) Ricky Romero (51% milb) Romero’s 51% milb GB percentage likely isn?t ...
Jays Release Maroth, Takahashi & others
2009-04-04 18:04:00
Jays Release Maroth, Takahashi & others (Hat tip to Baseball America via Bluebird Banter) The Jays have released the following players from the organization: LHP Ken Takahashi, LHP Mike Maroth, 1B Chip Cannon, OF Wayne Lydon, RHP Rick Bauer, RHP Mike MacDonald, RHP Dan Miller, RHP Jay Monti, RHP Seth Overbey, RHP Edward Rodriguez, RHP Orlando Roman, LHP ...
The Dunedin/Toronto Blue Jays Spring Training Experience: Part 2
2009-04-03 13:28:00
The Dunedin/Toronto Blue Jays Spring Training Experience: Part 2 In the first part of this 2 part series, I looked at the Dunedin area and things to do. The second part will deal with the baseball. Let’s get to it!  Part 2: The baseball! (Read part 1 here!) Ok, the first thing you should know is that the best ...
Ok Blue Jays - 2009 Update
2009-04-02 17:11:00
Ok Blue Jays - 2009 Update Last season we launched our Mopupduty YouTube account with a slideshow presentation of the 2008 Jays Roster, set to the all-time classic Jays song Ok Blue Jays. A small success, the video has over 26,000 views & a couple hundred of comments. We’ll the 2009 season is almost upon us (it ...
Super Duper Toronto Blue Jays Round Table Part 2
2009-03-31 14:16:00
Super Duper Toronto Blue Jays Round Table Part 2 The highly anticipated second half of the round table. Some absolutely great answers, with more of a focus on the upcoming 2009 season. Big thanks to everyone involved! Once again a who’s who of Toronto Blue Jays bloggers. Participants Lloyd the Barber from Ghost Runner on First Website: http://www.ghostrunneronfirst.c-om RSS: ...
Toronto Blue Jays Round Table Part 1
2009-03-30 13:54:00
Super Duper Toronto Blue Jays Round Table Part 1 Welcome to the first annual mopupduty.com Toronto Blue Jays roundtable! One can’t help but be impressed by the list of participants. Due to length we’ve had to break the roundtable into two parts, so don’t forget to come back for the second half tommorrow. Participants Lloyd the Barber from ...
Quick Jays Update 03/28/09
2009-03-29 23:09:00
Quick Jays Update 03/28/09 After a sub-par outing earlier in the week Brad Mills is probably on the outside looking in concerning the 2009 rotation. Richmond had a decent start the other day and has probably locked in a spot due to his age and the relatively small future arbitration concern that he presents going forward. The ...
Top 10 Jays Prospects for 2009
2009-03-27 05:07:00
Top 10 Jays Prospects for 2009 No Eddie Zosky this time around. Here are my Top 10 Toronto Blue Jays prospects for the 2009 season. I’ve decided to change things up from the regular list & explain formula. Below is a video (its under a minute) listing my Top 10 in order. I’ve left off a couple ...
2009 Jays Spring Training = Waste of Time
2009-03-25 16:35:00
2009 Jays Spring Training = Waste of Time Was spring training a big waste of time for Jays fans? Offensively The line-up was essentially set from day one. Travis Snider had to “earn” his way onto the club but did the Jays honestly bring in any viable outside competition? That pretty much sums up the starting positional battles. ...
Top 10 Toronto Blue Jays Twitter Accounts
2009-03-23 14:57:00
Top 10 Toronto Blue Jays Twitter Accounts We’re gearing up for the 2009 season. We’ve already looked at the Top 20 Jays RSS Feeds. Now its time to check out the Top 10 Toronto Blue Jays Twitter Accounts. (As with the RSS article if we’ve missed you let us know in the comments (put the website url ...
The Top Five Reasons to be a Jays fans in 2009
2009-03-18 18:23:00
The Top Five Reasons to be a Jays fans in 2009 5. Divisional Match-ups Many concede that 2009 is a write-off. The past glimmers of hope are gone. So we might as well derive some plesure from screwing over the Red Sox or Yankees in their quest to win the AL East from the Rays. We’ll also ...
Interesting Jays Stats Heading into 2009
2009-03-16 17:37:00
Interesting Jays Stats Heading into 2009 Halladay has the 16th best winning percentage of all-time I still like Scott Rolen in the leadoff role. Aaron Hill is a different hitter vs left handed pitching. His OPS for his career vs righties is a lowly .719 but vs lefties it jumps up to a .827 Jays pitchers were 0 - 16 ...
Top 20 Toronto Blue Jays RSS Feeds
2009-03-13 12:38:00
Top 20 Toronto Blue Jays RSS Feeds Here are the Top 20 Toronto Blue Jays website RSS feeds for the upcoming 2009 season. Click on the websites name to add the RSS feed. (If I’ve missed a site that should have made the list let me know via the comments section or the e-mail address found within ...
Who is the Jays Fourth Most Valuable Player?
2009-03-12 19:04:00
Who is the Jays Fourth Most Valuable Player? As I was thinking over the Jays upcoming 2009 roster today that question popped into my head. Clearly the Jays big three would have to be Halladay, Rios & Wells. Who would be the #4 ranked Toronto Blue Jays? Let’s set a quick rule and turn the question ...
Jays Sign Takahashi
2009-02-02 17:44:00
Jays Sign Takahashi Remember when JP hired all those new scouts and said that now he will have the resources to maybe get a lefty arm from Japan who could be a middle reliever or a 5th starter? Well it looks like that self fulfilling prophecy has come to pass only a few short days later. Left-hander ...
Blue Jays now purely a Business?
2009-01-29 17:42:00
Blue Jays now purely a Business? Quotes like this (hat tip to the Drunk Jays Fans) make things pretty clear to me. Beeston: “I don’t think necessarily it’s in terms of profitability, it’s in the basis that you wouldn’t want to lose money…” The Jays appear to be gearing their roster (ie the lower the payroll the better) ...
Jays Sign Matt Clement - WTF?
2008-12-12 03:18:00
Jays Sign Matt Clement - WTF? J.P. has saved the day. In the vein of Thompson’s, Ohka’s and Zambrano’s, the Jays have signed a washed up pitcher to a contract. This time it’s a minor league deal for Matt Clement. Clement had a couple of decent seasons, namely 2002 - 2005. Since then he’s been hurt ...
HOF Recap & Jays Notes
2008-12-10 16:07:00
HOF Recap & Jays Notes Sherry Magee only received 25% of the Veteran’s committee votes (3 of 12) and thus fell short of the required 75% needed for inclusion. The only player selected for the HOF from the pre and post-1943 ballots was former Yankee and Indians second baseman Joe Gordon. Gordon was solid if not ...
Toronto Blue Jays Random Stats
2008-11-27 13:41:00
Toronto Blue Jays Random Stats Last season’s average positional player age of 31.0 years was the highest in franchise history. The DH games played leader for the Jays has been different for five years in a row. Counting down from 2008 to 2004, DH starters for the Jays have been Stairs, Thomas, Hillenbrand, Aaron Hill (34 ...
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