Rance Mulliniks Speaks the Truth
2009-09-20 00:13:00 Rance Mulliniks Speaks the Truth The #1 reason to like to Rance Mulliniks? He doesn’t put up with Jamie Campbell’s shit. The usually response to Campbell’s stupid questions are either silence or “excuse me Jamie, but right now this player needs to…” Rance loves to go over pitch selection. His MLB career was decent (career 107 ...
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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 ...
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The Paradoxical Scott Richmond
2009-09-09 13:53:00 The Paradoxical Scott Richmond I went on the record at the start of the season stating that Scott Richmond wasn’t a major league starter. I took some heat but I defended my position. Now as the season winds to a close I have to admit that his up and down campaign leaves more questions than it ...
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The Dirt on Cecil
2009-09-07 17:49:00 *Editor?s Note: The expressed opinions of Mr. X are those of Mr. X alone and do not necessarily reflect those of Mop Up Duty. Mr. X chooses to remain anonymous for the reason that should he be identified, it will compromise his ability to provide Mop Up Duty readers with the most intimate and cutting ...
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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 ...
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2009 Zaun/Barajas Platoon would rule the earth
2009-09-04 19:27:00 2009 Zaun|Barajas Platoon would rule the earth While I was livebloggin’ last nights tilt between the Rays and the Red Sox (which Boston won 6-3) fellow MUD writer Callum dropped by and started expounding the virtues of one Gregory Zaun. Thinking back on the recent implosion in the T-Dot, I wondered if the Jays would have ...
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Josh Roenicke?s Nubian Princess
2009-09-03 19:02:00 Hi everyone, Mr. X here and it has been a posting rennaissance for me over the last week and a half. Thanks to Baseball’s Hottest Wives, Blue Jays Wives & Girlfriends & Mr X’s Leftovers much interest has been generated in the significant others of Major League Ballplayers. Thank you for visiting everyone, it gives ...
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Lazy Links
2009-08-28 16:48:00 Lazy Links Tangled Up in Powder Blue creeps on Scott Richmond’s brother having a catch. The Blue Jay Hunter finds out what Kevin Millar has been doing with all his free time, since he isn’t playing and all. The newest tumbleblog, Retro Jays Fans brings you old school Jays pictures. The Tao of Stieb makes the case for the ...
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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 ...
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Top 20 Ed Sprague Factoids
2009-08-26 13:38:00 Top 20 Ed Sprague Factoids Father Ed Sr. was an MLB pitcher from 1986 - 1976 Won a 1988 ‘demonstrative’ gold medal for the US olympic team Won two College World Series championships with Stanford Voted into the Stanford Athletic Hall of Fame in 2002 1st round draft pick in 1988 Won two World Series with the Toronto Blue Jays Played for ...
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Zach Stewart Update
2009-08-16 20:32:00 Zach Stewart Update What’s going on with Zach Stewart? The key prospect acquired in the Scott Rolen trade is currently pitching in AAA Las Vegas. To this point he’s been used exclusively out of the bullpen. His role has been short relief and his longest outing has been one inning. I’m not going to read too ...
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My Favourite Tweets
2009-08-14 16:01:00 My Favourite Tweets It’s good to be back. I have been in Europe for 3 weeks with little to no information pertaining to my beloved Blue Jays. So Halladay stays, Rolen is gone and my boy Randy Ruiz is up. However, the boys in blue are scuffling dreadfully. The little information I did receive was from ...
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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 ...
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Breaking down the Scott Rolen Trade
2009-07-31 23:12:00 Scott Rolen Trade Analysis The news just came across the wire via Sports Illustrated writer Jon Heyman. Scott Rolen has been dealt to the Cincinnati Reds for Edwin Encarnacion, Josh and Zack Stewart. Let’s look at this deal purely by the numbers for the MLB players and with some forward looking assumptions for the prospects. Scott ...
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What about Marco Scutaro?
2009-07-22 20:48:00 What about Marco Scutaro? With all eyes firmly set on Roy Halladay, many in the mainstream media and even some in the ‘Jays Nation’ are seemingly forgetting about the upcoming free agency of Marco Scutaro. Scutaro, who is eligible for free agency in the off-season, will qualify as either a Type A or Type B free agent. ...
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Random Roy Halladay to Philly Thoughts
2009-07-20 19:39:00 Random Roy Halladay to Philly Thoughts Before we get going you might want to check out the fresh ESPN video from 11am this morning: Quote for Insider If the Jays know they won’t be able to re-sign Halladay after the 2010 season — and the guess here is that Halladay already has indicated to the Jays, respectfully and ...
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End the Dellucci Experiment Already
2009-07-13 01:28:00 At this time Dellucci is 1 for 20 At the plate he looks over-powered, with a questionable batting eye and a slow bat. I’m not going to crack out a bunch of his zone-swing, ld%, etc after a 20ish PA sample. Still, its clear via anyone’s eyes and basic numbers that Dellucci is not the answer ...
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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 ...
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Romanticised Vacation-Inspired Thoughts
2009-07-06 13:30:00 Romanticised Vacation-Inspired Thoughts “There is really no drinking half as enjoyable as daytime drinking, when the sun is out, the bars are empty of dilettantes, and the afternoon stretches ahead of you like summer vacation. The gleeful complicity you and your drinking buddies share in the excellent decision to have one more ill-advised round, knowing full ...
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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 ...
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Brandon League Best AL Reliever at?
2009-07-02 14:49:00 Brandon League Best AL Reliever at… Brandon League is one of those guys that always irks me. He has some nasty, nasty, stuff, yet at times he can be inconsistent. That’s why I was pleasantly surprised to see that he’s tied as the AL’s best in Inherited Runners Scored Percentage This season Brandon has inherited 14 base runners. ...
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Jason Frasor, Two Months, One Run
2009-06-30 16:05:00 Jason Frasor 2009 Stud We all know how awesome Jason Frasor has been this season. But I didn’t realize that he’s been this good. While I was nerding it up inside Jays split stats I came across Jason’s month-to-month stats. April: 0 ER May: 5 ER June: 1 ER Two whole months with only one earned run allowed! Domination. May wasn’t ...
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Barajas on DL. Offensivley who cares? Team ERA is the issue
2009-06-27 18:46:00 Barajas on DL. Offensivley who cares? Team ERA is the issue Rod Barajas landed on the DL after injuring his hammy friday night. (Note, Barajas actually isn’t on the DL yet. Many stories went out to that effect but the Jays are taking it day by day for now. Effectively he isn’t available for the time ...
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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 ...
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Eight pitchers = one win and other random thoughts
2009-06-19 18:25:00 Eight pitchers = one win Can’t beat that. I’m usually against the Jays carrying this much organizational bullpen depth (trade for a bat is my logic) but it certainly came in handy yesterday. HR City A grand total of 11 combined HR by both teams in the past two games. That was fun Back on track I’ll admit, I ...
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How about Buck Coats?
2009-06-11 18:39:00 How about Buck Coats? We’re up north anyways, let’s try a Coats on. Yeah!!! Awful joke aside, why the hell not? Dellucci is a bum, 35 years old, carrying a slow bat with no upside, the Jays seem to have no interest in Harper, Snider is still struggling, Cooper is struggling, so on and so forth. I’m a ...
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I?m Sorry but Dellucci is a Bum
2009-06-11 06:02:00 I’m Sorry but Dellucci is a Bum While we do cover the Jays I’m a long time Cleveland Indians fan. Every since my first live Cleveland game back in 1991 (Canadian at par won my father over) I’ve been following the Tribe. From 2007 to the present I’ve had an MLB.TV account. This has allowed me ...
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Rios Really Is Cursed
2009-06-06 16:10:00 Rios Really Is Cursed © Callum for Mop Up Duty | Baseball News Sabermetric | Baseball History Bio, 2009. | Permalink | | Add to del.icio.us Post tags: alex rios, Curse, Douchey Behaviour, toronto blue jays $25+ of Free Baseball Media Files
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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 | ...
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Latino Exhibit Unveiled at the HOF
2009-05-29 13:30:00 Latino Exhibit Unveiled at the HOF Last August I took a trip to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY. We at Mop Up Duty (okay, maybe just me) have a great affinity for Latino baseball (especially the way it influenced the Toronto Blue Jays teams of the 80’s). Above, you can see I ...
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Jose Gets Beat Down
2009-05-26 17:18:00 Jose Gets Beat Down Former Toronto Blue Jays slugger and admitted steroid user Jose Canseco fought MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) fighter and beast of a man Hong Man Choi last night in Yokohama Japan. Canseco, who is broke, did it for the money and had no qualms stating that fact. It is obvious that he has ...
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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 ...
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Lock up Marco to a contract?
2009-05-14 16:10:00 I’d like to get everyone’s thoughts on this one. Is it worth locking up Marco to a medium-term contract? Marco’s deal with the Jays ends this season. 2009 was his last arbitration season, so he’ll be eligible for free agency in 2010. The projected future SS of the Jays Justin Jackson (who will return to High A ...
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Alomar Settles AIDS Lawsuit
2009-05-06 16:14:00 Alomar Settles AIDS Lawsuit Former Blue Jay Roberto Alomar and his ex-girlfriend have settled her explosive lawsuit claiming he made her have unprotected sex even though he had AIDS. Ilya Dall sued Alomar in federal court in February for $15 million (U.S.). Her allegations he demanded sex without a condom despite showing signs of AIDS were ...
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Why I don?t think Scott Richmond?s success will continue
2009-05-05 19:48:00 Why I don’t think Scott Richmond’s success will continue Starting off with a sidebar I’m not sure how far back everyone’s baseball memory goes. One of the greatest single-season pitching performances in my baseball lifespan was Greg Maddux’s strike-shortened 1994 season. That season he went 16 - 6 with a 1.56 ERA in a huge hitters season. ...
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Adam Lind walks the walk
2009-05-03 18:51:00 Oh yeah baby, Adam Lind definitely walks the walk this season. Last season in right around 350 PA Adam walked 16 times. This season he’s already taken 15 free passes. Adam is seeing almost one pitch more per PA (which is huge), with an average plate appearance consisting of 4.67 pitches vs 3.74 last season. His 16 ...
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Send Purcey to the Bullpen
2009-04-28 23:51:00 After last nights performance its becoming abundantly clear that David Purcey doesn?t belong in the Jays rotation. At least currently. Rather than sending him down (as I called for last week) I think both parties (Jays + Purcey) would benefit from a demotion to mop-up duty in the bullpen. Why do I say this? Two ...
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Roger Clemens Clean After All?
2009-04-28 14:20:00 Roger Clemens Clean After All? Maybe not “steroids clean”. But he is definitely “Zestfully clean”. The YouTube video below shows Clemens in 1987 doing a spot for Zest. He also shows off some serious singing chops. Unless he is lypsyncing…. it wouldn’t be like Clemens to cheat, would it? Oh well, at any rate, with his baseball ...
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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 ...
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What he said
2009-04-25 17:43:00 What he said Yankees vs Red Sox Riveria blew another save vs the Red Sox last night (12th blown save vs Boston in his career) when Jason Bay cranked a two-run homer in the ninth to tie things up. The Red Sox went on to win the game in 11 via a Youk HR. Boston has now ...
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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. ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Key to tonight?s David Purcey Start
2009-04-17 23:53:00 Key to tonight’s David Purcey Start Super quick post for anyone headed out to the ballpark or settling in-front of the ‘box’ for tonight’s Jays game. In his last appearance David Purcey threw 38.8% sliders. He had one of the oddest starts in history, as he struck out 10 but walked 6 in less than 5 IP. ...
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Adam Lind vs Pre-Season Prediction Models
2009-04-12 17:33:00 Adam Lind vs Pre-Season Prediction Models Is it stat time yet? Right now Lind’s flyball to HR percentage is 50%! Last season it was 11%. He’s hit 27% linedrives so far. His wOBA is .571 & his BABIP is .474! So what does any of this prove? Pretty much nothing at this point. I’d like to go ...
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Rico?s a ?Belter? On The Field..
2009-04-08 13:25:00 Rico’s a “Belter” On The Field.. Some of you might remember Rico Carty (aka “Beeg Mon) from a couple of stints as a Toronto Blue Jay near the end of his 15 year career. Before he DH’d and dashed out of town, he left us Toronto fans with a classic safetybelt ad. Hat tip to the Torontoist ...
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Adam Lind for HOF!!!
2009-04-07 16:33:00 Adam Lind for HOF!!! I better man up and honor my bets, so to speak. From yesterday: Who will this year?s Carlos Delgado be? If Snider or Rolen hit a few in the first few games will they be on pace for MVP seasons according to the Toronto sports media?… Let?s enjoy the success? while we got?em… ...
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Warm Thoughts On a Cold Opening Day
2009-04-06 18:52:00 Warm Thoughts On a Cold Opening Day So Opening Day is upon us. This morning, to usher in the baseball season I was greeted with ice pellets to my face. It doesn’t really feel like baseball season at all, especially after returning from Dunedin to see the last few Jays Spring Training Games. My spirits were lifted ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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