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Griever20 · 05-27-2025, 01:36 PM

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Series:
2-0 vs NYY (SP Marcus Stroman 6.2IP 4H 1ER 2BB 3K W, SP Henderson Alvarez III 7IP 5H 2ER 1BB 3K W )
0-3 vs LAA
0-3 @ TBR
0-3 @ BAL
2-2 vs OAK (LF Jordan Danks 2/3 R 2RBI BB HR(1), SP Chris Archer 5.2IP 4H 2ER 1BB 8K ND(2-2 2.91))
1-2 vs BOS (SP Henderson Alvarez III 6.2IP 7H 1ER 0BB 6K ND(3-1 3.56))
0-2 vs TBR
1-1 @ CLE
1-2 @ NYM (SP Carlos Carrasco 5IP 2H 1ER 1BB 4K W(1-2 4.36))
2-1 vs BAL SP Marcus Stroman 5.1IP 3H 2ER 2BB 5K W(4-4 4.63), SP Chris Archer 6IP 3H 0ER 2BB 4K W(3-4 2.60))
1-0 vs CLE (SP Scott Kazmir 5.2IP 3H 1ER 2BB 4K ND(1-4 2.84))

Record: 21-25, 5th in AL East, 7GB
May: 10-19
Runs Scored: 164(14th)
Batting AVG: .240(11th)
OBP: .304(13th)
Home Runs: 34(12th)
Stolen Bases: 23(10th)
Runs Against: 207(10th)
Starters ERA: 3.50(3rd)
Bullpen ERA: 4.43(10th)
Defensive Eff.: .723(1st)
Zone Rating: +18.9(1st)

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Toronto Pitcher of the Month: RHRP Blake Wood 1-1 2.45 15K 14.2IP 0.3WAR 13G
Toronto Position Player of the Month: C Devin Mesoraco .258/.324/.505 6HR 15RBI 10R +2.1ZR 0.6WAR 26G

And there we are back to reality. A nine game losing streak and slumping batters (or, batters hitting to their talent), and our pitching coming down to earth, and there we are back in 5th. Some not so bad news, Rendon hit .239/.311/.337 1HR 7RBI 0.2WAR in May and didn’t look totally overwhelmed. Yet, him and Goins are fighting the Mendoza line… our dear friend.

Oh and by the way, Scott Kazmir really is the most unlucky pitcher I have ever seen. 2.84ERA and only winning one game? That is outrageous… for the second year in a row.

Also outrageous are the Minnesota Twins, Miami Marlins and Pittsburgh Pirates who have already lost 30+ games this season. The Marlins have the holy duo of prospects in Yelich, Fernandez up there and Giancarlo Stanton(23, 4*, .257-10-26 .815OPS 1.2WAR) up, but there is little help left. The Twins are looking at a looong rebuild as now, the #1 prospect in baseball, Justin Rimmele, has a torn ACL and is out for the year.

Talking about teams where things go well, the Los Angeles Angels still can’t believe their luck in having Mike Trout(21, 5*, .342-10-31 1.094OPS 8/10SB 3.2WAR) and are in the division lead with veteran Albert Pujols(33, 3.5*, .287-7-29 .854OPS 1.0WAR) and 1B Kendrys Morales(29, 3*, .326-9-36 .921OPS 1.4WAR) supporting him.

If you look below, you can see it was Milestone May last month as a ton of players got their career milestones out of the way, and there are some more that should fall this year… tho the 3500 hits for Derek Jeter look doubtful as he needs 186 more and I doubt that his career will continue. A-Rod needs 86 for 3000 but isn’t playing regulary. We could see some home runs milestones fall later this year and at least one 200 win pitcher… none of our business tho.

Minor League Report and Awards:
Short A RHSP Danny Ortiz(17, 1.5/2.5*) 4-1 2.29 36K 0.8WAR 35.1IP 6GS
R RHSP Willie Ortega(16, ½.5*) 4-0 1.64 37K 1.6WAR 33IP 6GS
R CF Jake Harris(19, 1/4*) .478-2-23 1.281OPS 2.2WAR 27G
Won Awards this month

Some other good news, our top draft picks in Jim Hatfield and Adam Brzezinski both got up to a 2* overall by developing in AAA and AA and the same for our A closer Roberto Osuna… slow progress but progress. Also, I got a pretty interesting scouting report on our AAA catcher and 2012 16th rounder Eric Fountaine. The 22-year old is a 60 rated defensive catcher now with a 55/45/45/45/60 bat… I guess we found the good defensive catcher as backup to replace d’Arnaud soon.

On the negative side, we eventually decided to move Blake Snell into the bullpen. He had an ERA of 6.10 in four starts and it was pretty clear that the flaws we have seen in his scouting report are real. Shame.

International Amateur Discovery Additions and Update:
1B Hugo Ramos(16, 3*) 45/45/80/60/25 50D at 1B from Tampa Bay.
2B Carlos Andujar(16, 3.5*) 60/70/55/55/65 55/55/45 Speed/Stealing 50D at 2B from New York.

We have some good first baseman in R ball and with Andujar, another… defensive challenged infielder down there. We will continue to run defensive drills in the development lab… There are too many good batters down there that need some work.

In Other News:
May 4th – Diamondbacks RF Gerardo Parra(25, 2.5*) collected five hits today, going 5-5 2R RBI TP in a 6-5 win over the Phillies. The 2011 NL Gold Glover is batting .314-0-7 .728OPS 3/4SB 0.6WAR in 20 games.

May 4th – Tigers RHSP Justin Verlander(30, 3.5*) missed a no-hitter by one hit, pitching a 9IP 1H 0ER 1BB 12K game in a 2-0 win over the Indians. The 2011 Cy Young and MvP is 3-1 1.75 46K 1.5WAR in 5 starts.

May 7th – Phillies 1B Ryan Howard(33, 2.5*) was able to put up home run #300 today for his career total. The 2006 NL MvP, 2005 NL RotY, 3x All-Star and 1x Silver Slugger is a career .272/.363/.549 300HR 905RBI 1107H 670R .912OPS 32.2WAR hitter in 1138 games.

May 8th – Brewers 3B Aramis Ramirez(34, 3*) scattered hits all over Miller Park today, going 5-5 3R 4RBI BB HR in a 16-6 rout of the Phillies. The 2x All-Star is batting .271-2-11 .706OPS 0.3WAR in 24 games.

May 8th – White Sox SP Jose Quintana(24, 3/3.5*) picked things up where he left them last year, pitching a 9IP 5H 0ER 0BB 5K gem in a 2-0 win over Minnesota. The 24-year old is 1-1 2.36 22K 0.8WAR in 5 starts.

May 9th – Yankees RF Andruw Jones(36, 3*) joined the 2000 hit club today. The 10x Gold Glover, 5x All-Star and 1x Silver Slugger is a career .255/.339/.491 461HR 1355RBI 2000H 1256R 159/220SB 54.0WAR hitter in 2254 games.

May 10th – Dodgers SP Clayton Kershaw(25, 4.5/5*) joined the elusive club of pitchers with 15K in a game, going 7.1IP 3H 0ER 1BB 15K in a 4-3 win over the Reds. The 2x Cy Young winner is 4-0 1.79 59K 2.0WAR in 6 starts.

May 13th – White Sox LF Adam Dunn(33, 2.5*) added his own career milestone today, home run #400. The 2002 NL All-Star is a career .240/.369/.490 400HR 998RBI 1448H 988R 44.9WAR in 1756 games.

May 14th – Yankees SP CC Sabathia(32, 3*) added to the number of milestones by winning #200 today. The 2x Cy Young Winner and 1x All-Star is a career 200-107 3.43 2278K 2633.2IP 59WAR pitcher in 395GS.

May 15th – San Francisco SP Matt Cain(28, 3.5*) pitched a complete game 2-hitter with 1BB and 5K today, beating the Astros 10-0. The 2x All-Star is 4-2 3.19 50K 0.9WAR in 7 starts.

May 18th – White Sox SP Jose Quintana(24, 3/3.5*) has his second shutout of the month, going 9IP 2H 0ER 2BB 8K while beating Baltimore 10-0. He improved to 2-2 2.70 35K 1.2WAR in 7 starts.

May 19th – Tigers SP Andy Pettitte(40, 2.5*) just gets another milestone, career win #250. The 3x All-Star is a career 250-148 3.89 2395K 3220.1IP 64.7WAR pitcher in 518G/508GS.

May 21st – Phillies SS Jimmy Rollins(34, 2.5*) got career hit #2000 out of the way today. The 2007 NL MvP, 3x Gold Glover, 3x All-Star and 1x Silver Slugger is a career .270/.328/.431 191HR 787RBI 2000H 1151R 396SB 44.3 WAR in 1785 games.

May 26th – Nationals SP Jordan Zimmerman(27, 3.5*) pitched a beauty today, 9IP 4H 0ER 1BB 4K in a 8-0 win over the Red Sox. The 2012 All-Star has been struggling this season, 2-5 5.43 52K 0.6WAR in 9 starts.

June 1st – Tigers 1B Prince Fielder(29, 5*) was named AL Batter of the Month after batting .417 with 10 home runs, 23RBIs and 18 runs scored for the month. The 4x All-Star is batting .339-12-30 1.067OPS 2.0WAR for the season.

June 1st – Phillies LF John Mayberry Jr.(29, 2.5*) was named NL Batter of the Month after batting .324 with 9 home runs, 30RBIs and 15 runs scored for the month. The 5th-year pro is batting .284-10-37 .880OPS 0.9WAR for the season.

June 1st – Tampa Bay RHSP Alex Cobb(25, 2.5*) was named AL Pitcher of the Month after going 5-0 2.70 27K in 26.2IP in 10G/3GS for the month. The righty is 5-1 3.45 47K 1.1WAR in 13G/6GS for the year.

June 1st – Dodgers LHSP Clayton Kershaw(25, 4.5/5*) was named NL Pitcher of the Month after going 5-1 1.64 52K in 44IP and six starts for the month. For the year, the 2x All-Star is 7-1 1.93 85K 2.6WAR in 10 starts.

June 1st – Mariners 2B Jose Iglesias(23, 2.5*) was named AL Rookie of the Month after after batting .341 with 1 home runs, 10RBIs and 10 runs scored for the month. The Rule 5 draftee is batting .313-2-13 .778OPS 7/7SB 1.6WAR for the year.

June 1st – Miami RHSP Jose Fernandez(20, 2.5/4.5*) was named NL Rookie of the Month after going 2-3 2.41 26K in 37.1IP in six starts for the month. He bounced back from a rough April to move to 2-5 4.33 42K 0.1WAR in 9 starts.

05-27-2025, 01:36 PM	#26
Griever20 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Dortmund, Germany Posts: 3,680	2013 June 1st - State of the Blue Jays Transactions: None Series: 2-0 vs NYY (SP Marcus Stroman 6.2IP 4H 1ER 2BB 3K W, SP Henderson Alvarez III 7IP 5H 2ER 1BB 3K W ) 0-3 vs LAA 0-3 @ TBR 0-3 @ BAL 2-2 vs OAK (LF Jordan Danks 2/3 R 2RBI BB HR(1), SP Chris Archer 5.2IP 4H 2ER 1BB 8K ND(2-2 2.91)) 1-2 vs BOS (SP Henderson Alvarez III 6.2IP 7H 1ER 0BB 6K ND(3-1 3.56)) 0-2 vs TBR 1-1 @ CLE 1-2 @ NYM (SP Carlos Carrasco 5IP 2H 1ER 1BB 4K W(1-2 4.36)) 2-1 vs BAL SP Marcus Stroman 5.1IP 3H 2ER 2BB 5K W(4-4 4.63), SP Chris Archer 6IP 3H 0ER 2BB 4K W(3-4 2.60)) 1-0 vs CLE (SP Scott Kazmir 5.2IP 3H 1ER 2BB 4K ND(1-4 2.84)) Record: 21-25, 5th in AL East, 7GB May: 10-19 Runs Scored: 164(14th) Batting AVG: .240(11th) OBP: .304(13th) Home Runs: 34(12th) Stolen Bases: 23(10th) Runs Against: 207(10th) Starters ERA: 3.50(3rd) Bullpen ERA: 4.43(10th) Defensive Eff.: .723(1st) Zone Rating: +18.9(1st) Toronto Pitcher of the Month: RHRP Blake Wood 1-1 2.45 15K 14.2IP 0.3WAR 13G Toronto Position Player of the Month: C Devin Mesoraco .258/.324/.505 6HR 15RBI 10R +2.1ZR 0.6WAR 26G And there we are back to reality. A nine game losing streak and slumping batters (or, batters hitting to their talent), and our pitching coming down to earth, and there we are back in 5th. Some not so bad news, Rendon hit .239/.311/.337 1HR 7RBI 0.2WAR in May and didn’t look totally overwhelmed. Yet, him and Goins are fighting the Mendoza line… our dear friend. Oh and by the way, Scott Kazmir really is the most unlucky pitcher I have ever seen. 2.84ERA and only winning one game? That is outrageous… for the second year in a row. Also outrageous are the Minnesota Twins, Miami Marlins and Pittsburgh Pirates who have already lost 30+ games this season. The Marlins have the holy duo of prospects in Yelich, Fernandez up there and Giancarlo Stanton(23, 4, .257-10-26 .815OPS 1.2WAR) up, but there is little help left. The Twins* are looking at a looong rebuild as now, the #1 prospect in baseball, Justin Rimmele, has a torn ACL and is out for the year. Talking about teams where things go well, the Los Angeles Angels still can’t believe their luck in having Mike Trout(21, 5, .342-10-31 1.094OPS 8/10SB 3.2WAR) and are in the division lead with veteran Albert Pujols(33, 3.5, .287-7-29 .854OPS 1.0WAR) and 1B Kendrys Morales(29, 3, .326-9-36 .921OPS 1.4WAR) supporting him. If you look below, you can see it was Milestone May last month as a ton of players got their career milestones out of the way, and there are some more that should fall this year… tho the 3500 hits for Derek Jeter* look doubtful as he needs 186 more and I doubt that his career will continue. A-Rod needs 86 for 3000 but isn’t playing regulary. We could see some home runs milestones fall later this year and at least one 200 win pitcher… none of our business tho. Minor League Report and Awards: Short A RHSP Danny Ortiz(17, 1.5/2.5) 4-1 2.29 36K 0.8WAR 35.1IP 6GS R RHSP Willie Ortega(16, ½.5) 4-0 1.64 37K 1.6WAR 33IP 6GS R CF Jake Harris(19, 1/4) .478-2-23 1.281OPS 2.2WAR 27G Won Awards this month Some other good news, our top draft picks in Jim Hatfield* and Adam Brzezinski both got up to a 2* overall by developing in AAA and AA and the same for our A closer Roberto Osuna… slow progress but progress. Also, I got a pretty interesting scouting report on our AAA catcher and 2012 16th rounder Eric Fountaine. The 22-year old is a 60 rated defensive catcher now with a 55/45/45/45/60 bat… I guess we found the good defensive catcher as backup to replace d’Arnaud soon. On the negative side, we eventually decided to move Blake Snell into the bullpen. He had an ERA of 6.10 in four starts and it was pretty clear that the flaws we have seen in his scouting report are real. Shame. International Amateur Discovery Additions and Update: 1B Hugo Ramos(16, 3) 45/45/80/60/25 50D at 1B from Tampa Bay. 2B Carlos Andujar(16, 3.5) 60/70/55/55/65 55/55/45 Speed/Stealing 50D at 2B from New York. We have some good first baseman in R ball and with Andujar, another… defensive challenged infielder down there. We will continue to run defensive drills in the development lab… There are too many good batters down there that need some work. In Other News: May 4th – Diamondbacks RF Gerardo Parra(25, 2.5) collected five hits today, going 5-5 2R RBI TP in a 6-5 win over the Phillies. The 2011 NL Gold Glover is batting .314-0-7 .728OPS 3/4SB 0.6WAR in 20 games. May 4th – Tigers* RHSP Justin Verlander(30, 3.5) missed a no-hitter by one hit, pitching a 9IP 1H 0ER 1BB 12K game in a 2-0 win over the Indians. The 2011 Cy Young and MvP is 3-1 1.75 46K 1.5WAR in 5 starts. May 7th – Phillies* 1B Ryan Howard(33, 2.5) was able to put up home run #300* today for his career total. The 2006 NL MvP, 2005 NL RotY, 3x All-Star and 1x Silver Slugger is a career .272/.363/.549 300HR 905RBI 1107H 670R .912OPS 32.2WAR hitter in 1138 games. May 8th – Brewers 3B Aramis Ramirez(34, 3) scattered hits all over Miller Park today, going 5-5 3R 4RBI BB HR in a 16-6 rout of the Phillies. The 2x All-Star is batting .271-2-11 .706OPS 0.3WAR in 24 games. May 8th – White Sox* SP Jose Quintana(24, 3/3.5) picked things up where he left them last year, pitching a 9IP 5H 0ER 0BB 5K gem in a 2-0 win over Minnesota. The 24-year old is 1-1 2.36 22K 0.8WAR in 5 starts. May 9th – Yankees* RF Andruw Jones(36, 3) joined the 2000 hit* club today. The 10x Gold Glover, 5x All-Star and 1x Silver Slugger is a career .255/.339/.491 461HR 1355RBI 2000H 1256R 159/220SB 54.0WAR hitter in 2254 games. May 10th – Dodgers SP Clayton Kershaw(25, 4.5/5) joined the elusive club of pitchers with 15K* in a game, going 7.1IP 3H 0ER 1BB 15K in a 4-3 win over the Reds. The 2x Cy Young winner is 4-0 1.79 59K 2.0WAR in 6 starts. May 13th – White Sox LF Adam Dunn(33, 2.5) added his own career milestone today, home run #400. The 2002 NL All-Star is a career .240/.369/.490 400HR 998RBI 1448H 988R 44.9WAR in 1756 games. May 14th – Yankees* SP CC Sabathia(32, 3) added to the number of milestones by winning #200* today. The 2x Cy Young Winner and 1x All-Star is a career 200-107 3.43 2278K 2633.2IP 59WAR pitcher in 395GS. May 15th – San Francisco SP Matt Cain(28, 3.5) pitched a complete game 2-hitter with 1BB and 5K today, beating the Astros* 10-0. The 2x All-Star is 4-2 3.19 50K 0.9WAR in 7 starts. May 18th – White Sox SP Jose Quintana(24, 3/3.5) has his second shutout of the month, going 9IP 2H 0ER 2BB 8K while beating Baltimore* 10-0. He improved to 2-2 2.70 35K 1.2WAR in 7 starts. May 19th – Tigers SP Andy Pettitte(40, 2.5) just gets another milestone, career win #250. The 3x All-Star is a career 250-148 3.89 2395K 3220.1IP 64.7WAR pitcher in 518G/508GS. May 21st – Phillies* SS Jimmy Rollins(34, 2.5) got career hit #2000* out of the way today. The 2007 NL MvP, 3x Gold Glover, 3x All-Star and 1x Silver Slugger is a career .270/.328/.431 191HR 787RBI 2000H 1151R 396SB 44.3 WAR in 1785 games. May 26th – Nationals SP Jordan Zimmerman(27, 3.5) pitched a beauty today, 9IP 4H 0ER 1BB 4K in a 8-0 win over the Red Sox. The 2012 All-Star has been struggling this season, 2-5 5.43 52K 0.6WAR in 9 starts. June 1st – Tigers* 1B Prince Fielder(29, 5) was named AL Batter of the Month after batting .417 with 10 home runs, 23RBIs and 18 runs scored for the month. The 4x All-Star is batting .339-12-30 1.067OPS 2.0WAR for the season. June 1st – Phillies* LF John Mayberry Jr.(29, 2.5) was named NL Batter of the Month after batting .324 with 9 home runs, 30RBIs and 15 runs scored for the month. The 5th-year pro is batting .284-10-37 .880OPS 0.9WAR for the season. June 1st – Tampa Bay* RHSP Alex Cobb(25, 2.5) was named AL Pitcher of the Month after going 5-0 2.70 27K in 26.2IP in 10G/3GS for the month. The righty is 5-1 3.45 47K 1.1WAR in 13G/6GS for the year. June 1st – Dodgers* LHSP Clayton Kershaw(25, 4.5/5) was named NL Pitcher of the Month after going 5-1 1.64 52K in 44IP and six starts for the month. For the year, the 2x All-Star is 7-1 1.93 85K 2.6WAR in 10 starts. June 1st – Mariners* 2B Jose Iglesias(23, 2.5) was named AL Rookie of the Month after after batting .341 with 1 home runs, 10RBIs and 10 runs scored for the month. The Rule 5 draftee is batting .313-2-13 .778OPS 7/7SB 1.6WAR for the year. June 1st – Miami* RHSP Jose Fernandez(20, 2.5/4.5*) was named NL Rookie of the Month after going 2-3 2.41 26K in 37.1IP in six starts for the month. He bounced back from a rough April to move to 2-5 4.33 42K 0.1WAR in 9 starts. __________________ MLB 2012 - The Toronto Ban Jays The Montreal Expos... Exposing the New MLB? 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