2021 Toronto Blue Jays (est. 2021) - Page 3

rpriske · 07-02-2021, 12:35 PM

The Jays claimed Keone Kela off waivers from the Padres.

Then... wow. Biq acquisition.

TRADE

To YANKEES

Tanner Roark
Donnie Sellers
Logan Warmoth

To BLUE JAYS

Giancarlo Stanton (NY retains 10% of contract)
Carlos Espinal
Estevan Florial
Michael Beltre
Josh Breaux

The fans are thrilled!

Stanton and Kela join the Jays.

Santiago Espinal is sent back to AAA.

rpriske · 07-02-2021, 02:06 PM

April 28th, 2021

Lourdes Gurriel Jr. may have lost his spot in LF to Giancarlo Stanton, but he was the DH today and he responded with two home runs! The Jays pounded the Nationals, 11-1.

WP - Merrill Kelly (1-0)
LP - Jon Lester (0-3)

Record - 17-6

rpriske · 07-05-2021, 02:24 PM

April 30th, 2021

Giancarlo Stanton showed why the Jays were happy to get him as he mashed two home runs in an 11-6 win over the Braves.

Lourdes Gurriel Jr., Teoscar Hernandez, and Bo Bichette all also went deep for Toronto.

WP - Hyun-jin Ryu (4-0)
LP - Drew Smyly (3-1)

Record - 18-6

rpriske · 07-05-2021, 02:29 PM

APRIL AWARDS

PITCHER - Corey Kluber, Yankees & Walker Buehler, Dodgers

HITTER - CAVAN BIGGIO, BLUE JAYS & Ronald Acuna Jr., Braves

ROOKIE - Emmanuel Clase, Indians & Ha-seong Kim, Cardinals

Sent to AAA: Julian Merryweather

Called Up: T.J. Zeuch, Breyvic Valera

rpriske · 07-05-2021, 02:53 PM

May 1st, 2021

Teoscar Hernandez kept it going today as he blasted two home runs in a 10-2 Blue Jays defeat of the Braves.

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. also homered for Toronto.

WP - Robbie Ray (4-0)
LP - Mike Soroka (0-2)

Record - 19-6

rpriske · 07-08-2021, 08:43 AM

May 2nd, 2021

Breyvic Valera went 4 for 4 in his first start of the year but it was in a losing effort as the Jays fell 5-2 to Atlanta.

WP - Max Fried (3-0)
Save - A.J. Minter (7)
LP - Ross Stripling (0-1)

Record - 19-7

rpriske · 07-08-2021, 08:45 AM

The Yankees, behind a five game winning streak, have caught up to Toronto. The teams are tied atop the AL East.

rpriske · 07-17-2021, 02:00 PM

May 3rd, 2021

The Jays put up a five run 9th inning to beat the A's, 6-2. Oakland has now lost 10 straight.

Teoscar Hernandez hit his 10th home run of the year.

WP - Keone Kela (1-0)
LP - Trevor Rosenthal (1-2)

Record - 20-7

rpriske · 07-17-2021, 02:02 PM

Lourdes Gurriel Jr. was named AL Player of the Week!

He hit .583 with three dingers this week.

Will Smith od the Dodgers won for the NL.

The Jay moved up a spot to #3 on the Weekly Power Rankings.

rpriske · 07-20-2021, 10:36 AM

May 4th, 2021

The A's broke their losing streak, at Toronto's expense. Oakland won, 6-4.

Teoscar Hernandez and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. homered for the Jays.

WP - Sean Manaea (2-2)
Save - Trevor Rosenthal (7)
LP - Merrill Kelly (1-1)

Record - 20-8

rpriske · 07-23-2021, 09:41 AM

May 5th, 2021

Today the A's shut out the Blue Jays, 4-0.

WP - A.J. Puk (1-1)
LP - Hyun-jin Ryu (4-1)

Record - 20-9

Toronto trail the Yankees by a half game.

rpriske · 07-23-2021, 09:44 AM

Robbie Ray just signed a BIG contract extension - 7 years, $73.08M

rpriske · 07-25-2021, 10:09 AM

May 6th, 2021

The Blue Jays took the lead in the top of the 9th only for Kirby Yates to blow the save and give the A's the 5-4 walk-off win.

WP - J.B. Wendelken (2-1)
LP - Kirby Yates (1-1)

Record - 20-10

rpriske · 07-25-2021, 10:11 AM

Danny Salazar is activated from the IL and sent on a rehab assignment to Buffalo.

rpriske · 07-30-2021, 08:38 AM

May 7th, 2021

Giancarlo Stanton reached base four times but it was George Springer's 10th inning home run that led the late attack as the Jays beat the Astros 7-3 in extras.

WP - Ross Stripling (1-1)
LP - Ryan Pressly (0-3)

Record - 21-10

rpriske · 08-02-2021, 03:14 PM

May 8th, 2021

Again it went to extras and again the Jays took it with the home run ball as both Bo Bichette and Teoscar hernandez went deep in the 11th to give the Jays a 5-2 win over the Astros.

WP - Keone Kela (2-0)
Save - Kirby Yates (8)
LP - Austin Pruitt (1-1)

Record - 22-10

rpriske · 08-02-2021, 03:18 PM

Teoscar Hernandez has picked up some sort of virus. (Covid?) He is going on the IL.

Danny Jansen is activated from the IL.

rpriske · 08-02-2021, 03:42 PM

May 9th, 2021

After winning two in extras, the today the Jays were thumped by the Astros, losing 10-4.

Giancarlo Stanton and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. homered for Toronto.

WP - Cristian Javier (1-0)
LP - Merrill Kelly (1-2)

Record - 22-11

rpriske · 08-02-2021, 03:43 PM

Tyler Chatwood signed a two year contract extension for $6.7m

rpriske · 08-02-2021, 03:44 PM

Players of the Week: Ramon Urias, Orioles & Kris Bryant, Cubs

The Blue Jays held at #3 on the Weekly Power Rankings.

07-02-2021, 12:35 PM	#41
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 26,383	The Jays claimed Keone Kela off waivers from the Padres. Then... wow. Biq acquisition. TRADE To YANKEES Tanner Roark Donnie Sellers Logan Warmoth To BLUE JAYS Giancarlo Stanton (NY retains 10% of contract) Carlos Espinal Estevan Florial Michael Beltre Josh Breaux The fans are thrilled! Stanton and Kela join the Jays. Santiago Espinal is sent back to AAA. __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

07-02-2021, 02:06 PM	#42
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 26,383	April 28th, 2021 Lourdes Gurriel Jr. may have lost his spot in LF to Giancarlo Stanton, but he was the DH today and he responded with two home runs! The Jays pounded the Nationals, 11-1. WP - Merrill Kelly (1-0) LP - Jon Lester (0-3) Record - 17-6 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

07-05-2021, 02:24 PM	#43
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 26,383	April 30th, 2021 Giancarlo Stanton showed why the Jays were happy to get him as he mashed two home runs in an 11-6 win over the Braves. Lourdes Gurriel Jr., Teoscar Hernandez, and Bo Bichette all also went deep for Toronto. WP - Hyun-jin Ryu (4-0) LP - Drew Smyly (3-1) Record - 18-6 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

07-05-2021, 02:29 PM	#44
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 26,383	APRIL AWARDS PITCHER - Corey Kluber, Yankees & Walker Buehler, Dodgers HITTER - CAVAN BIGGIO, BLUE JAYS & Ronald Acuna Jr., Braves ROOKIE - Emmanuel Clase, Indians & Ha-seong Kim, Cardinals Sent to AAA: Julian Merryweather Called Up: T.J. Zeuch, Breyvic Valera __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

07-05-2021, 02:53 PM	#45
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 26,383	May 1st, 2021 Teoscar Hernandez kept it going today as he blasted two home runs in a 10-2 Blue Jays defeat of the Braves. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. also homered for Toronto. WP - Robbie Ray (4-0) LP - Mike Soroka (0-2) Record - 19-6 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

07-08-2021, 08:43 AM	#46
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 26,383	May 2nd, 2021 Breyvic Valera went 4 for 4 in his first start of the year but it was in a losing effort as the Jays fell 5-2 to Atlanta. WP - Max Fried (3-0) Save - A.J. Minter (7) LP - Ross Stripling (0-1) Record - 19-7 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

07-08-2021, 08:45 AM	#47
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 26,383	The Yankees, behind a five game winning streak, have caught up to Toronto. The teams are tied atop the AL East. __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

07-17-2021, 02:00 PM	#48
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 26,383	May 3rd, 2021 The Jays put up a five run 9th inning to beat the A's, 6-2. Oakland has now lost 10 straight. Teoscar Hernandez hit his 10th home run of the year. WP - Keone Kela (1-0) LP - Trevor Rosenthal (1-2) Record - 20-7 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

07-17-2021, 02:02 PM	#49
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 26,383	Lourdes Gurriel Jr. was named AL Player of the Week! He hit .583 with three dingers this week. Will Smith od the Dodgers won for the NL. The Jay moved up a spot to #3 on the Weekly Power Rankings. __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ```````````````````````````````````````` Last edited by rpriske; 07-20-2021 at 10:10 AM.

07-20-2021, 10:36 AM	#50
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 26,383	May 4th, 2021 The A's broke their losing streak, at Toronto's expense. Oakland won, 6-4. Teoscar Hernandez and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. homered for the Jays. WP - Sean Manaea (2-2) Save - Trevor Rosenthal (7) LP - Merrill Kelly (1-1) Record - 20-8 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

07-23-2021, 09:41 AM	#51
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 26,383	May 5th, 2021 Today the A's shut out the Blue Jays, 4-0. WP - A.J. Puk (1-1) LP - Hyun-jin Ryu (4-1) Record - 20-9 Toronto trail the Yankees by a half game. __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

07-23-2021, 09:44 AM	#52
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 26,383	Robbie Ray just signed a BIG contract extension - 7 years, $73.08M __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

07-25-2021, 10:09 AM	#53
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 26,383	May 6th, 2021 The Blue Jays took the lead in the top of the 9th only for Kirby Yates to blow the save and give the A's the 5-4 walk-off win. WP - J.B. Wendelken (2-1) LP - Kirby Yates (1-1) Record - 20-10 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ```````````````````````````````````````` Last edited by rpriske; 08-02-2021 at 02:50 PM.

07-25-2021, 10:11 AM	#54
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 26,383	Danny Salazar is activated from the IL and sent on a rehab assignment to Buffalo. __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

07-30-2021, 08:38 AM	#55
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 26,383	May 7th, 2021 Giancarlo Stanton reached base four times but it was George Springer's 10th inning home run that led the late attack as the Jays beat the Astros 7-3 in extras. WP - Ross Stripling (1-1) LP - Ryan Pressly (0-3) Record - 21-10 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

08-02-2021, 03:14 PM	#56
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 26,383	May 8th, 2021 Again it went to extras and again the Jays took it with the home run ball as both Bo Bichette and Teoscar hernandez went deep in the 11th to give the Jays a 5-2 win over the Astros. WP - Keone Kela (2-0) Save - Kirby Yates (8) LP - Austin Pruitt (1-1) Record - 22-10 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

08-02-2021, 03:18 PM	#57
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 26,383	Teoscar Hernandez has picked up some sort of virus. (Covid?) He is going on the IL. Danny Jansen is activated from the IL. __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

08-02-2021, 03:42 PM	#58
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 26,383	May 9th, 2021 After winning two in extras, the today the Jays were thumped by the Astros, losing 10-4. Giancarlo Stanton and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. homered for Toronto. WP - Cristian Javier (1-0) LP - Merrill Kelly (1-2) Record - 22-11 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

08-02-2021, 03:43 PM	#59
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 26,383	Tyler Chatwood signed a two year contract extension for $6.7m __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

08-02-2021, 03:44 PM	#60
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 26,383	Players of the Week: Ramon Urias, Orioles & Kris Bryant, Cubs The Blue Jays held at #3 on the Weekly Power Rankings. __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````