Gustavo burst out onto the major league scene as a 24 year old, relative unknown in 2005. His 34 starts were tied for the third most in the AL and he went 13 – 9 in 203 innings. He finished 5th in Rookie Of The Year voting, receiving 10% of the total vote and 2% [...][...]
Archive for the ‘Toronto Blue Jays’ Category
February 19th, 2010 - 9:30 pm § by Hippeaux § in Toronto Blue Jays
The Spring Training Battle EVERYBODY’S Talking About: Blue Jays Catcher
I don’t have to tell you that when Toronto announced the signing of Jose Molina this afternoon, the shockwaves reverberated around the world. It was a press conference the baseball media had been anticipating for days and marked the resolution of a free agent storyline that had dominated th[...]
February 12th, 2010 - 9:14 am § by The Man with the Golden Arm § in Toronto Blue Jays
G20 Summit in Toronto this summer causes slight scheduling conflict
Isn’t this just perfect. We have a slight scheduling conflict already for the summer and it’s only February. According to The Canadian Press the much anticipated weekend series June 25 – 27 against the Phillies will be disrupted by the G20 Summit scheduled for June 26 – 27[...]
February 10th, 2010 - 9:19 am § by The Man with the Golden Arm § in Toronto Blue Jays
Happy Birthday To Our New Catcher Of The Future!
Travis D’Arnaud turns 21 years old today. He was drafted out of high school in the first round, 37th overall, of the 2007 amateur entry draft by the Phillies. He received an $832,500 signing bonus which was enough for him to break his commitment to play college ball at Pepperdine with his b[...]
February 4th, 2010 - 4:31 am § by Cardinal70 § in BBA News, Toronto Blue Jays
Get To Know The BBA: The Blue Jay Hunter
At the end of the award voting, I decided that since the Baseball Bloggers Alliance had come along so quickly, it might be nice to get an idea of who was actually in the group. To that end, I’m working through the roster and asking ten questions of each member. The first five [...][...]
February 3rd, 2010 - 5:19 am § by The Man with the Golden Arm § in Toronto Blue Jays
2010…..Destined to fail?
When thinking about the upcoming season, numerous things keep me up late at night. There are quite a few issues that will undoubtedly contribute to our losing record. I have decided to pinpoint one that seems particularly hopeless considering the circumstances. These are the ground ball figure[...]
January 23rd, 2010 - 10:45 pm § by The Man with the Golden Arm § in Toronto Blue Jays
Remembering: Carlos Delgado
If your reading this you, like me, probably get asked this question a lot: Who is your favorite Blue Jay of all time? I guess most of you by now have probably got a response to that question. For me, it’s always such a tough one to answer. I remember the dominating pitching performances I[...]
January 15th, 2010 - 5:34 am § by The Man with the Golden Arm § in Toronto Blue Jays
Remembering: Freed Catalajohnson
Platoon It is a term in baseball circles that some would consider a swear word. The players involved hate it because they lose valuable at bats over the course of a season. The field manager hates it because he will have to eventually deal with the players whining. Fantasy pool players hate it [...]
