Jays Roundup - The Impression That You Sell

Monday, May 10 2004 @ 08:37 AM EDT

Contributed by: Pepper Moffatt

Passes in and out like a scent
But the long face that you see comes from living close
To your fears

After this weekend's SWEEP, Toronto now has a better record than the Mariners. What teams can they catch this week?

  1. Because of Mother's Day related festivities, I only saw the last two innings of yesterday's game. Fortunately I can read more about it in such articles as Spencer Fordin's "Miller, Jays complete sweep", Scott Merkin's "Oh-for, Canada: Sox swept", Jeff Blair's "Confident Miller grinds out first win", Richard Griffin's "Miller tattoos White Sox: Decorated Jays starter gets first win in 18 months", and a second article by Richard Griffin titled "Bottom feeders helping the Jays to thrive".

  2. Fordin Notes: Woody should be ready to play today, Greg Zaun's excellent performance as a Jay, and some fine charity work performed by the Lady Jays.

  3. Today's game features a couple of pitchers who are desperate for a second win. The 8:10pm start at Kansas City pits the 1-2 Pat Hengten for the 12-18 Jays against the 1-3 lefty Brian Anderson for the 9-20 Royals. Expect to see comments such as "why is Dave Berg starting in left" a lot this series, as lefties will be starting each again for Kansas City. Spencer Fordin has a preview of tonight's game.

  4. We've had a lot of conversations on the Box of the importance of velocity to a pitcher. Former Dodgers pitching great Don Newcombe gives his views in Larry Millson's "Radar gun has its limits, former pitching stars say".

  5. At least a couple Bauxites were at the opener for the Intercounty League's Toronto Maple Leafs. Neco Cockburn of the Star gives us the scoop in "Baseball Leafs open on winning note: Walkoff homer beats the Royals Spoljaric fans nine in five innings". I highly recommend attending an IL game if you live in an IL city. There are teams in Oshawa, Toronto, Brantford, Hamilton, Kitchener, London, Stratford, Guelph, and Barrie. It's quality baseball, and one of the cheapest forms of entertainment that you'll find.


Stat Du Jour

Major League Equivalent EQAs for OF/DH players in the Jays system
Name	Team	PA	EQA	MjEQA
Her'sen	Syr'cse	19	.363	.324
Cat	Toronto	111	.283	.283
Wells	Toronto	143	.253	.253
Phelps	Toronto	133	.248	.248
Johnson	Toronto	108	.244	.244
Pond	Syr'cse	101	.277	.240
Vito	Dunedin	126	.320	.233
G'loway	C'lston	99	.328	.226
Tingler	Dunedin	140	.320	.224
Rios	Syr'cse	132	.254	.223
Guiel	Syr'cse	67	.255	.221
Medina	Dunedin	24	.291	.219
Negron	Dunedin	110	.290	.212
Godwin	NewHam	118	.256	.207
Reiman	C'lston	70	.312	.206
Gross	Syr'cse	109	.233	.204
Griffin	NewHam	94	.254	.201
Clark	Toronto	46	.201	.201
Smith	C'lston	103	.285	.194
Snavely	C'lston	86	.305	.193
D'nport	Dunedin	124	.245	.189
Waugh	NewHam	12	.232	.188
Davis	C'lston	51	.276	.188
Patrick	C'lston	61	.271	.185
Clapp	NewHam	21	.224	.180
Hall	Syr'cse	98	.194	.167
Waugh	Dunedin	86	.213	.160
Sin'ton	NewHam	87	.195	.155
Jova	NewHam	93	.150	.126
Berg	Toronto	25	.000	.000


Data available at Baseball Prospectus Statistical Reports.

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