Casey Janssen was moved to the 60 day DL to make room.
And Blair is back to blogging today with many entries which wouldn't be complete without a Burnett barb.
I don't see a fitting spot for these links so I'll put them here, if I may. The links will take you to a journalist's conversation with Pat Gillick centred on his life in baseball. Evidently this is Mr. Gillick's last year before hanging it up. The second link is to the reporter's blog about the discussion:
http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080316/SPORTS01/803160376/1002/SPORTS
http://www.delawareonline.com/blogs/2008/03/mar-16-gabbing-with-gillick.html
http://www.thechronicle.com.au/storydisplay.cfm?storyid=3766945
Jays signed Toowoomba "baseballer" Phil Vandernuet. He sounds pretty excited
I also love his "initial" assignment to a Minor League team.
Merely a formality before he takes his place on the big squad next week.
I'm certainly going to follow him this season!
Rogers Applies for BaseballTV licence.
Rogers, which is also the owner of the Toronto Blue Jays baseball franchise, said the digital-only channel would be devoted to the coverage of baseball.
Today's game was supposed to start at 12:05 ET, but has been delayed because of some internal red sox dispute about the Japan trip. Come chat, if you're watching or listening online.
Time for some fun with Spring Training numbers?
If ST was actually a competition for jobs, our starting lineup could be (OPS bracketed):
(minimum 20 AB)
Based on this article, it looks like B.J. Ryan will start the year on DL:
This likely moves Downs up to the set-up role, so the Jays will probably lean toward keeping a lefty (Parrish). I imagine Accardo, Downs, League, Wolfe, Frasor, Tallet and Parrish will be the bullpen for at least the month of April.
I may be wrong, but I think he means Cody Haerther, the outfield prospect. I believe Gosling was claimed from Cincinnati. I agree that I'd rather have him than Murphy, but the team didn't have Janssen's 40-man spot free at that time. They did have a 40-man spot free and chose to expose Haerther, but that move was debated at the time and several posters expressed disagreement with the move.