Friday, June 30, 2006
Overbay Picking it Up
Thru Overbay's last 10 games of interleague play (as of Wednesday), he's hitting .405, and is hitting .349 against National League pitching on the season. Of Overbay's 12 HR's, 43 RBI's and 41 runs scored in 278 at-bats. 3 HR's, 8 RBI's, 9 runs in 57 at-bats have come against the National League.
One American League team Overbay is having success with is the Chicago White Sox, he has 3 home runs, 5 runs batted in and is hitting .476 in 21 at-bats.
A Funny Quote
Although it's not directly related to the Blue Jays, I had to post this quote from Barry Bond's personal trainer (Greg Anderson) lawyer. Anderson declined to testify yesterday before the Grand Jury. When Anderson's lawyer, Mark Geragos, was asked if Anderson will testify, he offered this response..."Apparently there are not enough terrorists to fight. The government has to keep the world safe from illegally produced home runs."
Rios in the Hospital
Rios will spend the night in the hospital as a precaution to an infection he has on his leg. On Tuesday night he fouled a ball off of his lower leg and was held out of last nights game. The injury has since worsened, and doctors have him on strong antibiotics. It is not known yet if he'll have to be placed on the DL.
Wednesday, June 28, 2006
A Stellar Performance and a Farewell
A.J. Burnett pitched his 9th career shutout last night, to earn his first victory in a Blue Jays uniform. Burnett baffled the Washington Nationals batters all night, giving up only 6 hits and striking out 7 batters while walking no one. Of his 92 pitches that he threw, only 22 were balls. Burnett's stuff was nasty all night, and his fastball in the 7th inning was still at 97 mph.The Josh Towers saga appears to be over. The 1-9 right hander was outrighted to Syracuse and removed from the 40 man roster. Ty Taubenheim will most take Tower's spot in the rotation on Saturday, but the Jays haven't ruled out calling up Dustin McGowan to make the start. Jays management is thinking that Taubenheim would be more effective out of the bullpen.
Pete Walker has activated from the 15-day DL.
Friday, June 23, 2006
Looking Good So Far
Thru 3 innings so far, Burnett has only given up 1 hit and has struck 5 batters. I hope I'm not jinxing him by writing this update.
Thursday, June 22, 2006
Rosario Optioned to Syracuse
After last night's 6-3 victory over the Atlanta Braves, the Jays optioned relief pitcher Francisco Rosario back to the Triple A Sryacuse SkyChiefs. This roster move was done to clear room for the return of A.J. Burnett.After only giving up 1 run in his first 5 appearances, Rosario struggled a bit, giving up 10 runs in his last 10 appearances. The 25 year old rookie has showed enough promise to warrent a call-up later on in the year.