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Daily Papers May 20th [Adam Lind Waived Edition]

Posted: Sun May 20, 2012 9:56 am
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Jays place Lind of waivers
The Blue Jays placed the first baseman on outright waivers Friday afternoon, one day after demoting him to triple-A Las Vegas.

Another club can obtain Lind and what remains on his contract for $20,000 US.

The San Francisco Giants are one team looking for help at first base.

However, it’s doubtful a club will pick up Lind’s contract. He is schedule to earn $5 million this season, plus $5 million for 2013. He had a $7-million contract for 2014, of which $2 million is guaranteed.


Battle for Outfield Positions heating up
On Saturday, the slumping Rasmus was sat for the second straight game in favour of Davis.

It was the first time this season the Jays’ everyday centre fielder — who is occasionally given days off against left-handed pitchers — missed two starts in a row.

“It’s about giving him another day to do some extra work with (hitting coach Dwayne Murphy) in the cage,” manager John Farrell said. “Give him a little bit of a breather ... and the fact is Rajai continues to swing the bat and play extremely well.”

Davis, who is known mostly for his speed on the basepaths, has lately been impressing with his bat. He came in to Saturday’s game hitting 5-for-14 in his last four games, including the first two-homer game of his career on Friday night against the Mets. On Saturday, the day after the first multi-homer game of his career, Davis struck out in all three of his at-bats.


Rasmus rides the pine
The simple truth is that Rasmus is slumping while Davis is heating up.

Coming into the game, Rasmus was in an 0-for-18 rut while on the season (in which he has started 36 of Toronto's 40 games), he is hitting just .203 with three homers and 14 RBIs.

Davis, on the other hand, hit two home runs in the Blue Jays' romp on Friday and drove in four runs. He has hit in four consecutive games, going 7-for-14 and coupled with his ability to steal bases, there is no way that manager John Farrell is not going to use him.


Morrow throws complete game shutout
Morrow pitched with surgical efficiency, cleanly dissecting the Mets’ lineup with only 107 pitches — throwing 76 for strikes — and needing barely more than two hours to get through the game.

Morrow stayed ahead of batters all game long, throwing first-pitch strikes to more than two-thirds of the batters he faced and only three times ceding more than two balls in a count. He earned eight strikeouts in the win, giving up three hits and one walk.

“Just a beautifully pitched ball game by Brandon today,” said manager John Farrell.


Morrow in the zone!
The fastball may have been king but he had every pitch working.

“I threw the curveball over for some strikes and had a couple of quick outs (with it), had a good slider when I needed it and when I mixed in my fastball, I was locating it,” Morrow added.

A big reason for his success this season — he’s 5-2 with a 2.63 ERA — is his ability to keep his pitch count under control. He was asked what they key is in that regard?

“Just getting ahead early and maybe after one or two tries I’ve just gotten back into throwing strikes instead of trying, if I get ahead of somebody, not trying to strike them out three pitches in a row. Just throw one in the dirt and then get back in the strike zone and get a quick out.”

It all leads to a feeling of greater confidence, which leads to success.

“I’m feeling pretty good,” Morrow said. “As long as I’m locating my fastball I think I’m going to have a good game.”


Jays keeps tabs on 51s parade of prospects
"Our farm system is quite strong," he said. "We have a lot of athletic young players with high ceilings, we feel, and you're seeing that now."

Gose, who stole 70 bases last season for Double-A New Hampshire and has 14 straight steals this year, stretched a single into a double to lead off Friday's game and later turned a double into a triple.

"He didn't stop running. He just hustled and legged it out," Wilson said. "He has game-changing speed.


A.J. Jimenez to have Tommy John Surgery
After being bothered by a sore right elbow earlier this month, Jimenez was placed on the 7-day disabled list on Tuesday before finding out the bad news last night. The 22-year-old hasn’t appeared in a game for the Fisher Cats since May 13, and one has to wonder if the discomfort in his elbow affected his hitting, considering he’s managed just a .237 average and .558 OPS over his last 10 most recent games.

...Jimenez has been a big reason why the Fisher Cats are ranked first in the Eastern League in caught stealing percentage so far in 2012, as he has gunned down 12 of 22 potential base stealers for an uncanny 55% rate.


Jays could have done Wright thing
The Jays attempted to move outfielder Jose Cruz at the non-waiver trade deadline in 2002. The Mets said they’d take Cruz, offering a minor-leaguer playing his first full season at class-A.

Jays general manager J.P. Ricciardi decided against taking the teenager for a veteran major leaguer in Cruz.

That class-A kid grew up to be Mr. Wright.


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Re: Daily Papers May 20th [Adam Lind Waived Edition]

Posted: Sun May 20, 2012 2:34 pm
by LittleOzzy
Thanks for the papers!

Re: Daily Papers May 20th [Adam Lind Waived Edition]

Posted: Sun May 20, 2012 4:40 pm
by Al_Oliver
thanks for the papes...

davis needs to stop swinging like a HR hitter