Game Scores Update: August 17, 2009

It's been a busy week and I haven't had much time to post. Again today I won't have time for a long post, but I have managed to put together this weeks GSc. update:

For Blue Jay pitching,


AGSc Chg GS Starts Week Avg
Roy Halladay 61.22 +0.22 23 1 66.00
Ricky Romero 53.42 +0.03 19 1 54.00
Scott Richmond 52.60 -0.19 15 1 50.00
Marc Rzepczynski 51.63 -3.38 8 2 41.50
Robert Ray 48.50 +0.00 4 0
Brett Cecil 48.42 +0.00 12 0
Brian Tallet 46.63 -0.92 19 1 30.00
David Purcey 41.00 +0.00 5 0
Jesse Litch 37.00 +0.00 2 0
Brad Mills 25.00 +0.00 2 0


For all notables,

Pos Chg
AGSc Chg GS Starts Week Avg
1 +0 Tim Lincecum 65.88 +0.35 24 1 74.00
2 +0 Dan Haren 64.29 +0.34 24 1 72.00
3 +0 Chris Carpenter 62.00 +0.06 19 1 63.00
4 +1 Zack Greinke 61.67 +0.54 24 1 74.00
5 -1 Javier Vazquez 61.26 +0.00 23 0
6 +0 Roy Halladay 61.22 +0.22 23 1 66.00
7 +0 Matt Cain 60.21 -0.18 24 1 56.00
8 +1 Josh Johnson 59.83 +0.88 24 1 80.00
9 -1 Felix Hernandez 59.54 +0.50 24 1 71.00
10 +2 Justin Verlander 59.16 +0.91 25 1 81.00
11 -1 Josh Becket 58.96 +0.41 23 1 68.00
12 +1 Adam Wainwright 58.48 +0.23 25 1 64.00
13 +3 Cliff Lee 57.48 +0.56 25 1 71.00
14 +1 Yovani Gallardo 57.42 +0.20 24 1 62.00
15 -1 Johan Santana 57.04 -0.52 24 1 45.00
16 +1 Jake Peavy 56.69 +0.00 13 0
17 +6 CC Sabathia 56.08 +1.00 25 1 80.00
18 +1 Jon Lester 56.00 +0.00 24 1 56.00
19 -8 Wandy Rodriguez 55.88 -2.39 24 1 1.00
20 +2 Chad Billingsley 55.17 +0.00 24 0
21 -3 Matt Garza 54.92 -1.40 24 2 39.50
22 +2 Jair Jurrjens 54.88 +0.38 25 1 64.00
23 +3 Carlos Zambrano 54.15 +0.00 20 0
24 -4 Jered Weaver 54.00 -1.96 24 1 9.00
25 +2 Kevin Millwood 53.96 +0.18 23 1 58.00
26 -1 A.J. Burnett 53.83 -0.40 23 1 45.00
27 +1 Joel Pineiro 53.52 -0.07 23 1 52.00
28 -7 Roy Oswalt 53.46 -1.91 24 2 32.50
29 +0 Jason Marquis 53.09 +0.77 23 1 70.00
30 +0 Mark Buehrle 53.04 +0.82 24 1 72.00
31 +0 Doug Davis 52.00 +0.17 25 2 54.00
32 +0 Ryan Dempster 50.57 -0.38 21 1 43.00
33 +1 Dallas Braden 50.41 +0.00 22 0
34 -1 Barry Zito 50.38 -0.10 24 1 48.00
35 +3 Bronson Arroyo 49.96 +1.59 23 1 85.00
36 -1 Tim Wakefield 49.53 +0.00 17 0
37 +0 Derek Lowe 49.12 +0.29 25 1 56.00
38 +1 Kevin Slowey 47.63 +0.00 16 0
39 -3 Nick Blackburn 46.88 -2.26 24 2 22.00


A couple of terrible weeks stand right out: Wandy Rodriguez and Jered Weaver. Rodriguez gave up 10 ER in only 4 innings pitched in his start versus the Brewers and Weaver went 3.1 and gave up 8 ER in a start against the Orioles.

Player Watch: August 12, 2009

I won't say too much about today's player watch, as I don't have much time today to put up the post. I also want to put up a post about the Rios debacle at some point very soon, but haven't had the chance over the past few days for a few reasons: depression, anxiety, and just being busy overall—also wanted to let the dust settle a bit. But look for that either later today or tomorrow morning.

Okay, player watch (I'll post players, pitcher and rehabs then comment at the very end):

Players

Travis Snider LF







Week









G H 2B 3B HR RBI AVG OPB SLG
Blue Jays (AAA) 9 15 3 0 4 7 0.405 0.463 0.811










Season









G H 2B 3B HR RBI AVG OPB SLG
Blue Jays (AAA) 44 51 12 1 13 37 0.319 0.414 0.650
Blue Jays 32 24 6 0 3 12 0.242 0.292 0.394
Totals 76 75 18 1 16 49 0.290 0.370 0.552










J.P. Arencibia C







Week









G H 2B 3B HR RBI AVG OPB SLG
Blue Jays (AAA) 7 6 2 0 1 1 0.214 0.267 0.393










Season









G H 2B 3B HR RBI AVG OPB SLG
Blue Jays (AAA) 90 81 28 1 12 49 0.226 0.277 0.409
Totals 90 81 28 1 12 49 0.226 0.277 0.409










Brian Dopirak 1B







Week









G H 2B 3B HR RBI AVG OPB SLG
Blue Jays (AAA) 9 11 2 0 1 4 0.297 0.366 0.432










Season









G H 2B 3B HR RBI AVG OPB SLG
Blue Jays (AA) 87 101 29 1 19 68 0.308 0.374 0.576
Blue Jays (AAA) 26 38 5 0 6 20 0.349 0.379 0.560
Totals 113 139 34 1 25 88 0.318 0.376 0.572










Brian Jeroloman C







Week









G H 2B 3B HR RBI AVG OPB SLG
Blue Jays (AA) 6 3 1 0 0 1 0.150 0.346 0.200










Season









G H 2B 3B HR RBI AVG OPB SLG
Blue Jays (AA) 90 69 13 1 6 23 0.229 0.346 0.339
Totals 90 69 13 1 6 23 0.229 0.346 0.339










Kyle Phillips C







Week









G H 2B 3B HR RBI AVG OPB SLG
Blue Jays (AAA) 3 2 0 0 0 0 0.182 0.308 0.182










Season









G H 2B 3B HR RBI AVG OPB SLG
Blue Jays (AA) 12 7 0 0 1 1 0.175 0.233 0.250
Blue Jays (AAA) 56 67 12 0 5 16 0.325 0.395 0.456
Totals 68 74 12 0 6 17 0.301 0.370 0.423










Justin Jackson SS







Week









G H 2B 3B HR RBI AVG OPB SLG










Season









G H 2B 3B HR RBI AVG OPB SLG
Blue Jays (A+) 78 53 12 1 0 17 0.213 0.321 0.269
Totals 78 53 12 1 0 17 0.213 0.321 0.269










David Cooper 1B







Week









G H 2B 3B HR RBI AVG OPB SLG
Blue Jays (AA) 7 8 2 0 1 3 0.348 0.484 0.565










Season









G H 2B 3B HR RBI AVG OPB SLG
Blue Jays (AA) 101 96 25 0 6 49 0.257 0.334 0.373
Totals 101 96 25 0 6 49 0.257 0.334 0.373










Kevin Ahrens 3B







Week









G H 2B 3B HR RBI AVG OPB SLG
Blue Jays (A+) 6 4 0 0 0 5 0.211 0.261 0.211










Season









G H 2B 3B HR RBI AVG OPB SLG
Blue Jays (A+) 90 69 14 1 2 31 0.212 0.281 0.279
Totals 90 69 14 1 2 31 0.212 0.281 0.279










Brad Emaus 2B/3B






Week









G H 2B 3B HR RBI AVG OPB SLG
Blue Jays (AA) 7 7 1 0 2 7 0.250 0.323 0.500










Season









G H 2B 3B HR RBI AVG OPB SLG
Blue Jays (AA) 114 108 26 2 9 56 0.255 0.340 0.390
Totals 114 108 26 2 9 56 0.255 0.340 0.390










Eric Thames OF







Week









G H 2B 3B HR RBI AVG OPB SLG










Season









G H 2B 3B HR RBI AVG OPB SLG
Blue Jays (A+) 42 48 11 2 2 30 0.308 0.391 0.442
Totals 42 48 11 2 2 30 0.308 0.391 0.442










Scott Campbell 2B







Week









G H 2B 3B HR RBI AVG OPB SLG
Blue Jays (AA) 6 8 1 0 1 2 0.333 0.407 0.500










Season









G H 2B 3B HR RBI AVG OPB SLG
Blue Jays (A+) 5 10 1 0 0 3 0.500 0.522 0.550
Blue Jays (AA) 33 30 6 1 3 15 0.254 0.353 0.398
Blue Jays (AAA) 27 22 3 1 0 6 0.229 0.327 0.281
Totals 65 62 10 2 3 24 0.265 0.357 0.363



Pitchers

Ricky Romero LHP







Week









W L ERA GS IP HR BB SO WHIP
Blue Jays 0 1 6.00 1 6.0 0 2 3 1.17










Season









W L ERA GS IP HR BB SO WHIP
Blue Jays (A+) 0 1 13.50 1 4.0 2 1 5 1.75
Blue Jays (AA) 0 0 1.69 1 5.1 0 5 4 1.57
Blue Jays (AAA) 0 0 7.20 1 5.0 0 2 3 2.00
Blue Jays 10 5 3.66 18 115.2 13 44 90 1.37










Brett Cecil LHP







Week









W L ERA GS IP HR BB SO WHIP
Blue Jays 0 0 4.39 1 4.1 0 3 2 1.95










Season









W L ERA GS IP HR BB SO WHIP
Blue Jays (AAA) 1 5 5.69 9 49.0 2 19 32 1.47
Blue Jays 5 1 4.35 12 70.1 9 28 54 1.55










Marc Rzepczynski LHP







Week









W L ERA GS IP HR BB SO WHIP
Blue Jays 0 1 7.35 2 9.8 4 2 7 1.43










Season









W L ERA GS IP HR BB SO WHIP
Blue Jays (AA) 7 5 2.93 14 76.2 1 36 88 1.52
Blue Jays (AAA) 2 0 0.79 2 11.1 0 4 16 0.99
Blue Jays 1 3 4.38 7 37.0 5 19 37 1.35










Zach Stewart RHP







Week









W L ERA GS IP HR BB SO WHIP
Blue Jays (AAA) 0 0 0.00 0 2.2 0 0 2 0.91










Season









W L ERA GS IP HR BB SO WHIP
Blue Jays (AAA) 0 0 0.00 0 2.2 0 0 2 0.91










Robert Ray RHP







Week









W L ERA GS IP HR BB SO WHIP










Season









W L ERA GS IP HR BB SO WHIP
Blue Jays (A+) 0 1 4.91 1 3.2 0 0 1 2.19
Blue Jays (AAA) 0 0 0.00 1 4.1 0 3 3 1.22
Blue Jays 1 2 4.44 4 24.1 4 6 13 1.20










Brad Mills LHP







Week









W L ERA GS IP HR BB SO WHIP










Season









W L ERA GS IP HR BB SO WHIP
Blue Jays (AAA) 2 8 4.06 14 84.1 6 35 72 1.40
Blue Jays 0 1 14.09 2 7.2 4 6 9 2.78


Rehabs

Shaun Marcum RHP







Week









W L ERA GS IP HR BB SO WHIP










Season









W L ERA GS IP HR BB SO WHIP
Blue Jays (A+) 0 1 3.00 2 6.0 0 0 5 1.17
Blue Jays (AA) 0 1 1.17 2 7.2 1 2 8 1.39
Blue Jays (AAA) 0 0 4.50 1 2.0 0 1 0 1.50










Casey Jansen RHP







Week









W L ERA GS IP HR BB SO WHIP
Blue Jays (AAA) 0 0 0.00 0 2.0 0 0 3 0.00










Season









W L ERA GS IP HR BB SO WHIP
Blue Jays (R) 0 0 9.00 0 1.0 0 0 0 2.00
Blue Jays (A+) 0 0 0.69 3 13.0 0 2 10 0.62
Blue Jays (AA) 1 0 2.40 1 15.0 0 5 12 1.13
Blue Jays (AAA) 0 0 6.35 0 5.2 0 1 6 0.96
Blue Jays 2 3 6.23 5 26.0 4 7 11 1.81

Snider has become a monster in Class AAA and will be called up soon and now given the lack of a day-to-day right fielder the need for both his bat and glove in the Blue Jay lineup are further exemplified. But don't expect it to be before the 20th of August. Snider is teetering toward Super Two status, and keeping him in Las Vegas until at least the 20th will ensure the he doesn't receive the extra year of arbitration. Given that the Jays are no where near competing for a post-season spot, I can understand the move in financial terms. It must be a horrible feeling to know that you deserve a spot in Toronto, but future financial precautionary measures are keeping you on the bus touring cities in the PCL.

Arencibia continues with a down season in Las Vegas and although having a good week, Dopirak cooled off slightly from his previous week's performance. I'm still hoping that Dopirak gets the call in September so we can see his bat and defense in Toronto.

With Ruiz being called up the play DH, the Snider callup is given, and I expect Dopirak will see some playing time in the Major Leagues as well. Where does that leave Kevin Millar? Nowhere. Millar met with Gaston and JP this week; I anticipate this was concerning an ensuing drop—to nothing—of his playing time. It is unlikely that Millar would accept a demotion to the minors—or that the Jays would even ponder such a move—but I have a feeling that even when the roster expands to 40 men, there still isn't room for Kevin Millar.

Zach Stewart saw relief action in three games and put up some very nice numbers. It's looking like Marcum won't see any action in the majors this year says JP:
"We're leaning more toward that, probably [stay in the minors], at this point. He's healthy. There's nothing wrong with him, but there's no reason to rush him. He's going to pitch next year for us. He'll be like 17 months post-op at that time. He feels good. We'll probably just keep throwing him, but there's really probably no need to get him to the big leagues at this point. We'll just back off that way and give him all of Spring Training to simulate the intensity of what it is to pitch in a big league game."
As for Jansen, it looks like he might stay in the minors for the rest of the season as well. It has also been indicated that he'll go to the pen when he does make it back to Toronto:
"Eventually, he'll be back up here, but he just needed to pitch. Maybe this year is just going to be a year where all the kids get healthy and, at the end of the day, we check off September and we say, 'They're healthy. They feel good and, coming into Spring Training, we're not worried about Casey's arm and we're not worried about Marcum's arm.' "

Victorino tossed for arguing balls and strikes—from center field!

This one is ridiculous. Phillies centerfielder Shane Victorino was ejected from last night's game against the Marlins by home plate ump Ed Rapuano in the 7th for arguing balls and strikes. At the time, the Phillies were on defense and Victorino was playing in centerfield. Apparently, the threw his arms up at a call and was then rung up by Rapuano.

Here's a video of the ejection.

Can you believe that? Victorino was about 300 ft. away from home plate! Now that's awful umping.

Game Scores Update: August 10, 2009

Here is today's GSc update.

Jays pitching:


AGSc Chg GS Starts Week Avg
Roy Halladay 61.00 -0.55 22 2 55.50
Marc Rzepczynski 55.00 -0.60 6 1 52.00
Ricky Romero 53.39 -0.38 18 1 47.00
Scott Richmond 52.79 +0.00 14 0
Robert Ray 48.50 +0.00 4 0
Brett Cecil 48.42 -0.40 12 1 44.00
Brian Tallet 47.56 +0.00 18 0
David Purcey 41.00 +0.00 5 0
Jesse Litch 37.00 +0.00 2 0
Brad Mills 25.00 +0.00 2 0

Jays pitching was below average for the week. Halladay gave up a total of 8 R (6ER) and 19 hits over his two starts and was 1-1 for the week. Cecil's numbers are low due to his short start (left the game due to a knee injury in the 5th).

For notables in the league:

Pos Chg
AGSc Chg GS Starts Week Avg
1 +1 Tim Lincecum 65.52 -0.21 23 1 61.00
2 -1 Dan Haren 63.96 -2.04 23 2 42.50
3 +0 Chris Carpenter 61.94 -0.64 18 1 51.00
4 +3 Javier Vazquez 61.26 +0.74 23 2 69.00
5 +0 Zack Greinke 61.13 -0.32 23 1 54.00
6 -2 Roy Halladay 61.00 -0.55 22 2 55.50
7 -1 Matt Cain 60.39 -0.85 23 2 51.50
8 +0 Felix Hernandez 59.04 -0.55 23 1 47.00
9 +2 Josh Johnson 58.96 +0.24 23 2 61.50
10 +4 Josh Becket 58.55 +0.74 22 1 74.00
11 +2 Wandy Rodriguez 58.26 +0.44 23 1 68.00
12 -3 Justin Verlander 58.25 -1.07 24 2 46.50
13 -1 Adam Wainwright 58.25 +0.16 24 1 62.00
14 +1 Johan Santana 57.57 +0.23 23 2 60.00
15 -5 Yovani Gallardo 57.22 -1.93 23 2 37.00
16 +1 Cliff Lee 56.92 +0.53 24 1 69.00
17 -1 Jake Peavy 56.69 +0.00 13 0
18 +0 Matt Garza 56.32 +0.51 22 1 67.00
19 +5 Jon Lester 56.00 +1.33 23 2 70.00
20 +2 Jered Weaver 55.96 +0.64 23 1 70.00
21 +0 Roy Oswalt 55.36 +0.00 22 0
22 +1 Chad Billingsley 55.17 +0.12 24 1 58.00
23 +4 CC Sabathia 55.08 +1.17 24 1 82.00
24 -4 Jair Jurrjens 54.50 -0.93 24 1 33.00
25 +3 A.J. Burnett 54.23 +1.08 22 1 77.00
26 -1 Carlos Zambrano 54.15 +0.00 20 0
27 -1 Kevin Millwood 53.77 -0.18 22 1 50.00
28 -9 Joel Pineiro 53.59 -1.86 22 2 35.00
29 +0 Jason Marquis 52.32 -0.82 22 1 35.00
30 +0 Mark Buehrle 52.22 -0.78 23 1 35.00
31 +1 Doug Davis 51.83 +0.55 23 1 64.00
32 -1 Ryan Dempster 50.95 -0.42 20 1 43.00
33 +1 Barry Zito 50.48 +0.43 23 1 60.00
34 -1 Dallas Braden 50.41 +0.00 22 0
35 +0 Tim Wakefield 49.53 +0.00 17 0
36 +0 Nick Blackburn 49.14 +0.09 22 1 51.00
37 +0 Derek Lowe 48.83 +0.01 24 1 49.00
38 +0 Bronson Arroyo 48.36 +0.22 22 1 53.00
39 +0 Kevin Slowey 47.63 +0.00 16 0

CC Sabathia recorded the best week with a GSc of 82 in a game against the Red Sox. He went 7.2 and gave up only 2 hits with 9 Ks and 2 BB. A. J. Burnett continued the Red Sox domination with a 77 GSc outing in which he also went 7.2, gave up 1 hit with 6 Ks and 6 BB. Not to be outdone by Burnett, in the same game Josh Becket recorded a GSc of 74 in 7 IP, with 4H, 7 Ks, and 2 BB. Jon Lester also had a great week, recording 70 GSc. games in both his starts.

All of the above pitchers pitched in the same 4 game series.

The worst pitchers of the week were Joel Pineiro, Jair Jurrjens and Jason Marquis. Pineiro recorded a GSc. of 17 in a game against the Mets. His line was 5 IP, 11 H, 7 ER, 0 K, and 0 BB in that game. Jurrjens' bad start was agaist the Dodgers. His line was 4.1 IP, 7 H, 4 ER, 3BB, and 5 K. Marquis had a bad outing against the Cubs. His line was 6 IP, 8 H, 5 ER, 4 K, and 5 BB in that game.