Player Watch: August 5, 2009.

Here is today's prospect update. There's some good news for position players:

Travis Snider	LF
Week
	G	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	OPB	SLG
Blue Jays (AAA)	5	9	6	1	2	11	0.500	0.625	1.278
Season
	G	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	OPB	SLG
Blue Jays (AAA)	35	36	9	1	9	30	0.293	0.400	0.602
Blue Jays	32	24	6	0	3	12	0.242	0.292	0.394
Totals	67	60	15	1	12	42	0.270	0.355	0.509
J.P. Arencibia	C
Week
	G	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	OPB	SLG
Blue Jays (AAA)	4	2	0	0	0	1	0.143	0.235	0.143
Season
	G	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	OPB	SLG
Blue Jays (AAA)	83	75	26	1	11	48	0.227	0.278	0.411
Totals	83	75	26	1	11	48	0.227	0.278	0.411
Brian Dopirak	1B
Week
	G	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	OPB	SLG
Blue Jays (AAA)	5	11	0	0	5	12	0.478	0.478	1.130
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)	17	27	3	0	5	16	0.375	0.387	0.625
Totals	104	128	32	1	24	84	0.320	0.376	0.585
Brian Jeroloman	C
Week
	G	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	OPB	SLG
Blue Jays (AA)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0.333	0.385	0.500
Season
	G	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	OPB	SLG
Blue Jays (AA)	84	66	12	1	6	22	0.235	0.345	0.349
Totals	84	66	12	1	6	22	0.235	0.345	0.349
Kyle Phillips	C
Week
	G	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	OPB	SLG
Blue Jays (AAA)	1	1	0	0	0	1	0.250	0.400	0.250
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)	53	65	12	0	5	16	0.333	0.400	0.472
Totals	65	72	12	0	6	17	0.306	0.373	0.434
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)	5	5	2	0	1	4	0.263	0.263	0.526
Season
	G	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	OPB	SLG
Blue Jays (AA)	94	88	23	0	5	46	0.251	0.322	0.360
Totals	94	88	23	0	5	46	0.251	0.322	0.360
Kevin Ahrens	3B
Week
	G	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	OPB	SLG
Blue Jays (A+)	4	5	2	0	0	1	0.313	0.333	0.438
Season
	G	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	OPB	SLG
Blue Jays (A+)	84	65	14	1	2	26	0.212	0.283	0.283
Totals	84	65	14	1	2	26	0.212	0.283	0.283
Brad Emaus	2B/3B
Week
	G	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	OPB	SLG
Blue Jays (AA)	5	6	0	0	1	2	0.353	0.450	0.529
Season
	G	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	OPB	SLG
Blue Jays (AA)	107	101	25	2	7	49	0.256	0.341	0.382
Totals	107	101	25	2	7	49	0.256	0.341	0.382
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)	4	1	0	0	0	2	0.071	0.188	0.071
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)	27	22	5	1	2	13	0.234	0.339	0.372
Blue Jays (AAA)	27	22	3	1	0	6	0.229	0.327	0.281
Totals	59	54	9	2	2	22	0.257	0.351	0.348

Travis Snider was an absolute monster at the dish last week. Over 18 at bats he was slugging 1.278 and had a monster .625 OBP. Not to be outdone, Brian Dopirak also had a great week at the plate; a whopping 1.130 slug with 12 RBIs. Hopefully we'll get to see Dopirak in Toronto as a September callup—I'm sure he'll hit better than Millar and probably better than Overbay. Jeroloman also had a good week in New Hampshire, and once again Arencibia continues to struggle this season. Jeroloman is making a case to be the future starting catcher over Arencibia. Justin Jackson and Eric Thames are both injured and on the 7-day DL.

On to the pitchers:

Ricky Romero	LHP
Week
	W	L	ERA	GS	IP	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
Blue Jays	1	0	2.57	1	7.0	0	1	5	1.29
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	4	3.53	17	109.2	13	42	87	1.38
Brett Cecil	LHP
Week
	W	L	ERA	GS	IP	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
Blue Jays	1	0	5.14	1	7.0	0	1	3	1.00
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	4.36	11	66.0	9	25	52	1.53
Marc Rzepczynski	LHP
Week
	W	L	ERA	GS	IP	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
Season
	W	L	ERA	GS	IP	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
Blue Jays	1	2	3.25	5	27.2	1	17	30	1.32
Zach Stewart	RHP
Week
	W	L	ERA	GS	IP	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
Season
	W	L	ERA	GS	IP	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
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

Romero had a an excellent start in Oakland last week. Cecil's start last week wasn't as solid has his previous two with the Jays, but what he has show since being recalled has definitely been good. Rzed didn't get a start, but is on the mount tonight versus the Yankees. Both Mills and Ray are injured and not pitching.

Notice that I've added Zach Stewart (acquired in the Rolen deal). He has yet to make an appearance in Las Vegas.

On to the rehabbers:

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	2	0.50
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	9.82	0	3.2	0	1	3	1.56
Blue Jays	2	3	6.23	5	26.0	4	7	11	1.81

After making his way quickly to Class AAA during his rehab stint, Marcum did not pitch over the last week in Las Vegas. No news as to why. Hopefully he hasn't aggravated the injury; he was timelined to be back mid-late August, and I'm looking forward to seeing him pitch in the MLB again.

Casey Jansen also didn't see much action pitching from the pen in Class AAA. The two innings that he did pitch were solid.