Remember Willis Otañez? You probably don’t – and I don’t blame you.  He was the backup third baseman and first baseman for the Toronto Blue Jays in 1999.  He didn’t really do a whole lot but produced at around the level of a replacement player.  Following the 1999 season he was dispatched to the minor leagues and then bounced around …

Jeremy Accardo

Let’s Make a Deal!

So the Jays have just been swept by the Central-division-basement-dwelling-poor-excuse-for-a-major-league-team Cleveland Indians and have lost 9 of their last 11 games.  This puts the Jays at .500 and 9 games back of the division lead.

On top of that we haven’t yet even approached the dog days of summer.  One can argue that it has been the …

Meet the new boss.. same as the old boss?  Alex Anthopoulos’ “plan” sounds a lot like what Pat Gillick used to preach at the franchise’s inception and during its formative years.   See below:

Judging by the video clip, Pat Gillick (a former scout) placed great emphasis on:

Scouting (in both North America and “out of the box” locations)
Developing players in the minor league …

It has been widely reported that the Jays’ home series from June 25-27th vs. the Phillies has been moved to Philadelphia because of concerns surrounding the G20 summit taking place in Toronto at the same time.

This is an unacceptable solution.  First of all, if I am a contending team in the NL, I am losing my mind that the Phillies …

The term worst contract is thrown about frequently. Common names include Vernon Wells, Jason Schmidt or Barry Zito.

While Bobby Bonilla’s contract was a hedged bet, the pure numbers astound the mind.