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[align=center]Jays 2006[/align]

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Sliders - Jistics All Star sliders v3


Rosters - SS's 2006 rosters updated to July 18th


Pitch Cursor/StrikeZone/Vibration - Off


Hitting/Fielding- Manual


Hot/Cold - Fade


Console - Xbox

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Summary

After a horrible '04, The Blue Jays showed improvement in '05. After John Gibbons took over as manager, they improved 13 games in '05. For '06, GM JP Riccardi made moves to push for contention. Moves like accquiring Glaus, and Overbay, and signing Burnett and Ryan. After 11 years of finishing third place or under, the Blue Jays are ready to dominate the AL.

Payroll

Budget: $105M

Payroll: $93.4M

Bank: $11.9M

Power Ranking: 15th

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Pitching

Rotation

Halladay

Burnett

Lilly

Chacin

Towers

Bullpen

LRP

Walker

League

MRP

Chulk

Schoeneweis

Frasor

SU

Speier

CP

Ryan

Power Ranking: 3rd

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Hitting

VS RHP

Rios

Catalanotto

Wells

Glaus

Overbay

Hillenbrand

Adams

Molina

Hill

VS LHP

Johnson

Rios

Wells

Glaus

Hillenbrand

Overbay

Molina

Adams

Hill

Without DH

Glaus plays SS, Hillenbrand plays 3B

Bench

Hinske

Zaun

McDonald

Power Ranking: 13th

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[align=center]Opening Day[/align]

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Game #1 - Min @ Tor / 7:15PM

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Scouting Report on Santana

4SFB, Change, Slider, Cutter. His changeup is the most devastating pitch in his arsenal. It comes out of his hand like his fastball but it ends up being around 17 mph slower.

Scouting Report on Halladay

4SFB, CFB, Curve, 2SFB, Slider. He has great command on all his pitches and they all have great movement. His best pitch is his Curveball. The curve starts at a batters arms, then drops to their knees over the outside black

Lineups

Stewart

Castillo

Mauer

Hunter

Morneau

Cuddyer

White

Punto

Tiffee

VS

Johnson

Rios

Wells

Glaus

Hillenbrand

Overbay

Molina

Adams

Hill

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[align=center]Game #1

Pitcher's duel undone[/align]

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The most hyped up opening day matchup did not turn out as expected. Through the first 4 innings, this game looked to be a classic that many would have video tapes of for years (:)), but after the 5th inning things went wrong for Santana. The score went from 2-1 to 7-1 in a matter of 2 innings. This didn't kill the Twins confidence though. The Twins got 10 hits of off Halladay, who managed to get some clutch defense behind him to help work out of jams. Hillenbrand had a monster game, as he hit for the cycle (!).[/align]

POTG

Hillenbrand - hit for the cycle, what more can I say?

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The Kind of 'D' that was behind Halladay tonight.

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[align=center]The Twins can't believe their teams overall performance

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[align=center]AJs Debut[/align]

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Game #2 - Min @ Tor / 7:07PM

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Scouting Report on Radke

4SFB, Crv, Changeup, 2SFB, CChange

Radke relies on his 4SFB. He has pinpoint control and uses his changeup to disrupt batters. Radke is also known as a good fielder, he holds runners well and is good at taking bunts

Scouting Report on Burnett

4SFB, 2SFB, Changeup, KCrv, Slider

He relies on his fastballs. He usually pitches at around 97mph but he has hit 100 before. Burnett seems to have recovered from TJ surgery and is ready for this season. What Burnett needs to improve on is his control, and he needs to control the baserunners.

Lineups

Stewart

Castillo

Mauer

Hunter

Morneau

Cuddyer

White

Punto

Tiffee

VS

Rios

Catalanotto

Wells

Glaus

Overbay

Hillenbrand

Adams

Molina

Hill

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[align=center]Game #2

BJ seals the deal[/align]

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[align=center]From AJ to BJ, this game was an interesting one. Rios started off the game with a bang. Other than that, the bats were all silent until the 5th inning again where Radke gave up a string of hits. As for AJ? His debut did not go as planned. 4ERs and 12 hits. He was getting behind in counts and when he threw a strike it ended up being hit. But what the numbers don't tell you is that Speier let 2 of those ERs get in. Gibbons also got in on the on field actions after he argued a close play at home.

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POTG

Rios - HR, 4 Hits, 2 RBIs, 2 SBs

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Radke watches Rios hit a leadoff HR

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[align=center]Gibbons gets ejected

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[align=center]Trade[/align]

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For the Jays:

Pros

They get a good young SS for 5 years at a reasonable price

There's a open rotation spot for McGowan now

They get a top infield prospect, which their system lacks in

Cons

McGowan can flop

They get a filler in Lofton

Chulk is a good reliever

For the Indians

Pros

Adams still has potential

Towers was one of the better pitchers in the AL East last year (and has a good rating in the game)

Chulk was one of the better relievers in stranding inherited runners last year

They get rid of a prospect that really isn't rated to do much

Cons

They give up 2 promising players

Adams might have problems like last year

Towers and Chulk might not better their career years

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[align=center]Bring out the brooms[/align]

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Game #3 - Min @ Tor / 7:07PM

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Scouting Report on Silva

4SFB, 2SFB, Sinker, Slider

He's a pretty good ground ball pitcher. His best pitch is his sinker of course. Silva seems to preform even better in tight situations and isn't easily shook. The 1 thing that hurts him is how he tends to be a little to perfect with his pitches.

Scouting Report on Lilly

4SFB, Changeup, CRV, Slider

Lilly is a flyball pitcher. His best pitch is his dirty curve ball. Lilly has faced problems with control through out his career. He also is a question mark when it comes to his health. Lilly is a good fielder when he needs to be

Lineups

Stewart

Castillo

Mauer

Hunter

Morneau

Cuddyer

White

Punto

Tiffee

VS

Rios

Catalanotto

Wells

Glaus

Peralta

Overbay

Hillenbrand

Molina

Hill

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[align=center]Game #3

Jays tie the Rays for first![/align]

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[align=center]This game really went back and forward. The Twins got to Lilly early, but then the Jays fought back to tie the game. The game was never in control until the 9th, when Walker pitched a scorless frame, and Rincon gave up a bases loaded walk off hit. Both teams fought hard and hit the ball well to scrape out runs to get on top of the other team

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POTG

Glaus - had a fabulous night and delivered the walk off hit

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Lilly didn't have his stuff

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[align=center]Wells looks to get another gold glove

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[align=center]Battle for first[/align]

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Game #4 - Tb @ Tor / 7:07PM

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Scouting Report on McClung

4SFB, 2SFB, Curve, Changeup

He is a flamethrower. He pitches in the mid 90s and has a good curve as well. He needs to learn how to control his pitches so he can last longer in his games.

Scouting Report on Chacin

4SFB, Changeup, CRV, Slider, Sinker

Pitches to contact. He doesn't pitch very fast. He has a deceptive windup. He induces alot of grounders and is tough on left handers. His flaw is that he never usually lasts longer than 6 innings.

Lineups

Crawford

Lugo

Baldelli

Gomes

Cantu

Wiggington

Norton

Navarro

Hollins

VS

Rios

Catalanotto

Wells

Glaus

Peralta

Overbay

Hillenbrand

Molina

Hill

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