Jays Journal » Alfredo Aceves http://jaysjournal.com A Toronto Blue Jays Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Sun, 19 May 2013 16:06:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Hindsight: Building a Bullpen http://jaysjournal.com/2011/11/02/hindsight-building-a-bullpen/ http://jaysjournal.com/2011/11/02/hindsight-building-a-bullpen/#comments Wed, 02 Nov 2011 17:22:21 +0000 Jared Macdonald http://jaysjournal.com/?p=9605 For the second consecutive offseason, Jays GM Alex Anthopoulos is once again faced with the task of restocking the Jays’ bullpen, with an emphasis on a permanent closer. There are many expensive relievers available on this year’s free agent market but, as the Tampa Bay Rays proved this past season, a bullpen can be completely [...]

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]]> For the second consecutive offseason, Jays GM Alex Anthopoulos is once again faced with the task of restocking the Jays’ bullpen, with an emphasis on a permanent closer.

There are many expensive relievers available on this year’s free agent market but, as the Tampa Bay Rays proved this past season, a bullpen can be completely overhauled on the cheap and still be a strength.

In fact, here are four relievers that we profiled last year as potential options for the Jays that signed with other clubs. They performed very well this past season and did so for a combined salary of $6.325 million, while the Jays opted to sign Jon Rauch, Frank Francisco, Octavio Dotel, and Jason Frasor instead for a combined $13.75 million with mixed results.

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]]> Like I mentioned in a post yesterday, there are a ton of options for the Jays to rebuild their bullpen, especially with the wave of players that were just recently non-tendered by their respective clubs on Thursday. This installment will take a look at right-hander Alfredo Aceves and one guy Jays fans might recognize, Taylor Buchholz. (more…)

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