Jays Journal » Justin Miller http://jaysjournal.com A Toronto Blue Jays Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Sat, 18 May 2013 11:00:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Today In Jays History: Billy Koch http://jaysjournal.com/2011/01/10/today-in-jays-history-billy-koch/ http://jaysjournal.com/2011/01/10/today-in-jays-history-billy-koch/#comments Tue, 11 Jan 2011 01:02:02 +0000 Jared Macdonald http://jaysjournal.com/?p=4072 Six years ago today, the Blue Jays brought back a familiar face in Billy Koch, when they signed him to a one-year, $950,000 contract on January 10th, 2005. The experiment of bringing back Koch for another stint with the Jays didn’t even last until the end of Spring Training, as the Jays released him after [...]

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]]> Six years ago today, the Blue Jays brought back a familiar face in Billy Koch, when they signed him to a one-year, $950,000 contract on January 10th, 2005.

The experiment of bringing back Koch for another stint with the Jays didn’t even last until the end of Spring Training, as the Jays released him after he made only four spring outings and compiled a 15.00 ERA.

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]]> With the Rule 5 Draft coming up on the last day of the Winter Meetings December 9th, the list of eligible names this year is perhaps the deepest it has been in recent memory. From a pitching standpoint, there are rarely notable starting pitchers available during the Rule 5 Draft, but a plethora of relief arms of all ages are usually available for the taking. The problem with minor league relievers though, is that it is tough to gauge whether or not they will have success at the Major League level based on their minor league statistics.

That being said, it is usually not as much of a problem when there are opportunities to pick up an arm at virtually no cost like in the Rule 5 Draft. Conveniently the Jays have some openings in the bullpen right now, so the Rule 5 Draft seems to be the perfect opportunity to add at least one potentially decent arm for 2011.

Here’s a look at some of the most notable Rule 5 Draft-eligible pitchers that are available, with their 2010 MLB parent club in parentheses:

RHP Michael Dubee (Pirates):

Drafted in 2004, 2005, and 2006, Dubee has been dominant in the minors the last two seasons. The 6’3” reliever finished 2010 6-2 with a 2.21 ERA in 77.1 innings, and his respectable 7.9 K/9 was actually below his career average (8.3 K/9). He posted a 7.2 H/9 and 2.4 BB/9 in 2010, and has logged at least 71.1 innings in each of the last four seasons. (more…)

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