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Eric Thames Promoted; Adam Lind to D.L.

Mat Germain — Tue, 17 May 2011 13:34:47 +0000

A ton of Jays fans clamoring for Eric Thames to get the call got their wish yesterday as the Jays purchased his contract, designated Robert Ray for assignment in order to make room for Thames on the 40-man roster, and placed Adam Lind on the Disabled List (DL). Thames follows David Cooper, who was returned to AAA the day before, as the second to get his shot at proving himself in MLB. (more…)

2011 Las Vegas 51s Projected Opening Day Roster

Mat Germain — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 19:52:27 +0000

Ladies and Gentlemen, your 2011 projected opening day roster for the Las Vegas 51s is listed below! This projected roster was obtained from the LV website, available here, and some minor adjustments (such as adding Lawrie to the roster). Manager - Marty Brown / Batting Coach - Chad Mottola / Pitching Coach - Tom Signore C - Brian Jeroloman, Ryan Budde [...]

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Jays Affiliate Assigments Begin

Mat Germain — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 12:40:11 +0000

The following players have been asigned to some of the Jays affiliates over the last few days. It does not guarantee that these players will begin the 2011 season with these teams, but it’s an indication that it is the plan, for now. Since all of the recent assignments deal with AAA and AA rosters, those are the ones I will present below. Here are the additions that the Jays have made to those affiliates:

AAA Las Vegas

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Jays Minors Review: 29-Apr-10

Mat Germain — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 11:37:29 +0000

Here is a review of the major events in the minors for the Jays on Thursday, 29th of April:

AAA Las Vegas – Won 3-1 vs Colorado Springs

The 51s were the recipients of Robert Ray‘s best start of the year. He gave them 6 innings of work, only giving up 5 hits and 1 ER while striking out 4 (no walks). The outing earned Ray his 2nd win of the year and lowered his ERA to 4.57.
Steven Register (5.02), David Purcey (3.00), and Jeremy Accardo (0.00) all chipped in with 1 shutout inning a piece that had Accardo earning his 1st save of the season.
RF Chris Aguila (.311) was 2 for 4 with a double while batting leadoff, and Jarrett Hoffpauir (.324) followed him up with a 2 for 3 day. Of note in this game was that Jarrett manned 3B instead of 2B, adding to his repertoire and possible utility role qualifications.

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Jays Minors Review: 23-Apr-10

Mat Germain — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 11:13:26 +0000

Here is a review of the major events in the minors for the Jays on Friday, 23rd of April:

AAA Las Vegas –Lost 6-4 to Salt Lake (LAA)

LV ran into a hot pitcher Friday, as top prospect Trevor Reckling limited them to 1 run over his 5.1 innings of work.
Robert Ray took the loss after allowing 6 ER over 4.1 IP. He allowed 9 hits and 4 walks in the game.
Brett Wallace hit his 7th HR of the season in this one, with JP Arencibia joining in with his 2nd HR.
Steven Register had a great relief appearance for LV, going 2.1 innings while allowing no hits and 1 walk, striking out 3 in the process.

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Brett Wallace Hits Second HR of 2010

Mat Germain — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 11:08:34 +0000

The best outing of this game was definitely SP Robert Ray, who put up 6 great innings of work, allowing only 1 ER in the game. However, he did walk 5 and allow 5 hits, they just happened to be spread apart effectively. Zach Jackson, David Purcey, and Steven Register all chipped in a shut out inning a piece to close out the game for the 7-1 win over Fresno (SF).

However, the story all Jays fans will want to hear about his the fact that Brett Wallace, while playing 1B – not 3B, hit his second HR of 2010. It seems the Jays have already decided to move Brett to 1B and will have to wait until Lyle Overbay is departed to bring Wallace up to MLB. Brian Dopirak, meanwhile, was the DH in the game and went 2 for 4. Jarrett Hoffpauir led the way in hits for the game, going 3 for 5 with a double and also driving in 3 runs. Chris Lubanski was outstanding in the game going 2 for 4 with a HR of his own and a double, while Jorge Padilla had 2 hits as well.

The wins keep coming for Las Vegas, as they now sit atop their division with a record of 4 and 1. They meet Fresno again over the next 3 days.