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Yanks Sanchez Hot in Desert
New York Yankees prospect Gary Sanchez continues to swing a hot bat in the Arizona Fall League, batting .328 with a league-leading six homers and 17 RBI through the conclusion of play on November 4. The young backstop, who is the Yankees’ No. 5 prospect according to MLBPipeline.com, also leads the league in slugging, and […]
Oil Can, Bichette and Creedon
CLEARWATER, FLA.– (above, EDDIE MICHELS PHOTO) Hurler Oil Can Boyd (L) greets Dante Bichette prior to the two former major leaguers teams playing against each other in the Men’s Senior Baseball League Fall Classic. Boyd didn’t pitch against Bichette because he had pitched on Monday and played second in an earlier game on Tuesday at age […]
Throwback Felden
The Men’s Senior Baseball League Fall Classic got underway on Monday at the Toronto Blue Jays and Clearwater Philies Florida Complex’s. Pictured is former Blue Jays farm hand Keith Felden applying the tag at the Mattick Complex. Felden, a Blue Jays third round pick in the 1985 January Supplemental Draft out of St. Pete College, […]
Fixing Field One
The Toronto Blue Jays are taking no chances for the 2016 spring training as they are spending six figures to completely redo Field One at the team’s Mattick Complex. The field is an original at the complex dating back to the early 1970’s. It is better known now as the field that a sprinkler head supposedly caused […]
Rowdy Homers for Rafters
Toronto Blue Jays prospect and 2015 Dunedin Blue Jay Rowdy Tellez went 2-for-3 with a walk and launched a solo home run to lead the Salt River Rafters to a 5-2 win over the Peoria Javelinas Thursday in Arizona Fall League action. Tellez’s homer, his second in this year’s AFL, was a tape-measure shot that […]
Alex moves On
Paul Beeston, Toronto Blue Jays President & CEO on Alex Anthopoulos not returning to the Blue Jays as General Manager: “After an exciting 2015 season, Alex Anthopoulos has reluctantly and regrettably decided that he is not going to return to the Toronto Blue Jays Baseball Club for 2016. Alex has done an unbelievable job and positioned […]
Roemon Rips Game Winner
Toronto Blue Jays prospect (and former Dunedin Blue Jay) Roemon Fields ripped a two-run game-winning triple in the bottom of the ninth inning to lead the Salt River Rafters to a 5-4 win in Arizona Fall League play October 24, 2015. The speedy Fields batted .262 with 46 stolen bases across three levels of the […]
JAYS OUT: No More Insurance Needed
On Thursday, two of the three Toronto Blue Jay insurance policy’s Jeff Francis (L) and Drew Hutchinson wait in the bullpen at the Mattick Complex. These two along with Bo Schultz pitching in an inter squad game between Blue Jay prospects during their last day of instructional camp. The three pitchers continued to workout at the Mattick […]
AUDIO: Baseball with Tommy G. World Series
Tommy G. from Sports Tonight talks about World Series. Terry Collins, Lorenzo Cain and Andy McPhail sounds bites… https://soundcloud.com/rocket-sports-ent/baseball-with-tommy-g
Getting Rowdy in the Desert
The first week of the 2015 Arizona Fall League is in the books, and one of the early hitting stars is Dunedin Blue Jays first baseman Rowdy Tellez, who has plated eight RBI in his first four games for the Salt River Rafters. The 20-year-old Tellez smacked 14 homers, knocked in 77 runs and posted […]
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