Top 10 Prospects in the Toronto Blue Jays Farm System - by Moses

         Player                 Age      Position                     Team  

1.  Gabriel Moreno        22      Catcher (Bats Right) Buffalo/Toronto

2.  Ricky Tiedemann     19       LHP       Dunedin/Vancouver/New Hampshire

3.  Brandon Eisert         24       LHP                          Buffalo

4.  Addison Barger        22  SS/3B (Bats Left) Vancouver/New Hampshire/Buffalo 

5.  Adrian Hernandez    22       RHP                         Buffalo

6.  Orelvis Martinez      20       SS/3B (Bats Right)  New Hampshire  

7.  Spencer Horwitz      24      1B/LF (Bats Left)    New Hampshire/Buffalo

8. Trenton Wallace        23      LHP                         Dunedin/Vancouver

9. Damiano Palmagiani 22     3B/1B (Bats Right) Dunedin/Vancouver   

10.Nathan Lukes           27      OF (Bats Left)         Buffalo      

   

              

The Forecast for the 2022/23 NHL Hockey Season - by Moses a.k.a Stacey Marc Goldman

      Players                                  GP       G       A       Pts     +/-    

1.  Connor McDavid                   80       73      99      172    + 77

2.  Karill Kaprizov                      82       57      88      145    + 55

3.  Auston Matthews                   82       78      65      143    + 66

4.  Mitch Marner                         80       43     100     143    + 60

5.  Jonathan Huberdeau             82       33      88      121    + 65                                                 

Gun Apps - by Moses

       Remember the scene in the movie 'Matrix' when Lawrence Fishbourne calls on an application to show Neo all the GUNS THEY HAD IN STOCK.  Well there are gun software applications constantly being used in inner cities on their phones and computers when the average 14 year old comes home from school for entertainment purposes.  This scares me a little when my 14 year old knows more about guns than me or the average cop.

Sensibilities in Sports and Entertainment - by Moses

 

      In our day we're noticing a paparazzi approach in sports and entertainment.  These instances bring forth a constant eye into developments of actors, musicians and sports figures.  Examples have been given in the names of Bill Cosby, Johnny Depp, Keith Hernandez, Pete Rose, Barry Bonds, Taylor Hawkins, among others that were deemed expendable and treated like chattel.  When an entertainment giant like Bill Cosby is reduced to the level he was reduced it makes one wonder why the statute of limitations was denied in his case as all the accusations came from years past.  This constant pestering of the sports legends and entertainment giants leads one to feel a microscope that comes with the idea of being known as Famous.  It seems to borderline a petty jealousy that the media darlings have towards those that are rich and famous.  Do they really deserve lynchings for being good at what they did in a microcosmic sense?    

Team Canada Gold - by Moses

 

      The Canadian Men's Juniors defeated Finland in the finals yesterday 3-2 (OT).  This wealth of talent in the Junior ranks is well felt by the Hockey community.  As Canada had defeated the Czech Republic in the semi-finals and Finland had defeated Sweden in their semi-final clash we see how influential the European contingent of Hockey nations has almost equaled that of Hockey Giants Canada and Russia.  Including Slovakia, Germany, and Switzerland alongside Sweden, Finland, Czech Republic we see a European game of hockey evolving into success as evidenced by Finland and Sweden taking titles in the last number of years.  Let's also not forget that it was the Czech Republic that won the Gold Medal at the Olympics in Nagano, Japan in 1998 the first year integrating NHL'ers into the World scene.  Slovakia almost defeated Team Canada in 2002 in Salt Lake losing 3-2 in probably their most impressive game in that tournament and who can forget Germany defeating Canada in the Worlds' a few years back.  

  We see stars that have or are coming from pretty much every European Nation;

1.  Sweden - Mats Sundin, Perter Forsberg, Niklas Lidstrom, Borje Salming

2.  Finland - Jari Kurri, Teammu Selanne, Mikko Rantanen, Patrik Laine

3.  Czech Republic - Dominik Hasek, Jaromir Jagr, Stan Mikita, David Pastrnak

4.  Slovakia - Peter Stastny, Anton Stastny, Marian Stastny, Zdeno Chara

5.  Germany - Leon Draisaitl, Moritz Seider, Thomas Greiss, Uwe Krupp

6.  Switzerland - Roman Josi, Jean-Guy Trudel, Jonas Hiller, Mark Streit 

The 2022 Toronto Blue Jays Trades at the Trade Deadline - by Moses

       So at the trade deadline General Manager Ross Atkins traded 22 year old infielder prospect Jordan Groshans to the Miami Marlins for pitchers Zach Pop (age 25 and Canadian), former Jay Anthony Bass (age 34 - who is having an awesome year), and a player to be named later.  Right at the deadline Atkins dealt RHP Max Castillo (age 23) and OF/2B Samad Taylor (age 24) to the Kansas City Royals for 33 year old 2B/OF Whit Merrifield.  In a third deal the Jays traded for 27 year old right-hander Mitch White, a starter from the Los Angeles Dodgers and SS/3B Alex De Jesus (age 20) for minor league prospects 23 year old Nick Frasso (RHP- Starter) and 20 year old lefty relief pitcher Moise Brito.   The Blue Jays have just brought in Jackie Bradley Jr. to play some Center-Field in Toronto.  

  I would also have to say that the call-ups for September may come early in the form of Catcher Gabriel Moreno, (RHP) Adrian Hernandez, and (LHP) Brandon Eisert all having standout years in Buffalo.  Moreno has already shown he can hit Major League Pitching in his earlier stint with the Big Club and his defense showcases the best arm in the 'biz at the demanding Catcher position.  Hernandez looks poised to come off injured reserve in the next couple of days and Adrian has great numbers in Buffalo.  Eisert has asserted himself alongside Tayler Saucedo as the best lefties in the pen in Buffalo and looks to be the front-runner in lefties to be called up once Tim Mayza returns from the injured reserve.

  With these changes here is how our 2022 Toronto Blue Jays look like on paper for September 1st;

  

Pitching Staff

1.  Alek Manoah (RHP)

2.  Kevin Gausman (RHP)

3.  Jose Berrios (RHP)

4.  Ross Stripling (RHP)

5.  Mitch White (RHP)

6.  Adam Cimber (RHP)

7.  David Phelps (RHP)

8.  Yimi Garcia (RHP)

9.  Anthony Bass (RHP)

10.Zach Pop (RHP)

11.Tim Mayza (LHP) @

12.Brandon Eisert (LHP) *

13.Adrian Hernandez (RHP) *

14.Jordan Romano (RHP)

Batting Order vs Lefties

1.  George Springer (CF) bats right 

2.  Bo Bichette (SS) bats right

3.  Vlad Guerrero Jr. (1B) bats right

4.  Alejandro Kirk (DH) bats right

5.  Teoscar Hernandez (RF) bats right

6.  Matt Chapman (3B) bats right

7.  Lourdes Gurriel Jr. (LF) bats right

8.  Santiago Espinal (2B) bats right

9.  Danny Jansen (C) bats right

Batting Order vs Righties

1.  George Springer (CF) bats right

2.  Raimel Tapia (LF) bats left

3.  Vlad Guerrero Jr. (DH) bats right

4.  Bo Bichette (SS) bats right 

5.  Alejandro Kirk (C) bats right

6.  Matt Chapman (3B) bats right 

7.  Teoscar Hernandez (RF) bats right

8,  Cavan Biggio (1B) bats left

9.  Whit Merrifield (2B) bats right

Bench

1.  Danny Jansen (C) bats right 

2.  Gabriel Moreno (C) bats right *

3.  Santiago Espinal (2B/3B/SS) bats right

4.  Cavan Biggio (1B/2B/3B/OF) bats left

5.  Raimel Tapia (OF) bats left

6.  Jackie Bradley Jr. (OF) bats left

* currently in minors

@ currently on injured reserve

Catchers

1.  Alejandro Kirk (age 23) bats right

2.  Danny Jansen (age 27) bats right

3.  Gabriel Moreno (age 22) bats right *

1st Base

1.  Vlad Guerrero Jr. (age 23) bats right

2.  Cavan Biggio (age 27) bats left

3.  Lourdes Gurriel Jr. (age 28) bats right

2nd Base

1.  Whit Merrifield (age 33) bats right

2.  Santiago Espinal (age 27) bats right

3.  Cavan Biggio (age 27) bats left

3rd Base

1.  Matt Chapman (age 29) bats right

2.  Santiago Espinal (age 27) bats right

3.  Cavan Biggio (age 27) bats left

Shortstop

1.  Bo Bichette (age 24) bats right

2.  Santiago Espinal (age 27) bats right

3.  Whit Merrifield (age 33) bats right

Left-Field

1.  Lourdes Gurriel Jr. (age 29) bats right

2.  Raimel Tapia (age 28) bats left

3.  Whit Merrifield (age 33) bats right

Center-Field

1.  George Springer (age 32) bats right

2.  Whit Merrifield (age 33) bats right

3.  Jackie Bradley Jr. (age 32) bats left 

Right-Field

1.  Teoscar Hernandez (age 29) bats right

2.  George Springer (age 32) bats right

3.  Cavan Biggio (age 27) bats left

DH

1.  Alejandro Kirk (age 23) bats right

2.  Vlad Guerrero Jr. (age 23) bats right

3.  George Springer (age 32) bats right