Toronto Maple Leafs Trade and Aftermath - by Moses

From the Toronto Maple Leafs; Alexander Kerfoot (Forward) to the New Jersey Devils for Wayne Simmonds (RW/LW)

As a result, here is this years' Toronto Maple Leafs;

Head Coach - Sheldon Keefe

Goalies

1.  Frederik Andersen
2.  Michael Hutchinson
3.  Kasimir Kaskisuo *

Defencemen

1.  Morgan Rielly
2.  Tyson Barrie
3.  Jake Muzzin
4.  Cody Ceci
5.  Justin Holl
6.  Travis Dermott
7.  Rasmus Sandin *
8.  Timothy Liljegren *

Forward Lines

                LW                                      C                                        RW

1.  Wayne Simmonds            Auston Matthews              William Nylander
2.  Zach Hyman                       John Tavares                      Mitch Marner 
3.  Andreas Johnsson               Jason Spezza                   Kasperi Kapanen
4.  Dmytro Timashov              Pierre Engvall                    Ilya Mikheyev 

Bench

1.  Frederik Gauthier (Forward)
2.  Nick Shore (C)
3.  Nic Petan (Forward) 
4.  Trevor Moore (LW) !


*  -  currently in Minors
!   - on injured reserve

Free Agent Signing, Toronto Blue Jays Trades, and Aftermath - by Moses

Free Agent Signing by the Toronto Blue Jays - Gerrit Cole for $180 Million U.S.D over six years

Trades

1.  From the Toronto Blue Jays; Teoscar Hernandez, Trent Thornton, and Patrick Kivlehan to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Robbie Ray and Kevin Ginkel

2.  From the Toronto Blue Jays; Yennsy Diaz and Andy Burns to the Houston Astros for Abraham Toro     

3.  From the Toronto Blue Jays; 2020 4rth Round Draft Pick to the Chicago White Sox for Ryan Goins 

As a result this is the Toronto Blue Jays Roster for 2020;

Manager - Charlie Montoyo

Pitching Staff

1.  Gerrit Cole (RHP) 
2.  Robbie Ray (LHP) 
3.  Nate Pearson (RHP) @
4.  Anthony Kay (LHP) 
5.  Matt Shoemaker (RHP) *
6.  T.J. Zeuch (RHP) 
7.  Ryan Borucki (LHP) *
8.  Sam Gaviglio (RHP)
9.  Thomas Pannone (LHP) 
10.Kevin Ginkel (RHP)
11.Ken Giles (RHP)

Batting Order vs Righties

1.  Bo Bichette (SS) bats right
2.  Cavan Biggio (2B) bats left
3.  Abraham Toro (RF/DH/3B) bats both
4.  Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (3B) bats right  
5.  Rowdy Tellez (1B) bats left
6.  Randal Grichuk (CF) bats right
7.  Lourdes Gurriel Jr. (LF) bats right
8.  Reese McGuire (C) bats left
9.  Ryan Goins (DH/2B/SS/3B) bats left 

Batting Order vs Lefties

1.  Bo Bichette (SS) bats right
2.  Cavan Biggio (2B) bats left
3.  Lourdes Gurriel Jr. (LF) bats right
4.  Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (3B) bats right
5.  Randal Grichuk (CF) bats right
6.  Abraham Toro (DH/RF/3B) bats both
7.  Rowdy Tellez (1B) bats left
8.  Danny Jansen (C) bats right
9.  Anthony Alford (RF) bats right @

Bench

1.  Luke Maile (C) bats right
2.  Richard Urena (2B/SS/3B) bats both @
3.  Cullen Large (2B/3B/OF) bats both @
4.  Derek Fisher (OF) bats left
5.  Dalton Pompey (OF) bats both *

@ - in Minors
* - on injured reserve

As a result of all these transactions here are the Toronto Blue Jays' Chain's 20 best starting pitchers;

1.  Gerrit Cole (RHP)   
2.  Robbie Ray (LHP)
3.  Nate Pearson (RHP) @
4.  Anthony Kay (LHP)
5.  Matt Shoemaker (RHP) *
6.  T.J. Zeuch (RHP)
7.  Ryan Borucki (LHP) *
8.  Joey Murray (RHP) @
9.  Maximo Castillo (RHP) @
10.Simeon Woods Richardson (RHP) @
11.Graham Spraker (RHP) @
12.Sean Reid-Foley (RHP) @
13.Jordan Romano (RHP) @
14.Justin Dillon (RHP) @
15.Josh Winckowski (RHP) @ 
16.Zach Jackson (RHP) @
17.Nick Allgeyer (LHP) @
18.Tom Hatch (RHP) @ 
19.Jake Fishman (LHP) @ 
20.Patrick Murphy (RHP) @

The 2019/20 Toronto Raptors - by Moses

Head Coach - Nick Nurse

Projected Record - 57 Wins 25 Losses

Forecast for this years' team;  

Leading Scorers                        PPG   RPG   APG   Blocked Shots

1.  Pascal Siakam                      27.3      8.9      4.5            1.8        

2.  Kyle Lowry                          17.7      4.8      8.6              -

3.  Fred VanVleet                      17.3     4.3      7.5              - 

4.  OG Anunoby                        13.5     6.7      4.0            0.7

5.  Serge Ibaka                           12.8     8.3      2.3           1.1  

6.  Marc Gasol                            11.0     9.1      1.7           1.3

7.  Norman Powell                      10.2    4.7      3.3            0.3 

Proposed Toronto Blue Jays Trade and Free Agent Signing - by Moses

Off-Season Acquisitions

Sign Free Agent Gerrit Cole to a 6 year $180 Million U.S.D contract

Trade Trent Thornton to the Milwaukee Brewers for Eric Thames and sign him to a two year $12 Million U.S.D contract

With these changes here is the Blue Jays 25 Man Roster for 2020;

Manager - Charlie Montoyo

Pitching Staff

1.  Gerrit Cole (RHP)
2.  Nate Pearson (RHP) @
3.  Anthony Kay (LHP)
4.  Matt Shoemaker (RHP) !
5.  T.J. Zeuch (RHP)
6.  Ryan Borucki (LHP) !
7.  Sam Gaviglio (RHP)
8.  Thomas Pannone (LHP)
9.  Justin Shafer (RHP)
10.Ryan Tepera (RHP) 
11.Ken Giles (RHP)

Batting Order.vs Righties

1.  Bo Bichette (SS) bats right
2.  Cavan Biggio (2B) bats left
3.  Eric Thames (DH/1B/RF) bats left
4.  Vlad Guerrero Jr. (3B/DH) bats right
5.  Rowdy Tellez (1B) bats left
6.  Reese McGuire (C) bats left
7.  Lourdes Gurriel Jr. (LF) bats right
8.  Teoscar Hernandez (CF) bats right
9.  Dalton Pompey (RF) bats both !

Batting Order vs Lefties

1.  Bo Bichette (SS) bats right
2.  Cavan Biggio (2B) bats left
3.  Lourdes Gurriel Jr. (LF) bats right
4.  Vlad Guerrero Jr. (3B/DH) bats right
5.  Teoscar Hernandez (CF) bats right
6.  Rowdy Tellez (1B) bats left
7.  Brandon Drury (DH/2B/3B/OF) bats right
8.  Danny Jansen (C) bats right
9.  Dalton Pompey (RF) bats both !

Bench

1.  Richard Urena (2B/3B/SS) bats both @
2.  Derek Fisher (OF) bats left
3.  Forrest Wall (OF) bats left @

@ - in Minors
 !  - on injured reserve