Toronto Blue Jay Trades and Aftermath - by Moses

 Proposed Trades

1.  From Toronto;  Tom Hatch (RHP), Julian Merryweather (RHP), and Yennsy Diaz (RHP) to the Milwaukee Brewers for Corbin Burnes (RHP)

2.  From Toronto;  Ross Stripling (RHP), Derek Fisher (OF), and Forrest Wall (OF) to the Cleveland Indians for Zach Plesac (RHP)

3.  From Toronto;  Jacob Waguespack (RHP) and Reese McGuire (C) to the Atlanta Braves for Travis d'Arnaud (C/1B)

As a result of the trades (and losing free-agent closer Ken Giles) this is how our pitching looks entering 2021;

Starters                                G  GS QS   IP     H    BB  SO  W  L  ERA  WHIP Sv 

1.  Hyun-Jin Ryu (LHP)     33  33  20  207.1 180   53  173  20  7   2.77   1.145   -      

2.  Corbin Burnes (RHP)   32  32  20  204.2  163  73  256  15  6   3.05   1.167   -

3.  Taijuan Walker (RHP)  27  27  13  165.0  157  46  159  12  8   3.57  1.198    -

4.  Zach Plesac (RHP)         25  25 15  161.1  133  27  150  13  4   2.53  0.997     -

5.  Robbie Ray (LHP)         23  23   9  130.2  125  44  153   8   6   3.42  1.262     -

Swingmen                                 

1.  Nate Pearson (RHP)       32  15  7 110.1  93  35  135   8   5    3.55  1.191    0

2.  Chase Anderson (RHP) 25   6    2  63.1   65  23   43    2   3   4.12  1.317    0 

Lefty Specialists 

1.  Ryan Borucki (LHP)     62  -     -   71.1   54    20  77   2   3   2.17  1.056     2     

2   Anthony Kay (LHP)      57  -     -   61.2   53    17  67   3   4   2.84  1.103     1

3.  Kirby Snead (LHP)       33  -     -   27.1   25    10  20   0   1   3.35  1.218     0 

7th Inning Men

1.  A.J. Cole (RHP)             73   -   -   77.1  70    17  73  5   3   2.72   1.131    3 

2.  Shun Yamaguchi            55   -   -   65.2  60   22  70   3   4   3.21   1.198    1

3.  T.J. Zeuch (RHP)           54   1  0   63.0  60   23  45   0   3   3.91   1.225    0

8th Inning Men

1.  Jordan Romano (RHP)  71  -   -   79.0   53   12  93  5  2   1.91  0.855     7

2.  Anthony Bass (RHP)      65  -   -    69.2  61   15  60  3  4   2.79  1.084     3

3.  T.J. Zeuch (RHP)            54  1  0   63.0   60  23  45   0  3  3.91  1.225     0

Closer

1.  Rafael Dolis (RHP)         58 -     -    59.1  46  13   63   1  3  2.55  0.999     44  

2.  Jordan Romano (RHP)  71 -     -    79.0  53  12   93   5  2  1.91  0.855       7

Batting Order vs Righties                          AB   R  2B 3B HR RBI AVG OBP SLG OPS SB CS

1.  Cavan Biggio (2B/3B/OF) bats left      550  110 33   7   21    77   .310  .419  .477  .896  44   5

2.  Lourdes Gurriel Jr. (LF) bats right     591  94  43   4    24    93   .290  .347 .507  .854  13   4

3.  Bo Bichette (SS) bats right                   523 121  47   5    33  100  .329  .378 .612  .990  33   6

4.  Rowdy Tellez (1B) bats left                  491  91   27    1    40  110  .288  .357 .607  .964   3    3

5.  Vlad Guerrero Jr. (DH/1B) bats right 511 120 33    1    43   134  .320  .389 .615 1.004 4    3

6.  Travis Shaw (3B/1B) bats left               383 51  15    1     23    63   .272  .325 .475  .800  1    2

7   Teoscar Hernandez (RF) bats right     573 90   25    4    37   103  .273  .340 .540 .880  21   7

8.  Randal Grichuk (CF) bats right          552 87   27    2    25     80  .255  .317 .446 .763   7    2

9.  Danny Jansen (C) bats right                403  67  22    0    10     50  .240  .310 .367 .677   0    1

Batting Order vs Lefties

1.  Cavan Biggio (2B/3B/OF) bats left

2.  Lourdes Gurriel Jr. (LF) bats right

3.  Bo Bichette (SS) bats right

4.  Vlad Guerrero Jr. (DH/1B) bats right

5.  Teoscar Hernandez (RF) bats right

6.  Randal Grichuk (CF) bats right

7.  Travis d'Arnaud (C/1B) bats right

8.  Rowdy Tellez (1B) bats left

9.  Jonathan Villar (3B/2B/SS) bats both

Bench                                                    AB  R  2B 3B HR RBI AVG OBP SLG OPS  SB CS    

1.  Travis d'Arnaud(C/1B)bats right 320 46  21   0   12   55   .320   .377  .520  .897    2     2  

2.  Jonathan Villar (3B/2B/SS) both  323 53  23   3     7   42   .263   .320  .420  .740  30   7  

3.  Joe Panik (2B/3B/SS) bats left      256 31  13   0    6    30   .267   .319  .367  .686    5    3      

4.  Santiago Espinal (2B/SS/3B) right110 12   5    0    1   10   .240   .290  .321  .611     3    1

5.  Jonathan Davis (OF) bats right    321 44   17  3    7   41    .281   .340  .420  .760    7    2  

Jacob Blake and the Causes and Effects of Systematic Racial Profiling. As Well as the Resulting Murders of 'Black' Men Caused by Systematic Policing of 'Black' Men

   What is going on here?  Jacob Blake has his three children in his car and upon being non-compliant to an officers' orders, receives seven bullets (four landed) in the back rendering him a paraplegic for life (when he was no real threat).  Just a month ago we had to deal with the murder of George Floyd.  Who can forget the murder of Ahmaud Arbury just two months prior to Floyd.  This is systematic of the racial profiling done by the authorities creating a two-tier system for policing.  The 'White' treatment vs the 'Black' treatment.  The Black Lives Matter movement has evolved into a Civil Rights Movement that can't and won't be shut down until the U.S. Government deals with their denial of reparation for African-Americans.  Personally I believe that reparation should be a yearly 20% of the U.S.A's G.D.P (annually).  Anything less would be ignorant to the fact that African-Americans make up 20% of the U.S population.

  What would have happened in the time of Lansky, Luciano, and Siegal had the authorities operated this way (as they are acting towards 'Blacks' today) towards the U.S.A's Italian and Jewish population then?

  A reparation is in order.  Is retribution in order? or do we acknowledge that G-d himself works in mysterious ways.  Personally, I'd laugh if the cop that shot Jacob Blake came down with a life threatening stroke or heart attack.  That would be redemption from the highest level.

  Just don't ask me to play G-d, as 'Black' men are profiled systematically by the authorities.  My Grandfather was a quarter 'Black'.  It's offensive for me to explain why I will never have the right to operate in vengeance for the killings of my people.  If vigilante operations against the authorities exist as a result of these Murders, there will be nothing the authorities will be able to do about it.

George Floyd Part 3 - by Moses

      Was George Floyd a martyr for the cause of the 'Black' man?

  Truth be told that in the Hebrew Faith a man that dies unjustly could in fact be considered a martyr.  Is it realistic to perceive his death to be of martyrdom?  This is the question that is before America today in the case of George Floyd.  This reocurrence of events being conducted on the 'Black' man is the reality within the history of America.  First it was slavery in the inception of America in 1776.  Then it was the segregation act within the Southern States until 1964 (even after Lincoln freed the slaves from the South).  Along the way we saw the murder of Dr. Martin Luther King, John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Malcolm X, Stephen Bantu Biko (in South Africa), and George Floyd among others.

  Is martyrdom going to be applied in this case?  To the family of George Floyd this is a hard concept to endure.  He was murdered by the police point blank plain and simple.  To a higher order this is taking an argument to the masses.  Jesus Christ would probably say 'To each their own' on this issue.  We each need to do a reality check to analyse this issue.  The fact of the matter is that most of the time it is a 'Black' man that receives abuse by the authorities in the name of excessive force and police brutality (conducted by the police force).  For this practice to stop maybe we do need to analyse George Floyd as the last straw to avert a Civil War in America.  Malcolm X was very specific when he said 'By Whatever Means'.  This has meaning to Muslim Communities across America today.  When will the carnage stop? and when will America accept the 'Black' man as an equal?  

George Floyd Part 2 - by Moses

      What we're seeing as a result of the murder of George Floyd is civil unrest.  It won't go away until authoritative practices within the U.S Constitution changes.  It can no longer be acceptable to watch a 'Black' man being murdered by the cops on the streets.  The longer the President and Congress put it off is for however long this civil unrest will last.  These constitutional rights of the police forces in the U.S.A to hold people (mainly 'Black') until submissive will have to change.  These gross inequities of justice could lead the States to another Civil War.  As a Jew I will never forget the chants across North America in the thirties and forties when it was said 'a good Jew is a dead Jew'.  The Muslim population is seeing exactly what our people were exposed to when we came to North America.  The gross infraction of not being from Christ himself.  The 'Black' population has been exploited and treated as subhumans for too long.  This won't be forgotten.  In the thirties and forties an Italian and a Jew needed to have a say in their lives and we saw the emergence of gangs headed by Meyer Lansky, Ben Siegel, and Lucky Luciano.  These practices that are being conducted on 'Blacks' within America were being conducted on Italians and Jews until the Mafia was established (in the early 1900's by Noodles and his gang).  There were others like Dutch Schultz and the Irish Mafia to stand for their rights likewise.

  The hell to pay for these human rights infringements are on the table.  The riots across America today is a statement of the Muslim Brotherhood that WILL NOT NEGOTIATE with the Arian population within the prison system.  The fight will not go away.