So the day after Jesse Litsch goes down to triple A Las Vegas to get his stuff righted Brett Cecil has joined him as he to needs to find his stuff which I believe that it is a good move because the Jays starters are having a hard time finding the strike zone so because they are so young they should be sent down to get their confidence back. So Brett Cecil is nowhere near the pitcher he was last season where he lead the Jays with 15 wins while Jesse Litsch missed all but 9 starts last season and missed most of the 2009 season as well so may still need some more time on the farm since he really has not pitched a lot since '08.
The surprising part of this move is who is coming up its not a pitcher like Brad Mills but instead it is a shortstop that Jays fans know well as it is Chris Woodward a '94 draft pick by the Blue Jays and was a high prospect in the organization and spent time with the jays between 1999-2004 and by the end of his first stint with the Jays he was a bust as he could not hit big league pitching with a career batting average of .247 as a Blue Jay. he also had lots of fielding errors as when he played a lot at short in 79 games in 2002 he had 13 fielding errors and in 2003 in 103 games he had 17 fielding errors. He was moved around the infield and still had a couple of errors but not as much as at short and now he is coming up from Triple A Las Vegas with a batting average .306 (15 for 49) with 5 doubles and 2 homers and as a shortstop he has 2 fielding errors in his 12 games. So Woodward could be a back-up for Yunel Escobar or more likely replacing Arron Hill if him and his sore hamstring are not ready to play in the next couple of days as he is day-to-day with said sore hamstring
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Brett Lawrie is having trouble playing third base down in Las Vegas as he has 6 fielding errors and has struck out 14 times in his 13 games but has a .393 batting average (22 for 56) with 6 doubles, a triple, and a home run.
The Jays will probably wait until the weekend or Monday to announce who will be pitching in Texas on Tuesday against the Rangers and it will probably be someone from Las Vegas most likely Brad Mills as he has pitched 22 innings and given up 12 hits with 2 earned runs and has struck 17 and walked 6 batters. The other choice other than a trade is Mike MacDonald who in 14.1 has given up an earned run on 8 hits and has struck out 10 and walked 2 batters.
Ok Blue Jays Lets Play Ball and I am going to see Jo Jo Reyes in person as I will be in stands
Tom Mehegan
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