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The Merry Month of May

  With May over, let's take a look at how the Jays did in May.  It was kind of a month in two parts. After May 18th we were 12-5 for the month. Life seemed good. The rest of the way we were 2-10, for a 14-15 month, not terrible but not what we hoped. To look at some of the key players:

Aaron Hill: .307/.331/480, 7 homers and 17 RBI. Slowed a little from his .365/.412/.567 but then expecting him to keep that up was wishful thinking.  Still a terrific offensive showing, he could take a few more walk, likely he was pressing a bit like everyone else in the lineup, he had 9 walks in April just 4 in May, but I'm sure he felt he had to carry the team.

Vernon Wells: .252/.300/.361, 2 homers, 11 RBI. Yeah, he dropped off too from a decent .283/.345/.465 April. He started the month well, hitting in 9 of the first 10 games and had 7 RBI in the first 6 games of the month.  And then ended the month not so bad with 14 hits in the last 11 games. The middle was awful.

Alex Rios: .302/.359/.509, 5 homers and 13 RBI. One of the few to have a better May than April, though maybe not so hard to do since he hit just .248/.304/.366 in April. If he continues to hit like it he did in May the rest of the season, I think we'd be happy.

Marco Scutaro: .322/.397/.421, 0 homers, 10 RBI, 19 runs. A bit of a drop in slugging as he hit 5 home runs in April, but you really can't complain at all about a leadoff man getting on at a .400 clip. 53 games into the season he's score 43 runs, which would put him at 131 runs scored on the season, which would be 3 off the Shawn Green's single season record.

Adam Lind .264/.333/.453, 4 homers and 18 RBI. A drop off from his blistering .315/.400/.533 April. Really he started the month well, but then he's hit .174 the last 12 games. The last couple of games he's looked better so I'm hoping he is out of his slump.

Scott Rolen: .289/.392/.470, 1 homer, 10 RBI. Another who improved on his April, where he hit .317/.367/.427. Yeah, he is great. I think his days of being a 25 home run guy are behind him but lots of doubles and great defence, who is going to complain.

Rod Barajas: .274/.304/.369, 1 homer, 16 RBI. He has fallen off a bit from a .299/.333/.493 April, but a pretty good month for a catcher, a few walks wouldn't hurt but that's not the kind of batter he is.

Lyle Overbay: .294/.347/.515, 2 homers, 12 RBI. His on base fell off from April's .403 but he's still hitting pretty well.

Travis Snider: .216/.237/.243, no homers, 1 RBI in 12 games.

Jose Bautista: .231/.403/.288, no homers, 6 RBI. More walks 14 than hits 12. A totally different player than last month when he hit .317/.404/.463.

Kevin Millar: .218/.283/.364, 2 homers, 9 RBI. Tanked from a .343/.395/.515 April. He also played too much this month, 35 at bats in April, 55 in May.

Pitchers

Roy Halladay: 4-0, 1.76 ERA. Even better than his 4-1 3.75 April. Yeah he should have had 2 more wins. After 11 starts he still hasn't pitched less than 7 innings in a game. Less than a third of the play thru the season he has thrown 82 innings, he is on pace for 255 innings.

Brian Tallet: 2-2, 3.00 ERA. He really has taken to the starting role. He deserves better than the 2-2 record. Who thought Brian Tallet would be our second best starter this year?

Scott Richmond: 1-2, 4.11 ERA. Yeah a drop from his 3-0, 2.70 April but then most of the ERA jump was one bad start. He's a darn good 5th starter.

Jesse Carlson: 1-2, 7.71. A rough month, after a 1.50 April.

Scott Downs:  0-0, 3.65, 5 saves. All the runs off him came in 2 appearances this month.

Brandon League: 0-0, 3.38. All his earned runs came in 2 appearances too.

Jason Frasor: 1-0, 4.82. Not quite as good as his 0 ERA in April. The bad game in Atlanta was the reason for the poor ERA, other than that he only game up 1 run in May.

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/sarcasm
They all suck! Trade em all! Fire JP
/ end sarcasm

I am amazed after a 9 game losing streak we finished May with a 14-15 record and are only 1.5 games back.

I believe in Karma. That means I can do bad things to people all day long and I assume they deserve it. - Dogbert

by JohnnyG on Jun 1, 2009 2:27 PM EDT reply actions  

I want to hug ...

Marco Scutaro.

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PLAYOFFS!!!!1

by eyebleaf on Jun 1, 2009 2:28 PM EDT reply actions  

Scutaro has been astounding,

It’s funny to look back at the posts that Bunner did for the AL East positional face off where he had Scutaro ranked 4th.

I have to admit I was one the people saying we couldn’t use him everyday. Gladly admit I was wrong on that one.

I believe in Karma. That means I can do bad things to people all day long and I assume they deserve it. - Dogbert

by JohnnyG on Jun 1, 2009 2:31 PM EDT up reply actions  

I’m usually never right, but I was saying all along that Scoots at shortstop was the least of our problems. Never would I have thought he’d play like this, but I knew that we’d have nothing to worry about.

It’s not only his bat, but his defense has been outstanding.

I loves me some Scoot Scoot Scutaro.

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by eyebleaf on Jun 1, 2009 2:38 PM EDT up reply actions  

My grades

Ya I know, who the hell am I, but this is how I would grade the aforementioned performances through 2 months:

A+
Doc
Scoot
Hill

A-
Tallet
Frasor
Downs

B+
Lind

B-
Overbay
Rolen
Richmond
Barajas

C+
Wells
Rios
League

C-
Bautista
Millar

D
Carlson
Snider

Happiness is a long walk with a putter in your hand.

by craig in calgary on Jun 1, 2009 3:17 PM EDT reply actions  

And I would give an "F" to:

BJ and Wolfe!

Happiness is a long walk with a putter in your hand.

by craig in calgary on Jun 1, 2009 3:18 PM EDT up reply actions  

A couple things to squabble about

Overbay and Rolen I think deserve at least a B… Overbay’s been an excellent platoon partner, Rolen’s had a nice bat and standard plus plus plus fielding. And I think it’s tough to give Bautista that low a grade, his fielding’s been ok (though I haven’t looked at UZR) and his OBP is outstanding…

by boo15749 on Jun 1, 2009 6:28 PM EDT up reply actions  

Wells and Rios get the same grade? Um......

In the grand scheme of things, the pain of life is not worth it.

by adamgreuel on Jun 1, 2009 6:39 PM EDT up reply actions  

I would say so.

Very similar numbers and huge expectations. Rios has stepped up lately but over the first 2 months, they (IMO) have been quite similar.

Happiness is a long walk with a putter in your hand.

by craig in calgary on Jun 1, 2009 6:46 PM EDT up reply actions  

Rios' defense is much better....

Rios is a little up on across the board….tho Wells has a bunch more runs

by Tom Dakers on Jun 1, 2009 6:53 PM EDT up reply actions  

Rios

Alex Rios: .302/.359/.509, 5 homers and 13 RBI. One of the few to have a better May than April, though maybe not so hard to do since he hit just .248/.304/.366 in April. If he continues to hit like it he did in April the rest of the season, I think we’d be happy.

I think you may want to change that final April to May

-- Gravity is not just the law, it's also a good idea

by mathesond on Jun 1, 2009 4:40 PM EDT reply actions  

Well if he hit like he did in April I bet it would make some people happy.

Those same people that like to point out that JP hasn’t made the playoffs and signs people to horrible contracts etc etc

I believe in Karma. That means I can do bad things to people all day long and I assume they deserve it. - Dogbert

by JohnnyG on Jun 1, 2009 5:23 PM EDT up reply actions  

JP

Why are we terrible fans if we don’t like what JP has done with the team? I think JP is not a good GM and that the only thing he did that was any good was convince the late Ted Rogers to increase payroll. If you look at the cornerstones of our lineup and rotation, the pieces were for the most part inherited by JP (3-4 hitters Wells and Rios, ace Roy Halladay), not acquired. This is troubling because JP has had the team for what 8 seasons and has yet to draft or trade for a middle of the order bat, or a top tier starting pitcher.

I will give JP credit for drafting better as of late, but early in his tenure he was not good at all. (2003 exempt)

Just because I criticize JP, doesn’t mean I hope our players do poorly. I love our players, and bleed blue, I just wish he made some better personnel decisions.

by T.Haynes on Jun 1, 2009 9:41 PM EDT up reply actions  

Caue middle of the order bats and top tier pitchers come easy?

Getting Burnett here was as close as a top tier pitcher as could be got at the time.
And there is no way a middle of the order bat comes to play in Canada when the big teams are paying out like the government is handing out bail outs. I can’t fault JP for not bringing something like this to TO because it is not for a lack of trying, but anyone in the same position wouldn’t be able to do it either.

I didn’t mean to say you were a bad fan. Im saying there are people out there who wait for the worst possible time to pop up and “remind” people that they said something was going to happen, of course the flip side of that is you never hear from those people again if they were wrong.

I believe in Karma. That means I can do bad things to people all day long and I assume they deserve it. - Dogbert

by JohnnyG on Jun 1, 2009 10:49 PM EDT up reply actions  

june is our month

if we are gonna make a move in this division, it has to be in june… we have a very favorouble schedule… while the yankees and red sox seem to have a pretty brutal june schedule… alot of road games – plus boston and new york play each other for 1 series

if we can win 18 games this month…we’ll be sitting pretty going into a rough july schedule

by Aquamelli on Jun 1, 2009 5:29 PM EDT reply actions  

18 games would definitely be excellent

and it’s doable – 17 home games and 3 games at Nationals.

by boo15749 on Jun 1, 2009 6:26 PM EDT up reply actions  

Now that IS a nice schedule

Sweet!

I don't want to play golf. When I hit a ball, I want someone else to go chase it. ~Rogers Hornsby

by wroth91 on Jun 1, 2009 10:39 PM EDT up reply actions  

And if we don't sweep the Nationals I will never watch baseball again.

Maybe.

I don't want to play golf. When I hit a ball, I want someone else to go chase it. ~Rogers Hornsby

by wroth91 on Jun 1, 2009 10:40 PM EDT up reply actions  

me neither

until the next game

Prehistoric Hoops - a neat little Raps blog

by boo15749 on Jun 2, 2009 11:46 AM EDT up reply actions   1 recs

It still bugs me League was warming up for the debacle in Baltimore. Wolfe should have never come in. He proved it last night. Ok. It’s June now. I’ll never mention it again.

by BigTimeBlueJayFan on Jun 2, 2009 1:38 AM EDT reply actions  

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