Brad Mills Gets His First Major League Win, Jays Beat Orioles
by Tom Dakers on Jul 29, 2010 2:14 AM EDT
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PrintThis is going to be short, Craig and I had a few at the bar while enjoying the game and I'm not quite 100%. But it was a nice time and a great game.
Brad Mills was terrific. 7 innings, 2 hits, 3 walks and 4 k. I don't think he gave up a hard hit ball all game. Cito took him out at 92 pitches. He might have been able to go longer but there was no reason to take the chance. Best to take him out while he was doing well than to take a chance on him having a bad inning. David Purcey was an interesting choice to come in with a one run lead, but he got two quick outs, then Jason Frasor came in to get Miguel Tejada. We scored 4 in the bottom of the 8th before Kevin Gregg came in to get the last 3 outs. 2 k's and a fly out.
Offensively we did enough. Vernon Wells singled to lead off the second and Adam Lind singled on a hit and run. Wells scored when Corey Patterson's give Linds ball a kick. In the bottom of the 8th Lyle Overbay hit a 3 run home right after the O's decided to walk Aaron Hill intentionally. I don't know who the Orioles use as an advanced scout, but he ought to be fired. It was good to see Lyle make them pay.
Jays of the Day are Mills (.470 WPA), Lind (.231) and Purcey (.096). Aaron Hill had Suckage numbers at -.114.
After the game Mills was sent back to Vegas (thanks very much for the win, see you next emergency) and Travis Snider will be called up Friday.
The Jays have tomorrow off, and then we have 3 against the Cleveland Indians.
12-0 vs the Orioles. Not too shabby. 4 game over .500 too.
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wish we could keep mills
and dfa tallet instead. good game
This.
Would love to see Litsch converted to a Long Reliever (don’t know where this idea came from but it’s just something I’d like) with Mills becoming the fifth starter.
one good start (with poor peripherals) against the O’s doesn’t mean Mills will ever be the kind of starter we want in our rotation. I’d much rather have Rzep.
No, but with two years in AAA under his belt, Mills seems ready for a decent shot in the big leagues. I’d like to see him get an opportunity next year somehow – if not as a starter, then long relief?
agreed
at least I agree that he’s paid his dues in the minors and appears to be major league ready, or just about at least. The big question (to me) all along has been whether or not he’ll get that shot with the Jays, or if it’ll be with another organization. I don’t think anyone will mistake him for the second coming, but he should be a useful lefty for the back end of somebody’s rotation (if not ours).
I'd rather have Zep, too
Better stuff (although he’s had his struggles with harnessing it).
So, when Travis is back up, who's going to play the outfield?
You got Fred, Jedi and VW (how can you move them?), got Lind DHing, got EE doing OK in 3B.
The only way that I can think off is rest day rotation, although I’ve never seen Cito do it.
That’s barring the Jedi (or Fred??) being traded, of course
Festina Lente
I think EE should be benched and platooned with Overbay
HEADING STRAIGHT FOR THEM, I PRESS DOWN MAH GUNS!
Hypothetically...
…could Cito’s usage of Purcey there be either a hint that Downs is gone? Or that Purcey could be an option to close if Gregg is traded?
Gotta play 'em, might as well win 'em.
"You had to have the BIG salad."
"Suit up."
"Eric, when your mom says are you ready for your catheter...the answer is no."
I actually like that idea...
Purcey as a closer…his appearances this season say he could take a shot at it, and probably do pretty well.
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by leafsfan4life94 on Jul 29, 2010 3:03 PM EDT up reply actions
getting pretty lucky on balls in play
and his BB rate is still a tad high (though much better than his numbers as a starter). wouldn’t mind seeing the K rate rise a bit too. but certainly he’s done everything we’ve asked of him
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August
I know it’s a very tough schedule, but it’s interesting to consider that if the Jays go on a tear, we could find ourselves by the end of it on a run for the Wild Card. A increasingly banged up Red Sox and the pitching rotation of the Rays are ahead of us, but if one stumbles and the Jays can keep winning series this month, the brutal schedule ends up being to our advantage.
A tough make or break month in August. Who’d have considered that in the spring?
Whilst it would be nice to be in contention after august
I wouldn’t get my hopes up if i were you. Could be interesting if our pitching holds up… But the Os/Indians etc. make everyone look like an ace.
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I wouldn’t put money on it or anything, but I think it’s fine to be excited about the possibility without entirely tossing realism out the window. The fact that an outside possibility exists is worth a little excitement alone, especially coming into the year with everyone predicting 90-100 losses.
While it is certainly still possible as we are playing the teams we are chasing it is a bit of a stretch to think we could make up a 12 game deficit to get to 1st or even a 10 game deficit to catch the wild card. Meanwhile chasing 3 of arguably the best teams in the league. As well as the Twins/White Sox in the Wild Card race.
To top it all off all indications are that the Jays are some of the most active trying to sell.
This season has been an success for me. For all the doom and gloom at the start of the year we have shown that we have something in our young pitching staff as well as a new GM who early indications are is a shrewd dealer in the FA market and adapt at surrounding himself with a lot of scouts to bolster the ranks. Everything points to a climb towards contention.
It has been fun watching the pitchers, and the hitters (Hill and Lind aside). Even being completely wrong (Boy,.was I ever) and sticking my foot in my mouth about Bautista has been fun. I can’t wait to see Wallace and Arencibia and look forward to when D’arnaud and Drabek come in down the road.
Things are looking up.
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not to mention the clever trades he’s pulled off thus far
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by LeafFan1989 on Jul 29, 2010 10:23 AM EDT up reply actions
Meanwhile chasing 3 of arguably the best teams in the league.
The point was that while the August schedule is brutal, it has us playing those very teams a lot over August. In the unlikely situation that the Jays have a monster August, the difficulty of the schedule has the advantage of us playing the teams directly ahead of us and would maximize the results of a big month.
Geez, no one is saying that it’s not clear that we’re selling and our odds on the post season are ridiculously slim, but the circumstances merit a little ‘what if’ musing at least.
right
but everyone agreed before the season that it’s most important for the young guys to develop and build the farm system/prospects this year. the worst possible outcome is for the Jays to sell off prospects to try to make a run a the playoffs because a) it probably won’t work and b) it will cripple our chances of actually building a contender with a legitimate championship window. it would still be fun to see a monster August though…
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the worst possible outcome is for the Jays to sell off prospects to try to make a run a the playoffs because a) it probably won’t work and b) it will cripple our chances of actually building a contender with a legitimate championship window
Agreed, but no where was it suggested that the Jays should hold on to tradable assets or add short term assets to try and make a run.
fair
that’s reasonable. but i’m of the opinion the Jays should still be ‘building’ – that is, not necessarily selling because picks help too
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My opinion is pretty simple; any deal worth making, make it. Otherwise, take the draft picks or arbitration into next year. I wouldn’t be unhappy with Downs pitching for us in 2011; even his raise wouldn’t put undo stress on our payroll.
That’s why you can sell high on some of these guys. Seriously, Montaro is a great prospect, but their key weakness right now is the bullpen. Do you really want to be going to Boone Logan in the 7th inning against the Phillies’ lineup in the World Series? Especially with New York’s payroll, tthere’s no sense them not trading for the best tools they need, even from prospects, in order to make a run in the post-season. Montaro is a top guy, but it’s not like after him the farm system is barren.
Since I dont think I have said it yet.
Good for Mills for getting his first win. He pitched a great game and even though it was against the Orioles he did well. Congratulations to him and hopefully he gets another crack at the big show soon.
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I realize this is a little premature, but...
I would not be surprised to see Mills on the move at the deadline. He won’t get shots with this club, we have too much pitching depth for him. The Jays are more concerned about the devlopment of Stewart, Drabek, the guy we drafted with the unspellable name, and hopefully Deck McGuire when/if he signs. Mills has done pretty good in the very hitter-friendly PCL, and I can’t think of a team that doesn’t need a little more pitching depth. Except maybe the Rays, but that’s about it.
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by leafsfan4life94 on Jul 29, 2010 3:09 PM EDT reply actions
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