Hi everyone. Florida, especially non-panhandle Florida, doesn't make for very good songs (unless one likes songs about chain restaurants and humidity, I suppose). But I pulled this one from a good South Florida song, "Snowbirds and Townies" by Further Seems Forever.
After yet another home run yesterday, Travis Snider should be coming up on super-2 safety sometime this week and I'd expect him to be brought up sometime by next weekend. Snider is hitting .339/.435/.673 for Vegas with 14 home runs in just 47 games. Not to be outdone, Brian Dopirak also homered and is hitting .344/.376/.566 in AAA with 7 home runs in 29 games after posting a very similar line in AA, so he should be up in September at the very latest. I know it's the PCL, but Dopirak made huge progress this year and even if the Jays aren't counting on him to be a regular in the majors next year, they'll likely bring him up for the month as a reward. Let's face it, he might as well get the at-bats rather than the alternative.
In other news, Brett Cecil has been declared ready to start on Thursday against the Red Sox. Should be a good test for the young pitcher.
The Jays face off against the Rays this afternoon in the rubber game of the series. A win would be nice after yesterday's poor effort. Mark Rzepczynski pitches for the Jays and looks to get back on track after a rough start his last time out, while Matt Garza pitches for Tampa.
For some reason the lineup widget isn't working, but our Millar-less lineup reads:
Scutaro, SS
Hill, 2B
Lind, LF
Overbay, 1B
Wells, CF
Ruiz, DH
Encarnacion, 3B
Barajas, C
Inglett, RF
Let's go Jays!