B.J. Ryan had his best outing of the season, throwing 11 of his 12 pitches for strikes and picking up his first save against Minnesota. After his first two outings of the year, however, Ryan didn't made himself very popular in Toronto. A blown save against Detroit, and a woeful outing versus Cleveland raised questions about his status with the club. Having said that, Toronto needs to keep rolling him out in the 9th inning of tight games...
There is absolutely no reason for Manager Cito Gaston to make a change, at least not yet. The team has made a sizable investment in Ryan ($10 million each for the next 2 years) suggesting he's going to be around for a while. See if he can work through his struggles instead of delegating his role so early. What good would that do anyways? Handing his role over to someone like Scott Downs or Brandon League would only illustrate to other players they don't have much job security. That can't help production or morale within the clubhouse. Would the Yankees jettison Mariano Rivera if he had two bad outings?
If Blow Jay Ryan puts together a string of awful outings, don't be surprised to see Downs step in to shut down contests...
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
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2 comments:
great blog bawd! brandon league belongs in the minor league. love to see downs get a shot at closing out games.
who are the seahawks looking at in the 4th round?
Brandon will be a key cog to the future success of the Blue Jays. I am not willing to give up on him yet, he is very solid...
And we will be looking for a defensive linemen or defensive back likely in the 4th round...
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