What....the...crap....

Alex Rios just hit a 2 run dinger.

Holy crap.

He is now 4 for 6 since being moved down to 6th in the order.

Pinch me.

FINALLY Cito changes the batting order!

After weeks of both Alex Rios and Vernon Wells performing terribly in the 3-4 spots of the batting order, Cito Gaston has mercilessly switched things up to try to spark the offense. Rios has been dropped down to the 6th slot, Wells moved up to 3rd in the order, allowing slugger Adam Lind to move into the cleanup spot.

What took so long? I admire Cito's loyalty in trying to get these guys to break out of their funk, but that can only last so long. I could understand why he wouldn't want to change anything when they had a sizzling start, but that's long behind the now. Rios and Wells have prevented the team from continuing that torrid pace. Lind has been outstanding all year, so he has earned his opportunity to hit 4th.

Scott Rolen moves from 6th in the order one spot to 5th, which is a good move considering he's had a great average all season. Don't be surprised to see him eventually switching with Wells in the order so he can get on base for the big hitters.

Hopefully this move jump starts both Rios and Wells. I'm not holding my breath.

Oh god please not Halladay!

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. Oh my word please don't do this. No, this can't be happening. Don't tell me Roy Halladay's groin injury will sideline him for a long period of time. Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. Please wake me up from this nightmare.

Should he have an MRI Saturday and the club learns his "tweaked" groin is more like a "destroyed" groin then we're screwed. We'd mark June 12th on our calendar as the day our season went up in flames. Early reports suggest Halladay might miss just one start.

He's been lights out, putting together a major league leading 10 wins on the campaign. By comparison, he's racked up more than a third of his victories this year than the other four members of the rotation (Casey Janssen, Brian Tallet, Ricky Romero and Scott Richmond) have in their CAREERS! Combined they have 29 wins between them.

Ya, if Halladay goes on the shelf, we're toast.

Don't give up on Brandon League

I know Brandon League had an awful outing tonight against the Marlins. 5 runs in one inning is pathetic. And I know he can be frustratingly inconsistent, sometimes going long stretches without giving up a run, then having games were he gives up 3+ runs at a time. However, he's still a good pitcher. In 2 of the last 3 seasons his ERA has been 2.53 and 2.18.

There's something to be said about not having blind faith. If I truly thought he was garbage, I'd be ripping into him right now. I don't idiotically believe Alex Rios and Vernon Wells are in a "slump" but rather consider their performance as crap. Blow Jay Ryan and Jesse Carlson have drawn my ire also. So why is there such hate on League? In 17 of his 23 outings he hasn't given up a run. The reason his ERA is so bloated is because in 4 of those instances he's surrendered 3 runs or more. That's his problem more than anything, consistency.

League, Jason Frasor and Scott Downs are the only men in this bullpen we can rely upon. Unless you count relying on Jesse Carlson and B.J. Ryan to screw up EVERY time. We are going to need to count on League in ball games throughout the season. League will be fine. Have some faith, the dude can pitch. And it's not blind faith.

Alex Rios and Vernon Wells

Suck.

Pathetic.

Gigantic.

Turds.

McDonald catches bad break; trade possible?

John McDonald must feel that he can't catch a break. Marco Scutaro has started every game at shortstop for the Jays this season, relegating McDonald to the bench, yet Scutaro was to be given a day off yesterday against Texas. However, heavy rains forced the game to be postponed. McDonald was then informed he would not be in the starting lineup on Thursday.

Johnny Mac has started just 2 games this season, both at 2nd base, and is being grossly misused as only a pinch runner or defensive specialist in blow out ball games. It's a shame really, because he is a human highlight reel out in the field. If the Blue Jays fall out of contention by the July 31st trade deadline, might they decide to move the valuable McDonald?

If I'm Red Sox General Manager Theo Epstein, I'm calling J.P. Ricciardi to inquire about trading for the 34 year old veteran to be my starting shortstop. Julio Lugo is injury prone and not effective when healthy, and incumbent Nick Green has 9 errors already this season. The Sox already have a phenomenal offense, so they could absorb McDonald's light bat and need a dependable shortstop to patrol the infield.

I'm a big fan of Johnny Mac, but he's not playing at all this year unfortunately. The club could probably get a mid level prospect in return for Mac, so would it be prudent to move him? Would they even deal with the hated BoSox?

Blue Jays sign outfielder David Dellucci

The Toronto Blue Jays made a minor move Wednesday, signing 14 year Major League veteran David Dellucci to a minor league contract. He will report to AAA Las Vegas to get some at bats in, and is expected to join the Jays shortly thereafter.

The Jays could use a left handed bat coming off the bench. Joe Inglett battled an injury earlier in this season, playing in only 7 games with Las Vegas before being summoned to the big club. In 9 games with the Jays, Inglett hit just .125

Dellucci hit .275 in 14 games with Cleveland this year, so he can still hit for a decent average and can play all three outfield positions. Let's hope he doesn't turn out to be a disaster like Kevin Mench and Brad Wilkerson were last year.