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TORONTO (AP) — One start ago, Fernando Rodney cost Alex Cobb a win by blowing a save against Boston. View full post on Yahoo! Sports – MLB – Toronto Blue Jays News

Mark Buehrle has struggled immensely in his brief tenure as a Blue Jay. Although it’s almost impossible that he’s as bad as he's been so far, you won't find many Jays fans optimistic about his future. His numbers are way down in almost every meaningful category and he hasn't given many signs of coming out of this funk. Buehrle is aging, his velocity is slightly down and he’s moved to the A.L. East so some of this was predictable, to an extent. Blue Jays fans likely expected him to regress slightly from his 2012 season with the Marlins, but probably not to this degree. This article is not about what has gone wrong for Buehrle but rather the mind-bending way in which Buehrle has been effective over the years, and to a lesser extent, so far this year. The narrative is that Buehrle is effective because he pounds the strike zone, fields his position well and logs big innings. You can find those terms, in almost exactly those words, in any scouting report of the 33 year old. The problem is that this narrative is extraordinarily misleading. The thing is that Mark Buehrle doesn’t really throw strikes at all. The first reaction to a statement like that is probably denial. Buehrle has posted above average walk rates throughout his career for an excellent career total of 2.04 BB/9 or a 5.5% walk rate. However, simply not walking people does not equate to pounding the zone. What’s Buehrle has done that is so rare is avoid walking batters while putting an incredibly low rate of his pitches in the strike zone. Here is a chart showing Buehrle’s walk rate and the percentage of his pitches in the zone since 2002: Year Zone% BB% 2002 57.2% 6.2% 2003 52.4% 6.2% 2004 53.9% 5% 2005 58.8% 4.1% 2006 52.4% 5.5% 2007 52.5% 5.4% 2008 49.7% 5.7% 2009 48.6% 5.2% 2010 44.3% 5.5% 2011 41.3% 5.2% 2012 42.1% 4.8% 2013 38.8% 6.6% Something here doesn’t make sense. It seems as if no matter how few balls Buehrle throws in the zone he is almost immune to walking batters. At one point the description of Buehrle as someone who fills the strike zone was an apt one. In 2005 he was 8th in the league in Zone%, right between David Wells and Pedro Martinez. This year, his Zone% is the 4th lowest in the league, between Gio Gonzalez and Jeff Locke. It’s almost as if he decided he was done with throwing strikes in 2010-ish and hitters just haven’t noticed yet. Is his reputation a factor here? Do batters assume the ball will be in the zone and swing just as much now as when he was actually throwing a ton of strikes? The answer is…. sort of? Year O-Swing% Swing% 2002 17.3% 48.3% 2003 24.3% 47.6% 2004 22.6% 46.8% 2005 21.6% 49.2% 2006 27.7% 48.3% 2007 26.6% 47.7% 2008 31.4% 47.7% 2009 27.8% 46.8% 2010 33.1% 47.5% 2011 31.2% 46% 2012 32.8% 45.3% 2013 30.2% 43.9% As Buehrle has thrown fewer pitches in the zone his swing rate has fallen slightly but not nearly as much as his Zone%. His O-Swing% has gone steadily up, allowing him to maintain approximately the same level of effectiveness over the years. However, if these trends persist one wonders if there is a threshold where Buehrle’s effectiveness can no longer continue. As a pitcher who doesn’t strike many batters out and isn’t especially good preventing home runs, not walking batters is essential to his success. Yet it is hard to imagine his ability to keep a low walk rate will last if he puts so few pitches in the strike zone. Perhap

"And so, the Blue Jays must go forwards, not backwards! Upwards, not forwards! And always twirling, twirling towards freedom!" How in the world do you blow a three goal lead with ten minutes left in the third period??!!!?? How does that possibly---Whoops, wrong notes.The Blue Jays are a strange team to follow. A casual fan might conclude: "Wow, we smoked the defending World Series champs in a two game series! Maybe there's something to this team after all!"That same casual fan, under different circumstances, might also conclude: "Geez, we've been smoked by the Yankees in two straight games, and New York wasn't supposed to be all that good this year! Maybe there's nothing to this team after all."I've played in a Toronto hardball league for some odd eight years now, six of those on the same team. Over those years we were sometimes fantastic, sometimes ordinary, sometimes truly dreadful, but no matter how well we were playing that season there was the same one team we could never beat. It didn't matter if it was a close game or if we built up a big lead, they would always find a way to steal the victory from us. There was no statistical explanation for this, no obvious "that's why we always lose" answer, just that they would always win and everyone was aware of that. I believe confidently there is a similar dynamic throughout all levels of baseball, including the major leagues. You've got to believe that even the 1954 Cleveland Indians or the 1927 New York Yankees had a team or two they didn't like facing for one reason or another. That is the nature of how baseball teams are constructed: certain teams just don't match up well with certain other teams, regardless of talent level or experience.The reason I mention this is because of the week the Toronto Blue Jays have had. They made the champion San Francisco Giants look hopelessly awful, yet a few days later made an injury prone New York Yankees team look unbeatable. The Blue Jays are now 0-6 this season in Yankee Stadium as I write this and 1-8 against the Yankees overall. The Yanks aren't THAT good, nor are the Blue Jays THAT bad (probably.) It seems to just be a bad matchup for Toronto, for reasons people more thorough than I can likely explain...This weeks Game Of The Week is May 14th, the first game of the Blue Jays-Giants series. I was at this game and I must say, it was not a good game. I enjoyed the experience in the same way I will enjoy any live spectacle of baseball anywhere, but It was a pretty bad game as far as intrigue goes. Anyhow...I had finished work surprisingly early so I thought "What the fudge!" and went to the Blue Jays game. It was already the bottom of the first inning when I arrived and to my surprise and delight, Toronto was already up 5-0 on poor Barry Zito. The Blue Jays had already batted around in the first and another RBI single made it 6-0. My ticket was for the 500 level but as I was alone at this game, I decided to hang around the 100 level and lean around one of those watching areas they have just before the steps into the stands. I was particularly curious to observe R.A. Dickey, who was starting for the Blue Jays, just to see how such an excellent knuckleball looked to an untelevised eye. Dickey struggled with the strikezone the first inning I watched, often throwing his hard knuckler wide. (though I do believe he was getting squeezed a little bit) Well, the Jedi Ninja of Knuckleballers admirably battled through some early jams and only surrendered three runs in seven strong innings, striking out nine Confunded San Francsico hitters. I must mention as well, my first impression watching Dickey pitch from so close was "how on Earth does anyone make contact with that thing?" On this particular day, Dickey's knuckleball was not consistent: sometimes it was a 74 MPH changeup with sink, other times it was a creature that did whatever it wanted as long as it hit the strikezone and was home by bedtime. Barry Zito settled down a bit and kept the Giant

While I was in Dunedin I saw parts of six extended spring games. On the first two days there were intra-squad games at the Jays minor league facility. On day 3 the Jays played two games at the Yankee complex in Tampa. While there were six extended spring games played while I was there they were all doubled up. As I could only watch one game at a time I saw some of all six games. Call it the equivalent of three games seen by me. Here are my notes on what I saw and remember I only saw a pitcher throw once, it might have been a good day for him or a bad day. Who impressed me Mitch Nay Nay was the most impressive hitter in camp. He had consistently good at-bats. I saw him double over the centre fielders head off Ivan Nova in a Yankee game. I saw him wait on and drive a curveball. Nay is a big guy, probably 6'2" or 6'3". He is an average runner. Nay's grandfather played in the major leagues. Lou Klimchock played parts of 12 years in the majors, from age 18 to 30. He has been coaching and throwing BP with Mitch since he was 4 years old. With his guidance he thinks Mitch is ready for the professional life and knows what to expect. Zach Wasilewski Wasilewski has been one of the pleasant surprises in camp. Wasilewski, a lefty, features a nice 91-92 fastball with a change-up and a slider. His command was pretty good. Chase DeJong I saw DeJong pitch at the Yankee complex. At that complex the Yankees have gated off the areas behind home plate so my only views of DeJong came from behind first base. But from there I was very impressed. DeJong has a very smooth, easy delivery. He appeared to have very good command. DeJong showed a fastball, change and curve. He pitched five or six innings against the Yankees and only gave up a couple of hits. Dawel Lugo Lugo is a good sized shortstop who showed a good quick bat and appears to have the range and arm for shortstop. Franklin Barreto Barreto is a short but powerfully built shortstop. I saw him triple off the CF wall against the Yankees leading off the game. He is fast and appears to be a true shortstop. Barreto is either 16 or 17 so he looks good for his age. Alberto Tirado Tirado looked good. He has a skinny body off a 6 foot or 6'1" frame. He showed a very good fastball at 94 mph and a slider that he threw at 81-88 mph. Some times it looked like a curve, sometimes a true hard slider. He also threw a chage-up but his command of that pitch was not great. Tirado cruised through three innings but ran into trouble in the fourth and came out of his delivery. He seemed unhappy after he came out of the game and he spent some time talking with Dane Johnson and Antonio Caceres. It shows that players have to be physically and mentally able to handle the more advanced leagues. Tirado is still just 18 years old. If he was a North American kid he would be getting ready to graduate high school. Other Players DJ Davis Davis is fast and he has a quick bat. But his pitch recognition still has a ways to go. Even though he is fast he was caught stealing twice against the Yankees, with poor jumps to blame both times. Davis does have a lot of potential but he is still raw. I had thought he might start the season in Lansing but now that I have seen him play I agree that he was not ready. Gabriel Cenas Cenas did not look good hitting, he appeared to be off balance. The Jays have decided to convert him to be a catcher. He seems like a disappointing international signing. Matt Dean Dean is a tall third baseman. I didn't see Dean do much at the plate. Jacob AndersonAnderson has a long swing. He swings and misses quite a bit too. I did see him hit a home run to right field off a high fastball that was up. Anderson did appear passive in a lot of his at-bats. Dickie Thon I didn't see Thon do anything of note offensively. Defensively he looked fine with a strong arm. Tyler Gonzalez Gonzalez has a real quick arm with good deception and the ball seems to get on the hitter quickly. However Gonzalez has had problems t

Social media hero J.P. Arencibia has picked up in 2013 where he left off 2012, not being very good for the Toronto Blue Jays. While people (like the hot air balloon of Gregg Zaun) like to talk about how Arencibia's power makes up for his numerous other shortcomings, it's become pretty clear that a winning team should probably have someone besides JPA behind home plate. Although some of what J.P. Arencibia brings to the table has been good, most of it has been bad and almost all of it has been well below league average. The Good Serious Pop- An undeniable fact about J.P. Arencibia is that he can hit a baseball very far. His 10 home runs this year is tied for eleventh in the major leagues. His .462 slugging percentage this year also slots him comfortable in the top 10 among starting catchers this season. J.P.'s ISO of .237 is obviously pretty impressive as well because when he gets a hit it usually goes for extra bases. Solid Arm- J.P. Arencibia's other tool that is at least average is his arm. In 2012 his CS% was 29% while the league CS% was 25% so he was slightly above average, but nothing to write home about. Arencibia throws out Victorino (via MLB) Ladies Love Him- via guyism.com The Bad He Strikes Out A Lot, Like Way Too Much- When John Paul walks to the plate there's a 34% chance he strikes out. That's fifth worst in the whole league, with teammate Colby Rasmus being the worst at 40.1%. A third of the time Arencibia hits, there's zero opportunity for anything good to happen at the plate or on the base-paths. Dirk Hayhurst and Gregg Zaun had a discussion a while back about Arencibia and Hayhurst said a player who strikes out 200 times in a season doesn't deserve to start and I (for once) couldn't agree more with him. There's also no sign he's getting any better with his eye at the plate. This year he's swinging at pitches outside the zone 39.4% of the time. That's up from 37.2% in 2012 and 33% in 2011 while also making less contact on pitches both inside and outside of the strike zone. This is a sign that his plate discipline is actually getting worse as he approaches his "prime years" and his strikeout rate should be expected to stay just as bad as it currently is. He's Not Very Good At Defense- Although defensive prowess is tough to measure for catchers, it seems to be a consensus among people who watch the Blue Jays that Arencibia is a pretty horrible defensive catcher. According to Fangraphs, Arencibia's -2 Defensive Runs Saved is among the bottom 10 for catchers this season. To back this stat up, J.P. leads the league with 6 passed balls and is sixth with 15 wild pitches. Obviously catching R.A. Dickey at the beginning of the season didn't help his numbers, but he ranked just as poorly last season. He also seems to receive the ball awkwardly too often leading to a lot of calls that don't go his way. Awkwardness in gif form: via baseballprospectus.com Obviously there's comfirmation bias going on here as it's easy to find gifs of all catchers making mistakes, but it seems to occur pretty frequently with J.P. behind the plate. The Well Below League Average It's become clear that J.P. Arencibia is below average at the catcher position in every category except hitting for power, and maybe his arm. If you're into graphs, here are some that show how consistently below average Arencibia is: via www.fangraphs.com via www.fangraphs.com His wRC+ this season is 89 as it was for 2012 as well, meaning that in spite of all his flashy home runs, he's creating 11% less runs than the league average. That's 11th worst out of 14 qualified starting catchers so far this season resulting in Arencibia being worth only 0.3 WAR thus far this season. To be fair, as was noted in the game thread last night, a wRC+ of 89 is only slightly below the usual league average for catchers. What To Do, What To Do If I'm Alex Anthopoulos, I'm trying to do whatever I can to make sure J.P. Arencibia stops playing catcher for

The affiliates went 2-2 Tuesday night. One of the wins came in extra innings and in walk-off fashion. Buffalo 8 Charlotte 7 (10 Innings)Buffalo, NY ? What to say about Ricky Romero? The southpaw held the White Sox affiliate to a run over five innings. However, he could not get any of the four hitters he faced in the sixth inning. Lefty Juan Perez picked up Romero and allowed two of his three runners to score. Romero's line was four runs on four hits and six walks with only two strikeouts. He threw 96 pitches and only 47 were for strikes but he did tally 10 groundball outs. Perez pitched a scoreless inning, giving up a hit and striking out one. Dustin McGowan had a rough outing as he was slapped around for three runs on two hits and two walks in just one-third of an inning. Newcomer Thad Weber was given a blown save after allowing two of McGowan's three runners to score. He lasted 2 2/3 scoreless frames and yielded three hits and a walk while whiffing two. Neil Wagner (1-0) struck out one in the tenth for the victory.The Bisons put up a three-spot in inning number one courtesy of a Josh Thole sacrifice fly, a Mauro Gomez RBI single and a Ryan Langerhans run-scoring triple. Jim Negrych singled home another run in the second before Andy LaRoche took over. He doubled home two runs in the third, doubled home another in the fifth and had the walk-off single in the tenth. LaRoche, Gomez and Negrych all had three hits apiece. Thole had a pair of hits. Mike McCoy singled, walked and stole a base. Moises Sierra was 0-for-5 with two strikeouts but threw out a runner at the plate from center field.Portland 5 New Hampshire 3Portland, ME ? Deck McGuire (2-4) had a so-so start against the Red Sox affiliate. Portland scored twice in the first inning before the 6-foot-6 righty put up zeros over the next five frames. He got some help from Kevin Pillar, who threw out Sox prospect Xander Bogaerts at home from center field to end the fifth. McGuire could not retire any of the two batters he faced in the seventh and they would eventually score. His game WHIP was 2.00 after surrendering nine hits and three walks. McGuire gave up a home run, struck out two and six of his 10 outs in play did not leave the infield. Tyson Brummett was charged with the blown save. He not only allowed his two inherited runners to score but also gave up a run of his own on a hit and a walk. He did manage to strike out a pair.All three Fisher Cat runs came in the fourth inning. Clint Robinson tripled home a run and scored on a Brad Glenn groundout. Sean Ochinko cashed in the other run with a single. Robinson had two hits and a walk. Adam Loewen reached twice on ball fours and stole a base. Glenn, Pillar and Amadeo Zazueta all had doubles. Ryan Schimpf walked once but Brian Van Kirk wore the sombrero.St. Lucie 5 Dunedin 3Dunedin, FL ? Casey Lawrence (3-4) could not hold an early 2-1 lead as the Mets scored five runs over his 5 2/3 innings. Two of the runs were unearned and they came in the sixth inning on a pair of Andy Burns errors at third base. Lawrence allowed six hits and a walk and struck two. His groundout/flyout ratio was 10-1. Lefthander Tyler Ybarra stranded a Lawrence runner and pitched 2 1/3 scoreless frames. His only blemish was a walk but he struck out three. Lefty John Anderson worked a 1-2-3 ninth inning.Burns opened the scoring for Dunedin with a run-scoring flyball in the first inning. A Nick Baligod double and an error by the center fielder plated the second run in the second. Jonathan Jones drove in the third run with a single in the seventh. Jones was the only D-Jay with two hits. Shane Opitz had a hit and a walk. Jon Berti was 1-for-4 and stole his 21st base of the season. Marcus Knecht singled and Michael Crouse walked.Lansing 8 Lake County 5Lansing, MI ? Taylor Cole managed to get through five innings despite a WHIP of 2.20. The Indians affiliate scored four runs on seven hits and four walks off Cole, who only struck out one but five of his nine outs

Our minor league system went 2-2 today. Buffalo Bisons (26-18) beat Charlotte Knights 8-7 Ricky Romero pitched 5 pretty good innings, but then he walked 4 straight batters to start the 6th (apparently the first one on 5 balls, the umpire messed up). Before that he went 5 innings, allowed 2 walks, 4 hits, 2 k, 2 earned, which would have been a big step forward. Then it all unraveled. Dustin McGowan pitched for the 2nd time for the Bisons. It did not go well, he gave up a walk, got a fly out, 2 singles, another walk and then was pulled. 2 hits, 2 walks, 3 earned, 1 out. It was all going to smooth. Thad Weber: 2.2, 3 hits, 1 walk, 2 k, in his first appearance since we picked him off waivers. Neil Wagner: 1.0, 1 k. Win. 0.96. Mike McCoy: 1 for 3, walk. .211/.324/.256, 9 steals. Jim Negrych: 3 for 5, double, k. .394/.455/.591. Josh Thole: 2 for 4, k. .336/.411/.496. DHed today. Mauro Gomez: 3 for 5, 2 k. .266/.345/.516. Ryan Langerhans: 2 for 5, double, k. .248/.351/.531. Andy LaRoche: 3 for 5, 2 double, k. .302./359/.489. Mike Nickeas: 1 for 4, double. 113/.203/.132. New Hampshire Fisher Cats (23-23) lost to Portland Sea Dogs 5-3 Deck McGuire: 6.0, 9 hits, 4 earned, 3 walks, 3 k. Loss. 4.78. Tyson Brummett: 2.0, 1 hit, 1 earned, 1 walk, 2 k. Blown save. 5.91. Kevin Pillar: 1 for 5, double. .325/.367/.462. Clint Robinson: 2 for 3, triple, walk. .303/.404/.461. Brad Glenn: 1 for 4, double, k. .255/.350/.423 Amadeo Zazueta: 1 for 4, double, k. .231/.254/.262. Dunedin Blue Jays (25-17) lost to St. Lucie 5-3 Casey Lawrence: 5.2, 6 hits, 3 earned, 1 walk, 4 k. Loss. 3.74. Tyler Ybarra: 2.1, 1 walk, 3 k. 5.11. John Anderson: 1.0, 0.00 in 2 games. Jonathan Jones: 2 for 4, double, steal. .218/.282/.295. Nick Baligod: 1 for 4, double. .301/.356/.373. Shane Opitz: 1 for 3, walk, k. .231/.333/.308 in 4 games since moving up from Lansing. Lansing Lug Nuts (19-23) beat Lake County Captains 8-5 Taylor Cole: 5.0, 7 hits, 4 earned, 4 walks, 1 k. 4.60. Justin Jackson: 2.0, 1 hit, 2 k. 1.93. Tucker Donahue: 1 walk, 1 k. 5.91. Win. Wil Browning: 1.0, 1 k. Save 2. 0.36. Christian Lopes: 1 for 2, 2 walks. .321/.356/.426. Kevin Patterson: 2 for 4. .250/.327/.479. Gustavo Pierre: 3 for 4, 2 doubles, 5 RBI, 1 steal, 1 caught. .290/.288/.490. Still looking for his first walk. Chris Hawkins: 2 for 3, double, walk, steal. .21/.266/.298.

TORONTO — Tampa Bay Rays closer Fernando Rodney is not off to a strong start to the season. View full post on Yahoo! Sports – MLB – Toronto Blue Jays News

Rays 4 Blue Jays 3 Well, that sucked. Before we get to the most painful suckage, let’s look back at the most important suckage. It’s the eighth inning, and the Jays trail the Rays 4-1. This screen grab is courtesy of Fangraphs, showing the leverage index for each plate appearances, as well as the team’s win expectancy at the end of the plate appearance. So, yeah. Basically, the jays began the comeback, thanks in part to an error from Ryan Roberts, and then J.P. Arencibia but a one-pitch end to it. If you like banking jokes, the Jays basically got the game to such an insanely leveraged point that they were the Lehman Brothers of baseball. And then J.P. Arencibia acted as the crash, pulling the rug out from under that leveraged percentage and bankrupting the team’s chances. Perhaps this will put an end to the "Arencibia is clutch" arguments in support of a guy with a .245 OBP. I mean, one plate appearance shouldn’t swing anyone’s opinion on anything, really, but if you believed the "clutch" argument in the first place, you’ll probably abandon it with a bases loaded, eighth inning GIDP. My real issue isn’t the outcome, though. Instead, I take issue with the process – Arencibia went first pitch swinging with Fernando Rodney on the mound. Rodney, accustomed to entering games at the start of a clean inning, as most closers are, was entering in an unfamiliar situation. More importantly, Rodney is throwing just 41.6% of his pitches in the zone this season. Even with a first pitch strike rate of 59% (which includes swings at balls out of the zone), there was a strong chance Arencibia could work a favorable count. Instead, he beats a low first pitch two-seamer into the ground. However… What most will remember is the ending. Melky Cabrera fell behind 0-2 with two outs in the ninth, with the game now 4-3 thanks to Colby Smashmus (homer and a ground-rule double on the night) scoring on a wild pitch. With Munenori Kawasaki on first and Jose Bautista on deck, Cabrera had this plate appearance (a called strike, a foul, a called strike). Now, those are two brutal calls. The Jays still only had a 10.2% chance of winning the game, but many will blame it on that call alone. We shouldn’t have been surprised, though, as this was home plate umpire Dale Scott’s strike zone to left-handers for the night. It’s a tough way to lose, but in reality the Jays had lost their best opportunity to come back an inning earlier. Or, when they trotted out Ramon Ortiz to the mound. The noted poopballer’s smoke machine went dry and his mirrors broke, leaving him exposed against a Rays lineup licking their lips at Ortiz’s pitch-to-contact ways. 2.1 innings, six hits, one walk, just a single strikeout and a pair of taters. The Jays trailed 4-0 in the third and Ortiz got the early hook. Ortiz was never expected to be a long-term option, I don’t think, but there were some who bought in to the 2.35 ERA through three appearances. HA. I don’t take pleasure in the failure of others, especially on the team I cheer for, but there are over 1400 innings of major league track record to suggest Ortiz is downright terrible. Tonight was affirmation. It also left John Gibbons rolling the dice with extended bullpen outings, a situation he managed just fine. Aaron Loup got five outs to get the team to the fifth, when Esmil Rogers saved the day with three solid innings of work. This not only saved the bullpen from being overtaxed but kept the game close enough for Gibbons to manage the late innings like a game within reach. Steve Delabara tossed the top of the eighth, a low-leverage situation but one that made sense for him – he hadn’t pitched for a few days and the Jays had a good part of the order due up. Brett Cecil then worked a tidy-ish ninth to keep things close and allow for one final shot at the come back. When your starter gets just seven out

The Jays continue their home series against the Tampa Bay Rays and their non-David Price, non-James Shields pitching, sending staff ace Ramon Ortiz to the hill, hoping to find just one small corner’s worth of pixie dust left in his bag, as he turns 2013 into the first year in which he’s made at least three Major League starts since he was a member of the Minnesota Twins back in 2007. Uh… fingers crossed? Uh… I dunno. Yunel Escobar, everybody! Scuttlebutt Junior hockey? Seriously? Ben Nicholson-Smith tweets that the Jays (read: the Buffalo Bisons) have released Miguel Batista. Chad Beck has been placed on the DL, while Thad Weber has been activated by the Triple-A affiliate. Shi Davidi adds that, as part of the above transaction, Ricardo Nanita has been moved from Double-A New Hampshire to the Bisons. According to a tweet from Brendan Kennedy: “Maddon said he believes the Rogers Centre turf is ‘way bouncier’ than the turf at The Trop. ‘Honestly I think ours is more true.’ ” WHAT??!? You mean this thin layer of film is shit to play on? No, but seriously, though. Junior hockey? TV: Sportsnet One And now the lineups, by way of the live box score at theScore.com. And for those of you who’ll be out and about, be sure to follow all the action on your phone with theScore app… Toronto Blue Jays LF Melky Cabrera (S) RF Jose Bautista (R) 1B Edwin Encarnacion (R) DH Adam Lind (L) C J.P. Arencibia (R) 3B Brett Lawrie (R) CF Colby Rasmus (L) 2B Emilio Bonifacio (S) SS Munenori Kawasaki (L) Ramon Ortiz RHP Tampa Bay Rays CF Desmond Jennings (R) RF Matt Joyce (L) 2B Ben Zobrist (S) 3B Evan Longoria (R) 1B James Loney (L) DH Luke Scott (L) LF Kelly Johnson (L) C Jose Lobaton (S) SS Yunel Escobar (R) Alex Cobb RHP