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Evan Smith van Smith isn't wasting anytime in starting his pro baseball career. The Toronto Blue Jays selected the former Mary Montgomery pitcher in the fourth round of the 2013 First-Year Player Draft on Thursday. He told AL.com that he will fly to Tampa, Fla., at 4 a.m. Friday to sign his contract. "I'm excited," he said. "This is what I've been waiting on and working on my whole life. I'm just ready to get started with the next step." Daniel Lietz Heartland Community College pitcher Dan Lietz (Homewood-Flossmoor) was drafted on Friday by the Toronto Blue Jays in the fifth round. Lietz, who just completed his freshman year, will sign and report to the Blue Jays Gulf Coast League team in Florida. "It hasn't sunk in yet and probably won't until Tuesday when I report," Lietz said. "It's pretty exciting." Tim Mayza “It is a lot to take in,” Mayza said. “I’m trying to chase the dream of playing in the big leagues. Every kid playing baseball has wishes of seeing their name up on that board. I’m happy that it happened, but I know there is quite a bit of hard work ahead and a long way to go until I reach my goal of the big leagues.” Scouts filled the stands for nearly all of Mayza’s 15 starts during the season, and there were plenty of teams interested. After Mayza slipped out of the 10th round, which ended on Friday, the Blue Jays called him know they intended to pick him early Saturday. “From the previous day, I had an idea Toronto was interested,” Mayza said. “When I got picked, it was an excited feeling. Since then, it’s pretty much been everyone calling, texting and tweeting me. “I knew Toronto has a great farm system and is big in player development,” he added. “They’re good at developing young pitchers. It’s good in terms of my development and getting the most of my ability.

http://www.wkyt.com/sports/headlines/Woodford-Cos-Hollon-prepared-for-pro-life-210663621.html

Bonus Slot 02-Clinton Hollon RHP $1,168,200 $1,168,200 04-Evan Smith LHP N/A $446,100 05-Daniel Lietz LHP N/A $334,000 06-Matt Boyd LHP N/A $250,100 12-Tim Mayza LHP N/A $100,000 16-Danny Jansen C N/A $100,000 23-B. Kalfus OF N/A $100,000 24-Sean Hurley OF N/A $100,000 UFA Corey Gorman LHP Univ. of Scrantan (PA) Signed UFA Cale Wine RHP Univ. of Louisiana at Monroe (LA) Signed http://www.bluebirdbanter.com/2013/6/10/4414442/2013-mlb-draft-signing-table http://www.bluejaysmessageboard.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=180&d=1370884451

Osuna is more advanced than many of our pitchers in Double A. He deserves to be in Dunedin.

ABs+BB+SF+SH+HBP+Interference

@Angelo_riot Welcome to the jays nation bro...Felicidades Brenden Kalfus Excited to be apart of it!!

Eloy Jimenez has a f***ing verbal agreement with the Cubs.

Where do you think are the best talented? A) 1-10 11-40

If you can't sign Bickford and Hollon then you'll lost more than 4 million of the total amount. The silver lining = Jays will add another 1st round pick the next year (#10 overall)

link? Money? Slot?

Hate this team

f***ing #2, Yovani Gallado is here baby

No Bickford or Hollon WTF

Deibison Barreto, No Franklin Barreto Nolin is legit, back to the road.

Stroman and Nay?

Lead-Off The old-school book says to put a speedy guy up top. Power isn't important, and OBP is nice, but comes second to speed. The Book says OBP is king. The lead-off hitter comes to bat only 36% of the time with a runner on base, versus 44% of the time for the next lowest spot in the lineup, so why waste homeruns? The lead-off hitter also comes to the plate the most times per game, so why give away outs? As for speed, stealing bases is most valuable in front of singles hitters, and since the top of the order is going to be full of power hitters, they're not as important. The lead-off hitter is one of the best three hitters on the team, the guy without homerun power. Speed is nice, as this batter will have plenty of chances to run the bases with good hitters behind him. The Two Hole The old-school book says to put a bat-control guy here. Not a great hitter, but someone who can move the lead-off hitter over for one of the next two hitters to drive in. The Books says the #2 hitter comes to bat in situations about as important as the #3 hitter, but more often. That means the #2 hitter should be better than the #3 guy, and one of the best three hitters overall. And since he bats with the bases empty more often than the hitters behind him, he should be a high-OBP player. Doesn't sound like someone who should be sacrificing, does it? The Third Spot The old-school book says to put your best high-average hitter here. The lead-off hitter should already be in scoring position and a hit drives him in. Wham, bam, thank you ma'am. The Book says the #3 hitter comes to the plate with, on average, fewer runners on base than the #4 or #5 hitters. So why focus on putting a guy who can knock in runs in the #3 spot, when the two spots after him can benefit from it more? Surprisingly, because he comes to bat so often with two outs and no runners on base, the #3 hitter isn't nearly as important as we think. This is a spot to fill after more important spots are taken care of. Cleanup The old-school book says to put your big power bat here, probably a guy with a low batting average, who will hit the big multi-run homeruns. The Book says the #4 hitter comes to bat in the most important situations out of all nine spots, but is equal in importance to the #2 hole once you consider the #2 guy receives more plate appearances. The cleanup hitter is the best hitter on the team with power. The Number Five Guy The old-school book says the number five guy is a wannabe cleanup hitter. The Book says the #5 guy can provide more value than the #3 guy with singles, doubles, triples, and walks, and avoiding outs, although the #3 guy holds an advantage with homeruns. After positions #1, #2, and #4 are filled, put your next best hitter here, unless he lives and dies with the long ball. Spots Six Through Nine The old-school book says the rest of the lineup should be written in based on decreasing talent. Hitting ninth is an insult. The Book basically agrees, with a caveat. Stolen bases are most valuable ahead of high-contact singles hitters, who are more likely to hit at the bottom of the lineup. So a base-stealing threat who doesn't deserve a spot higher in the lineup is optimized in the #6 hole, followed by the singles hitters. That Whole Hitting The Pitcher Eighth Thing The Cardinals and Brewers have hit the pitcher eighth in the past, and it's actually a smart, albeit insignificant, strategy. Yes, giving an awful hitter more plate appearances by hitting him higher in the lineup is costly, but the benefit of having a better number nine hitter interacting with the top of the lineup is worth the trade-off, by about two runs per season. By putting a decent hitter at the bottom of the order, the top spots in the lineup will have more runners on base to advance with walks and hits and drive in with hits. This strategy isn't as worthwhile in the American League, because even the worst position player will be on base significantly more often than a pitcher when the top of the order comes around. Only bat the worst hitter eighth when he's significantly worse than anybody else -- maybe someone like Adam Everett or Tony Pena Jr. Final Thoughts Another way to look at things is to order the batting slots by the leveraged value of the out. In plain English (sort of), we want to know how costly making an out is by each lineup position, based on the base-out situations they most often find themselves in, and then weighted by how often each lineup spot comes to the plate. Here's how the lineup spots rank in the importance of avoiding outs: #1, #4, #2, #5, #3, #6, #7, #8, #9 So, you want your best three hitters to hit in the #1, #4, and #2 spots. Distribute them so OBP is higher in the order and SLG is lower. Then place your fourth and fifth best hitters, with the #5 spot usually seeing the better hitter, unless he's a high-homerun guy. Then place your four remaining hitters in decreasing order of overall hitting ability, with basestealers ahead of singles hitters. Finally, stop talking like the lineup is a make-or-break decision. For all the nitty gritty details, I highly recommend getting yourself a copy of The Book, which goes into even greater detail about the strategy of lineup construction, including platoons, separating lefties in the lineup, strikeouts, avoiding GIDPs, and preventing the pitcher from hitting.

Lind DH Melky LF EE 1B Jose RF Rasmus CF LaRoche 3B Izturis/Boni 2B JP C Kawasaki SS

Post the scoutind reports of Bickford, Hollon, Brentz and Tellez

"Lauer said he and his family have told the scouts that they are seeking between $1.2-1.5 million after taxes" lol f*** him

deadline july 15th..............I love the signing period.

Carrie Muligan is good too. I liked Carrie in the movie "Never let me Go" with Andrew Garfield and Keira Knightley

Blue Jays - Antonio Ruiz 1B R/R HS 6'03" 215lbs DOB: 06/03/95

DiCaprio is really good. "Departed" is just great

Blue Jays - Zachary Levinson SS L/R HS 5'08" 160lbs DOB: 09/03/95

NO, will be the guy called Chad Jenkins http://bbsimg.ngfiles.com/1/18644000/ngbbs49a4b04e97f5c.jpg