Today the Toronto Blue Jays finished their season at a pretty surprising 85-77. In this season there were a lot of great moments and great seasons statistically by some of the Jays. In this blog I will go over all of the moments that stood out for me and players that stood out both positive and negative.
1. Jose Bautista - What is there to say about Jose Bautista. Bautista set a Blue Jays record for homeruns in a season, passing George Bell. He also became the first Blue Jay ever, to hit 50 home runs, and ended up with an astonishing 54. Will be interesting to see what Anthopolous does this offseason in terms of a contract with him.
2. Brandon Morrow's near no-hitter - Only one Blue Jay in franchise history has pitched a no-hitter, that being Dave Steib. Brandon Morrow, the player the Jays acquired in a trade with the Seattle Mariners this offseason for Brandon League, went 8 and 2 thirds innings with a not hitter only to be broken up on a weak ground ball by Evan Longoria just out of the reach of the diving Aaron Hill. Speaking as someone who was at the game, this had got to be the loudest I'd ever heard the crowd at the Rogers Center since the world series days.
3. JP Arencibia's Debut - JP Arencibia was called up when John Buck was placed on the 15 day DL and he made the most of his first game. Against the Tampa Bay Rays, the Blue Jays had an 8 HR performance and the star of that show was JPA. He knocked 2 HRs, a double and a single in his debut. This was not only the greatest debut in Jays history but probably the greatest debut in MLB history.
These are the three moments that stood out to me. Good season for the Jays and I'm looking forward to next year already.
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