Closer by committee system in Toronto? I see BJ isn't closing out the game tonight, and the Jays already used two different pitchers in the ninth. What is with that? I have Wagner and Sherrill along with Ryan, but I think I might need another proven guy since idk what's going on with BJ.
10 Team H2H 6x6 C- B. Molina 1B- G. Jones (Berkman) 2B- Weeks (Kinsler) 3B- Arod SS- Tejada OF- Manny OF- Ethier OF- Magglio Util- Matsui BN- C Lee DL- Beltran
Don't worry about it. Ryan is fine, he's just not going to be used two days in a row for now. Because he got the SV last night, they are resting him tonight.
However, he's less than a year from TJ surgery and is not yet ready to pitch on back-to-back days. So since BJ pitched last night, he was not available tonight... hence the closer by committee for tonight's game. But there's no doubt the BJ is the closer, and in another month or two will hopefully be good to go on back-to-back nights.
Does this new story about BJ from Fanball make as little sense to everyone else as it does to me:
The News On May 10th, reliever B.J. Ryan will "celebrate" the one-year anniversary of his Tommy John elbow ligament reconstruction surgery, and the team reports while he is "gaining strength," he is still far from ready for return, according to MLB.com.
Our View Jays manager John Gibbons reports the team is not stressing the return of Ryan thanks to work from pitchers such as Jesse Carlson and Shawn Camp. However, the team will continue to give updates and reports their top reliever is progressing, though it is slow.
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bwagner112 wrote:Does this new story about BJ from Fanball make as little sense to everyone else as it does to me:
The News On May 10th, reliever B.J. Ryan will "celebrate" the one-year anniversary of his Tommy John elbow ligament reconstruction surgery, and the team reports while he is "gaining strength," he is still far from ready for return, according to MLB.com.
Our View Jays manager John Gibbons reports the team is not stressing the return of Ryan thanks to work from pitchers such as Jesse Carlson and Shawn Camp. However, the team will continue to give updates and reports their top reliever is progressing, though it is slow.
That's an utterly perplexing report. Haven't they noticed he's been pitching in GAMES for a couple of weeks now?
There is some understandable confusion with the situation (though not as much confusion as Fanball suffers ), since Accardo, Downs and Carlson all have saves this season.
a) Ryan is the undisputed closer. He's 4-for-4 in save opps, and is pitching well.
b) Because Ryan is still working back from the TJ surgery, Toronto management does not yet want him going on back-to-back days. There is no timetable for when this will change, but he is constantly being monitored and — assuming no setbacks — chances will increase week by week after he's passed that magical one-year 'anniversary'.
c) Instead of naming a secondary or backup closer, Gibbons has been playing a pure matchup game with his other relievers on the days when Ryan is not available. A couple of times already he has split the ninth among multiple pitchers based on lefty/righty matchups, which makes it almost impossible to project who to start for fantasy purposes.
d) At the drop of a hat, Gibbons could render (c) moot by actually naming a regular guy to be the off-day closer. This feels unlikely, though, since the current plan is working and the Jays are down one southpaw in the pen on Ryan's off days.
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by yankeekd25 » Fri May 02, 2008 9:17 pm 
), since Accardo, Downs and Carlson all have saves this season.
