2013 Toronto Blue Jays season

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2013 Toronto Blue Jays
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Owner(s) Rogers
Manager(s) John Gibbons
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The 2013 Toronto Blue Jays season is the 37th season of Major League Baseball's Toronto Blue Jays franchise, and the 24th full season of play (25th overall) at the Rogers Centre. The Blue Jays hope to improve upon their 73–89 record and fourth-place finish from 2012.

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Offseason [edit]

Coaching staff [edit]

On October 21, 2012, the Blue Jays officially announced that they had released their manager John Farrell from his contract in the same agreement that sent David Carpenter to the Red Sox in exchange for Mike Avilés.[1]

On November 20, 2012, the Blue Jays announced that former manager John Gibbons would once again manage the Blue Jays, in 2013.

On November 26, 2012, the Blue Jays announced most of the coaching staff that will be working under John Gibbons. Five of its six coaching positions were filled. DeMarlo Hale (bench coach), Chad Mottola (hitting coach), Dwayne Murphy (first base coach) Luis Rivera (third base coach) and Pete Walker (pitching coach) were all signed on.[2] The following month, Pat Hentgen was hired as the bullpen coach.

Departing players [edit]

After the end of the 2012 season, the Blue Jays lost a number of players including Carlos Villanueva, Kelly Johnson, Jason Frasor and Brandon Lyon. They also declined the option for Rajai Davis, but instead gave him a $2.5 million one-year contract.

Player signings [edit]

The Blue Jays started their offseason by signing free agent Maicer Izturis to a three-year $9 million deal with an option year, on November 8. On November 16, they signed free agent Melky Cabrera to a two-year $16 million deal.

Trades [edit]

On the same day as the Izturis signing, the Blue Jays acquired RHP Jeremy Jeffress from the Kansas City Royals for cash considerations. They then completed a trade with the Cleveland Indians in which they acquired RHP Esmil Rogers and lost the newly-acquired Mike Avilés and Yan Gomes.

On November 14, Toronto Blue Jays and Miami Marlins completed a blockbuster trade. Toronto acquired pitcher Josh Johnson, pitcher Mark Buehrle, shortstop José Reyes, utility man Emilio Bonifacio, and catcher John Buck. In return, Toronto sent pitcher Henderson Álvarez, pitching prospect Justin Nicolino, outfield prospect Jake Marisnick, infielder Yunel Escobar, infielder Adeiny Hechavarria, catcher Jeff Mathis and pitching prospect Anthony Desclafani. Toronto also received $8+ million in cash from the Marlins. The mega-trade is described as a fire sale after the Marlins took on huge salaries a year prior, and dumped all of their high-salaried players.[3][4]

On December 17, 2012, the Blue Jays acquired the 2012 National League Cy Young Award winner R.A. Dickey in a trade with the New York Mets that sent prospects Travis D'Arnaud, Noah Syndergaard, minor leaguer Wuilmer Becrra and catcher John Buck to New York. Toronto also received catcher Josh Thole and minor league catcher Mike Nickeas in the trade. As part of the transaction, the Blue Jays signed Dickey to an extension worth a total of $29 million over 3 years with a $12 million 4th year option. [5]

Opening Day [edit]

The Blue Jays began their 2013 season on April 2, with a home game against the Cleveland Indians. On February 5, 2013 at the annual state of the franchise address, manager John Gibbons named reigning National League Cy Young award winner R.A. Dickey as the opening day starter for the Blue Jays.[6][7]

Standings [edit]

American League East [edit]

AL East		 W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 28 17 0.622 — 15–9 13–8
Boston Red Sox 27 19 0.587 1½ 13–10 14–9
Baltimore Orioles 24 21 0.533 4 10–12 14–9
Tampa Bay Rays 24 21 0.533 4 14–8 10–13
Toronto Blue Jays 18 27 0.400 10 10–13 8–14


American League Wild Card [edit]

Division Leaders W L Pct.
Texas Rangers 29 17 0.630
New York Yankees 28 17 0.622
Cleveland Indians 26 18 0.591


Wild Card teams
(Top 2 qualify for 1-game playoff)		 W L Pct. GB
Boston Red Sox 27 19 0.587 +1½
Detroit Tigers 24 19 0.558 —
Baltimore Orioles 24 21 0.533 1
Tampa Bay Rays 24 21 0.533 1
Oakland Athletics 25 22 0.532 1
Kansas City Royals 21 21 0.500 2½
Chicago White Sox 21 23 0.477 3½
Seattle Mariners 20 26 0.435 5½
Minnesota Twins 18 24 0.429 5½
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 18 27 0.400 7
Toronto Blue Jays 18 27 0.400 7
Houston Astros 13 33 0.283 12½


Records vs opponents [edit]

Record Games Left
Opponent Home Road Total Home Road Total
AL East
Baltimore Orioles – 1–2 1–2 10 6 16
Boston Red Sox 2–4 2–1 4–5 3 7 10
New York Yankees 1–2 0–6 1–8 6 4 10
Tampa Bay Rays – 2–2 2–2 9 6 15
Totals 3–6 5–11 8–17 28 23 51
AL Central
Chicago White Sox 2–2 – 2–2 – 3 3
Cleveland Indians 1–2 – 1–2 – 3 3
Detroit Tigers – 1–2 1–2 4 – 4
Kansas City Royals – 2–1 2–1 3 – 3
Minnesota Twins – – – 3 3 6
Totals 3–4 3–3 6–7 10 9 19
AL West
Houston Astros – – – 4 3 7
Los Angeles Angels – – – 3 4 7
Oakland Athletics – – – 4 3 7
Seattle Mariners 1–2 – 1–2 – 3 3
Texas Rangers – – – 3 4 7
Totals 1–2 – 1–2 14 17 31
National League
Arizona Diamondbacks – – – – 3 3
Atlanta Braves – – – 2 2 4
Colorado Rockies – – – 3 – 3
Los Angeles Dodgers – – – 3 – 3
San Diego Padres – – – – 3 3
San Francisco Giants 2–0 – 2–0 – 2 2
Totals 2–0 – 2–0 8 10 18
Grand Totals 9–12 8–14 17–26 60 59 119
Month Games Won Lost Pct.
April 27 10 17 .370
May 16 7 9 .438
June – – – –
July – – – –
August – – – –
September – – – –
Totals 43 17 26 .395
Team BAL BOS CHW CLE DET HOU KC LAA MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL
Baltimore — 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 3–1 3–3 1–3 3–1 1–2 4–5 0–0 2–1 2–3
Boston 1–2 — 0–2 3–0 0–0 4–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 2–1 2–1 0–0 3–0 0–3 5–4 0–0
Chicago 0–0 2–0 — 2–3 0–0 0–0 3–3 3–4 2–3 0–0 0–0 2–1 2–2 2–1 2–2 1–4
Cleveland 0–0 0–3 3–2 — 2–2 2–1 2–2 0–0 2–1 1–3 4-0 4–0 1–2 0–0 2–1 3–1
Detroit 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–2 — 4–0 1–1 0–3 3–3 2–1 2–1 2–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 3–0
Houston 0–0 0–4 0–0 1–2 0–4 — 0–0 1–2 0–0 1–2 0–6 4–2 0–0 1–2 0–0 0–0
Kansas City 1–2 2–1 3–3 2–2 1–1 0–0 — 0–0 3–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–2 3–2
Los Angeles 1–3 0–0 4–3 0–0 3–0 2–1 0–0 — 0–2 0–0 1–5 1–3 0–0 2–4 0–0 1–2
Minnesota 3–3 0–0 3–2 1–2 3–3 0–0 0–3 2–0 — 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–2 0–0 1–3
New York 3–1 1–2 0–0 3–1 1–2 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 — 1–2 0–0 1–2 0–0 8–1 2–1
Oakland 1–3 1–2 0–0 0–4 1–2 6–0 0–0 5–1 0–0 2–1 — 2–2 0–3 0–0 0–0 0–0
Seattle 2–1 0–0 1–2 0–4 1–2 2–4 0–0 3–1 0–0 0–0 2–2 — 0–0 2–5 2–1 0–0
Tampa Bay 5–4 0–3 2–2 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–2 0–0 0–0 2–1 3–0 0–0 — 1–2 2–2 2–1
Texas 0–0 3–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 4–2 2–2 0–0 0–0 5–2 2–1 — 0–0 1–1
Toronto 1–2 4–5 2–2 1–2 1–2 0–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 1–8 0–0 1–2 2–2 0–0 — 2–0
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Roster [edit]

Toronto Blue Jays roster
Active roster Inactive roster Coaches/Other

Pitchers

Starting rotation

Bullpen

Closer

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

60-day disabled list


25 active, 15 inactive

Injury icon 2.svg 7- or 15-day disabled list
† Suspended list
# Personal leave
Roster updated May 20, 2013
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Game log [edit]

Legend
Blue Jays Win Blue Jays Loss Game Postponed
2013 Game Log
April 10–17 (Home 6–8, Road 4–9)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record GB
1 April 2 Indians 1–4 Masterson (1–0) Dickey (0–1) Perez (1) 48,847 0–1 1
2 April 3 Indians 2–3 (11) Albers (1–0) Santos (0–1) Smith (1) 24,619 0–2 2
3 April 4 Indians 10–8 Delabar (1–0) Myers (0–1) Janssen (1) 19,515 1–2 1
4 April 5 Red Sox 4–6 Tazawa (1–0) Rogers (0–1) Hanrahan (2) 45,328 1–3 2
5 April 6 Red Sox 5–0 Happ (1–0) Lackey (0–1) 45,797 2–3 1
6 April 7 Red Sox 0–13 Lester (2–0) Dickey (0–2) 41,186 2–4 2
7 April 9 @ Tigers 3–7 Sánchez (1–0) Morrow (0–1) 28,979 2–5 3
8 April 10 @ Tigers 8–6 Loup (1–0) Villarreal (0–1) Janssen (2) 29,631 3–5 2
9 April 11 @ Tigers 1–11 Fister (2–0) Johnson (0–1) 28,781 3–6 2
10 April 12 @ Royals 8–4 Happ (2–0) Mendoza (0–1) Loup (1) 13,049 4–6 1½
11 April 13 @ Royals 3–2 Dickey (1–2) Shields (1–2) Janssen (3) 21,960 5–6 1½
12 April 14 @ Royals 2–3 Herrera (1-0) Oliver (0–1) 29,057 5–7 2½
13 April 15 White Sox 4–3 Buehrle (1–0) Floyd (0–3) Janssen (4) 15,755 6–7 2½
14 April 16 White Sox 3–4 Lindstrom (1–0) Delabar (1–1) Reed (5) 16,131 6–8 3½
15 April 17 White Sox 0–7 Quintana (1–0) Happ (2–1) 15,684 6–9 4½
16 April 18 White Sox 3–1 Dickey (2–2) Sale (1–2) Janssen (5) 18,015 7–9 4½
17 April 19 Yankees 4–9 Pettitte (3–0) Morrow (0–2) 40,028 7–10 5
18 April 20 Yankees 3–5 (11) Kelley (1–0) Loup (1–1) Rivera (5) 46,095 7–11 6
19 April 21 Yankees 8–4 Cecil (1–0) Logan (0–1) 45,575 8–11 4½
20 April 22 @ Orioles 1–2 Johnson (1–1) Loup (1–2) 11,168 8–12 5½
21 April 23 @ Orioles 3–4 González (2–1) Dickey (2–3) Johnson (8) 13,272 8–13 5½
22 April 24 @ Orioles 6–5 (11) Rogers (1–1) Johnson (1–2) Janssen (6) 14,981 9–13 5½
23 April 25 @ Yankees 3–5 Kuroda (3–1) Buehrle (1–1) Rivera (7) 31,445 9–14 6½
24 April 26 @ Yankees 4–6 Phelps (1–1) Lincoln (0–1) Rivera (8) 36,151 9–15 7½
25 April 27 @ Yankees 4–5 Sabathia (4–2) Rogers (1–2) Chamberlain (1) 40,258 9–16 8½
26 April 28 @ Yankees 2–3 Logan (1–1) Dickey (2–4) Rivera (9) 36,872 9–17 9½
27 April 30 Red Sox 9-7 Delabar (2-1) Tazawa (2-1) Janssen (7) 22,915 10-17 8½
May 8–9 (Home 4–4, Road 4–5)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record GB
28 May 1 Red Sox 1-10 Buchholz (6-0) Buehrle (1-2) 21,094 10-18 9½
29 May 2 Red Sox 1-3 Dempster (2-2) Happ (2-2) Hanrahan (4) 25,851 10-19 10½
30 May 3 Mariners 0-4 Hernández (4-2) Romero (0-1) 23,779 10-20 10½
31 May 4 Mariners 1-8 Iwakuma (3-1) Dickey (2-5) 35,754 10-21 10½
32 May 5 Mariners 10-2 Morrow (1-2) Saunders (2-4) 22,937 11-21 9½
33 May 6 @ Rays 8-7 Oliver (1-1) Rodney (1-1) Janssen (8) 9,952 12-21 9½
34 May 7 @ Rays 6-4 Delabar (3-1) Peralta (0-2) Janssen (9) 10,273 13-21 8½
35 May 8 @ Rays 4-10 Moore (6-0) Romero (0-2) 11,075 13-22 8½
36 May 9 @ Rays 4-5 (10) Farnsworth (2-0) Loup (1-3) 11,979 13-23 8½
37 May 10 @ Red Sox 0-5 Lester (5-0) Ortiz (0-1) 33,606 13-24 9½
38 May 11 @ Red Sox 3-2 Oliver (2-1) Tazawa (2-2) Janssen (10) 36,543 14-24 9½
39 May 12 @ Red Sox 12-4 Jenkins (1-0) Dempster (2-4) 35,532 15-24 9½
40 May 14 Giants 10-6 Dickey (3-5) Zito (3-2) 31,753 16-24 9½
41 May 15 Giants 11-3 Ortiz (1-1) Vogelsong (1-4) 32,863 17-24 8½
42 May 17 @ Yankees 0-5 Kuroda (6-2) Buehrle (1-3) 40,008 17-25 9
43 May 18 @ Yankees 2-7 Phelps (2-2) Morrow (1-3) 45,577 17-26 10
May 19 @ Yankees Postponed (rain). Makeup Date August 20,21 or 22.
44 May 20 Rays 7-5 Dickey (4-5) Lueke (0-1) 29,885 18-26
45 May 21 Rays
46 May 22 Rays
47 May 23 Orioles
48 May 24 Orioles
49 May 25 Orioles
50 May 26 Orioles
51 May 27 Braves
52 May 28 Braves
53 May 29 @ Braves
54 May 30 @ Braves
55 May 31 @ Padres
June 0–0 (Home 0–0, Road 0–0)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss. Save Attendance Record GB
56 June 1 @ Padres
57 June 2 @ Padres
58 June 4 @ Giants
59 June 5 @ Giants
60 June 7 Rangers
61 June 8 Rangers
62 June 9 Rangers
63 June 10 @ White Sox
64 June 11 @ White Sox
65 June 12 @ White Sox
66 June 13 @ Rangers
67 June 14 @ Rangers
68 June 15 @ Rangers
69 June 16 @ Rangers
70 June 17 Rockies
71 June 18 Rockies
72 June 19 Rockies
73 June 21 Orioles
74 June 22 Orioles
75 June 23 Orioles
76 June 24 @ Rays
77 June 25 @ Rays
78 June 26 @ Rays
79 June 27 @ Red Sox
80 June 28 @ Red Sox
81 June 29 @ Red Sox
82 June 30 @ Red Sox
July 0–0 (Home 0–0, Road 0–0)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record GB
83 July 1 Tigers
84 July 2 Tigers
85 July 3 Tigers
86 July 4 Tigers
87 July 5 Twins
88 July 6 Twins
89 July 7 Twins
90 July 9 @ Indians
91 July 10 @ Indians
92 July 11 @ Indians
93 July 12 @ Orioles
94 July 13 @ Orioles
95 July 14 @ Orioles
96 July 19 Rays
97 July 20 Rays
98 July 21 Rays
99 July 22 Dodgers
100 July 23 Dodgers
101 July 24 Dodgers
102 July 25 Astros
103 July 26 Astros
104 July 27 Astros
105 July 28 Astros
106 July 29 @ Athletics
107 July 30 @ Athletics
108 July 31 @ Athletics
August 0–0 (Home 0–0, Road 0–0)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record GB
109 August 1 @ Angels
110 August 2 @ Angels
111 August 3 @ Angels
112 August 4 @ Angels
113 August 5 @ Mariners
114 August 6 @ Mariners
115 August 7 @ Mariners
116 August 9 Athletics
117 August 10 Athletics
118 August 11 Athletics
119 August 12 Athletics
120 August 13 Red Sox
121 August 14 Red Sox
122 August 15 Red Sox
123 August 16 @ Rays
124 August 17 @ Rays
125 August 18 @ Rays
126 August 20 @ Yankees
127 August 21 @ Yankees
128 August 22 @ Yankees
129 @ Yankees
130 August 23 @ Astros
131 August 24 @ Astros
132 August 25 @ Astros
133 August 26 Yankees
134 August 27 Yankees
135 August 28 Yankees
136 August 30 Royals
137 August 31 Royals
September 0–0 (Home 0–0, Road 0–0)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record GB
138 September 1 Royals
139 September 2 @ Diamondbacks
140 September 3 @ Diamondbacks
141 September 4 @ Diamondbacks
142 September 6 @ Twins
143 September 7 @ Twins
144 September 8 @ Twins
145 September 10 Angels
146 September 11 Angels
147 September 12 Angels
148 September 13 Orioles
149 September 14 Orioles
150 September 15 Orioles
151 September 17 Yankees
152 September 18 Yankees
153 September 19 Yankees
154 September 20 @ Red Sox
155 September 21 @ Red Sox
156 September 22 @ Red Sox
157 September 24 @ Orioles
158 September 25 @ Orioles
159 September 26 @ Orioles
160 September 27 Rays
161 September 28 Rays
162 September 29 Rays

References [edit]

  1. ^ "Blue Jays complete deal with Red Sox". Retrieved October 21, 2012. 
  2. ^ "Gibbons fills out coaching staff, minus 'pen coach". Retrieved November 26, 2012. 
  3. ^ http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2012-11-13/sports/sfl-marlins-trade-buehrle-johnson-reyes-20121113_1_logan-morrison-hanley-ramirez-josh-johnson
  4. ^ http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/early-lead/wp/2012/11/14/miami-marlins-hold-a-fire-sale-toronto-blue-jays-clean-up/
  5. ^ "Dickey deal official as Blue Jays acquire ace". Retrieved December 17, 2012. 
  6. ^ Toman, Chris (February 5, 2013). "Blue Jays set rotation around No. 1 Dickey". MLB.com. Retrieved February 5, 2013. 
  7. ^ "Jays manager John Gibbons says Dickey will start opening night". TSN.ca. February 5, 2013. Retrieved February 5, 2013. 

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