The Blue Jays have, with the exception of RHP A.J. Burnett, all of their key players under contract for next season. Despite the fourth-place finish, there will be no wholesale changes. There will be some minor changes in their bullpen with the likely release of arbitration-eligible pitchers such as LHP Brian Tallet and LHP Jason Frasor. They will be looking to add a catcher.
BIGGEST NEEDS: The Jays will have to shore up their starting pitching, which was the best in the league this season. They do not know if RHP A.J. Burnett will opt out or be re-signed to a contract extension. They already will be without RHP Shaun Marcum, who will undergo Tommy John surgery. Although the Jays were pleased with what they saw from RF Travis Snider, they need a big bat in the middle of the lineup. FREE AGENTS: OF Brad Wilkerson, OF Kevin Mench, C Gregg Zaun, LHP John Parrish.
The Jays have no interest in bringing back Wilkerson and Mench. Parrish and Zaun could be offered minor league deals.
ARBITRATION-ELIGIBLE: RHP Jason Frasor, LHP Brian Tallet, INF Jose Bautista, RHP Brandon League.
The Jays will likely replace Frasor and Tallet with less expensive options and definitely will bring back Bautista and League.
IN LIMBO: C Gregg Zaun would like to return, but the Jays are looking for a younger option as the backup to Rod Barajas.
MEDICAL WATCH:
RHP Shaun Marcum (Tommy John elbow surgery) will miss the 2009 season.
2B Aaron Hill is recovering from post-concussion syndrome and will not engage in baseball-type activities or vigorous training until mid-November.
RHP Casey Janssen (shoulder surgery) is on a throwing program and is expected to be ready by spring training.
RHP Dustin McGowan (shoulder surgery) has yet to begin a throwing program. He will report to spring training, and the hope is he'll be ready by mid-May.
RHP Jeremy Accardo (right forearm strain) is expected to be ready by spring training.
Player Stats
HITTERS
Rod Barajas, C
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .500 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .143 21 4 3 1 0 0 2 0
Season .249 349 44 87 23 0 11 49 0
Rick Bauer, P
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Season .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jose Bautista, 3B
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .190 21 2 4 0 0 1 3 0
With Tor .214 56 7 12 2 0 3 10 0
Armando Benitez, P
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Season .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
A.J. Burnett, P
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Season .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shawn Camp, P
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Season .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jesse Carlson, P
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Season .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Buck Coats, LF
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .333 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Last 7 Games .200 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Season .200 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Scott Downs, P
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Season .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jason Frasor, P
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Season .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Roy Halladay, P
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .000 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Season .000 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aaron Hill, 2B
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .667 3 0 2 0 0 0 2 0
Last 7 Games .174 23 1 4 1 0 0 2 0
Season .263 205 19 54 14 0 2 20 4
Joe Inglett, 2B
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .333 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .208 24 5 5 2 0 0 1 0
Season .297 344 45 102 15 7 3 39 9
Adam Lind, LF
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .000 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .192 26 1 5 1 0 0 0 0
Season .282 326 48 92 16 4 9 40 2
Jesse Litsch, P
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Season .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hector Luna, 3B
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games 1.000 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Season 1.000 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Shaun Marcum, P
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Season .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
John McDonald, SS
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .091 11 3 1 0 0 0 0 0
Season .210 186 21 39 8 0 1 18 3
Dustin McGowan, P
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Season .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kevin Mench, LF
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game 1.000 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Last 7 Games .286 14 1 4 1 0 0 1 0
Season .243 115 18 28 11 1 0 10 2
Lyle Overbay, 1B
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .250 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 0
Last 7 Games .087 23 1 2 1 0 1 1 0
Season .270 544 74 147 32 2 15 69 1
David Purcey, P
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Season .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Alex Rios, RF
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .000 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .292 24 1 7 1 0 0 3 2
Season .291 635 91 185 47 8 15 79 32
Scott Rolen, 3B
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .500 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .360 25 5 9 1 0 2 4 0
Season .262 408 58 107 30 3 11 50 5
B.J. Ryan, P
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Season .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Marco Scutaro, SS
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .600 5 2 3 0 0 0 1 0
Last 7 Games .310 29 5 9 2 0 0 4 0
Season .267 517 76 138 23 1 7 60 7
Travis Snider, RF
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Last 7 Games .227 22 2 5 1 0 0 2 0
Season .301 73 9 22 6 0 2 13 0
Shannon Stewart, LF
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .045 22 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Season .240 175 14 42 4 2 1 14 3
Brian Tallet, P
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Season .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Curtis Thigpen, C
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .333 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 0
Last 7 Games .154 13 2 2 0 0 1 1 0
Season .176 17 2 3 0 0 1 1 0
Vernon Wells, CF
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game 1.000 4 2 4 0 0 2 5 0
Last 7 Games .370 27 3 10 1 0 3 9 0
Season .300 427 63 128 22 1 20 78 4
Brad Wilkerson, RF
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game 1.000 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Last 7 Games .250 8 1 2 0 0 1 2 0
With Tor .216 208 20 45 8 2 4 23 2
Brian Wolfe, P
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Season .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gregg Zaun, C
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .400 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .364 22 4 8 3 0 0 4 0
Season .237 245 29 58 12 0 6 30 2
PITCHERS
Jeremy Accardo, P
ERA W L Sv G IP H ER HR BB K
Last Game 13.50 0 0 0 1 0.2 1 1 0 1 1
Last 7 Games 3.86 0 0 0 3 2.1 3 1 0 1 1
Season 6.57 0 3 4 16 12.1 15 9 1 4 5
Rick Bauer, P
ERA W L Sv G IP H ER HR BB K
Last Game 13.50 0 0 0 1 2 3 3 1 1 0
Last 7 Games 10.80 0 0 0 3 5 7 6 1 2 3
Season 13.50 0 0 0 4 6 10 9 1 3 4
Armando Benitez, P
ERA W L Sv G IP H ER HR BB K
Last Game 27.00 0 1 0 1 0.2 2 2 2 0 2
Last 7 Games 7.71 0 1 0 3 2.1 2 2 2 0 3
Season 5.68 0 1 0 8 6.1 4 4 3 2 9
A.J. Burnett, P
ERA W L Sv G IP H ER HR BB K
Last Game 1.13 0 0 0 1 8 7 1 0 2 11
Last 7 Games 1.71 1 0 0 3 21 18 4 0 7 23
Season 4.07 18 10 0 35221.1 211 100 19 86 231
Shawn Camp, P
ERA W L Sv G IP H ER HR BB K
Last Game 0.00 0 0 0 1 0.1 0 0 0 1 0
Last 7 Games 6.75 0 0 0 3 1.1 3 1 0 1 0
Season 4.12 3 1 0 40 39.1 40 18 2 11 31
Jesse Carlson, P
ERA W L Sv G IP H ER HR BB K
Last Game 0.00 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1
Last 7 Games 9.00 0 1 0 3 4 4 4 1 1 2
Season 2.25 7 2 2 69 60 41 15 6 21 55
Scott Downs, P
ERA W L Sv G IP H ER HR BB K
Last Game 20.25 0 1 0 1 1.1 3 3 0 1 0
Last 7 Games 16.88 0 1 0 3 2.2 6 5 1 2 0
Season 1.78 0 3 5 66 70.2 54 14 3 27 57
Jason Frasor, P
ERA W L Sv G IP H ER HR BB K
Last Game 0.00 0 0 0 1 0.2 0 0 0 2 0
Last 7 Games 9.00 0 0 0 3 3 3 3 1 4 0
Season 4.18 1 2 0 49 47.1 36 22 4 32 42
Roy Halladay, P
ERA W L Sv G IP H ER HR BB K
Last Game 2.00 1 0 0 1 9 6 2 0 1 5
Last 7 Games 2.86 2 1 0 3 22 18 7 1 4 13
Season 0.00 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1
Brandon League, P
ERA W L Sv G IP H ER HR BB K
Last Game 0.00 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1
Last 7 Games 3.00 0 0 0 3 3 5 1 0 0 4
Season 2.18 1 2 1 31 33 28 8 2 15 23
Jesse Litsch, P
ERA W L Sv G IP H ER HR BB K
Last Game 1.29 1 0 0 1 7 3 1 0 1 5
Last 7 Games 2.25 2 1 0 3 20 12 5 1 6 19
Season 3.58 13 9 0 29 176 178 70 20 39 99
Shaun Marcum, P
ERA W L Sv G IP H ER HR BB K
Last Game 4.50 0 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 3 1
Last 7 Games 1.65 1 1 0 3 16.1 11 3 0 7 14
Season 3.39 9 7 0 25151.1 126 57 21 50 123
Dustin McGowan, P
ERA W L Sv G IP H ER HR BB K
Last Game 4.50 0 0 0 1 4 4 2 1 1 2
Last 7 Games 5.19 0 2 0 3 17.1 18 10 2 5 11
Season 4.37 6 7 0 19111.1 115 54 9 38 85
John Parrish, P
ERA W L Sv G IP H ER HR BB K
Last Game 3.60 0 1 0 1 5 9 2 0 1 1
Last 7 Games 2.16 0 1 0 3 8.1 10 2 0 3 2
Season 4.04 1 1 0 13 42.1 47 19 5 15 21
David Purcey, P
ERA W L Sv G IP H ER HR BB K
Last Game 10.80 0 0 0 1 5 11 6 1 1 5
Last 7 Games 4.12 1 1 0 3 19.2 23 9 1 6 18
Season 5.54 3 6 0 12 65 67 40 9 29 58
Scott Richmond, P
ERA W L Sv G IP H ER HR BB K
Last Game 0.00 1 0 0 1 6 4 0 0 0 3
Last 7 Games 3.38 1 2 0 3 16 18 6 1 1 12
Season 4.00 1 3 0 5 27 32 12 2 2 20
B.J. Ryan, P
ERA W L Sv G IP H ER HR BB K
Last Game 0.00 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games 0.00 0 0 3 3 3 1 0 0 1 2
Season 2.95 2 4 32 60 58 46 19 4 28 58
Brian Tallet, P
ERA W L Sv G IP H ER HR BB K
Last Game 0.00 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games 0.00 0 0 0 3 4 3 0 0 0 1
Season 2.88 1 2 0 51 56.1 52 18 4 22 47
Brian Wolfe, P
ERA W L Sv G IP H ER HR BB K
Last Game 0.00 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games 0.00 0 0 0 3 4 2 0 0 1 3
Season 2.45 0 2 0 20 22 18 6 2 6 14
