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D.M. Fox

@DMFox705

Author, husband, dad, cocker spaniel fan, former centrefielder. Covering the Blue Jays Minor League system for the Toronto Star. Guest on The FAN 590 Toronto.

Ontario, Canada Entrou em Ağustos 2009
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D.M. Fox@DMFox705·
Update to a previous post: I will be providing monthly Blue Jays farm system updates for the Toronto Star this year. Besides playing CF and hitting leadoff for the Jays, this is a dream come true.
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Lehr on Javen Coleman last fall:
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Going through my notes…here’s a breakout candidate: LHP Juanmi Vazquez, who pitched out of Vancouver’s bullpen. Here’s what Jays Director of milb Pitching Justin Lehr said about him:
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@Charles55029374 When he's been healthy, he's hit and gotten on base at a decent clip. But that hasn't been often, and his option status is what's keeping him on the fringes of a big league job, at least for now. Kasevich still needs to play every day.
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@DMFox705 I don’t think people doubt the defence. But he swings a soggy pool noodle as a bat. Kasevich has over taken him in terms of internal options
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D.M. Fox@DMFox705·
The thing about Leo Jiménez is that he hasn’t been healthy enough to show what he can do. His career high games played was 94 in 2023. This was a guy Blue Jays exec told me was as good a bet to play big league SS as any other IFA they had ever signed when he was all of 16.
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D.M. Fox@DMFox705·
Thanks and hello to my new followers. I’ve been writing about the Jays farm system since 2013. This year, my work will be appearing in the Toronto Star. 1/3
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D.M. Fox@DMFox705·
One of the stories I’m working on is that of Bill O’Hara, a Toronto lad who played for two seasons (1908-09) with the Giants, and five with the Leafs. He also later managed and was business manager of the club. Also, he was skilled at hurling grenades at the enemy in WWI.
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My third book (as of yet untitled) will have a collection of 50 Toronto baseball stories to mark the golden anniversary of the city being granted an MLB franchise. It will be out next spring. 3/3

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D.M. Fox@DMFox705·
@francois_gnt I’m on hiatus from it for this season. I want to focus on my writing for the Star, promoting my book, working on the next one, and watching MiLB games.
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Heard good things today m about some of the pitchers the Jays drafted, as well as a few NDFA pitchers at minor league camp.
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D.M. Fox@DMFox705·
@Ken_Rosenthal I keep saying I need to get back to playing our dust-covered piano. This is motivation to do so.
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My third book (as of yet untitled) will have a collection of 50 Toronto baseball stories to mark the golden anniversary of the city being granted an MLB franchise. It will be out next spring. 3/3
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My third book will be out next month, and I can’t tell you how excited I am about it. “The Howleyites: Toronto’s Changing City, A Stadium Rising, and the Champions of 1926,” celebrates the 100th anniversary of Maple Leaf Stadium & the Leafs’ Jr World Series win. 2/3
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D.M. Fox@DMFox705·
@JPosnanski The Canada-Russia Summit Series, without question. They wheeled in one of those big old 📺 into the library, and my classmates at Huron Park PS in Midland, ON got to watch Paul Henderson’s winning goal.
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D.M. Fox@DMFox705·
She’s 14 months old, but still is a puppy at heart. She came into our home a year ago, and brought tremendous fun and laughter with her. Mabel wishes her fellow puppies a Happy National Puppy Day.
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@deeb_nina @corruptario Everyone who bought and sold a house in the 90s lost money. I speak from personal experience.
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@corruptario Doug Ford wrote “condos are one of the worst investments a person can make” in his book Ford Nation.
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Angel Bastardo was all set to head to the Arizona Fall League when he tweaked something in his final bullpen, so Jays shut him down. Those missed innings may have made a difference this spring.
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Call it a hunch, but when I reached out to Jays Director of MiLB pitching Justin Lehr last fall about Spencer Miles, I got the feeling the Jays were really high on him. They liked the metrics and his performance in Arizona.
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D.M. Fox@DMFox705·
@accfanto I think he’ll be more of a one inning setup guy if we see him this year. All depends on walks and load management, really.
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@DMFox705 It would be elite if Stanifer ends up piggybacking Yesavage again at the MLB level like they did in the low minors.
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D.M. Fox@DMFox705·
Some thoughts on the Jays' spring breakout game yesterday... 1. You can't really evaluate players in this kind of format because of the unevenness of the competition. We'll get a much better idea when play starts. /1
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D.M. Fox@DMFox705·
I'll have lots more to say about the Jays system this week. Look for my Toronto Star debut shortly, too. /end
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5. Adam Macko scuffled a bit, but C Aaron Parker showed how effective using ABS in the right situation can be. He got a call at the bottom of the zone overturned, ump called that same pitch a strike a few pitches later. /5
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