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Blue Jays GM Anthopoulos Announces Resignation
by Bob Elliot, Toronto Sun
Tuesday, January 14, 2014

After 3 straight disappointing seasons, Alex Anthopoulos has resigned as the general manager of the Toronto Blue Jays. A replacement has not been named yet, though it is likely that the organization will look at internal options.

Anthopoulos announced his resignation in a press conference. He also stated that despite this decision, he would still like to remain with the Blue Jays in an analytical role.

Anthopoulos took over for J.P. Ricciardi in August of 2009. His biggest move as a GM came in December of 2009, when he traded star pitcher Roy Halladay to the Philadelphia Phillies for pitcher Kyle Drabek, outfielder Michael Taylor (later flipped to the A's for corner infielder Brett Wallace, who would later be traded to the Astros for outfielder Anthony Gose), and catcher Travis d'Arnaud (traded to the Mets for R.A. Dickey). His other well-known move was offloading the albatross contract of Vernon Wells to the Angels for C/1B Mike Napoli and outfielder Juan Rivera. This trade is easily considered to be the highlight of Anthopoulos' tenure as GM of the Jays.

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New GM Announced, Shocking Information about State of Team Released
by Bob Elliot, Toronto Sun
Tuesday, January 17, 2014

Today will certainly go down as one of the most significant moments in Blue Jays history. Not only have the organization announced their new GM, but they have also announced that they will have to go through what can only be described as extreme cost-cutting measures.

The new Blue Jays GM, the man Rogers Communications put out to deliver the earth-shattering news, is 33-year-old Derek Dorian. Born in Albany, New York, Dorian got his first job in baseball as an intern for the Blue Jays, but eventually worked his way all the way up to a scout before being named the Jays' general manager. He unfortunately won't receive a warm welcome when he attends his first Jays game, though. Why is this, you ask? We'll let Dorian himself explain:

"As you may know, Rogers Communications is losing a lot of money. So, I regret to inform the Toronto public that we were forced to terminate the contracts of many of the Blue Jays players. Don't worry, the fan favorites such as Bautista, Encarnacion, Dickey, and Lawrie will still be there. So will Navarro, who we recently signed, as well as anyone currently making under 200K. However, the rest of the players on the 25-man roster will have to be cut, since there is no room in the budget to keep them. You may be wondering how we might be able to replace these players. Well, Commissioner Selig was kind enough to allow us to sign a mix of international free agents and independent leaguers to fill these holes. We actually have already found 2 players to fill these spots, but we still need many more in order to be able to keep our minor league system intact and field a full 25-man roster.

What this means is that until the Blue Jays fall under new ownership, the budgets will be as tight as possible. We could be looking at long rebuild here unless these players turn out to be diamonds in the rough. I realize that the Blue Jays fans have every right to panic right now, but I hope that I can make some magic happen and I can lead the team back to relevance. There's certainly nowhere to go but up from here. Thank you."

Dorian looked visibly distraught and obviously wanted to leave the press conference as quickly as possible, but he knew he had to answer some questions. He added that he let the players know of the situation before it got leaked to the press, and that it was the hardest thing he's ever had to do in his life. He was also asked why Commissioner Bud Selig let this happen, to which he stated: "Bud felt like the IFA and indy league markets were good enough to where he felt that the Blue Jays could still play at a Major League level by signing guys from those markets. He's the commissioner, he has his very qualified assistants to help him make decisions like this, so the best I can do is roll with it and do the best with what I've got. Dorian was also asked which 2 players he already agreed to sign, to which he replied, "You'll see in Spring Training."

There is certainly a long road ahead for Derek Dorian, but the retained Blue Jays players know that this situation isn't his fault and they will do what they can to support him. Those very players were questioned afterwards. Brett Lawrie stated: "It sucks, you know? You get to know all these guys and form a brotherhood with them, and then boom, they're just gone like that. I look forward to seeing where some of the guys end up and if I'll play against any of them." Jose Bautista had a little bit of a lighter outlook, saying: "I still love the city of Toronto, and I still want to stay here. I know that we aren't going to be projected to win many games, and for me, that's just added motivation. I also look forward to mentoring these new guys, I've seen them and they have surprising raw talent. With our coaching staff, if we can harness that, we can still surprise some people."

Hopefully Toronto shares the same view of the team as Bautista. I wouldn't bet on it, though, since unlike Rogers, I don't plan on losing any of my money anytime soon.

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THIS IS WHERE YOU GUYS COME IN:

I did this a while back, and it never got off the ground because I have not played 2K in a while. However, I do still play The Show, so I wanted to figure out a way to do something similar for MLBTS, and here it is. Basically, those indy-league players or IFAs are guys you will create. Here's the template for The Show, I ask you to please, PLEASE take this at least somewhat seriously this time around:

Name:
Age:
Jersey Number:
Primary/Secondary Position:
Nationality:
Batting/Throwing Hand:
Height:
Weight:

Appearance (Body):
Appearance (Face):

Equipment:
Glove Color:
Bat Color:
Batting Gloves (On/Off, if yes, Style 1, 2, or 3):
Pant Style (high socks, stirrups, long, baggy):
Cleat Style (there's 3 of them):

Stance/Windup:

Strengths/Weaknesses:

Backstory (Optional):

Unless you want to have a guy in the minors, then I'd suggest only making 1 player. Also, you will not all have A potential, and you certainly will all not be overpowered god-kings capable of smashing baseballs into the stratosphere. Also, if I really don't like the backstory for one then I will ask you to make a new one but I highly doubt that will be a problem at all. You don't have to fill all of these out, just the ones you really find important.

If you want to make a player to put on another team, then PM me.

Lastly, I will add the roster in a new post since I don't want to add even more to this wall of text.

BLUE JAYS 25-MAN ROSTER
SP: R.A. Dickey (jays)
SP: D. Stradley (cbass)
SP: M. Adler (me)
SP: D. Hopkins (skittle)
SP: Y. Tsuchii (mac)

LRP: D. McGowan (jays)
MRP: T. Redmond (jays)
MRP: S. Brooks (me)
MRP: A. Langer (me)
SU: J. Jeffress (jays)
SU: J. Perez (jays)
CL:

C: D. Navarro (jays)
C (bench): J. Scott (cooldude)
1B: E. Encarnacion (jays)
2B: K. Murphy (brewers)
2B (bench): R. Goins (jays)
3B: B. Lawrie (jays)
SS: J. Reyes (jays)
SS (bench): M. Scott (prediction)
LF: H. Goldson (PP27)
LF (will DH): D. Allred (me)
CF: M. Matthews (mac)
RF: J. Bautista (jays)
RF (bench): T. Rosado (me)

Players Added to Minor Leagues
SP D. Clancy (zero)
SP R. Tomlinson (dish)
CF A. Senin (cbass)
1B P. Grossman (agent)
3B L. Bradshaw (zero)

Oh, one last thing: if your player is under 21, then I will automatically put him in the minor leagues unless you write a backstory that I really like.

Hold down that 2B spot for me please, I'll get the info up tonight. This sounds awesome!

Edit: nvm make that left field that I want please

Name: Hayden Goldson
Age: 24
Jersey Number: 6
Primary Position: LF
Nationality: Canadian
Batting/Throwing Hand: Right/Right
Height: 6'4"
Weight: 235

Appearance (Body): Ripped, Nice Abbbbbbsss
Appearance (Face): Blue Eyes, Normal Nose

Equpiment: Black Under Armour undershirt, Shin Guard
Glove Color: Black
Bat Color: Black
Batting Gloves: On, White (what's style?)
Pant Style: Long
Cleat Style: Mid-Cut

Stance: High Leg Kick

Stengths: Lots of Power, Solid Contact, Runs well, dependable glove
Weaknesses: Strikes out a lot, Weak Arm

Name: Darby Clancy
Age: 20 (I want him in the minors)
Jersey Number: 11
Primary/Secondary Position: SP
Nationality: Australian
Batting/Throwing Hand: S/L
Height: 6'5"
Weight: 189

Appearance (Body): Extremely lanky
Appearance (Face): White skin, medium-length blonde hair

Equipment: Full blue arm sleeve on right arm
Glove Color: Blue/Black
Bat Color: Black handle, Light-stained barrel, barrel ring on please
Batting Gloves (On/Off, if yes, Style 1, 2, or 3): 0ff
Pant Style (high socks, stirrups, long, baggy): Baggy
Cleat Style (there's 3 of them): Style 2

Stance/Windup: Hisashi Iwakuma, a Batting Generic 6

Strengths/Weaknesses: Breaking balls and control, weakness is velocity and stamina, although he has enough stamina to go the full way on a good day, so equivalent to a high-C in Power Pros.

Pitches: RFB, 12CV, VCH

Name: Michael Scott
Age: 22
Jersey Number: 28
Primary/Secondary Position: SS/2B
Nationality: Canadian
Batting/Throwing Hand: R/R
Height: 5"8
Weight: 175lbs

Appearance (Body): generic white man, not muscular, slim.
Appearance (Face): slick brown full on amazing super beard

Equipment: idc
Glove Color: black
Bat Color: black with batting ring
Batting Gloves (On/Off, if yes, Style 1, 2, or 3): 2, both hands
Pant Style (high socks, stirrups, long, baggy): high socks
Cleat Style (there's 3 of them): 3

Stance/Windup: bobby abreu (should be in there, if not, go john mcdonald, if he's not in there, go mark trumbo, if he's not in there, go jose reyes.

Strengths/Weaknesses: speedy, high batting average, walks a lot, occasional homer

Backstory (Optional): Born in the slums of Toronto, tried his hardest everyday, drafted in the mlb draft pretty late.

Name: John Scott
Age: 31
Jersey Number: 32
Primary/Secondary Position: C/1B
Nationality: Canadian
Batting/Throwing Hand: L/R
Height: 6'8"
Weight: 259

Appearance:

No batting gloves.

Stance: Kevin Youkilis

Strengths/Weaknesses: Powerful, but very slow and uncoordinated, can barely stand up in skates... Er... I mean cleats.

Backstory: Went undrafted due to lack of talent, but eventually signed as a free agent to a team who needed some toughness. Is known for getting into fights and being suspended for terrible behavior.

he's like the 8th first baseman but

Name: Pete Grossman
Age: 16/youngest possible
Jersey Number: 62
Primary/Secondary Position: 1B
Nationality: 'Merican (U.S.)
Batting/Throwing Hand: S/L
Height: 6'8"
Weight: 255

Appearance (Body): muscular.
Appearance (Face): short brown hair

Equipment: 3/4 sleeves
Glove Color: tan
Bat Color: tan
Batting Gloves: OFF
Pant Style: stirrup
Cleat Style: style 1, red/black

Stance/Windup: Generic 19

Strengths/Weaknesses: Great hitter with tremendous power, very slow though and defense is average at best.

Backstory (Optional): Born and raised in Massachusetts, attended Lowell High where he hit .387 with 22 homers his senior year.

Edit: edited

How could he have attended Boston College, much less play 4 years there, if he's that young?

Name: Danny Hopkins
Age: 23
Jersey Number: 19
Primary/Secondary Position: SP
Nationality: British
Batting/Throwing Hand: R/R
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 205

Appearance (Body): IDK, he just looks sorta normal
Appearance (Face): Blue eyes, messy dirty blonde hair

Equipment: Long sleeves
Glove Color: Blue
Bat Color: Black
Batting Gloves (On/Off, if yes, Style 1, 2, or 3): Off
Pant Style (high socks, stirrups, long, baggy): Long
Cleat Style (there's 3 of them): 2?

Stance/Windup: Generic 100?

Strengths/Weaknesses: Great fastball with velocity, above average slider, average curve, below average changeup, mediocre control, good stamina

Backstory (Optional): Used to play cricket. Now plays baseball. Loves corgis

And AgentP, how could he be a senior if he's only 16?

Name: Robert Tomlinson
Age: 18
Jersey Number: 34 or 78
Primary/Secondary Position: SP
Nationality: 'Merica
Batting/Throwing Hand: R/R
Height: 5'7
Weight: Lowest possible

Appearance (Body): Skinny as a freaking rail
Appearance (Face): Blue eyes, dirty blonde hair, peach fuzz for facial hair if possible

Equipment: You choose
Glove Color: Red
Bat Color: Black
Batting Gloves (On/Off, if yes, Style 1, 2, or 3): On, 2
Pant Style (high socks, stirrups, long, baggy): stirrups
Cleat Style (there's 3 of them): 2

Stance/Windup: Brad Zeigler

Strengths/Weaknesses: Strength: Breaking Balls (including knuckler) Weaknesses: Control, Stamina, Velocity

Name: Dean Stradley
Age: 31
Jersey Number: 60
Primary/Secondary Position: SP/RP
Nationality: USA
Batting/Throwing Hand: S/R
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 213 lbs

Appearance (Body): Slightly heavy
Appearance (Face): blonde hair, slightly darker goatee

Equipment:
Glove Color: Blue
Bat Color: Light Tan
Batting Gloves (On/Off, if yes, Style 1, 2, or 3): On, style 2
Pant Style (high socks, stirrups, long, baggy): long
Cleat Style (there's 3 of them): Not sure, but blue or dark gray if possible

Stance/Windup: slightly closed stance, 3/4 windup

Strengths/Weaknesses: Strengths - Good Screwball, not rattled easily. Weaknesses - very poor run speed, prone to injury.

Backstory (Optional): Kicked around in low level independent leagues for 12 years.