{"id":647932,"date":"2017-03-28T13:44:51","date_gmt":"2017-03-28T17:44:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/?p=647932"},"modified":"2017-03-28T13:44:51","modified_gmt":"2017-03-28T17:44:51","slug":"casual-thoughts-on-blue-jays-tim-mayza-sent-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/casual-thoughts-on-blue-jays-tim-mayza-sent-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Casual thoughts on Blue Jays&#8217; Tim Mayza sent down"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So, this just happened:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Latest <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BlueJays?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BlueJays<\/a> cuts: Jeff Beliveau, Leonel Campos, Chad Girodo, Casey Lawrence and Tim Mayza re-assigned to minor-league camp.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Shi Davidi (@ShiDavidi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShiDavidi\/status\/846761984129404928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s right: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/b\/belivje01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Jeff Beliveau<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/c\/campole01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Leonel Campos<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/g\/girodch01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Chad Girodo<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=lawren001cas&amp;utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Casey Lawrence<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=mayza-000tim&amp;utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Tim Mayza<\/a>&#8212;gone! Didn&#8217;t make the Opening Day roster.<\/p>\n<p>Sad&#8212;I&#8217;m sad. I really liked Tim Mayza. My casual thoughts on his demotion:<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-647932-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.usatodaysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/95\/2017\/03\/tim-mayza.m4a?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.usatodaysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/95\/2017\/03\/tim-mayza.m4a\">http:\/\/wp.usatodaysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/95\/2017\/03\/tim-mayza.m4a<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>You look at his numbers, and you may be thinking: David, what you said makes no sense. I know&#8212;the numbers ain&#8217;t pretty, I get it&#8212;but check out these videos:<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Tim Mayza warming up with Seth Conner - Toronto Blue Jays - 2014 MiLB ST\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aYA31fJkfu4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Tim Mayza, Toronto Blue Jays LHP Prospect (2016 Arizona Fall League)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EAenDt7SEKE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>How can you not like this guy? Mayza is a prospect, sure, but he has beautiful mechanics.<\/p>\n<p>So you never know, Blue Jays fans. We may see him in the big leagues sooner than we think.<\/p>\n<p>GO Jays. Follow me on\u00a0<strong>Twitter<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bluejaysmic\">@bluejaysmic<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gif <a href=\"https:\/\/media.giphy.com\/media\/l0HlBxMf5YHnBdQmk\/giphy.gif\">courtesy<\/a> of Giphy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So, this just happened: Latest #BlueJays cuts: Jeff Beliveau, Leonel Campos, Chad Girodo, Casey Lawrence and Tim Mayza re-assigned to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":647944,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[112146],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.2 (Yoast SEO v22.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Casual thoughts on Blue Jays&#039; Tim Mayza sent down - The Sports Daily<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/casual-thoughts-on-blue-jays-tim-mayza-sent-down\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Casual thoughts on Blue Jays&#8217; 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