2010 season Toronto Blue Jays

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2010 alex anthopoulos first full season general manager of jays.



in off-season, jays ace roy halladay traded philadelphia phillies kyle drabek, travis d arnaud, , michael taylor; taylor traded oakland athletics brett wallace. team s significant free agent signings of catcher john buck , shortstop Álex gonzález.


the 2010 season surprising 10-win improvement on last season. career year josé bautista, hit 54 home runs, breaking george bell s franchise record of 47. in doing so, became 26th player reach 50 home runs , first since alex rodriguez , prince fielder achieved feat in 2007. blue jays set franchise record home runs in single season hit 257, 13 more previous record of 244 set 2000 blue jays. blue jays tied 1996 baltimore orioles third home runs team in single season. 7 players (josé bautista, vernon wells, aaron hill, adam lind, lyle overbay, john buck, , edwin encarnación) hit 20 home runs or more throughout season, tying mlb record set 4 teams, including 2000 blue jays.


on july 14, jays traded Álex gonzález , 2 minor league prospects—left-handed pitcher tim collins , shortstop tyler pastornicky—to atlanta braves jo-jo reyes , yunel escobar.


on august 7, catching prospect j. p. arencibia made major league debut. went 4-for-5 2 home runs, including home run hit on first pitch saw. next day, starting pitcher brandon morrow came within 1 out of no-hitter, finishing 17 strikeouts in complete game one-hitter.



team record 2010: 85 wins–77 losses, w%- 0.525, 11 games behind division leader, fourth in division




^ jordan bastian / mlb.com. blue jays ink shortstop gonzalez . toronto blue jays. mlb. retrieved february 19, 2011. cs1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)






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