"Blue Jays manager Cito Gaston would not confirm that struggling reliever B.J. Ryan would begin the season as his closer, the Globe and Mail reported. "There's still some concerns about him," Blue Jays manager Cito Gaston said of Ryan, whose earned-run average is 9.00 through seven innings in eight preseason games. Ryan has also allowed seven runs and seven walks. Gaston was asked if his concerns might mean that Ryan, who insists his arm feels 100 per cent, will not leave with the team when it heads north, that he will stay behind to try to work out his problems during extended spring training. "We haven't made that decision yet," Gaston said. "His arm doesn't hurt him so if you move him out of that spot, maybe you put him somewhere else for a while and go from there, see if it improves for him (ESPN)."
They Jays just can't seem to catch a break. Wells gets a big contract, and has never been the same. They lock up Rios, and he hasn't turned into the player they thought he would be (though still decent). Now Ryan who battled back from Tommy John surgery to have a solid season in 2009 looks to be on his way out of a job. He is only throwing about 87 MPH right now, and that is way under what he used to throw (93-95). I always like Ryan, and it would really be too bad for his career to end this way, but it does not look like he is going to get his mojo back anytime soon.
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