Blue Jays Game Day Preview: July 21st 2009

Tuesday July 21st 2009

Cleveland Indians (36-57), 5th in AL Central

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Toronto Blue Jays (46-47), 4th in AL East

Probable Pitching Matchup

Cliff Lee (5-9, 3.31ERA)

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Brett Cecil (3-1, 5.40ERA)

Blue Jays Machine Expects:

Vernon Wells to be back in the lineup:

Wells, suffering from a stomach virus has been out of the Toronto lineup since Thursday. Wells missed the entire three game series against Boston, but with the off day Monday, should be well enough to start in centre field on Tuesday against Cleveland.

David Dellucci to remain on the bench:

Dellucci hurt his left foot in the game against Boston on Friday night. X-rays on the foot came back negative. Dellucci was available as a pinch hitter off the Jays bench on Sunday. Jose Bautista has played exceptional defense in left field this season and has been playing well as of late. Expect Dellucci to get rest while Bautista fills in.

The Blue Jays bullpen to get some work:

The Jays bullpen was non existant in Sunday's game against Boston as Roy Halladay pitched his 45th career complete game. Brett Cecil will start Tuesday's game for the Jays. Cecil has only pitched seven innings or more twice in his big league career.

Blue Jays news:

In celebration of the 1992/1993 World Series Championship teams Joe Carter will be doing a special webchat with Toronto fans via the Toronto Blue Jays homepage.

Details below:

Back2Back chat with Joe Carter

Chat with former Blue Jays outfielder Joe Carter on Tuesday, July 21 at 11 a.m. ET.

Visit the following link to be directed to the chatpage:

http://toronto.bluejays.mlb.com/fan_forum/chat.jsp?c_id=tor

Other baseball News:

The Milwaukee Brewers acquired a new second baseman Sunday in a trade with the Arizona Diamondbacks. Arizona traded second baseman Felipe Lopez to Milwaukee in exchange for minor league outfielder Cole Gillespie and right handed pitcher Roque Mercedes.

The San Diego Padres acquired infielder Oscar Salazar from the Orioles in exchange for right-handed reliever Cla Meredith on Sunday.

The trade was made in part due to the injuries to infielders David Eckstein and Edgar Gonzalez.