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2008: Wore number 37 with the New Britain Rock Cats
(Eastern, AA)...put on the DL on June 27...joined the GCL Twins
(R) on a rehab assignment around August 22...wore number 19 with
the Twins...inherited 10 base runners and allowed 3 to score
and had two blown saves with NB...released by Minnesota around
December 16.
2007: Wore number 38 with the New Britain Rock Cats
(AA)...threw his 200th career inning on May 22...got his 200th
strikeout on July 8...had 2 blown saves and inherited 22 runners
with 8 scoring...promoted to the Rochester Red Wings (International,
AAA) on July 16...wore number 21 with Rochester...inherited 2
runners and both scored...threw 330 pitches with Rochester, 200
for strikes.
2006: Had an 0-1 record with 1 save and a 13.50 ERA
in 2 appearances (2.0 innings) in major league spring training...wore
number 38 with the New Britain Rock Cats (AA)...threw his 100th
career inning on April 12...got his 100th career strikeout on
May 8...sent down to Fort Myers (A+) on June 22...wore number
23 with the Miracle...sent back to New Britain on July 7...pitched
in his 100th career game on August 15...assigned to the Mesa
Solar Sox of the Arizona Fall League on August 21...Hogs in the
Minors Player of the Week seven times...named the 2006 HogNation
Minor
League Player of the Year.
2005: Pitched 3 perfect innings (with 1 strikeout)
in 3 appearances in major league spring training for the Twins...wore
number 36 with the Fort Myers Miracle...had two blown saves on
the year...had a 1.46 ground out to fly out ratio...Hogs in the
Minors Player of the Week four times.
2004: Drafted on June 7...wore number 38 with the
Elizabethton Twins...made his professional debut on July 5...got
his first win on July 15...promoted to the Swing of the Quad
Cities (A) on July 20...named Swing player of the week, going
0-0 with a 0.00 ERA, 2 saves, with 5 strikeouts and one hit in
4.1 innings, 7/23-7/29...held batters to .156 batting average...BaseballAmerica's
2004 Minnesota Twins Draft Report Card (11/1/04) mentioned Jay
under the Best Pro Debut section and he was one of two mentioned
in the Closest To The Majors section.
College: Attended UA-Fort Smith from 2000-02...at
Arkansas from 2003-04...wore number 37 at Arkansas.
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