| Brett Cecil | |
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| Toronto Blue Jays – No. 27 | |
| Pitcher | |
| Born: July 2, 1986 Dunkirk, Maryland |
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| Bats: Right | Throws: Left |
| MLB debut | |
| May 5, 2009 for the Toronto Blue Jays | |
| Career statistics (through 2011) |
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| Win-Loss | 26 - 22 |
| Earned run average | 4.64 |
| Strikeouts | 273 |
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Brett Aarion Cecil (born July 2, 1986 in Dunkirk, Maryland) is an American professional baseball pitcher with the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball. Cecil was drafted as the 38th overall pick in the 2007 Major League Baseball Draft by the Blue Jays. He pitched for DeMatha Catholic High School and the University of Maryland, College Park.[1]
He first pitched in a professional league for the Class A Auburn Doubledays in 2007. In 2008, he had been promoted to the Dunedin Blue Jays, and later to the Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats, and finally to the Triple-A Syracuse Chiefs. He received an invitation to attend spring training with the Blue Jays in 2009, but began the season in Triple-A.
Although he pitches left-handed, he is actually right-handed; pitching is "the only thing he does left-handed".[2]
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Cecil was called up to the Toronto Blue Jays on May 1, 2009, and made his major league debut on May 5 as the starting pitcher against the Cleveland Indians at home. In that game, Cecil pitched six innings, giving up two runs, one earned, and six hits but was credited with a no-decision in a game Toronto eventually won. His next start was May 10 against the Oakland Athletics, pitching 8 scoreless innings to earn his first Major League win.[3] Cecil defeated the Chicago White Sox, keeping Toronto in first place, but then gave up five home runs to the Boston Red Sox on May 21, losing his first game, as Toronto went on a nine-game losing streak and dropped out of first place. Cecil was returned to AAA after losing to Boston, and then pitched solidly for the Las Vegas 51s. Continued injury problems for Blue Jays' pitchers led to Cecil being recalled to the major leagues on June 18,[4] and he started against the Washington Nationals on June 20, filling in for the injured Casey Janssen and Roy Halladay, pitching 7 innings while allowing 3 earned runs in a no-decision, in a game Toronto lost in twelve innings.
Originally not making the rotation for the Blue Jays, Cecil was called up early in the season and became a regular in the Jays rotation along with Ricky Romero, Shaun Marcum and Brandon Morrow. On May 3, 2010, he took a perfect game into the seventh inning against the Cleveland Indians, but walked Grady Sizemore with one out. Then, two batters later, he allowed a single to Jhonny Peralta which scored Sizemore from second to end his no-hitter and his shutout. He ended up going 8 innings, allowing one hit, 2 walks, one run, and 10 strikeouts. Despite not making the original team out of spring training he led the team in wins with 15, along with a much improved 4.20 ERA. He also dominated the American League East going with an 11-3 record.
To start the 2011 season, Cecil went 1–2 with a 6.86 ERA, which led to the Blue Jays optioning him to Triple-A, in order to make room for Chris Woodward on the 25-man roster.[5] He was later recalled in late June and lost in his first start, against the Pittsburgh Pirates. On July 24th, he pitched his first complete game shutout against Texas Rangers. [6]
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| Season | Team | League | GP | GS | W | L | CG | SO | IP | K | ERA | WHIP | GP | GS | W | L | CG | SO | IP | K | ERA | WHIP | ||
| 2009 | Toronto Blue Jays | MLB | 18 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 93.1 | 69 | 5.30 | 1.65 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2010 | Toronto Blue Jays | MLB | 28 | 28 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 172.2 | 117 | 4.22 | 1.33 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2011 | Toronto Blue Jays | MLB | 20 | 20 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 123.2 | 87 | 4.73 | 1.33 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| MLB totals | 66 | 65 | 26 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 389.2 | 273 | 4.64 | 1.40 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
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