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**Brett Cecil**
Brett Cecil
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	Toronto Blue Jays — No. 27
	Pitcher
	Born: July 2, 1986 (age 23); Dunkirk, Maryland
Bats: Right	Throws: Left
MLB debut
	May 5, 2009 for the Toronto Blue Jays
Career statistics; (through September 2, 2009)
Win-Loss	7-4
Earned run average	5.42
Strikeouts	62
Teams
	Toronto Blue Jays (2009-present);

Brett Aarion Cecil (born July 2, 1986 in Dunkirk, Maryland) is a pitcher for 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 the University of Maryland, College Park.

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".^[1]

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[edit] 2009

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.^[2] 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^[3], 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 12 innings.

On August 20, 2009, Cecil made a major error in a game against the Boston Red Sox. He mistakenly threw a live ball into the Blue Jays' dugout, allowing Jason Bay to advance two bases.^[4]

[edit] References

^ Campbell, Morgan (15 May 2009). "Jays' Cecil throws left but he sure gets it right". Toronto Star. http://www.thestar.com/sports/article/634722. Retrieved 15 May 2009.
^ Lind leads way as Jays rally past Tribe
^ Halladay leads parade to Blue Jays infirmary, by Robert MacLeod, The Globe and Mail, June 18, 2009, p. S4
^ Brown, David. "Blue Jays pitcher Brett Cecil makes all-time bonehead error". Big League Stew. Yahoo! Sports. http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/Blue-Jays-pitcher-Brett-Cecil-makes-all-time-bon?urn=mlb,184296. Retrieved 2009-08-21.

[edit] External links

Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Baseball-Reference, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
Brett Cecil at MiLB.com

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[righty-0] Campbell, Morgan (15 May 2009). "Jays' Cecil throws left but he sure gets it right". Toronto Star. http://www.thestar.com/sports/article/634722. Retrieved 15 May 2009.

[1] Lind leads way as Jays rally past Tribe

[2] Halladay leads parade to Blue Jays infirmary, by Robert MacLeod, The Globe and Mail, June 18, 2009, p. S4

[3] Brown, David. "Blue Jays pitcher Brett Cecil makes all-time bonehead error". Big League Stew. Yahoo! Sports. http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/Blue-Jays-pitcher-Brett-Cecil-makes-all-time-bon?urn=mlb,184296. Retrieved 2009-08-21.

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