{"id":446631,"date":"2024-02-26T05:21:22","date_gmt":"2024-02-26T05:21:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=446631"},"modified":"2024-02-26T05:21:22","modified_gmt":"2024-02-26T05:21:22","slug":"blue-jays-tim-mayza-is-working-as-a-bat-boy-serving-his-fantasy-football-punishment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/blue-jays-tim-mayza-is-working-as-a-bat-boy-serving-his-fantasy-football-punishment\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Jays&#8217; Tim Mayza Is Working As A Bat Boy, Serving His Fantasy Football Punishment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday, Tim Mayza, a relief pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays, was supporting his club in a different capacity than he usually does on the mound.<\/p>\n<h2>Blue Jays&#8217; Tim Mayza Is Working As A Bat Boy, Serving His Fantasy Football Punishment<\/h2>\n<p>As a penalty for finishing last in the team&#8217;s fantasy football league, Mayza was made to bat for the Blue Jays against the Philadelphia Phillies during Toronto&#8217;s spring training game.<\/p>\n<p>Mayza was had to wear a special jersey showing the 4-10 record of his fantasy club as part of his punishment.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tim Mayza serves as Blue Jays bat boy for losing fantasy football league <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YXlruknBrd\">https:\/\/t.co\/YXlruknBrd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Blue Jays Nation (@thejaysnation) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thejaysnation\/status\/1761955890574577710?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 26, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Maybe Mayza will be motivated to do better in fantasy football the next season as a result of his penalty.<\/p>\n<p>Despite having top Dolphins wideout Tyreek Hill on his team, the article stated that Mayza, the longest-tenured Blue Jay, was done in during the football season, in part because to the season-ending injury to Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins.<\/p>\n<p>With Kirk Cousins of the Minnesota Vikings suffering a season-ending injury, Tim&#8217;s fantasy football season apparently collapsed, despite the fact that he still had elite players like Miami Dolphins receiver Tyreek Hill.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BlueJays?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BlueJays<\/a> pitcher Tim Mayza was the team&#39;s bat boy yesterday as a punishment for going 4-10 in the team&#39;s fantasy football league. <\/p>\n<p>Look at the back of his uniform \ud83e\udd23<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7NIT11TSHR\">pic.twitter.com\/7NIT11TSHR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFL_DovKleiman\/status\/1761815135834816986?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 25, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He\u2019s not willing to trade and not willing to change,&#8221; said Blue Jays catcher Danny Jansen, the eventual fantasy champion. &#8220;I was trying to get Tyreek Hill from him for weeks, maybe even a month. It\u2019s great. It\u2019s all good fun.<\/p>\n<p>Mayza, who has had three straight seasons of excellent play, will be an important member of Toronto&#8217;s bullpen this year as the Blue Jays attempt to go past the wild-card stage for the first time since 2016.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;ll be concentrating on helping the Blue Jays win now. Mayza just had a season in which he recorded 53 strikeouts in 69 innings while posting a career-best 1.52 ERA.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Blue Jays\u2019 Tim Mayza serves as bat boy as punishment for losing fantasy football league <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MS8vyYcQh6\">https:\/\/t.co\/MS8vyYcQh6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Pro Sports Feed (@ProSportsGoats) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ProSportsGoats\/status\/1761769024696856852?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 25, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Where did Tim Mayza go to school?<\/h3>\n<p>Timothy Gerard \u00a0went to Red Hill, Pennsylvania&#8217;s Upper Perkiomen High School.<\/p>\n<h4>How much does Tim Mayza make?<\/h4>\n<p>Tim and the Toronto Blue Jays agreed to a one-year, $3,590,000 contract that included a $3,590,000 guarantee and an average salary of $3,590,000. Mayza&#8217;s basic pay in 2024 will be $3,590,000, with a total compensation of $3,590,000.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Tim Mayza wearing a jersey with the number &quot;4-10&quot; on the back, his fantasy football team&#39;s last place record. Mayza served as their bat boy for the first few innings today for the last place finish. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KAu89YpKzN\">pic.twitter.com\/KAu89YpKzN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; SportsLogos.Net (@sportslogosnet) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sportslogosnet\/status\/1761592618125754687?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 25, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Tim Mayza wearing a jersey with the number &quot;4-10&quot; on the back, his fantasy football team&#39;s last place record. Mayza served as their bat boy for the first few innings today for the last place finish. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KAu89YpKzN\">pic.twitter.com\/KAu89YpKzN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; SportsLogos.Net (@sportslogosnet) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sportslogosnet\/status\/1761592618125754687?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 25, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE-\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Dolphins Tyreek Hill Challenges Boxing Star Jake Paul For A Fight\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/dolphins-tyreek-hill-challenges-boxing-star-jake-paul-for-a-fight\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Dolphins Tyreek Hill Challenges Boxing Star Jake Paul For A Fight<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday, Tim Mayza, a relief pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays, was supporting his club in a different capacity than he usually does on the mound. Blue Jays&#8217; Tim Mayza Is Working As A Bat Boy, Serving His Fantasy Football Punishment As a penalty for finishing last in the team&#8217;s fantasy football league, Mayza [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":422080,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54,119],"tags":[23556,23554,23553,23555],"class_list":["post-446631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb","category-toronto-blue-jays","tag-blue-jays-tim-mayza-batboy-punishment","tag-tim-mayza-batboy","tag-tim-mayza-batboy-punishment","tag-tim-mayza-fantasy-football-punishment"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=446631"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446631\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/422080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=446631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=446631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=446631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}