Steven Edward Delabar

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 230 lb.

Born: July 17, 1983 in Fort Knox, KY
High School: Central Hardin HS (Cecilia, KY)
School: Volunteer State Community College (Gallatin, TN)
Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 29th round of the 2003 amateur draft.
Signed May 12, 2004. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 11, 2011 (Age 28)   vs. KCR 1.0 IP, 0 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER
Teams (by GP): BlueJays/Mariners 2011-2013
2013 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$499k (13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 1.015, Arb Eligible: 2015, Free Agent: 2018 [*],
    About biographical information

• 5/21 FriarHood: 2003 MLB Re-Draft: Padres Select Nick Markakis:   Keith Law of ESPN decided to redraft 2003.  With the 4th overall selection OF Nick Markakis was the Padres pick (original...
• 5/16 Jays Journal: Organizational Filler (In) – Montana Madness: As the title suggests, I’m currently enjoying one last vacation before the wife goes back to work and I’m tasked with...
• 5/10 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 34: David Price Battles, Yunel Escobar Drills Key Home Run as Rays Deliver Win to Remember: So far in 2013, the Rays have found themselves frustrated by so many parts of their team–and on Thursday night, they all collided....
• 5/8 Sports Talk Florida: Roberto Hernandez Sharp But Bullpen Fails: Roberto Hernandez was as good as he's been with the Rays but for the second night in a row the Rays bullpen failed to protect...
• 5/1 Jays Journal: Game Thread: Boston Red Sox (18-8) @ Toronto Blue Jays (10-17) – The Let’s Start A Streak Edition: Well, the Blue Jays finally got one back last night, ending their four game skid and closing out the month of April with a 9-7...

• 4/29 mlbreports.com : MLB Power Rankings – Apr.29/2013: Like us on Facebook here Monday Apr.29/2013 By Chuck Booth (Lead Baseball Analyst/Website Owner): With it coming up to the 4...
• 4/25 numberFire: 3 Key Stats Behind the Blue Jays' Mediocre Start: If pitchers like Josh Johnson keep allowing hits and not turning double plays, it could be a long season in Toronto.See More R.A....
• 4/24 Tribe Daily: Morning Rundown: Jays 'KO Myers to Prevent Tribe Sweep: As the great Conan O'Brien would say. Whooaaaa....wait. I already used that introduction? Well, okay, that issue aside, yesterday's...
• 4/15 Mastersball.com: LABR FAAB Report: Week of April 15: Each week, your friends at Mastersball will post the results of the weekly LABR FAAB run, featuring the winning bid as well...
• 4/15 Jays Journal: Jays Jots: Blue Jays Week 2 In Review: The 2013 Major League Baseball season has started very sketchy for the Toronto Blue Jays. However, it’s not all bad news...
• 4/11 Baseball News Source: Tigers Jim Leyland Still Confident In Brayan Villarreal: Dear Lord, can we please get some relief? And I am not talking about the Detroit Tigers bullpen. I am describing the weather conditions...
• 4/9 Mastersball.com: LABR FAAB Report: Week of April 8: Each week, your friends at Mastersball will post the results of the weekly LABR FAAB run, featuring the winning bid as well...
• 4/6 Jays Journal: Blue Jays Happ(y) To Oblige With Win: Coming off of a disappointing loss against the Boston Red Sox on Friday night, their third in four games to start the season,...
• 4/1 Jays Journal: “MLB 13: The Show” Simulates Blue Jays 2013 Season: Almost a month ago, I bought my copy of “MLB 13: The Show” from my local game shop. The first thing I did when I got...

• 3/26 Jays Journal: Bloggin’ Blue: Jays Link 3/25/13: The great thing about being a Toronto Blue Jays site, is that we are part of a large fraternity of great blogs and news organizations...
• 3/20 Jays Journal: How Are Those July Trades Looking Now: I don’t think anyone would argue making 3 trades in the span of a week and a half is excessive. Usually if a team makes 3 trades...
• 3/8 Jays Journal: Jays Jots: Spring Training Game 14: After getting their fill of seeing the Orioles, Phillies, Yankees, and Tigers, the Toronto Blue Jays finally got to play a Spring...
• 3/6 Jays Journal: Jays Jots: Spring Training Game 11: The the team’s expected starting shortstop, first baseman, catcher, third baseman, and Opening Day starter now gone from...

• 2/28 Jays Journal: Steve Delabar: Closer Of The (Distant) Future?: Spring Training signals a new beginning to the long, arduous season that belongs to the 162 meaningful scheduled games of Major...
• 2/26 Jays Journal: Jays Jots: Spring Training Game 5: It was an utterly ugly afternoon in Dunedin, Florida, as the Toronto Blue Jays dropped their third straight game of the spring...
• 2/11 Baseballhotcorner.com: Fan Fuel 2013 Blue Jays interview: Steve Delabar: BY CLAYTON RICHER – FAN FUEL BLOGGER On July 30th, 2012 the Toronto Blue Jays acquired hard throwing reliever Steve Delabar...

• 1/24 Jays Journal: Blue Jays Bullpen On The Bubble: With the signing of Mark DeRosa, the Toronto Blue Jays have essentially finished building their roster for the 2013 season. Barring...
• 1/16 Jays Journal: Darren Oliver Returns For One Last Season: In a move that will make many Blue Jays fans very happy, Darren Oliver has agreed to return to the organization for 2013 at the...
• 1/16 MLB Injury News: Blue Jays Rumors: Toronto Seeks Late-Inning Reliever: The Toronto Blue Jays are seeking a late-inning reliever for the back end of their bullpen, according to Jon Heyman of CBS Sports....
• 1/12 Jays Journal: Rafael Soriano Not The Answer: For the first time in a long time when you look at Toronto Blue Jays you see a lot more bright spots than holes. Sometimes those...
• 1/7 Jays Journal: Blue Jays & Their Bothersome Bullpen: The weakest part of the Blue Jays roster is their bullpen. After acquiring so much elite talent for the lineup and starting rotation,...
• 1/3 Jays Journal: Former Jays Pitcher Frasor Signs With Rangers: Jason Frasor has been a fixture in the Blue Jays bullpen for the past decade, and when the season ended, the right-hander was...

• 12/30 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Blue Jays | Steve Delabar credits throwing program with recent success: Toronto Blue Jays RP Steve Delabar credits his recent success with a throwing program he began several years ago while working...[+] out at the Players' Academy in Elizabethtown, Ky. At the time, he was a high school assistant baseball coach who had given up on playing professionally after suffering a severe right elbow injury that required a metal plate and nine screws to heal. Delabar initially participated in the program so that he could teach other players but then noticed that his own velocity slowly increased from the mid-80s to the mid-90s. The workouts focus on arm acceleration and deceleration, using a variety of weighted balls to increase shoulder and arm strength while also increasing arm speed at the same time.
• 12/26 Jays Journal: Oliver Decision Could Make Loup Very Important: You know your team is in a good position when December is coming to a close and the biggest remaining question for the team revolves...
• 12/21 Jays Journal: All Started In July: Right now fans of the Toronto Blue Jays are overwhelmed. Alex Anthopoulos has gone all out this offseason in making the Jays a...
• 12/18 Jays Journal: No Dull Jays Games For A Long Time: One of the best and most annoying things about baseball is that you can’t predict anything that happens. Stats don’t add up...
• 12/15 Through The Fence Baseball: Rumor alert: R.A. Dickey could be heading to Blue Jays: Rumors have been flying every which way lately about what will happen with R.A. Dickey. The reigning NL Cy Young winner has been...

• 11/5 Jays Journal: Bullpen: Locked and Loaded: If you never watched hockey or soccer, or are a casual fan of either sport, it’s easy to look at those sports and think if a...

• 10/29 MLBTradeRumors: Blue Jays Notes: Bullpen, Romero, Johnson, Villanueva: MLB.com's Gregor Chisholm provides a look at the Blue Jays upcoming offseason and tackles a host of free agent issues in the process: Of...
• 10/29 House of the Bluebird: A Guide to Steve Delabar and The Steve Delabar Story: When the Blue Jays traded Eric Thames for relief pitcher Steve Delabar midseason I had little to no knowledge of who he was or...
• 10/27 Jays Journal: Jays Were Looking At Bailey Instead of Aviles: Leave it to the powers that be at the Worldwide Leader in Spin Sports, ESPN to churn the rumor mill during an otherwise slow news...
• 10/17 Jays Journal: Blue Jays Claim Cousins, Wade, and Collective Yawn From Fans: Quick, what is a quick way to create excitement from a fan base while sitting home in October? Easy, make personnel moves in order...
• 10/4 Jays Journal: Money For Nothing: As another regular season passes in the MLB, so does another chance for the Toronto Blue Jays to make the playoffs. Granted, the...

• 9/30 Bleeding Yankee Blue: YANKEES SHOW LIFE IN MUST WIN GAME: There’s no denying it; these games are must-win games. After a disappointing (to say the very least) loss on Saturday,...
• 9/28 Mariners Latest: A Look At The Newest Mariners: Bawcom, Thames and Landry: From left to right: Bawcom, Thames, Landry Yesterday was a huge day for the Seattle Mariners. After a 4 to 1 win over the...
• 9/20 SoDo Mojo: A Calm Evaluation of Jack Zduriencik:   It is reasonable to take a look at the job Jack Zduriencik has attempted to do since being hired as the General Manager...
• 9/10 Call to the Pen: 2nd Base: A Big Hole for the Blue Jays in 2013: We all know that up until all of the Blue Jays players got injured they had the best offence in the league (1st to score 500 runs...
• 9/3 Roto Think Tank: A.L. FAAB Log: September 3, 2012: 0 0 1 420 2397 Roto Think Tank 19 5 2812 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE...

• 8/11 Yanks Go Yard: Yankees ground Blue Jays with late spurts: For the third straight game the New York Yankees scored important runs in the late innings to aid in a victory. Last night, like...
• 8/10 YankeeAnalysts.com: 50 Shades Of Jay(s), Yankees Win 10-4: You knew this was going to be an interesting night when David Cone dropped a “Moves Like Jagger” reference in the...
• 8/10 The Baseball Page: Mariners Biggest Streak in Years: This week in Mariner-land was a time of births, plane rides, and great...
• 8/5 MLBTradeRumors: Week In Review: 7/29/12 - 8/4/12: With the trade deadline but a distant memory, let's catch up on the week that was here at MLBTR... The Giants acquired right...
• 8/3 Yanks Go Yard: Yanks Go Yard Series Preview Show: Mariners at Yankees (8/3-8/5): On Wednesday, the New York Yankees were able to salvage the sweep from the Baltimore Orioles with a dominating 12-3 victory. They...
• 8/1 Baseballhotcorner.com: The Trade Deadline Winners, Losers and The Blue Jays: The major league baseball trade deadline has come and gone and there are a number of players donning new digs around the circuit....

• 7/31 SoDo Mojo: Mariners Trade Deadline Recap: In light of yesterday’s trades, not so much as a peep was heard out of the Mariners’ front office this afternoon, even with...
• 7/31 Jays Journal: Jays Trade Analysis: LF Eric Thames for RP Steve Delabar: When Jared and I completed the Top 50 Jays Prospect list pre-2011, we listed Eric Thames as the 15th best Jays prospect, right...
• 7/31 MLBTradeRumors: AL East Notes: Red Sox, Teixeira, Blue Jays: The Blue Jays traded two outfielders for two relievers in a pair of late-night trades Monday, while the Orioles continued engaging...
• 7/31 Baseball News Source: Blue Jays – Mariners Trade – Thames for Delabar: The Mariners got outfielder Eric Thames from the Toronto Blue Jays, for reliever Steve Delabar. Delabar, 29, had a 4.17 ERA in...
• 7/31 StanGraphs: Trade: Mariners Acquire Eric Thames, Send Steve Delabar in Blue Jays’ General Direction: This is hardly a trade that will impact the 2012 standings, but the Blue Jays have dealt outfielder Eric Thames to the Mariners...
• 7/31 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: Deadline Day - Overnight Wrap-up July 30th: The Major League Baseball non-waiver trade deadline is officially upon us as of 4:00pm today. The activity promises to...
• 7/31 The Baseball Page: Trades you may have missed: The trade deadline is today and here are some deals that have happened...
• 7/31 mlbreports.com : 2012 Trade Deadline Update #7 7/31: League, Snider, Thames, Soto, and More: Tuesday July 31st, 2012 Bernie Olshansky: Monday night and Tuesday morning turning out to be a busy one for MLB General Managers!...
• 7/31 BoSox Injection: 2012 Trading Deadline Live Blog: The day has finally arrived: the trading deadline. Several names have already been traded as I mentioned yesterday, and there’ll...
• 7/31 Jays Journal: Jays Make Couple of Controversial Moves: If Alex Anthopoulos was trying to get the attention of Toronto’s fan base, he definitely succeeded yesterday when he dealt...
• 7/31 MLBTradeRumors: Blue Jays, Mariners Swap Thames For Delabar: The Mariners have acquired outfielder Eric Thames from the Blue Jays for reliever Steve Delabar, the team announced. Just yesterday...
• 7/27 MLBTradeRumors: Rosenthal & Morosi On Gonzalez, Phillies, Perkins: Phillies GM Ruben Amaro Jr. acknowledges his team’s upcoming series in Atlanta will have an impact on Philadelphia’s trade...
• 7/7 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Recap: Mariners @ A’s Game 84: The A’s and M’s play to a lot of low scoring games and this one was no different, 1-1 into the eleventh. Chris Carter,...

• 5/29 High Heat Stats: Memorial Monday musings: [Just in time for Tuesday night's slate, here are a few notes on Monday games.] White Sox 2, @Rays 1: To put it very mildly, ChiSox...
• 5/26 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Mariners | Brandon League loses closer job for now: Seattle Mariners manager Eric Wedge said RP Brandon League will not be the closer for the time being and will be used in other...[+] situations. Wedge did not name a temporary replacement and will decide on who will close a game based on the situation. RPs Tom Wilhelmsen, Charlie Furbush and Lucas Luetge appear to be obvious candidates to get save opportunities but RPs Shawn Kelley and Steve Delabar could also get chances.
• 5/6 Baseball Musings: Late Night Roundup: It took the Athletics 12 innings, bu they ended the Rays winning streak with a 4-3 victory. Former Rays slugger Jonny Gomes played...

• 4/13 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Mariners | Steve Delabar surrendering homersSeattle Mariners RP Steve Delabar has given up four home runs in five innings this season....[+] Seattle Mariners RP Steve Delabar has given up four home runs in five innings this season.
• 4/12 Jeff's Mariners Fan Blog: Mariners Stun Rangers 4-3 with Late Rally:             The first eight innings of tonight’s game were as dreary as today’s weather...
• 4/8 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Asking an Unpo**** Question: The A’s have a rare Easter Sunday off due to this bizarre beginning of the season scheduling care of the trip to Japan....
• 4/8 Baseball Musings: There’s Life in Them Thar Offenses: The Oakland Athletics scored eight runs in their first three games while the Mariners scored 11. Neither team was lighting up...
• 4/7 Jeff's Mariners Fan Blog: Mariners Win Second Season Opener Against the A’s 7-3: The Seattle Mariners played small-ball tonight against the Oakland A’s tonight combined with good starting pitching by Jason...
• 4/7 SoDo Mojo: 4/6/2012 Game ‘Cap: What an exhilarating, odd game. When the Mariners assembled this team, I doubt they ever figured that Figgins, Saunders, Seager,...

• 3/30 High Heat Stats: We now return you to your regularly scheduled Cactus League broadcasts: Oakland beat Seattle 4-1 Thursday behind 3 late HRs, earning a split of MLB’s out-of-town preview. Bartolo Colon exploited...
• 3/19 SoDo Mojo: Seattle Determines Bat Flip Not Enough: Thus spells the ends any illusions of Kuo returning to his previous All-Star form . Seattle released Hong-Chih Kuo early this...

• 2/20 SoDo Mojo: Exploring Seattle’s Pen: Just a few weeks ago, the Mariners bullpen was an open expanse with plenty of available land and hope for those attempting to...

• 10/27 SoDo Mojo: A Short Profile On Steve Delabar: There is a lot out in Mariner country that I just don’t get enough time to write about. I have a lot that I want to cover and...
• 10/26 Seedlings to Stars: The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of: Steve Delabar: Many po**** opinions of pitching prospects are formed from general scouting reports. While these reports are invaluable resources,...

• 9/28 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Live Blogging: A’s @ Mariners Game 162:   8:51PM PDT: Gio Gonzalez strikes out the side. He is looking good now after a shaky start and with that he hits the 200...
• 9/22 SoDo Mojo: Mariners Regress, Return To Old Ways: Jim Mone / AP Whenever there are morning games, I have to listen to the game at work, since there are no TVs at work.  Sidebar:...
• 9/18 SoDo Mojo: Sunday Seattle Sports Put Up Goose Egg: via vivalavidro Before heading back to school in the autumn, I decided to take a short vacation.  Everyone needs to take time...
• 9/15 Yankees Daily: Yankees waste Nova’s Performance as they lose to Mariners 2-1 in 12: SEATTLE (AP) — Luis Rodriguez led off the bottom of the 12th inning with a solo homer off New York reliever Cory Wade, and the...
• 9/15 SoDo Mojo: Mariners Salvage Series With Evil Empire: Why do people call the Yankees the “evil empire” anyway? What have they done, as a baseball club, that was so evil?...