JAMES J. (JAMIE) VERMILYEA...played his college ball at the University of New Mexico from 2001-03...earned First-Team All-Mountain West Conference honors in 2003 and 2nd-Team All-MWC honors in 2002, leading the conference with 107 strikeouts and working a school-record 131.1 innings...graduated from Sabino High School in his native
Tucson, AZ...was a Cape Cod League All-Star for the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox in 2002.
2007
May 10 was re-called from Syracuse...
Made his Major League debut April 22 at BAL, tossing
three innings of scoreless baseball (3.0IP, 3H,
K)...Appeared in two games for the Blue Jays...Also
pitched three scoreless innings vs. BOS May 10...Major
League hitters batted .227 against him in six innings...
MINORS: In 25 appearances at Syracuse (AAA),
posted a 2-2 record with one save and a 4.15 ERA...Was
1-1 with a 1.96 ERA at Alliance Bank Stadium in Syracuse.
2005
With just 164.2 pro innings under his belt, including only 57.1 innings above
Single-A, worked 101.0 innings in 43 games (8 starts) with Double-A New Hampshire and Triple-A Syracuse in his final season in the Blue Jays organization...combined to go 4-2 with a save and a 3.27 ERA in 35 relief appearances (3-3 with a 2.60 ERA for New Hampshire and 3-0 with a 5.60 ERA with Syracuse).
WITH NEW HAMPSHIRE: 13 of his 23 relief appearances were at least 2.0 innings...tossed
12.2 consecutive scoreless innings over 6 outings April 25-May 17, including a 4.1-inning appearance April 25 vs. Harrisburg to begin the streak...posted a 0.96 ERA (2 ER/18.2 IP) in 9 games in May...fanned a season-high 7 batters in 3.2 shutout innings May 11 at Portland...had a spot start May 29 at New Britain, giving up one run on 9 hits in 6.0 innings...then started his final 3 games before his July 8 promotion to Syracuse, tossing 5.0 shutout innings June 26 at Bowie, 7.0 scoreless innings July 2 vs. Altoona and 4.1 innings of 6-run ball (5 earned) July 7 at Binghamton...issued just one walk over 21.2
innings in his last 6 Double-A outings.
WITH SYRACUSE: Made his Triple-A debut with a July 15 start vs. Norfolk, and allowed 5
runs on 9 hits in 3.0 innings...also started July 23 vs. Charlotte and July 31 at
Pawtucket...in 3 starts overall, posted no record and a 7.04 ERA (11 ER/12.2 IP).
2004
Reached Double-A in his 2nd pro season, going 3-2 with 5 saves and a 2.51 ERA in 20 games (6 starts) at New Hampshire after beginning the year at Single-A Dunedin...was 5-1 with a 3.09 ERA in 18 games (6 starts) at Dunedin, and was promoted
to New Hampshire June 22...upon his promotion, retired the first 42 batters he faced,
tossing 14.0 consecutive perfect innings over his first 5 games (2 starts) June 22-July
6...despite allowing 6 hits July 6 at Altoona, threw 5.0 shutout innings to run his scoreless innings streak over these first 5 games to 18.0 innings...earned a pair of wins and 3
saves in that span...threw a 7-inning perfect game in the game 2 of a June 28 double-header vs. New Britain, accounting for New Hampshire's lone shutout of the year...was named Eastern League Pitcher of the Week for June 28-July 4, going 1-0 with a save and 8.1 perfect innings in 2 games...with the Fisher Cats, held the opposition to a .208 average and walked only 12 in 57.1 innings, an average of 1.9 walks per 9 innings...was 3-1 with a 2.60 ERA in 6 EL starts and 0-1 with 5 saves and a 2.38 ERA in 14 EL relief appearances...tossed 5.0 shutout innings in 4 games against Boston's Portland affiliate.
2003
Split his debut season between short-season Single-A Auburn and Single-A Dunedin...started his pro career with 11.0 straight scoreless innings and 3 wins in his first 3 appearances with Auburn...was the New York-Penn League's Pitcher of the Week for the first week of the season (June 16-22), going 2-0 with 16 strikeouts in 7.1
scoreless innings over 2 games...fanned 10 in 4.0 perfect innings in his first pro start
July 7 vs. Hudson Valley...with 53 strikeouts in 30.1 innings, led New York-Penn League
relievers by averaging 14.3 K's per 9 innings...went 5-1 with a 1.93 ERA (5 ER/23.1 IP)
in 7 relief appearances and posted a 2.37 ERA in 9 games overall before making the jump
to Dunedin July 26...opened his Single-A stint with 14.0 consecutive scoreless innings,
including 3.0 shutout innings at Jupiter July 27 to earn his first pro save in his first
Florida State League game...overall, combined to strike out 78 and walk only 7 in 52.0
innings to average 13.5 strikeouts and 1.2 walks per 9 innings...after holding opponents
to a .204 average with Auburn, limited foes to a .253 average with Dunedin.
