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Blue Jays bring reliever Frasor back to Toronto… |
TORONTO – The day Jason Frasor walked out of the Toronto Blue Jays’ locker-room, he believed he’d never be back — let alone so soon. Frasor is returning to the team for which he’s played almost his entire career. Toronto acquired the reliever in a deal with Chicago on Sunday just five months after trading him to the White Sox. The Jays gave up minor league pitchers Myles Jaye and Daniel Webb in Sunday’s trade. “It felt like I was never coming back. (His July 27 trade) was an emotional day. I think it was the first time I’d cried since I gave up five runs in Atlanta a couple of years ago,” he said, laughing. “It’s hard to believe I’m going back to Toronto, my wife is thrilled, it’s great. What a thrill, I don’t know else what it say, and I can’t wait to put on those new uniforms,” he added, during a conference call from his home in Tampa, Fla. Frasor was 3-3 with a 3.60 ERA in 64 relief appearances with Chicago and Toronto last season. The 34-year-old right-hander had been the longest serving member of the team and left as the franchise leader in games pitched when the Jays sent him to Chicago along with pitcher Zach Stewart for pitcher Edwin Jackson and infielder/outfielder Mark Teahen. Frasor, a Chicago native, spent eight seasons — 2004-2011 — with the Blue Jays, posting a 24-28 record in 455 games with 36 saves and a 3.69 ERA. Frasor, who enjoyed a relatively quiet New Year’s Eve of pizza and beer, said he was confused when he received a text message Sunday morning from Jays general manager Alex Anthopoulos. He then received a message from a Jays media relations official asking if he’d be available for an interview. It wasn’t until he received a call from his agent that learned of the trade. “Crazy day today, but good news,” Frasor said from his home in Tampa, Fla. Frasor said he enjoyed his brief stay in Chicago. “I would have loved going back there, I was there for a couple of months and they were fantastic, great teammates, great people,” Frasor said. “It was a dream come true for my parents, to play for the hometown team and it was interesting for me to play for a different team after being in Toronto for eight years.” Frasor joins former Chicago teammate and closer Sergio Santos, who the Jays acquired from the White Sox last month. “I think you guys are really going to like him,” Frasor said of Santos. “I can’t believe Alex pulled him away from Chicago first of all, and for me to go back there and hopefully set him up again, it’s great.” Frasor is happy he doesn’t have to go far for Jays training camp in Dunedin, Fla., a short drive from his home in Tampa, Fla. “It’s six extra weeks of being at home for me and my family which is huge,” Frasor said. “It makes it easier for me to prepare for spring training. Now I can go to the complex early, and there’ll be the catchers there, and I can utilize those guys and throw sliders and changeups in the dirt, and get those guys ready for the real thing.” The 20-year-old Jaye, meanwhile, made his professional debut with Advanced Rookie Bluefield of the Appalachian League last season, going 3-3 with a 3.00 ERA in nine starts and four relief appearances. The 22-year-old Webb spent most of last season with class-A Lansing, where he was 4-5 with a 5.59 ERA. He also made one relief appearance with Bluefield. Running low on time today, i’ll be back tomorrow hopefully with some more news. Posted in blue-jays-news | Comments Off
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The Toronto Blue Jays bolstered their bullpen with… |
TORONTO — The day Jason Frasor walked out of the Toronto Blue Jays’ locker-room, he believed he’d never be back — let alone so soon. Frasor is returning to the team for which he’s played almost his entire career. Toronto acquired the reliever in a deal with Chicago on Sunday just five months after trading him to the White Sox. The Jays gave up minor league pitchers Myles Jaye and Daniel Webb in Sunday’s trade. “It felt like I was never coming back. (His July 27 trade) was an emotional day. I think it was the first time I’d cried since I gave up five runs in Atlanta a couple of years ago,” he said, laughing. “It’s hard to believe I’m going back to Toronto, my wife is thrilled, it’s great. What a thrill, I don’t know else what it say, and I can’t wait to put on those new uniforms,” he added, during a conference call from his home in Tampa, Fla. Frasor was 3-3 with a 3.60 ERA in 64 relief appearances with Chicago and Toronto last season. The 34-year-old right-hander had been the longest serving member of the team and left as the franchise leader in games pitched when the Jays sent him to Chicago along with pitcher Zach Stewart for pitcher Edwin Jackson and infielder/outfielder Mark Teahen. Frasor, a Chicago native, spent eight seasons — 2004-2011 — with the Blue Jays, posting a 24-28 record in 455 games with 36 saves and a 3.69 ERA. Frasor, who enjoyed a relatively quiet New Year’s Eve of pizza and beer, said he was confused when he received a text message Sunday morning from Jays general manager Alex Anthopoulos. He then received a message from a Jays media relations official asking if he’d be available for an interview. It wasn’t until he received a call from his agent that learned of the trade. “Crazy day today, but good news,” Frasor said from his home in Tampa, Fla. Frasor said he enjoyed his brief stay in Chicago. “I would have loved going back there, I was there for a couple of months and they were fantastic, great teammates, great people,” Frasor said. “It was a dream come true for my parents, to play for the hometown team and it was interesting for me to play for a different team after being in Toronto for eight years.” Frasor joins former Chicago teammate and closer Sergio Santos, who the Jays acquired from the White Sox last month. “I think you guys are really going to like him,” Frasor said of Santos. “I can’t believe Alex pulled him away from Chicago first of all, and for me to go back there and hopefully set him up again, it’s great.” Frasor is happy he doesn’t have to go far for Jays training camp in Dunedin, Fla., a short drive from his home in Tampa, Fla. “It’s six extra weeks of being at home for me and my family which is huge,” Frasor said. “It makes it easier for me to prepare for spring training. Now I can go to the complex early, and there’ll be the catchers there, and I can utilize those guys and throw sliders and changeups in the dirt, and get those guys ready for the real thing.” The 20-year-old Jaye, meanwhile, made his professional debut with Advanced Rookie Bluefield of the Appalachian League last season, going 3-3 with a 3.00 ERA in nine starts and four relief appearances. The 22-year-old Webb spent most of last season with class-A Lansing, where he was 4-5 with a 5.59 ERA. He also made one relief appearance with Bluefield. Thanks for reading! . Posted in blue-jays-news | Comments Off
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Christmas could come early for fans of the Toronto… |
Christmas could come early for fans of the Toronto Blue Jays. The agent for Japanese pitching sensation Yu Darvish sent out a tweet on Monday morning saying an announcement will be made on the winning bid at around 9pm et. Don Nomura tweeted that the announcement will be made late Tuesday morning, Japan time. Earlier reports indicated the Blue Jays made the highest bid for the negotiating rights for Darvish, a bid that could be in the neighbourhood of $50 million. The Chicago Cubs, New York Yankees and Texas Rangers are all believed to have made a bid for Darvish’s services. Darvish’s Japanese team, the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters have until 5pm et on Tuesday to accept or reject the highest bid but they do not know the identity of that team. Should the Jays have the highest bid and it is accepted, they would have 30 days to work out a deal. If they can’t sign him, the Jays would then have their bid money returned. The 25-year-old Darvish has a lifetime record of 93-38 with a 1.99 ERA in Japan. Leave your comments on the news below. Posted in blue-jays-news | Comments Off
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Pleased to meet Yu? Jays bid big for hurler:… |
Home : Pleased to meet Yu? Jays bid big for hurler: reports Pleased to meet Yu? Jays bid big for hurler: reports
Josh Visser, ctvtoronto.ca Date: Friday Dec. 16, 2011 10:18 AM ET The Toronto Blue Jays have made a massive bid for Japanese pitcher Yu Darvish and may have won negotiating rights to sign him, according to a report. The New York Post says the Jays are believed to have made an offer in excess of $40 million US for Darvish, outbidding the Texas Rangers and the New York Yankees. The Post says the Jays made the bid on orders from Roger Communications. Darvish, a massive star in Japan, could be a marketing goldmine. The Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters have until 5 p.m. Tuesday EST to accept or reject the highest bid for their star player. Blue Jays general manager Alex Anthopoulos has been characteristically mum on the subject. He personally scouted Darvish last year in Japan. If the Jays won the bid, they would have 30 days to sign the 6’5, 215-pound pitcher to a deal. It is believed Darvish is seeking a five-year, $70-million deal. Darvish, 25, holds a 93-38 career record with a 1.99 earned run average in the Japanese league. While unproven in the MLB, Darvish could solidify the top of the Jays rotation, along with ace Ricky Romero and Brandon Morrow.
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Molina walkoff carries Jays past Yankees |
TORONTO — As they fade into another September sunset, the Toronto Blue Jays continue to find inspiration from an unlikely source. In his second start and third appearance since spending 38 months on the disabled list, Dustin McGowan passed his biggest test yet in a solid five-inning session against the New York Yankees. The outcome was not settled until the bottom of the ninth, long after McGowan and Yankees starter C.C. Sabathia were gone. Jose Molina, who had just entered the game as a defensive replacement, delivered an RBI single to give the Jays a 5-4 walkoff win. Adam Lind broke out of a long slump with three hits, including a three-run double and another two-bagger to open the ninth. After Brett Lawrie was intentionally walked, Colby Rasmus bunted into a forceout at third base. Molina then drove a Cory Wade pitch to the wall in right-centre field, scoring Lawrie. McGowan left with a 4-3 lead and the prospect of his first win since June 22, 2008. He allowed three hits, including a two-run homer by Eric Chavez, walked two and struck out four. It was McGowan’s longest outing of the season, including 12 rehab starts in the minors. As the Jays approach the off-season with a cloudy rotation picture, McGowan’s progress represents an unexpected bonus. Bidding for his 20th win, Sabathia gave up 10 hits and four runs in 5 2/3 innings, matching his shortest start of the season. Lind, who came in batting .173 in his previous 18 games, whacked a three-run double off Sabathia to put the Jays up by one in the bottom of the fifth. But the Yankees tied it in the sixth against Jesse Litsch on Nick Swisher’s two-out single. In the sixth and eighth innings, the Jays loaded the bases but could not score. Both times, Edwin Encarnacion came up with two outs and hit the ball hard, directly to Yankee outfielders. New York manager Joe Girardi walked Jose Bautista intentionally with second base open in the eighth to get to Encarnacion, who hit a long fly ball to Swisher in right field. Casey Janssen lowered his ERA to 1.94 with a perfect eighth and ninth. Aided by Jose Bautista’s throw that cut down Robinson Cano trying to stretch a single, McGowan faced only 10 batters in the first three innings. Before the Yankees took a 3-1 lead in the fourth, McGowan induced two ground balls that had double-play potential, but the Jays could not convert. On the first one, Mark Teixeira hit a bouncer to Brett Lawrie, playing in short right field on the pronounced shift, but Lawrie made a long underhand flip to second that enabled Teixeira to beat the relay. Toronto loaded the bases against Sabathia with two outs in the sixth, but reliever Luis Ayala retired Encarnacion on a hard line drive to centre. McGowan was originally scheduled to start Sunday, but that changed after Brett Cecil cut his left index finger while cleaning a blender on Wednesday in the visitors’ clubhouse at Fenway Park. Cecil is expected to start Tuesday against the Los Angeles Angels. He cut his thumb making chicken salad in spring training 2010 and missed a start. On Friday afternoon, he joked that the Jays might do well to hire a “personal assistant” for him. “I’m scared of a butter knife right now,” he said. Colby Rasmus, just back from a rehab stint at double-A New Hampshire, returned to centre field and went 0-for-5. Adam Loewen, who had played there the past two games, will play left field or designated hitter on Saturday, manager John Farrell said. Yunel Escobar missed his fourth straight game after being hit by a pitch on the left elbow a week ago. The swelling has gone down but his range of motion has not returned, Farrell said. National Post © Copyright (c) National Post Running low on time today, i’ll be back tomorrow hopefully with some more news. Posted in blue-jays-news | Comments Off
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Blue Jays might pursue slugger Ortiz: report |
With the John Farrell-to-Red Sox rumours behind the Blue Jays — management amended a policy Tuesday that prohibits employees in baseball operations from making lateral moves — there’s another rumour for general manager Alex Anthopoulos to quash. Again, like the Farrell talk which originated in Boston last weekend, the Herald newspaper is reporting Toronto might pursue Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz, who is eligible to become a free agent five days after the World Series ends. The Herald, citing a major league source, said the Blue Jays “will not rule out” making a serious push for the 36-year-old Ortiz. For the record, “Big Papi” said earlier this week he would like to stay in Boston — he’s played there nine seasons — but how many players have said the same about any team and then taken the big free-agent money and ran? Ortiz, coming off a season in which he posted his highest batting average (.309) and on-base plus slugging percentage (.953) since 2007, would be the big power threat in the middle of the lineup Anthopoulos no doubt will be seeking in the off-season. His 29 home runs and 96 runs batted in would be welcomed in the clean-up position behind 40-home run man Jose Bautista, whom Ortiz has come to respect over the past few seasons. It was Ortiz, the American League captain for this year’s Home Run Derby, who made sure Bautista was one of the participants after getting snubbed in 2010 while on his way to a major league-best 54 homers. “I wanted to see Bautista hitting,” Ortiz said after naming the Jays right-fielder to the 2011 Derby. “I wanted everybody to know what he’s all about.” Bautista followed up last year’s 54-homer campaign with 43 long balls this past season to go with a .302 batting average — 42 points higher than his previous high set a year ago – and 103 RBIs. Ortiz hit .328 versus the Jays this past season with five home runs, all at Rogers Centre in Toronto. What do you guys think about this. Posted in blue-jays-news | Comments Off
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Jays’ Bautista sets another HR record |
CLEVELAND — Jose Bautista on Saturday became the first Toronto Blue Jay in franchise history to hit 30 home runs before the all-star break. Bautista homered twice in the Jays’ 5-4 win over the Cleveland Indians, giving him a major-league best 31 on the season. He hit a two-run shot off Cleveland starter Josh Tomlin in the third inning, then recorded the eventual game-winning run when he led off the 10th inning with a blast off Indians closer Chris Perez. George Bell previously held the record, hitting 29 homers before the break in 1987. It’s the second consecutive season that Bautista has knocked Bell down a rung in the Blue Jays’ record book. Last season, Bautista set the Jays’ single-season home run record with 54, surpassing the 47 Bell hit in 1987. © Copyright (c) Postmedia News If anybody needs tickets to games, remember to click the tickets link at the top. Posted in blue-jays-news | Comments Off
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Blue Jays move Rauch to 15-day DL |
The Canadian Press Posted:Sep 12, 2011 6:06 PM ET Last Updated:Sep 12, 2011 6:03 PM ET
Toronto Blue Jays reliever Jon Rauch was placed on the 15-day disabled list Monday due to a cartilage tear in his right knee. The six-foot-10, 250-pound right-hander will visit knee specialist Dr. Richard Steadman in Vail, Colo., early next week, the Jays said Monday in a release. If he confirms the team medical staff’s recommendation of surgery, the procedure will be performed at that time. The move is retroactive to Sept. 5. The recovery time would likely be six to eight weeks, allowing for a full recovery prior to spring training next year. Rauch has a 5-4 record with 11 saves and a 4.85 earned-run average in 53 games this season. He signed a $3.5-million US, one-year deal with the Jays in the off-season with a one-year club option worth $3.75 million. In 468 career games with the Blue Jays, White Sox, Expos, Nationals, Diamondbacks and Twins, he has posted a 39-31 record with 58 saves and a 3.82 ERA. Rauch, 32, was selected in the third round of the 1999 draft by the White Sox. Running low on time today, i’ll be back tomorrow hopefully with some more news. Posted in blue-jays-news | Comments Off
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Loewen comes through in Blue Jays debut |
TORONTO — Adam Loewen picked a fine time to collect his first souvenir as a major-league hitter. On his first day in the big leagues as an outfielder, the former pitcher whacked a sharp single to help spark an eighth-inning uprising that lifted the Toronto Blue Jays to an 11-10 win over the Boston Red Sox. Boston pitcher Daniel Bard hit a batter and gave up Loewen’s first major-league hit to put runners at the corners. Three walks later, Toronto pulled into an 8-8 tie. Edwin Encarnacion followed with a three-run double off Matt Albers. The Red Sox scored two in the ninth off Frank Francisco, who staggered to his 13th save. “I grew up watching the Blue Jays and wanting to play for the Blue Jays,” Loewen said. “I think any Canadian kid back at home dreams the same thing, and for it to actually come true is an unbelievable feeling.” A native of Surrey, B.C., Loewen was a left-handed pitcher for Baltimore before injuries ended that phase of his career in 2008. He spent three seasons in the minors making a comeback as an outfielder before his callup from Triple-A on Wednesday. Loewen went 1-for-3 and was hit by a pitch. He played right field while Jose Bautista served as the designated hitter. The Jays’ late surge took starting pitcher Brandon Morrow off the hook after an ugly outing in which he gave up eight runs in 4 1/3 innings. It also deprived Tim Wakefield of his 200th career victory in his seventh try. Wakefield left with an 8-5 lead after five innings. Encarnacion matched his career high with five RBIs. J.P. Arencibia hit his 21st home run, setting a franchise record for a catcher. Loewen also made two running catches in right field. He said he was nervous as game time approached, but quickly calmed down in the first inning. “The hit was probably the biggest thrill for me, just to get it out of the way, because once that’s over with I can kind of relax and not worry about it,” he said. “The best thing for us is that we won the game.” The game ended when catcher Jose Molina, who entered the game in the ninth, threw out pinch-runner Mike Aviles trying to steal second. Aviles represented the tying run, prompting Jays manager John Farrell to call the move “somewhat uncharacteristic of the Red Sox.” Farrell praised his hitters for their “relentless approach,” especially as they battled Bard in the eighth. He saved his highest praise for the plate discipline of Eric Thames, a notorious free swinger who was down 0-2 before drawing a bases-loaded walk. “To me, that’s a huge step in his own personal growth,” Farrell said. “He has battled his own aggressiveness at times.” A year ago, the Jays shut down Morrow early, protecting his prized right arm and allowing him to finish his first season as a starter on a high note. Over his final four starts, he had posted a 3.21 ERA with 44 strikeouts. He fanned 17 in one of those games and 12 in another. Morrow appeared ready to take another critical step forward this year. Some scouts believed he might eventually supplant Ricky Romero as Toronto’s ace. Few have advanced that thesis lately. As the season winds down, Morrow is reeling rather than rolling. He gave up eight hits and as many runs in 4 1/3 innings Wednesday night. Over his past nine starts, Morrow is 2-6 with a 6.66 ERA. He has surrendered 13 homers in that stretch. “It’s been a really frustrating stretch of starts,” Morrow said. His main problem was locating his fastball on the first-base side of the plate, he said. Tired? “Not at all,” Morrow replied. “I feel good.” Before the game, Farrell said the Jays have no plans to shut down Morrow early after confining him to 146 innings last season. “We’d like to get him to 180-plus [innings], just to continue to push back his ceiling and his workload, see how he maintains that and physically how he comes through that,” Farrell said. Morrow has averaged just under six innings per start, yet has also averaged more than 100 pitches. He tends to make critical errors on fastball location, as he did when Jacoby Ellsbury and David Ortiz tagged him for homers worth a total of four runs. • Email: jlott@nationalpost.com | Twitter: What do you guys think about this. Posted in blue-jays-news | Comments Off
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Lawrie’s homer lifts Blue Jays past Royals |
The Associated Press Posted:Aug 24, 2011 10:10 PM ET Last Updated:Aug 25, 2011 1:04 AM ET
Despite only being with the Toronto Blue Jays for a few weeks, Canadian Brett Lawrie is quickly developing a reputation of being a clutch hitter. Lawrie’s solo homer off Louis Coleman to lead off the bottom of the seventh inning was the difference as the Blue Jays picked up a 4-3 win on Wednesday over the visiting Kansas City Royals. Lawrie’s drive came off Louis Coleman, who had just come on in relief of starter Luke Hochevar. It was the fourth of the year for the native of Langley, B.C., and went along with an RBI triple in the fourth inning. “It’s one of those things when I get up to the plate I guess it just happens in that situation,” said Lawrie, who has rapidly become a fan favourite since being called up from triple-A Las Vegas earlier this month. “Sometimes you’re going to succeed and sometimes you’re not but I was just fortunate to contribute tonight for this win.” Jose Bautista also went deep for the Jays (66-63) with his Major League-leading 37th homer of the season in the fourth. Hochevar had, for the most part, kept the Jays’ bats quiet. The Kansas City (53-77) starter gave up three runs, all of them in the fourth on only four hits in his six innings of work. Ricky Romero didn’t get off to the best of starts on the mound for the Jays. The club’s ace hit Royals left-fielder Alex Gordon with his first pitch of the game. Gordon later came around to score on designated hitter Billy Butler’s double two batters later. “When he gave up multiple hits, he didn’t come out of his game plan. He stayed with it,” explained Jays’ manager John Farrell. “This might have been the most hits he’s given up in the last six or seven starts but it didn’t cause him from going away from his overall game plan.” After a lead-off walk, Gordon crossed the plate in the third on a Butler single. “We put three runs up on one of the best lefties in the game. You can’t really say we didn’t try to capitalize on [Romero's] mistakes,” said Butler. “That’s just how it is. Even when he’s off you’re only going to get three and when he’s on you’re going to get none.” Heading into the fourth, Hochevar had retired nine of the first 10 hitters he faced and had been working on a no-hitter. Trailing 2-0 in the fourth, Bautista tied things with one swing of the bat. The right-fielder hit a towering home run to left field with none out. His shot went off the facade above the second deck at Rogers Centre. That drove in Yunel Escobar who was on base after being hit by a pitch to lead off the inning. Later in the inning, Lawrie came up with two outs and Edwin Encarnacion on first base. After fouling a few pitches off from Hochevar, the Canadian hit a hard line drive to a gap in left-centre field. The triple drove in Encarnacion and gave Toronto the lead. “He started me off with a good slider and I was just fortunate to get a pitch I could drive and he hung one so it was cool,” said Lawrie. The Royals bounced back in the top of the fifth inning when Gordon scored for the third time of the night. The left-fielder drove himself in by taking Romero deep to right field for his 17th homer of the season. “Anytime you give the team the chance to win and keep them in the game, you’re happy about that. It wasn’t my best performance out there but those guys battled,” admitted Romero. “They hit everything I left over the plate. Those mistake pitches, they didn’t miss them.” Jesse Litsch (5-3), who relieved Romero in the seventh, picked up the win for Toronto. Frank Francisco picked up his 11th save of the season after coming on to start the ninth inning after Casey Janssen’s scoreless eighth. Leave your comments on the news below. Posted in blue-jays-news | Comments Off
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Royals batter Morrow, beat Jays |
TORONTO — In the afternoon, they said farewell to two longtime teammates. In the evening, the Toronto Blue Jays had little left to say on the field. They managed just six hits, including Yunel Escobar’s three-run homer, in a 6-4 loss to Kansas City in Major League Baseball action at Rogers Centre. Their final run, off closer Joakim Soria, came in the ninth inning. Earlier in the day, the Jays traded Aaron Hill, their everyday second baseman, and super-sub John McDonald to Arizona for second baseman Kelly Johnson. Asked whether the departure of two respected players might have affected his team’s performance, manager John Farrell acknowledged that the trade was the focus of many pre-game conversations in the clubhouse, but he said starter Brandon Morrow’s control problems led to the Jays’ downfall. “Tonight’s performance wasn’t the result of a trade,” he said. “It was missed location, for the most part.” Morrow was sensational in his previous start, with 12 strikeouts over six innings in Seattle. Against the Royals, he breezed through the first inning, then started leaving pitches up in the strike zone and took a beating before leaving with two outs in the fifth. Morrow (9-8) allowed 11 hits and six runs, including homers by Eric Hosmer and Billy Butler. Farrell took him out after he surrendered a single, double, triple and homer in Kansas City’s three-run fifth. Royals starter Bruce Chen allowed four hits over 7 2/3 innings, baffling the Jays with off-speed pitches. Chen, a 34-year-old veteran who came to spring training on a minor-league contract, logged a career-high nine strikeouts and earned his ninth win, tops among Royals starters. He left after issuing his only walk with two outs in the eighth. Chen took a one-hitter into the sixth before Jose Molina and Mike McCoy singled and Escobar hit his 11th homer. McCoy was filling in at second base. Johnson is not expected to arrive in Toronto until close to game time Wednesday night and is unlikely to start until Thursday. Toronto right-hander Joel Carreno, just up from double-A, made his major-league debut in the sixth inning. He worked 3 1/3 shutout innings, allowing four hits. Relying heavily on his highly touted slider, he also logged his first two strikeouts in the eighth inning. “That’s a big jump from double-A to here,” Carreno said. “That’s a dream for me and for my family. They’re going to be very proud of me.” Before the game, Farrell said outfielder Travis Snider, who was expected to rejoin the club from triple-A Las Vegas soon, has been battling a right wrist injury and was scheduled to see a specialist Tuesday afternoon. Snider was in an 0-for-17 slump and had not started the previous two games for Las Vegas. Farrell said he tried to play through the injury for four games. The injury developed through “usage,” not from a specific incident, Farrell said. He hadn’t received the results of Snider’s examination. In 61 games over two stints with Las Vegas, Snider is batting .324. But he is hitting .216 over his past 10 games. Farrell said the Jays had planned to recall Snider in September when rosters expand. They might need an outfielder before then. Centre-fielder Colby Rasmus had to leave for a pinch-hitter in the ninth after jamming his wrist twice, on a catch against the wall and on an attempt to make a diving catch. After Tuesday’s two-for-one trade, the Jays opted to call up Brian Jeroloman, giving them three catchers. For the time being, McCoy will serve as an all-purpose reserve. He can play the outfield as well as three infield positions. National Post © Copyright (c) National Post Feel free to leave your comments below. Posted in blue-jays-news | Comments Off
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Eighth-inning bullpen collapse costs Blue Jays in… |
Leading 5-4 entering the eighth, left-hander Trever Miller was called on to face Dustin Ackley and Carp, both left-handed hitters. Ackley grounded out but Carp hit an 0-2 breaking ball into the seats in right field to tie the game 5-5. It was the second home run for Carp, who connected in the third to extend his hitting streak to 15 games. He has 17 RBIs in August, most in baseball for the month. Blue Jays manager John Farrell lifted Miller and brought in right-hander Jon Rauch (5-4) to face the right-hand-hitting Wells. Wells, down 1-2 in the count, hit a slider into the bullpen in left. “We get hitters in the position where we can finish them off, given the count and both Trever worked to Carp and Rauch worked to Wells,” Farrell said. “Then two breaking balls on an 0-2 count and a 1-2 count. “They did a good job of putting the bat on the ball. Mistakes made with location cost us the two solos.” Miller, a left-handed specialist, was acquired from St. Louis on July 27 for this kind of situation. “That is exactly where we were with both Ackley and Carp coming up,” Farrell said. “I felt like left-on-left was the matchup that was made for Miller in that case.” Miller, who has had the most appearances in baseball for a lefty (586) since 2003, said his pitch to Carp “was top five worst pitches I’ve thrown in a game with a one-run lead. He did what he is supposed to do with that ball, hit it in the seats. “I simply didn’t execute that pitch. It cost us the game. That’s my role to come in but one bad pitch can be catastrophic.” Rauch, who was not available for comment, has allowed 13 hits and seven earned runs over his last eight innings. Wells has homered in his last three games. “I think it was a slider, pretty good pitch. I don’t know. I just closed my eyes and swung, I guess. I don’t really know,” said Wells, who arrived in a July 30 trade with Detroit. Eric Thames and Adam Lind had two-run home runs for the Jays and Brett Lawrie had a solo shot. Tom Wilhelmsen (1-0) earned his first major league win by working a 1-2-3 eighth inning. Brandon League, a former Blue Jay, earned his 30th save in 34 opportunities. “It was a great feeling. It sounded like I had a lot of people behind me, which is awesome,” said Lawrie, who grew up in nearby British Columbia. His sister, Danielle Lawrie, was the national player of the year and led the University of Washington to the 2009 NCAA softball title so he had plenty of support and media attention. “I got a good pitch to hit and was fortunate enough to get the bat on the ball and hit it deep,” said Lawrie, who is hitting .343 with three home runs and eight RBIs in 10 games. “But obviously, a win right now would be much more thrilling.” It was a rollicking first four innings, with nine runs and four lead changes. The Jays got to Michael Pineda quickly. Yunel Escobar drew a game-opening walk and Thames connected on a first-pitch fastball, sending it deep into the seats in right field for his seventh homer. The Mariners responded with three runs in the second off Henderson Alvarez, who was making his second major league start. Alvarez hit Wells in the back to open the inning. With one out, Trayvon Robinson drove a fly ball over the head of Thames in left. He stretched for it at the warning track but it caromed off his glove for a RBI double. Kyle Seager walked then Jack Wilson directed a single through a hole on the right side to scored Robinson and send Seager to third. Ichiro Suzuki followed with a sacrifice fly that made it 3-2. Pineda brewed the same formula for trouble in the third, walking Jose Bautista followed by Lind’s two-run shot that just cleared the wall in right, his 21st. Carp tied it with his fifth home run over the wall in left-center with one out in the third. He has reached base safely in 24 straight games. Lawrie then hit his third home run in just his 10th game for the Jays, a leadoff shot in the fourth for a 5-4 lead. Alvarez went five-plus innings, allowing four runs and six hits. He walked one and struck out three. Notes: Edwin Encarnacion had his 13-game hitting streak ended. It was the longest for the Jays this season. … The Jays have hit at least one home run for nine straight games, the second longest streak this season. … LHP Jason Vargas (7-10) takes the mound for the Mariners on Tuesday. In his last start, he went seven innings against Texas, allowing six hits and three runs. Vargas is 0-1 with a 4.96 ERA in three starts against Toronto. … Rookie LHP Brad Mills (1-2, 6.46) will be making his fourth major league start for the Blue Jays. Copyright 2011 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. If anybody needs tickets to games, remember to click the tickets link at the top. Posted in blue-jays-news | Comments Off
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Toronto Blue Jays Still Stealing Signs |
“It’s not too [f------] easy to hit home runs when you don’t know what’s coming!” The enraged player and his teammates could hardly believe what they had seen in the previous inning. As they sat on the perch above the right-field bullpen at Rogers, they caught sight of a man dressed in white about 25 yards to their right, out among the blue center-field seats. And while the players watched, the man in white seemingly signaled the pitches the visiting pitcher was throwing against the Jays, according to four sources in the bullpen that day. The story goes on to recount the multiple complaints by visiting teams about a man in white who signals to batters that there will either be a fastball or breaking ball. The Jays’ home/road splits look pretty damning and it could finally explain why Jose Bautista is hitting so many home runs. (Though… dude, did jack 21 homers on the road last year. That’s not bad.) This comes just a couple weeks after the Yankees publicly accused the Blue Jays of stealing signs, though they didn’t provide any specifics. [ESPN] If you like reading our blog, remember to bookmark it. Posted in blue-jays-news | Comments Off
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Blue Jays designate Reyes for assignment |
The Associated Press Posted:Jul 23, 2011 1:53 PM ET Last Updated:Jul 23, 2011 2:21 PM ET
The Toronto Blue Jays have designated left-handed pitcher Jo-Jo Reyes for assignment and called up Wilfredo Ledezma from triple-A Las Vegas. The move Saturday comes a day after Reyes was lit up for eight runs in four innings by the Rangers as the Blue Jays lost 12-2 in Texas. Reyes has given up 15 runs and 18 hits in his last two starts. The 26-year-old made 20 starts for the Jays this season, posting a 5-8 record with 5.40 earned-runs average. Reyes joined Toronto last season in a trade with Atlanta that also brought shortstop Yunel Escobar to the Jays. Ledezma has made 34 appearances in relief this season with Las Vegas. The 6-4, 225-pounder posted a 1-1 record with a 4.63 ERA. The 30-year-old left-hander has appeared in 187 Major League games (40 starts) over eight seasons with Detroit, Atlanta, San Diego, Arizona, Washington and Pittsburgh. If anybody needs tickets to games, remember to click the tickets link at the top. Posted in blue-jays-news | Comments Off
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TORONTO – The Toronto Blue Jays have designated… |
TORONTO – The Toronto Blue Jays have designated left-handed pitcher Jo-Jo Reyes for assignment and called up Wilfredo Ledezma from triple-A Las Vegas. The move Saturday comes a day after Reyes was lit up for eight runs in four innings by the Rangers as the Blue Jays lost 12-2 in Texas. Reyes has given up 15 runs and 18 hits in his last two starts. The 26-year-old made 20 starts for the Jays this season, posting a 5-8 record with 5.40 earned-runs average. Reyes joined Toronto last season in a trade with Atlanta that also brought shortstop Yunel Escobar to the Jays. Ledezma has made 34 appearances in relief this season with Las Vegas. The 6-4, 225-pounder posted a 1-1 record with a 4.63 ERA. The 30-year-old left-hander has appeared in 187 Major League games (40 starts) over eight seasons with Detroit, Atlanta, San Diego, Arizona, Washington and Pittsburgh. Not a lot else going on in the MLB world today. Posted in blue-jays-news | Comments Off
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Blue Jays designate lefty Jo-Jo Reyes for… |
TORONTO – The Toronto Blue Jays have designated left-handed pitcher Jo-Jo Reyes for assignment and called up Wilfredo Ledezma from triple-A Las Vegas. The move Saturday comes a day after Reyes was lit up for eight runs in four innings by the Rangers as the Blue Jays lost 12-2 in Texas. Reyes has given up 15 runs and 18 hits in his last two starts. The 26-year-old made 20 starts for the Jays this season, posting a 5-8 record with 5.40 earned-runs average. Reyes joined Toronto last season in a trade with Atlanta that also brought shortstop Yunel Escobar to the Jays. Ledezma has made 34 appearances in relief this season with Las Vegas. The 6-4, 225-pounder posted a 1-1 record with a 4.63 ERA. The 30-year-old left-hander has appeared in 187 Major League games (40 starts) over eight seasons with Detroit, Atlanta, San Diego, Arizona, Washington and Pittsburgh. What are your opinions. Posted in blue-jays-news | Comments Off
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Snider, Jays keep rolling against Mariners |
The Associated Press Posted:Jul 20, 2011 10:08 PM ET Last Updated:Jul 21, 2011 12:20 AM ET
Travis Snider has undergone his fair share of trials and tribulations during his four-year Major League career, but he seems to have finally turned a corner and found a reliable state of mind. The 23-year old outfielder, and former top prospect, proved to be an integral component of Toronto’s offence Wednesday night, as he recorded five RBIs including a three-run homer in the fourth inning, to propel the Blue Jays to an 11-6 victory over the Seattle Mariners, who have now lost 11 straight games. “I think the mindset is different,” said Snider, of his approach since returning to the Jays on July 4 from a two-month stint in Triple-A. “Just being able to really concentrate on one day at a time. It really is being able to release your performance — whether it was good, or bad the day before — and just focus on the next day.” The 18,093 in attendance at Rogers Centre saw Snider and the rest of the Blue Jays offence strike early and often. Toronto scored four times in the second inning and belted seven extra-base hits, including blasts from Edwin Encarnacion in the sixth and Adam Lind in the seventh. Blue Jays starter Brandon Morrow (6-4) benefited from the early run support and has now won his last five decisions, boasting a 2.85 earned-run average over that span. The right-hander went seven strong innings surrendering three runs on seven hits, while striking out seven Mariners. It wasn’t all smooth sailing for Morrow though. Making his first start against his former club, he had to grind through a 26-pitch first inning that saw him work his way out of a bases-loaded jam. “It’s like dodging a bullet,” Morrow said. “You feel like you’ve given yourself a chance to keep going. You don’t want to put yourself in that hole.” “A little jacked up in the first inning,” Morrow added about his emotions towards facing the club who drafted in him fifth overall in 2006. After Morrow dodged the bases-loaded bullet in the first, the Jays offence went to work on Mariners starting pitcher Jason Vargas (6-8) in the second. Using aggressive baserunning, a big part of Toronto’s game lately, Lind went first-to-third on Encarnacion’s rip down the left-field line, putting him in position to score on a Snider sacrifice fly. Encarnacion continued the trend by stealing second, and eventually third. Most importantly however, was Encarnacion’s ability to get back to second base on a hard-hit ball by Rajai Davis to infielder Dustin Ackley that surely would have resulted in an inning-ending double play. “[Encarnacion] is playing outstanding baseball on both sides of the ball,” Blue Jays manager John Farrell said. “Obviously a long home run and a double, but I think the key really was that they had a tailor-made double play that didn’t get turned.” An RBI walk from shortstop Yunel Escobar, and a two-run ground rule double — which could have been a triple if not for fan interference — by Eric Thames capped off the four-run inning. The Jays tacked on lone runs in the third via a Snider groundball to centre, and in the seventh courtesy a Lind homer — his 18th of the season. Vargas lasted just three innings for the Mariners, his shortest start since April 29 2006, when he went 2 1/3 as a member of the Marlins. “I didn’t feel like I was missing,” Vargas said. “I don’t know. We’re all watching the same game. I got put in a pretty tough spot.” The Mariners anaemic offence, which has scored a respectable 11 runs over the past two games, plated two runs off Morrow in the fourth, and another in the seventh. Adam Kennedy hit a solo blast in the eighth, while Ackley hit a mammoth two-run shot in the ninth, but it was too little too late. “Somebody’s got to step up and do something about it because I know we’re not satisfied with this,” a frustrated Josh Bard said about Seattle’s 11-game skid. “This is not OK, and nobody thinks that.” While the Mariners are undoubtedly struggling, the Jays appear to be on the upswing, in particular, a newly fine-tuned and wiser Travis Snider. “As you go through your struggles you learn from them,” said Snider, who has hit .357 since being recalled. “And I’ve been through a lot of them at this level. Just continue to learn from my mistakes and keeping the right mindset day-in-and-day-out.” What are your opinions. Posted in blue-jays-news | Comments Off
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Blue Jays Vs. Yankees Score: Toronto Chases… |
By Charlie Wilmoth – Contributor
Bartolo Colon allowed eight runs in two-thirds of an inning as the Yankees fell to the Jays on Thursday, 16-7. Follow , and Like Baseball Nation on Facebook. Jul 15, 2011 – Bartolo Colon lasted only two-thirds of an inning, struggling through a second consecutive start as the Toronto Blue Jays crushed the New York Yankees, 16-7 on Thursday. The game was not all good news for the Blue Jays, however, as they lost baseball’s best hitter in 2011, Jose Bautista, in the fourth inning, with what appears to be a sprained ankle. Colon allowed six hits and two walks in the first inning while only recording two outs. He allowed eight runs, three of them earned. Colon appears to still be concerned about his injured leg, which caused him to miss the last three weeks of June, and says that the leg is preventing him from throwing a good sinker. It’s worth pointing out, though, that the Jays weren’t always hitting him hard – their big inning included two infield singles, and error and a balk. Andruw Jones had a solo homer in a four-run third inning for the Yankees, then got the Bombers within two with a three-run jack in the sixth. But the Jays scored two runs each in the sixth and seventh and three runs in the eighth to put the game away, with reliever Sergio Mitre absorbing most of the damage. Jo-Jo Reyes picked up the win despite allowing seven runs in 5.1 innings. The Yankees now trail the Boston Red Sox by 1.5 games in the A.L. East. For more on these two teams, head over to Blueshirt Banter, for Blue Jays news, and Pinstripe Alley, for Yankees news. Read More: Jose Bautista (3B – TOR), Sergio Mitre (P – NYY), Bartolo Colon (P – NYY), Andruw Jones (RF – NYY), Jo-Jo Reyes (P – TOR), New York Yankees, Toronto Blue Jays, Boston Red Sox Not a lot else going on in the MLB world today. Posted in blue-jays-news | Comments Off
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Blue Jays hammer Yankees, 16-7 |
Toronto Blue Jays Jose Bautista had to be helped off the field in the fourth inning after injuring his ankle. He is listed as day-to-day. FRED THORNHILL/REUTERS If there was a regular-season win that could be described as Pyrhhic, the Blue Jays’ 16-7 defeat of the Yankees on Thursday at the Rogers Centre might be the one. While laying the wood to the powerful New York Yankees, they lost their best player, Jose Bautista, for an indefinite period. The initial diagnosis is a twisted right ankle. Bautista led off the fourth inning hustling down the line on a groundball to deep short. He lunged at the bag as Derek Jeter’s throw arrived and was ruled safe, but he limped past the bag and flexed his ankle tentatively while returning to the base. Later, when Edwin Encarnacion grounded to third, Bautista, who had been on second, slid in hard as Eduardo Nunez started the double play. He got up but immediately went to his knees and had to be helped off the field. It should be noted it was the same ankle he used to brace himself sliding into the wall making the catch at the All-Star Game on Tuesday. Bautista was not available after the game. “If you look at the replay, he caught his spike when he slid into the dirt pit at first base,” manager John Farrell said, denying any relation to earlier incidents. “And that’s where it really all stemmed from. We’ll re-evaluate him in the morning.” The Yankees were wondering about the pummeling the Jays issued to starter Bartolo Colon in the first inning. The big, rebuilt righthander allowed eight-runs in the first before being yanked by manager Joe Girardi. The 38-year-old entered with a 3.20 ERA and had pitched fewer than five innings just one time in his 12 starts, posting his second-lowest career ERA prior to an all-star break. But the Jays were full marks for the win. Other than a first-inning error by Eduardo Nunez, Alex Rodriguez’s replacement at third base, on a high top-spin chopper, the Jays were relentless. The highlight of the early eight-run outburst was right-fielder Eric Thames, with two doubles, the second of them driving in a pair. It was the first time a Jay had two hits in an inning since Aug. 2, 2010, when Travis Snider had two doubles against the Yankees. “I was just happy that I was able to cash in on that bases-loaded opportunity,” Thames said. “I was excited about that. The whole lineup went off today. I think the all-star break kind of refreshed everybody. A lot of us went home to our families and got a second wind, were able to rest and get the energy back.” The at-bat that broke the ice with two outs and runners on second and third was a two-run single by Aaron Hill. An Encarnacion walk was followed by a trio of strange at-bats that broke Colon’s back. First was the error by Nunez off the bat of J.P. Arencibia, followed by consecutive and exact replica infield singles dribbling down the third base line by Rajai Davis and Yunel Escobar. A two-run Thames double ended Colon’s day and a balk by reliever Luis Ayala ended the first-frame scoring. “That was crazy,” Arencibia said. “How many times do you get two straight bases loaded swinging bunts for singles?” But the Yankees are the Yankees, rich and powerful, and until you can drive the stake through their heart they will continue battle. The Jays took a nine-run lead on an Encarnacion RBI in the second, before the Yankees bounced back against Jo-Jo Reyes. Andruw Jones started the comeback in the third with his second homer in as many career at-bats against Reyes. With two outs, Curtis Granderson laced a base hit to right that Thames misplayed, hesitating then leaping and allowing it to bounce over his head for a two-run triple. Snider saved further damage with a leaping catch against the fence off Nick Swisher crashing into Davis. “Especially against this team, you can’t relax,” Reyes said. The Yankees made it a two-run game in the sixth as Jones crushed his second homer of the night, a three-run blast off Reyes. The Blue Jays built the lead back to four in the same inning on a two-run single by Encarnacion. Reyes (5-7) picked up the victory despite allowing seven runs in 5.1 innings. Thanks for reading! . Posted in blue-jays-news | Comments Off
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All-star Bautista homers as Toronto Blue Jays win 7-4 over Philadelphia Phillies |
TORONTO – On day when Jose Bautista was named an all-star with a record number of votes, the Blue Jays slugger proved his fans right. Bautista blasted his major league-leading 27th home run to lift Toronto over Philadelphia in a 7-4 win Sunday afternoon and avoid a sweep by the Phillies. The victory for Toronto (41-44) also cooled off Phillies lefty Cliff Lee, who came into the game with a smoking-hot ERA and win streak, having surrendered a measly one earned run over his last five outings. But Lee’s day unravelled in the eighth when Eric Thames tied the game with a no-doubt solo shot over the centre-field wall on the first pitch he saw. That set up Bautista’s heroics when he blasted Lee’s 2-1 fastball to his usual sweet spot over the left field wall, sending the 26,204 at Rogers Centre into a frenzy. “For Eric to come out and start an inning like that was huge,” said Bautista. “I was able to follow it up and it was a good feeling in the dugout.” After Bautista cleared the bases, Adam Lind singled before Edwin Encarnacion went deep on a 91 m.p.h. fastball and all of a sudden the Blue Jays had a three-run cushion. “He’s a freak,” Thames said about Bautista. “He’s always trying to get better, always trying to learn and that’s what separates him from other big leaguers.” Bautista received a record 7,454,753 fan votes, a total surpassing the previous mark of 6,069,688 set by Ken Griffey Jr. in 1994. He’s the first Blue Jay to lead voting for the game and the first Toronto player to be voted to the game since first baseman Carlos Delgado in 2003. “It’s something I will always appreciate from the fans but I’m not going to get too caught up in it,” said Bautista. “We’ve got to keeping doing well and see where we stand in the standings at the end of the season.” Encarnacion’s dinger brought out the hook for Lee as Phillies manager Charlie Manuel replaced him with Michael Stutes. Lee (9-6) was tagged for 10 hits and seven runs (six earned) over 7 1/3 innings. He struck out nine and walked none. Over five starts in June, Lee was 5-0 and hadn’t loss since May 31 at Washington. “I felt like they were decent pitches to be honest with you, but obviously that doesn’t matter, the results are what matter,” said Lee. “They were able to chip away a few runs throughout the game and then had a big eighth inning.” The game capped a Canada Day weekend where the atmosphere at Rogers Centre was electric despite two straight defeats. Former Jays ace Roy Halladay made his long-awaited return to Toronto and the 89,590 fans over Friday and Saturday was the largest two-day crowd at Rogers Centre since July 22-23, 2006 (92,351). “You get to this point in July, all-star weekend is coming, and guys are starting to get a little fatigued,” said Jays manager John Farrell. “The energy gave us a boost, gave us a lift. Hopefully that’s a glimpse or a vision of what lies ahead for us. But at the same time, we need to care of our part in that and that’s continue to win ball games.” Reyes, looking for his first career victory against Philadelphia (53-32), finished with eight hits and four runs through six innings of work. He walked two batters and didn’t register a single strikeout. Octavio Dotel (2-1) came in the eighth and pitched 1 1-3 innings to pick up the win. “I didn’t have a really good cutter today so I just battled with whatever I had out there, pretty good sinker and change-up, and made them put it in play,” said Reyes. “Luckily we had eight guys behind me that were able to make some plays.” The Jays made it 4-3 in the sixth when Bautista started a rally with a rocket through the gap between second and third. Lind pushed him to third with a single before Juan Rivera pumped one to centre field that didn’t look deep enough to score Bautista on a sac fly. However, when Shane Victorino tried to make the throw home to hold Bautista, the Phillies outfielder stumbled awkwardly before doing a face plant that allowed the Jays star to score. Victorino would stay in the game and hit a double to the right-field corner off left-handed reliever Marc Rzepczynski the following inning. Lee had already whiffed eight batters, including catcher J.P. Arencibia who started off the inning, by the time Rajai Davis reached first with a base hit in the fifth. The quick-footed outfielder proceeded to swipe second and third before Aaron Hill’s RBI single halved Philadelphia’s lead. After Lee struck out the side in the second, Davis started the third by grooving the first pitch he saw deep into right centre for a triple. John McDonald got him home with a groundout to short, snapping Lee’s 34-inning shutout streak — second longest in Phillies history — while shaving a run off the Blue Jays’ deficit to make it 4-1. Reyes started well with a three-up, three-down first inning but got into trouble quickly in the second. Victorino lined a double down the left-field line that a fan got a piece of and then Ben Francisco drilled a single to centre, giving the speedy outfielder time to round third and come home. Right-fielder Domonic Brown then singled on an 0-1 pitch to the exact same centre field spot, pushing Francisco to second. That set up catcher Carlos Ruiz’s ground rule double to deep left, bringing home Francisco and loading the bases with one out. Reyes got third baseman Wilson Valdez to foul out, but Jimmy Rollins caused some damage when he singled in Brown and Ruiz, and the Jays were down 4-0 before designated hitter Placido Polanco popped out to end the inning. “We scored four runs in the second inning and we had a chance to really blow the game open I felt like,” said Phillies manager Charlie Manuel. “We weren’t able to score a run after that and started making mistakes. That’s kind of what happened.” Rivera’s RBI will be his last for Toronto for the foreseeable future. The outfielder was designated for assignment after the game and will be replaced by Travis Snider. Notes: Lee is 2-5 in 10 career starts against the Blue Jays. … Shortstop Yunel Escobar, who left Friday’s game after being plunked on the hand by a pitch and did not start Saturday, is listed as day-to-day. … Sunday’s game concluded a six-game homestand where the Jays went 2-4. Toronto opens a seven-game road trip Monday at Fenway Park in Boston, then heads to Cleveland for a four-game visit before breaking for the all-star game in Phoenix on July 12. … Brandon Morrow (4-4, 4.56) is expected to start Monday against Boston’s John Lackey (5-7, 6.81). Leave your comments on the news below. Posted in blue-jays-news | No Comments »
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Toronto Blue Jays reliever Jon Rauch could need surgery after tearing the cartilage in his right knee. (Ted S. Warren/Associated Press)
Toronto Blue Jays’ Brett Lawrie balances on one leg after throwing out Kansas City Royals’ batter Melky Cabrera in the third inning in Toronto on Wednesday. (Darren Calabrese/Canadian Press)
Oh, those pesky Toronto Blue Jays and their sign-stealing. When will they ever learn? The Blue Jays and slugger Jose Bautista have been accused of stealing signs for about a year now. Today, ESPN dropped the literary hammer on the Jays.
Jo-Jo Reyes has given up 15 runs and 18 hits in his last two starts. (Jason Miller/Getty Images)
Toronto Blue Jays’ Travis Snider (right) is congratulated by teammates Edwin Encarnadion and Jose Bautista after his three run homer against the Seattle Mariners in Toronto on Wednesday. (Frank Gunn/Canadian Press)
