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Glaring Weaknesses: Catcher Edition
The second edition of my mini-series addressing the biggest weaknesses on the Blue Jays focuses on catchers. For those who missed Monday's intro the premise of the series is that I look at potential...
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Prospect of the Day: Danny Salazar, RHP, Cleveland Indians
The Cleveland Indians have promoted right-hander Danny Salazar to the major league roster, and he'll make his debut in the Show today with an afternoon start against the Toronto Blue Jays at...
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Baby Bomber Recap 7/9/13: Gary Sanchez hits 13th homer in Tampa one-hitter
Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders:W 8-7 vs. Rochester Red WingsCF Corey Patterson 0-4, RBI, 2 KRF Thomas Neal 2-4, RBI, K - 9 for his last 39 (.231)2B Brent Lillibridge 3-4, 2B, HR, 2 RBI, BB,...
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Brett Wallace May Force Me To Bake A Crow Pie
I remember the first time I saw Brett Wallace at Minute Maid Park. I marveled at how big he was. His thighs alone told a tale of power hitting and I was eager to watch him hit the cover off the...
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Who Are Ya: Justin Masterson (Take Two)
Remember the first time the Blue Jays faced Justin Masterson? It was Opening Day, when the fans packed into the Rogers Centre to see the star-studded Blue Jays for the first time. If you want to look...
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REPORT: MLB to Suspend Braun, ARod, Among Others
According to ESPN's Outside the Lines, Major League Baseball requested to interview Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Ryan Braun to discuss his involvement with Biogenesis and its founder Tony Bosch. Braun...
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Minor moves: Brian Bocock, Drew Carpenter
Angels sign Drew CarpenterThe Los Angeles Angels signed right-handed pitcher Drew Carpenter to a minor league deal, according to MLB.com's official transactions page. The 28-year old was released by...
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Blue Jays sign 2013 draftees Rowdy Tellez, Jake Brentz at eleventh hour
The Blue Jays had until 5 pm on Friday to sign their 2013 Rule 4 (Amateur) draftees, and the organization almost used all of their allowed time before announcing that they've signed 11th-rounder Jake...
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Blue Jays' offense at LOBsterfest in Baltimore, lose to Orioles 8-5
Well that sucked.Let's start with the good:Juan Perez and Neil Wagner came out from the bullpen and pitched two perfect innings. Perez still has a 0 ERA (19.2 IP) and Wagner got two strikeouts. J.P....
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Orioles vs. Blue Jays recap: Three home runs, six innings from Chris Tillman...
The Orioles decisively took game one of the series against the Blue Jays tonight as they combined solid, but not spectacular, starting pitching from Chris Tillman with eight runs scored, all on home...
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Who Are Ya: Jason Hammel (Take Two)
Jason Hammel goes up against Todd Redmond today in a pretty boring pitching match-up. Hammel has been horrible this year with a 5.03 ERA as throwing fastballs almost two thirds of the time has caught...
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He's Back! Brett Lawrie Recalled, Kawasaki Optioned
Brett Lawrie has been recalled to the Toronto Blue Jays and is expected to be in the lineup today against Baltimore according to this tweet by Mike Wilner:Yes, ladies and gentlemen, Brett Lawrie has...
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Brett Lawrie injury: Blue Jays 3B activated; Munenori Kawasaki sent to minors
The Toronto Blue Jays activated third baseman Brett Lawrie from the disabled list on Saturday, according to the team's official Twitter page. Munenori Kawasaki was optioned back to the minors to create...
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Blue Jays 7 Orioles 3: Jays pen puts up 5 scoreless innings
Blue Jays 7 Orioles 3Now that was more like it. We have a heck of a bullpen. Today they pitched 5 scoreless inning, allowing just 3 hits and 3 walks (at least one of them an Angel Hernandez special),...
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Cubs trade rumors: Sides making progress in Matt Garza talks
The Chicago Cubs are making progress in trade talks involving Matt Garza with at least two teams, according to Buster Olney of ESPN.com. A deal over the All-Star break appears likely, and many teams...
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Matt Garza Trade Rumor Explosion!
Fox-TV's Ken Rosenthal got the ball rolling before the game even started, profiling the Garza trade talks in this video and including some pretty eye-opening snippets. In it, Rosenthal says,"The Cubs...
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2013 MLB All Star Futures Game Live Discussion Thread
Here is a live discussion thread for the 2013 MLB All Star Futures game, which begins at 2 PM Eastern time. I will be here throughout the game live-blogging in the comment thread, so stick around and...
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Blue Jays end their disappointing first half disappointingly, losing to the...
I was sitting in a meeting room trying to wrap up some work late in the work day last November when I checked my phone and saw something that made me do a little fist pump. Finally, I thought,...
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Orioles 7, Blue Jays 4: Feldman's quality start, Davis & Jones homers power...
There are few problems with the Orioles so bad that a seven-inning quality start can't make you feel better about them. A day after a Jason Hammel disaster, Scott Feldman faced the same team and...
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Phillies trade rumors: Looking for CF after Ben Revere injury
With Ben Revere out for at least six to eight weeks with a broken right ankle, the Phillies are suddenly looking for a center fielder to fill the void.From Todd Zolecki of MLB.com:"The prognosis...
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