Posted on April 20th, 2008 - 11:05 am by BaseballTalkOnline
According to ESPN, the Toronto Blue Jays have released designated hitter Frank Thomas.
There was an outcry yesterday when Thomas was held out of the lineup. Thomas claimed that the Blue Jays were just trying to limit plate appearances so his $10 million option for next season wouldn’t automatically kick in. It appears Thomas […]
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Posted on April 13th, 2008 - 1:04 pm by BaseballTalkOnline
The Toronto Blue Jays activated B.J. Ryan from the disabled list today. Ryan has been out of action since April 14 of last season. His season officially came to an end after undergoing Tommy John surgery on May 10.
On the comeback trail, Ryan had appeared in four games for the Blue Jays Class-A […]
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Posted on April 5th, 2008 - 3:54 am by BaseballTalkOnline
The Toronto Blue Jays took the first step in keeping their core players together today when they inked Aaron Hill and Alex Rios to long-term deals.
Hill’s contract calls for a four year, $12 million contract beginning with this season. The contract contains options for years 2012 through 2014. The options are not renewable […]
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Posted on April 3rd, 2008 - 11:06 am by BaseballTalkOnline
According to the Toronto Star, Jeremy Accardo and B.J. Ryan will share the closing duties “for some time” after Ryan returns from injury.
I speculated this a couple days ago, saying:
As well as Accardo performed in the role last year in Ryan’s absence, it seems like having the two split the duties based on matchups would […]
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Posted on April 1st, 2008 - 9:21 am by BaseballTalkOnline
B.J. Ryan pitched an inning in a Triple-A game on Sunday with no setbacks. The appearance gives Ryan and the team confidence that he can return from Tommy John surgery by the middle of April.
“He’s making good progress and we expect to have him with us by the middle of the month,” said Blue […]
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Posted on March 31st, 2008 - 1:27 pm by BaseballTalkOnline
According to Buster Olney, the Blue Jays failed on their attempts to sign second baseman Aaron Hill to a multi-year deal. The Blue Jays were trying to lock Hill up before his arbitration years kicked in, but it looks like that will have to wait.
Hill put up an impressive year last year for a […]
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Posted on March 29th, 2008 - 10:17 am by BaseballTalkOnline
SATURDAY: The reported six-year, $65 million deal between the Blue Jays and Alex Rios has reached a stalemate.
“The deal is there,” general manager J.P. Ricciardi said. “It’s up to them.”
Ricciardi said that if it’s not accepted by Monday, the team will not discuss the extension again until after the season.
TUESDAY: Ken Rosenthal is reporting that […]
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Posted on March 23rd, 2008 - 12:16 pm by BaseballTalkOnline
After losing his job as the platoon mate of Matt Stairs, Reed Johnson was released by the Toronto Blue Jays. When the Blue Jays signed Shannon Stewart earlier in the off-season, it was clear that one of they were competing for the same job, and the loser probably didn’t have a place on the […]
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Posted on March 12th, 2008 - 12:15 pm by BaseballTalkOnline
The Toronto Blue Jays lost a big piece to their pitching staff today when the results of an MRI on Casey Janssen came back revealing a torn labrum for the right hander. Janssen will undergo a season-ending surgery to repair the injury in the middle of next week.
Janssen spent last season in the bullpen […]
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Posted on March 12th, 2008 - 7:27 am by BaseballTalkOnline
The Mets have asked the Blue Jays about the availability of their two right handed hitting outfielders, Shannon Stewart and Reed Johnson. Johnson was expected to be Matt Stairs’ platoon partner in left this year for the Jays until the team signed Shannon Stewart, which created a competition for the spot.
The Mets are looking […]
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