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With Toronto set-up man Casey Janssen being shelved for the rest of the season the Jays needed to fill a spot and did just that by picking up left-handed pictcher Bill Murphy, previously with the Arizona Diamondbacks. To make room for Murphy they put Janssen on the 60-day DL and plan to keep him there […]

Blue Jay closer B.J. Ryan says he is feeling some soreness in his arm after his last pitching outing vs the Pirates on Monday, according to Jordan Bastian of MLB.com.
He is currently recovering from Tommy John surgery which he had done last May after an elbow injury. Team Doctors say it is probably nothing to […]

The Jays put together back-to-back wins this weekend with a win over the Pirates on Saturday and another on Sunday vs. the Twins bringing their spring training record to 7-11 and putting them in 17th place in the Grapefruit league.
The Saturday game had Toronto matching up against the Pittsburgh Pirates at home. Jays Ace Roy […]

The Blue Jays continued to struggle through spring training with another loss today at the hands of the Tampa Bay Rays, 8-4. This loss is the 4th in the last 5 games making their overall spring training record 5-11. This also leaves Toronto in last place in the Grapefruit League tied with Pittsburgh and Philadelphia.
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Casey Janssen has torn his labrum, which is cartilage near the shoulder blade, and is going to be out for the rest of this season according to MLB.com. Janssen, who looked to be the Jays primary set-up man once again this season, will undergo surgery either Tuesday or Wednesday in a California based hospital. Last […]

An article posted today on MLB.com rated the Toronto Blue Jay’s to have the 5th best bullpen in baseball. They were rated behind Boston, San Diego, Cleveland, and Milwaukee. Pretty good company considering how strong Boston and Cleveland will be this season.

It looks like the Blue Jays have signed veteran right-handed pitcher Armando Benitez to a minor league deal. It seems to be a move to create more depth available in the bullpen, hopefully he proves effective.

The Blue Jays got a very impressive win on Sunday against the Phillies putting together 15 hits and a 6 run 2nd inning. Young gun Jesse Litsch was given the start for Toronto and had a very good showing going 4 innings deep giving up only 2 hits, 1 run and striking out 6. […]

The Blue Jays are optimistic that closer B.J. Ryan should be ready for opening day after Tommy John surgery in 2007.  There’s no doubt that having a healthy Ryan and Brandon League in the pen will go a long way towards the Blue Jays having a chance of keeping up with the Yankees and Red […]

With the Glaus/Rolen trade now fully disected by both national and local media, thought I would take some time to look into it even further.  On paper it would seem that both the Jays and Cards got even money in their swap of third-sackers.  This perspective, of course, is subjective at best.  When one takes […]

J.P. Ricciardi got his man.  The Jays pulled the trigger on their first move of the Hot Stove season and they traded Graham Godfrey and Kristian Bell to the Athletics for Marco Scutaro.  The nice thing is that Scutaro can play just about anywhere and he’ll draw a walk without striking out much.  He did […]