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Brett Cecil outpitched Jason Berken in a duel between struggling rookies, and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Baltimore Orioles 2-0 Friday night to snap a three-game skid.

The Blue Jays have released B.J. Ryan . He probably has about $14-15 million left on that $47 million deal they gave him.

MLB: TOR @ TB NEW YORK -- There are only three reasons for the Blue Jays to consider trading someone the stature of Roy Halladay: 1) He has a dislike for the city and absolutely no interest in staying ... which is not the case.

Yesterday, Ken Rosenthal of FOXSports.com quoted Blue Jays GM J.P. Ricciardi as saying, though his team is not necessarily shopping RHP Roy Halladay , he is open to listening to offers.

Let the Roy Halladay sweepstakes begin. "We have to see what's out there," Blue Jays general manager J.P. Ricciardi says.

Sound like the American Revolution in 1776? Well, it's also an apt description of the Blue Jays bullpen, which worked 4 1/3 innings Saturday and 4 1/3 more yesterday on Independence Day weekend at new Yankee Stadium.

Roy Halladay turned and watched. Johnny Damon's fly ball was carrying to right, Alex Rios was on the warning track waiting.

A.J. Burnett was pulled out of the game in the third inning when the Yankees faced Boston at Fenway Park on June 9. Manager Joe Girardi had little choice given that Burnett could barely throw a strike and when he did, the Red Sox hit it hard.

Today the Blue Jays will enjoy a much-needed day off before they have to play four straight afternoon games at the Wind Tunnel, officially know as the new Yankee Stadium... by Ian Hunter 9 reads Sports Today the Blue Jays will enjoy a much-needed day off before they have to play four straight afternoon games at the Wind Tunnel, officially know as ...

From left, Toronto Blue Jays' Alex Rios, Jose Bautista, Vernon Wells, Marco Scutaro and Aaron Hill celebrate the Blue Jays' 5-0 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays during a baseball game in Toronto on Wednesday, July 1, 2009.

Alex Rios is hitting .263, with 9 HR, 37 RBI and 13 stolen bases. So, word out of Toronto has the Blue Jays ready to swap 28-year-old outfielder Alex Rios to any team willing to take on the five years and $60M remaining on his contract.

Toronto Blue Jays Adam Lind gets strike two in the 2nd inning against Tampa Bay Rays at the Rogers Centre on June 30, 2009.

In a report for the Globe and Mail in Toronto, Jeff Blair reports the Blue Jays will essentially give away Alex Rios or Vernon Wells , so long as it saves them money to help re-sign Roy Halladay, who is a free agent at the end of next season.

Jon Paul Morosi is a national MLB writer for FOXSports.com. He previously covered baseball for the Detroit Free Press and Seattle Post-Intelligencer. He began his journalism career at the Bay City Times in his native Michigan.

With his solo blast deep to center field in Tuesday's game against the Reds, Blue Jays third baseman Scott Rolen showed the kind of power every team looks for in a cleanup hitter.

Lyle Overbay had three hits and five RBI Sunday to lead the Toronto Blue Jays to a 9-4 inter-league win over Washington, averting a three-game sweep.

Cincinnati Reds manager Dusty Baker used the words "excellent" and "masterful" when discussing Bronson Arroyo's most recent performance.

This morning on teh FAN590, Keith Law mentioned Vernon Wells as being one piece of the Blue Jays' puzzle that he considered to be absolutely untradeable.

Right-hander Shairon Martis had one of his worst outings of the season as the Nationals lost to the Blue Jays, 9-4, on Sunday afternoon.

An inside look at Saturday's best and worst performances: 3 Up 1. Torii Hunter , OF, Angels.