Casey Janssen News

I try to be diligent in responding to comments in these posts each week but for whatever reason I totes dropped the ball, ala Yancy Thigpen, and missed the comments from last week's post.

With the exception of a disastrous start May 2, Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher A.J. Burnett hasn't allowed more than two earned runs in any of his other five appearances this season.

The Mets head north of the border to open a three-game interleague set with the Toronto Blue Jays and that means that it's time for Amazin' Avenue's Five For Five series preview.

Jose Bautista and J.P. Arencibia each homered and Drew Hutchison scattered five hits over six innings to help the Toronto Blue Jays defeat the New York Yankees 4-1 Thursday night.

It has more to do with the opposing pitching staff than the stadium. "Aggressive pitching staff, they throw strikes," Bautista said after Toronto beat Minnesota 2-1 on Saturday night.

Every week I take a look at the going's on in the life of relief pitching in fake baseball.

The Toronto Blue Jays currently sit three games above .500 at 19-16, yet I still find there is reason to get worried about this current team.

It has been a week in the Year Without Rivera, and David Robertson's blown save has already sent the media into a frenzy of how he may not be able to handle the 9th inning , or whatever that narrative is.

While the club's lineup shuffle in Oakland and Farrell's meeting with catcher J.P. Arencibia over a pinch-hit situation Saturday were still hot topics, the big news of the day was the signing of Vladimir Guerrero to a minor-league contract.

Is 2012 the Year of the Endless Blown Saves? If you haven't been watching, it is.

This is a 2011 photo of pitcher Mariano Rivera of the New York Yankees baseball team.

Oakland, CA - Brandon Morrow threw six strong innings of one- run ball and the Toronto Blue Jays topped Oakland, 5-2, to earn a split of a two-game series on Wednesday.

Toronto Blue Jays manager John Farrell removed Francisco Cordero and elevated Casey Janssen into the interim closer's role and tried to smooth things over with catcher J.P. Arencibia during a busy Wednesday morning.

Wonder what the proverbial straw was. I mean what could he have done yesterday that would have made the move today different? 4HR's? Meh, maybe just an agreed upon arbitrary date if Lind's line May 9th isn't X then we move him down.

The closer is the most glamourized and expensive relief pitcher on a baseball team.

Blue Jays 3 Angels 4 Once again Hutchison didn't look terrible but still managed to give up a bunch of runs.

Francisco Cordero's first season in Blue Jay blue hasn't been pretty so far. Through a team-high 11 appearances , he's given up 17 hits, thrown a pair of wild pitches, already surrendered three home runs and has been charged with seven earned runs; good for a 5.73 ERA.

Henderson Alvarez tossed six-plus solid innings and the Toronto Blue Jays downed the Seattle Mariners, 7-2, in the finale of a three-game set at Rogers Centre.