J.P Arencibia News

Edwin Encarnacion hit his fifth career grand slam, J.P. Arencibia homered and drove in four runs and the Toronto Blue Jays beat Baltimore 12-6 on Thursday night, spoiling the debut of Orioles right-hander Kevin Gausman.

Time to break out those passports. The O's will make their first trip north of the border to face the Blue Jays.

Sometimes it's due to a major injury, other times it's the years of wear-and-tear that they have subjected their bodies to that simply takes its toll and makes them ineffective.

Sometimes it just pays to have a true superstar on your team. Today's links include an interview with Marcus Stroman, a scouting report on Kevin Gausman and the latest on the toilet paper situation in Venezuela.

May 17, 2013; Bronx, NY, USA; Toronto Blue Jays center fielder Colby Rasmus fields a ball during the eighth inning against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium.

If the Blue Jays are going to turn around the disappointing start to their season it will be on the back of Jose Bautista.

Social media hero J.P. Arencibia has picked up in 2013 where he left off 2012, not being very good for the Toronto Blue Jays .

And while it was not vintage work by the Rays closer, he got the job done Tuesday night when he flanged up a 4-3 Rays win over the Blue Jays with a five-out save at Rogers Centre.

The Jays finally cut back from the stupid 8-man bullpen, sent Mickey Storey back to Buffalo and surprised us by calling up Anthony Gose .

Longoria tallied two hits and a pair of runs scored, while Kelly Johnson and Desmond Jennings smacked solo homers in the Tampa Bay Rays' 4-3 win over the Toronto Blue Jays in the middle test of a three-game set.

The Jays fell 4-3 to the Rays thanks to an untimely JPA GIDP and a bad call on the final strike of the game.

When the Blue Jays called down to Buffalo earlier this month for 39-year-old journeyman Ramon Ortiz, they knew what they were getting.

Hiroki Kuroda pitched two-hit ball for eight dominant innings and the Yankees again beat Mark Buehrle and the Toronto Blue Jays, 5-0, Friday night.

Alex Anthopoulos, the GM of the Toronto Blue Jays is photographed during a a press conference at the Rogers Centre on Jan 8 2013.

Yankees manager Joe Girardi has proved to be quite adept at lineup juggling and position shuffling during an injury plagued first two months.

New York Yankees' David Adams, right, scores on a sacrifice fly by Jayson Nix as Toronto Blue Jays catcher J.P. Arencibia waits for the ball during the fifth inning of a baseball game, Friday, May 17, 2013, at Yankee Stadium in New York.

After a slow start, Jose Bautista has recaptured his hitting stroke in the month of May.

MAY 15: J.P. Arencibia #9 of the Toronto Blue Jays celebrates their victory with Mickey Storey #37 during MLB game action against the San Francisco Giants on May 15, 2013 at Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Ramon Ortiz pitched seven strong innings while Adam Lind and J.P. Arencibia each hit a two-run home run as the Toronto Blue Jays took an 11-3 win over the San Francisco Giants to sweep a two-game set.

The Blue Jays showed some definite signs of life over the weekend, taking two out of three over Boston to cap a tough seven game road trip against the Bosox and Tampa Bay.