John McDonald News

CATCHER: Now that the Blue Jays have filled their hole at shortstop be signing veterans Alex Gonzalez and John McDonald, the team's primary need is behind the plate.

What feels like Day Infinity of the Great Shortstop Hunt has passed with the Red Sox inching closer to filling the position that has vexed general manager Theo Epstein more than any other.

Scutaro and the Sox reached a preliminary agreement last night on a two-year deal with an option for a third year, according to a major league source.

Analysis: Scutaro left Sunday's game at Tampa Bay in the sixth inning after he felt something pop in his sore heel while charging a grounder.

Free agent Marco Scutaro , a prime candidate to fill the Boston Red Sox 's shortstop void in 2010, worked out in Florida earlier this week for one of the team's top talent evaluators, two baseball sources told ESPN.com. Scutaro held a workout near his home in Miami on Tuesday for Allard Baird, special assistant to Boston general manager Theo ...

The Red Sox have a big enough hole at shortstop that they are weighing a big move to fill it.

In an interview with the Venezuelan newspaper Diaro Panorama , Marco Scutaro said the Red Sox, Dodgers, Mariners and Rangers have expressed an interest in signing him.

My email chimed at 6:15 on Wednesday night and I looked to see the following subject line -- Blue Jays Sign John McDonald .

Shortstop Miguel Tejada has drawn preliminary interest on the free-agent market this offseason from the Toronto Blue Jays, as well as other teams, but could be heading north of the border, especially with the Blue Jays in need of a starting shortstop in 2010.

Andruw Jones agreed Wednesday to a $500,000, one-year contract with the Chicago White Sox.

Marco Scutaro and John McDonald both filed for free agency on Friday, leaving the shortstop position vacant on the Blue Jays' depth chart.

After the All-Star break last season, A's center fielder Rajai Davis batted .325 with 24 doubles, 42 RBI and 30 stolen bases.

Alex Anthopoulos has a plan for the Toronto Blue Jays. The problem is that he can't reveal the full details just quite yet.

Having bolstered the increasingly young Toronto Blue Jays front office by naming Mel Didier and Mel Queen senior advisers of player development Monday, Alex Anthopoulos is now turning to some bigger points of business.

Whither goest free agents Marco Scutaro and Rod Barajas? Well, nowhere yet. Not until 15 days after the final pitch of the World Series.

He arrived with his new team as a much-heralded acquisition in time for the 2004 season.

After a night of frustration for the Toronto Blue Jays, it was the most improbable sort of ending.

Blue Jays manager Cito Gaston made his way around the visitors' clubhouse at Camden Yards on Sunday morning, shaking hands with his players and sharing a few words before everyone went their separate ways for the offseason.

Jesse Carlson thought he had negotiated a small measure of justice. He was wrong.

The Toronto Blue Jays put a dismal and turmoil-laced 2009 season to bed yesterday insisting that their simmering unrest is no longer boiling over and brighter days are ahead.