John McDonald News

Another season ending short of the goal. It is, as right-hander Roy Halladay marvelled at the all-star game, like Groundhog Day for the Blue Jays.

Toronto Blue Jays Curtis Thigpen celebrates with teammate John McDonald after hitting a solo home run against the Baltimore Orioles during the seventh inning of a baseball game, Friday, Sept.

Jon Lester got into a bit of a pickle in the top of the seventh inning yesterday at Fenway Park.

Jose Bautista's role on the Blue Jays since his acquisition from the Pirates on Aug.

The Toronto Blue Jays are well aware their playoff hopes are on the verge of tipping from slim to none.

Blue Jays' Roy Halladay is 5-0 in his past five starts, having struck out 30 in 36 innings of work.

In the Blue Jays clubhouse yesterday afternoon as the team awaited official word of the rainout, an impish Vernon Wells made his way over to the lineup card that was posted on the wall.

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It didn't matter that Toronto had traded David Eckstein to Arizona by midday on Sunday.

Filling out the lineup card hasn't been an easy task of late for Blue Jays manager Cito Gaston.

Toronto Blue Jays starter A.J. Burnett pitches against the Minnesota Twins during the first inning of a baseball game in Toronto, Wednesday, Sept.

Toronto Blue Jays General Manager J.P. Ricciardi said Saturday that he remained in discussions with the Angels over a trade that could return popular shortstop David Eckstein to Anaheim.

John McDonald crouched at shortstop, begging for the ball. There were two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning.

Ken Rosenthal has been the senior baseball writer for FOXSports.com since Aug. 2005. He appears weekly on the FSN Baseball Report and MLB on FOX.

The Toronto Blue Jays flipped a switch yesterday, finally acknowledging that they are looking to next year.

PETERSBURG -- A couple of Blue Jays had some fun with a trade rumor that was making its way around Tropicana Field on Thursday.

Back to his more familiar spot near the shortstop hole, McDonald fails to corral Youkilis's grounder to his right.

When Marco Scutaro connected in the eighth inning Tuesday night, a look of disgust crossed his face.

Hideki Matsui News: Matsui is expected to return to the Yankees on Tuesday and will be used at DH when he's in the lineup, the Harford Courant reports.

Halladay yielded just three runs on five hits while fanning nine and walking two batters over seven frames.