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Josh Johnson pitched four shutout innings in a rehab start Saturday in the Buffalo Bisons 2-1 victory over the Indianapolis Indians.

Every week, Sporting News' Ryan Fagan will take a deeper look at the players making on-field headlines-both good and bad-with the help of advanced baseball metrics.

On opening day 2006 the Yankees payroll was roughly $195 million. And Joe Girardi won Manager of the Year that season.

The Toronto Blue Jays ' season has not gotten off to a great start, but should they have a fire sale? There has been a lot of talk about amongst fans about trading players.

Everyone is buzzing about Kevin Gausman being called up but Sean Nolin could provide some fantasy value as well.

The 2013 MLB season has had its fair share of surprises, full of players coming out of nowhere and teams going nowhere, and vice But what organizations and players have caused the most amazement? With plenty to go around, selecting five teams and five players was quite tough.

It's the last week of September. Your team is in a three-way tie for the final playoff spot with five games left to play.

Five years ago, Marlins rookie Jose Fernandez risked jail time in a Cuban prison to defect to America and pursue his dream of pitching in the Major Leagues.

MLB Team Report - Toronto Blue Jays - INSIDE PITCH The Mark Buehrle that the Blue Jays thought they were getting in that big deal with the Miami Marlins this offseason finally showed up Saturday against the Boston Red Sox .

The Dodgers', Angels', and Blue Jays' hopes for the 2013 season may as well be on this stretcher.

The Blue Jays are presently lodged in last place in the AL East, and across all of baseball only the lowliest Astros and Marlins have worse records.

What a difference a year makes. At this time last year the rebuilt Miami Marlins were 16 - 15, only two games back of first, with expectations that first was within their grasp and they were right.

The 2013 MLB regular season is in full swing, as teams approach the 35-game mark and thus have come into their own.

Blue Jays pitcher Josh Johnson made four starts and had a 6.86 ERA before going on the disabled list with a strained triceps.

While the Jays were able to mount an epic comeback on Monday night after Mark Buehrle gave up seven runs to the Rays, that sort of offensive firepower is not the sort of run support Buehrle can expect in every start.

Jeffery Loria's lies and deception from last offseason still has lingering effect on the Marlins and the Blue Jays, as well as the respective fanbases.

Last week in this space we discussed Hisashi Iwakuma, a pitcher whom you should hold onto, rather than selling high.

Just about every Major League team hit the 30 game bench mark over the weekend, and while the MLB season is a marathon not a sprint, 30 games is an adequate sample size to reflect on what we have learned so far.

So there's this weird guy who owns a deli. As he approaches his millionth customer, he wants to rig up a cool system to celebrate.

Tom Dakers is the site manager for SB Nation's Blue Jays affiliate Bluebird Banter , and to prepare for the upcoming four game series with Toronto, Dakers and I exchanged questions on each other's teams.