Rajai Davis News

This weekend marked a milestone in Jose Reyes' recovery from a severely sprained left ankle.

Friday featured a light schedule in the Blue Jays' system as Sean Nolin made his major league debut .

I mentioned in last week's edition that, with Melky Cabrera possibly hitting the DL, the Jays should absolutely not call up Anthony Gose as a replacement since, quite frankly, his play of late could be equated to horse dung.

It was an interesting roster move made by the Blue Jays on Monday in time for the Victoria Day game against the Rays, promoting struggling centre-fielder Anthony Gose as an extra bench player to fill in late innings defensively for the hobbled Melky Cabrera in left field and, perhaps, as a pinch-running threat off the bench.

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.

February 24, 2013; Tampa, FL, USA; Toronto Blue Jays outfielder Anthony Gose during spring training against the New York Yankees at George M. Steinbrenner Field.

The Blue Jays attempt to avoid a sweep at the hand of the devil Yankees today. CC Sabathia goes up against R.A. Dickey in a battle of the aces.

An offensive threat because he's speedy on the base paths and useful defensively as both an infielder and outfielder, he's never found a home, a place on the field he can call his own.

Rickey Henderson bounced through the Oakland clubhouse from one player to the next, one corner to the other, with a stop at the breakfast table to greet a few more guys before moving on to meet with Daric Barton by his locker.

Following the Blue Jays 11-3 laugher over the San Francisco Giants at Rogers Centre on Wednesday night, Toronto has now recorded three straight games in which they've scored at least 10 runs.

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.

Boston Red Sox closer Joel Hanrahan, who was placed on the 60-day disabled list, will have season-ending surgery to repair the right flexor tendon in his elbow/forearm, CBS Sports reported on Saturday.

With an offense that remains in a lull, the Boston Red Sox hope they can count on Ryan Dempster to beat the Toronto Blue Jays for the second time in 10 days.

May 6, 2013; St. Petersburg, FL, USA; Toronto Blue Jays relief pitcher Darren Oliver throws a pitch during the eighth inning against the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field.

A Rhode Island woman who was injured in the Boston Marathon bombings took to the pitcher's mound at a Red Sox game.

Brandon Morrow has already been pushed back once this week due to neck and back stiffness, but now the Blue Jays have scratched him Sunday's scheduled start against the Red Sox.

Apr 19, 2013; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Toronto Blue Jays right fielder Rajai Davis at third base on a triple in the first inning against the New York Yankees at the Rogers Centre.

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Boston catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia reaches into the stands for a foul ball off the bat of Toronto's Rajai Davis in the fourth inning.

The Red Sox had lost six of seven entering their series opener with the Blue Jays, and the team had dropped Lester's last two starts.