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11 hrs ago | Jays Journal

May 16 Minor League Report

Thursday's games featured three major-leaguers trying to work their way back to the bigs.

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Related Topix: Sports, Baseball Players, Dustin McGowan, Anthony Gose, Toronto Blue Jays, Major League Baseball, Neil Wagner, Adam Loewen

Fri May 17, 2013

The Toronto Star

Blue Jays shut out by Yankee in series opener

The Blue Jays rolled into a key series with the Yankees here Friday riding a hot offence that will have to stay that way if the club is to make any noise in the AL East Division .

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Related Topix: Sports, American League, Major League Baseball, American League East, Baseball Players, Brandon Morrow, Jayson Nix, Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez

Thu May 16, 2013

Toronto Blue Jays

Blue Jays going with 'just win' philosophy

Despite winning six of their last nine games entering Wednesday, the Blue Jays still found themselves 9 1/2 games back of the American League East-leading Yankees and sat eight games below .500. As much as it's a cliche, the Blue Jays are just taking things one game at a time to try to make up ground on the hole that they've dug themselves into ... (more)

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Related Topix: Sports, American League, Major League Baseball, American League East, Toronto Blue Jays, Jose Bautista, Baseball Players, Edwin Encarnacion, Barry Zito

Tue May 14, 2013

Bluebird Banter

Tuesday BBB Links: Deserved Day Off Edition

A 4-3 road trip at Tampa Bay and Boston has to be taken as a good sign. The Blue Jays have dug themselves a fairly massive hole and a week like last week could be the first step to finding their way out.

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Related Topix: Sports, Toronto Blue Jays, Major League Baseball

Mon May 13, 2013

MSNBC

Ricky Romero is a mess at Triple-A too

Ricky Romero made his first Triple-A start since being demoted back to the minors by the Blue Jays and looked very much like the pitcher who's 1-15 with a 7.60 ERA in the big leagues since last June.

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Related Topix: Sports, Baseball Players, Pete Walker

Sun May 12, 2013

Canada.com

Blue Jays crush Red Sox 12-4

"We weren't even talking about baseball," he said. "I wished her happy Mother's Day, told her I loved her.

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Related Topix: Sports, Moises Sierra, Baseball Players, Brett Lawrie, Toronto Blue Jays, Major League Baseball, Jose Bautista, Edwin Encarnacion

Sat May 11, 2013

Toronto Blue Jays

Jenkins, Nolin close to entering rotation mix

The Blue Jays have been exposed in the past couple of weeks for having a lack of depth in the rotation, but the positive news is that some new candidates are about to enter the mix.

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Related Topix: Sports, Baseball Players, Chad Jenkins, Aaron Laffey, Rajai Davis, Adam Lind, Brandon Morrow

Fri May 10, 2013

The Toronto Star

Blue Jays rotation boosted by Ramon Ortiz in 5-0 loss to Red Sox: Griffin

It was only the Blue Jays' 37th game of the 2013 season, but it has already come down to a scheduled start by a journeyman righthander named Diogenes Ramon Ortiz, a 39-year-old whose best seasons -- 44 of his 86 wins -- were with the Angels from from 2001-03. It should be noted, historically, Diogenes was a Greek philosopher who pioneered Cynicism ... (more)

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Related Topix: Sports, Baseball Players, Brett Cecil, Jon Lester, Will Middlebrooks, J.A. Happ, Brandon Morrow

Toronto Blue Jays

For now, Morrow slated to go Sunday

The Blue Jays are still taking a wait and see approach when it comes to the status of right-hander Brandon Morrow.

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Related Topix: Sports, Baseball Players, Brandon Morrow, Rajai Davis, Adam Lind, Toronto Blue Jays, Major League Baseball

Thu May 09, 2013

The Guelph Mercury

Romero demotion leaves Jays with a shaky rotation

Essentially conceding that they rushed him back to the big leagues before he was ready, the Blue Jays sent Ricky Romero back to the minors on Thursday morning, hours after the shortest outing of his career against the Tampa Bay Rays.

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Related Topix: Sports, Chad Jenkins

Toronto Blue Jays

Ricky Romero

Ricky Romero's start Wednesday night didn't last very long. His stay on the Blue Jays' roster didn't last much longer.

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Related Topix: Sports, Baseball Players, Mickey Storey, Major League Baseball, Toronto Blue Jays

Sky Sports

MLB: Hapless Blue Jays crash

JA Happ watched on as the Toronto Blue Jays fell to a 10-4 defeat against the Tampa Bay Rays.

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Related Topix: Sports, Baseball Players, J.A. Happ, Tampa Bay Rays, Major League Baseball, Evan Longoria, David Ortiz, Jonny Gomes

Wed May 08, 2013

Bluebird Banter

Blue Jays 4 Rays 10: A terrible start for Ricky Romero

So, surprisingly, of the pitchers that started for the Jays, in the last two days, the one that took a ball to the head was the one that had a better night.

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Related Topix: Sports, J.P Arencibia, Baseball Players, Brett Cecil, Brett Lawrie, Rajai Davis, Edwin Encarnacion

South Florida Sun-Sentinel

Preview: Blue Jays at Rays

The Toronto Blue Jays fashioned their first three-game winning streak of the season Tuesday - but they were in no mood to celebrate after seeing pitcher J.A. Happ take a line drive off the side of his head and leave the field on a stretcher.

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Related Topix: Sports, American League, Major League Baseball, American League East, Toronto Blue Jays, Tampa Bay Rays, Matt Moore, Baseball Players, David Price

BleacherReport

The John Farrell Effect: Unfortunately, It's Real

When John Farrell began his arguably traitorous path back to his dream job in Boston, my first thought was how it would affect both the Blue Jays ' and Red Sox 's pitching staffs.

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Related Topix: Sports, Henderson Alvarez, Baseball Players, Jon Lester, Brandon Morrow

Tue May 07, 2013

SanLuisObispo.com

Happ hit in head by line drive, Blue Jays beat TB

In a frightening scene at Tropicana Field, Desmond Jennings' second-inning liner caromed squarely off the left side of Happ's head with a loud "thwack!" that could be heard up in the press box.

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Related Topix: Sports, Desmond Jennings, Baseball Players, Tampa Bay Rays, Major League Baseball, Joel Peralta

The Toronto Star

The Bullpen: How John Gibbons can be removed as manager without firing him

If Blue Jays GM Alex Anthopoulos ever wanted to make a change at manager, right now, for the good of the struggling franchise, he would not even need to fire John Gibbons.

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Related Topix: Sports, J.P Arencibia, Baseball Players, Jose Bautista, Colby Rasmus

Switched

The Last Time the Toronto Blue Jays Made the Playoffs...

In the span between the World Series and the opening day of Spring Training, general manager Alex Anthopoulos transformed the line-up, adding a bushel of talent from the Miami Marlins, and acquiring last year's National League Cy Young Award winner R.A. Dickey from the New York Mets.

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Related Topix: Sports, Toronto Blue Jays, Major League Baseball, Baseball Players

Mon May 06, 2013

Bluebird Banter

Josh Johnson to be out until late May, according to Jon Morosi

According to Fox Sports' Jon Morosi in an afternoon tweet, Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher Josh Johnson will be out with his injury until "late May." The first we heard of Johnson having a problem was back on April 26, when he was forced to make a start because of tightness in his triceps where it meets his biceps.

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Related Topix: Sports, Josh Johnson, Baseball Players

Sun May 05, 2013

Evening Sun

Don't be afraid to give Straily another chance

Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher Ricky Romero reacts after giving up a two-run home run to Seattle Mariners' Kyle Seager during the fourth inning of a baseball game in Toronto on Friday, May 3, 2013.

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Related Topix: Sports, Toronto Blue Jays, Major League Baseball, Baseball Players, Seattle Mariners, Kyle Seager, Felix Hernandez