Steve Delabar News

Adam Lind hit a three-run home run, Mark Buehrle won his second straight start and the Toronto Blue Jays earned their eighth consecutive victory Wednesday, beating the Colorado Rockies 5-2 to complete a three-game sweep.

Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Brett Cecil pitches against the Colorado Rockies in 8th inning AL action in Toronto on Monday June 17, 2013.

Munenori Kawasaki tries hovering in his new batting stance, but finds it hard to drive power from his legs that way.

Jamie Evans has helped a countless number of pitchers over the years with his Velocity Program, and it has now resulted in a job with the Blue Jays.

A very good start for Esmil Rogers . 7 innings of one run ball, just 5 hits, 1 walk with only 1 strikeout.

R.A. Dickey was terrible. You know, in the 2nd inning he gave up 2 runs off 5 very softly hit balls, and figured he was in for a bad luck night, but then the other 5 runs against him were not bad luck.

You just knew it would take an error to end that game and, thankfully, the Rangers made the error.

Edwin Encarnacion hit a two-run double, Neil Wagner earned his first major league win and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Texas Rangers 6-1 on Friday night.

Over the last year or so the Blue Jays have become famous for their waiver claims, but has it improved the quality of their depth? With the influx of advanced stats into the mainstream, or almost mainstream, of baseball analysis, there has been a great deal of discussion about the "replacement player".

Toronto's bullpen was lights-out in a three-game series against San Diego, from a series-opening, 17-inning game that stretched from Friday night into Saturday morning through Sunday night's finale, when the Blue Jays lost 40-year-old starter Ramon Ortiz to an apparent right elbow injury.

May 12, 2013; Boston, MA USA; Toronto Blue Jays relief pitcher Steve Delabar pitches during the ninth inning against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park.

It is the end of May, and the Toronto Blue Jays have won 23 games and they have used 27 different pitchers.

Blue Jays right-hander Thad Weber surrendered a solo home run to Brian McCann during the top of the 10th inning in a 7-6 loss to the Braves on Tuesday afternoon at Rogers Centre.

Toronto Blue Jays Munenori Kawasaki leaps into the arms of pitchers Esmil Rogers and Steve Delabar after hitting the game-winning walk off double against the Baltimore Orioles in AL action in Toronto on Sunday May 26, 2013.

Trailing 9-3 in the bottom of the third inning with two men on and two out, Lawrie was rung up by home plate umpire Dan Bellino on a pitch on the inside corner to end the Blue Jays' threat.

Blue Jays right-hander Steve Delabar is a natural when he's standing at the top of a mound, ready to throw his shutdown stuff to an opposing batter.

TORONTO It all set up nicely for the Tampa Bay Rays early Wednesday evening at Rogers Centre.

So Jose Bautista gets thrown out trying to tag up from first on a fly ball, in the first inning, a really bad move.