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The Blue Jays, a stranded reporter and a week of the road-trip blues – The Athletic
On opening day in Baltimore, someone asked John Gibbons whether his new contract gave him greater comfort than if he had entered the season as a lame-duck... → Read More
Toronto Blue Jays more focused on pitching depth, instead of another big-league starter
Shapiro was asked the question that just won’t quit: how aggressively did the Blue Jays pursue David Price, Boston's US$217-million man? → Read More
Blue Jays starter Marco Estrada says returning to Toronto a priority after he and his family ‘fell in love with the city’
Signing Estrada was a priority, not only for his on-field performance but also because he 'exemplifies everything we're looking' → Read More
Toronto Blue Jays extend qualifying offer to pitcher Marco Estrada
Back in spring training, Estrada could not have imagined this: an offer of nearly US$16-million to pitch for the Blue Jays for one season → Read More
Toronto Blue Jays’ Devon Travis ready to compete for second-base job after season derailed by injury
An old baseball axiom asserts that a player doesn’t lose his job because he’s injured. That generally applies to established players → Read More
Toronto Blue Jays still have ‘really good young prospects’ after trades, GM says: A look at the farm system
In deals for Josh Donaldson, David Price, Troy Tulowitzki, Ben Revere and Mark Lowe, Alex Anthopoulos traded away 16 players → Read More
Toronto Blue Jays’ Edwin Encarnacion undergoes surgery to repair sports hernia
This was the first public revelation that Encarnacion had a sports hernia → Read More
Toronto Blue Jays’ Alex Anthopoulos says team has turned a corner: GM on David Price, second base and ‘character’
This post-mortem came later than usual, and it did not feel like an autopsy → Read More
Business as usual for Toronto Blue Jays GM Alex Anthopoulos despite ostensibly uncertain contract status
Alex Anthopoulos refused to discuss his job status. But for 45 minutes, he sounded nothing like a lame-duck GM → Read More
Toronto Blue Jays reflect on ‘tremendous year’ following post-season exit: ‘We’re going to hold our heads high’
As the clubhouse post-mortems waned, the sharp edges on the players’ emotions started to soften. This was less a crushing defeat than a deep disappointment → Read More
Blue Jays’ Troy Tulowitzki never quite felt at home in Toronto this season after shocking trade left him feeling betrayed
Tulowitzki did his best to deal with the shock. He gave Jays fans some memorable moments. But from then until now, he has never felt grounded → Read More
A game unlike any other: Toronto Blue Jays’ bewildering victory shows baseball at its best and worst
No one had ever seen anything like that game. Sports writers with decades of experience were shaking their heads in wonder → Read More
Toronto Blue Jays’ Brett Cecil is throwing again after suffering calf tear: ‘He’s moving along’
For the second time this season, a Blue Jays pitcher seems determined to overcome the odds → Read More
Toronto Blue Jays lose most dependable reliever Brett Cecil after freak injury sidelines him for remainder of playoffs
Brett Cecil suffered the freak injury completing a rundown after he picked the Rangers’ Mike Napoli off first base in the eighth inning on Friday → Read More
‘Somebody had to play early’: Giving Blue Jays afternoon playoff games wasn’t personal
For their first playoff series in 22 years, the Jays drew the least-preferable time slots: 3:45 and 12:45 p.m. on consecutive days → Read More
Toronto Blue Jays play a strange, sleepy, soggy game a day after clinching division title
In the middle of the visitors’ clubhouse sits a set of leather couches, and on Thursday morning they were occupied by players in various states of sprawl → Read More
Toronto Blue Jays celebrate another galvanizing moment with wild party after clinching division: ‘This is the first step’
With a beer-and-champagne cocktail slithering down his face, R.A. Dickey still managed to measure up to his personal linguistic standard → Read More
Toronto Blue Jays’ Mark Buehrle longs to pitch in playoffs, but knows decision depends on who is performing best ‘right now’
Of course Mark Buehrle yearns to pitch in the playoffs again → Read More
Toronto Blue Jays’ win in much-hyped series against New York Yankees underscores their evolution into a true contender
It was billed as the Blue Jays’ biggest series in 22 years, and it lived up to the hype: each game a taut tug-of-war → Read More
Dioner Navarro gives Toronto Blue Jays life, then inadvertently helps Yankees in dramatic loss to New York
Just when the game seemed lost, Dioner Navarro gave it a dramatic twist that brought hope to the 48,000 fans in the Rogers Centre → Read More