Brian Meadows

Toronto Blue Jays All-Star righty Roy Halladay has won his first three starts of the season, party due to some great pitching performances, but mostly because the Jays have scored 26 runs behind him during those three contests. That makes things just a bit easier on the guy. Doc, along with his trusty cutter, curveball and sinker, tossed seven dominant innings Thursday against the Minnesota Twins , allowing just one run (on a fielder's choice) and eight hits without a walk in his team's 9-2 victory. The win -- highlighted by eight strikeouts -- improves Halladay's record to 8-0 against Minnesota, who recently snapped ... Read Full Story

Roy Halladay left two pitches into the fourth inning in Friday's 7-3 loss to the Florida Marlins after apparently pulling a groin muscle. He attempted a warmup toss, but headed to the dugout anyway, marking the first time in 14 starts this season he's failed to pitch at least seven innings. The initial findings were that the Toronto Blue Jays tall drink of water, having a Cy Youngish season at 10-1 with a 2.53 ERA, had "tweaked" a muscle in his right groin. He didn't report much pain, and is considered day-to-day at this point. Hopefully for the Jays he'll be alright. The team ... Read Full Story

Those poor Toronto Blue Jays fans. On Friday, the Jays announced their staff ace would miss the next four to six weeks with acute appendicitis. Roy Halladay , the 2003 AL Cy Young Award winner has been roughed up for 16 earned runs over his last two starts, surrendering 23 hits for a 13.94 ERA. This April, he allowed just 12 earned runs and 35 hits the entire month for a 2.28 ERA. Maybe the reason this crappiness was so alarming is because of Roy's 99-50 career record and 3.65 ERA over 224 appearances, including 199 starts. And let's not forget the 980 lifetime ... Read Full Story

Congratulations to Roy Halladay . The Toronto Blue Jays righty recorded his 1,000th career strikeout last night in the final out of the eighth inning against the Los Angeles Dodgers - his 204th big league start. He became the 410th pitcher in history to hit the 1,000 K mark. Marlon Anderson was the victim; the Jays won 12-1. Read Full Story

I'm gonna go with slim to none. Of course, Roy Halladay says he'd love to keep pitching for the Toronto Blue Jays ... which he kind of has to say in order to avoid looking like a traitorous a-hole. However, he also said he's willing to consider accepting a trade if the Jays approached him with a sweet-enough deal. He had this to say on the scenario: "I want to stay, but I think it’s a situation you have to evaluate. I’m really not at that situation just yet. If something does come up, you weigh your options at that point. I hate to ... Read Full Story