Toronto Blue Jays

We headed over to Toronto a couple of nights ago to the Blue Jays final home game of the season against the Yankees. It was Cito Gaston’s final home game before his retirement as manager of the team at the end of this season. The crowd at the game was one of the larger ones this year. We saw the Blue Jays defeat the Yankees 8-4 with their usual home run barrage. Snider, Hill and Buck went deep and in the process they broke the former franchise record for home runs in a season. In...Read Full Story

Hafner steals first base since ’08: Cleveland DH Travis Hafner showed his wheels on Monday night in a win over the Rangers. Hafner picked up his first stolen base since 2008 in the win over Texas. He also went 2 for 5 with the bat. Hafner scored a run and is batting .248 on the year. Injury Report No information available at this time (Updated 7/6/10). Fantasy Analysis Hafner may never get another stolen base for as long as he plays major-league baseball. He’s 4 for 14 in his last...Read Full Story

explanation of rankings and other team previews here 2008 Record : 86-76 Offseason Additions : Matt Clement Offseason Subtractions : A.J. Burnett Ranks (MLB) : Line-Up - 24th Rotation - 21st Bullpen - 4th Defense - 3rd tier (out of 5) Baserunning - 5th tier (out of 5) KEY PLAYER : VERNON WELLS                                              The Blue Jays opened their wallets and signed what they believed to be a true franchise player in Wells to a 7 year, $126 million dollar...Read Full Story

Okay, so we totally thought Ned Yost would be the next manager to be fired. We were wrong! I know, there's a first time for everything, huh. But seriously. Three managers fired in our days and none of them were in charge of the Milwaukee Brewers . Yes, they've won 6-of-9. But still. The Toronto Blue Jays , in lieu of holding responsible the five players on their 25-man roster who are making over $10 million this season, canned .500 manager John Gibbons . The team's 35-39 record came after a...Read Full Story

Ricky Romero wants to be Toronto's opening day starter. But if he's going to get that honor, Romero is going to have to convince Blue Jays manager Cito Gaston that he's ready. "It would definitely be an awesome, awesome experience," Romero said Friday after the Blue Jays worked out. "Not very many guys get to do that and it happens only once a year, so it'd be exciting. Really, really exciting." As a 24-year-old rookie left-hander last year, Romero earned the No. 4 spot in the Blue Jays...Read Full Story