By Staff The Canadian Press Posted August 19, 2024 2:56 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size TORONTO – The Toronto Blue Jays have claimed left-handed pitcher Easton Lucas off waivers from the Detroit Tigers and have transferred right-hander Alek Manoah to the 60-day injured list. The club said 27-year-old … Read more
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted August 19, 2024 5:36 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Bowden Francis has been named the American League Player of the Week. The 28-year-old right-hander went 2-0 last week with a 0.64 earned-run average while allowing four hits with … Read more
Boston Red Sox star Jarren Duran has been suspended for two games after he was heard aiming a homophobic insult at a heckler during the team’s Sunday game against the Houston Astros. While at bat in the game’s sixth inning, New England Sports Network’s broadcast caught Duran as he turned to the crowd and told … Read more
TORONTO – Starting pitcher JP Sears halted Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s 22-game hitting streak as the Oakland Athletics defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 8-4 on Sunday. Guerrero grounded to short in the first inning, flew out to right field in the fourth and grounded into a double play in the seventh and eighth innings. The last … Read more
TORONTO – Vladimir Guerrero Jr. tied a career-best by extending his hit streak to 22 games in the first inning, but Oakland starter Osvaldo Bido was at his best the rest of the way to help the Athletics defeat the Toronto Blue Jays 1-0 on Saturday. A two-out homer from Brent Rooker in the sixth … Read more
TORONTO – Vladimir Guerrero extended his hit streak to 21 games with two singles, but it was his running catch in foul territory that had his teammates talking after the Toronto Blue Jays’ win on Friday. The Blue Jays (54-62) prevailed 3-1 in the series opener against the Oakland Athletics (48-69), thanks to Guerrero and … Read more
America’s two most beloved competitive passions are about to collide, baseball and stock car racing. Don’t worry, NASCAR isn’t running a race in the middle of a Los Angeles Dodgers game. Major League Baseball announced on Friday that Bristol Motor Speedway will host the MLB Speedway Classic, a regular-season game between the Atlanta Braves and … Read more
TORONTO – Vladimir Guerrero Jr. gave his Hall of Fame father something to cheer about in what otherwise has been a doom and gloom season for the Toronto Blue Jays. With Vladimir Guerrero Sr. watching among the 27,910 at Rogers Centre, his son socked a home run for the first time with dad live and … Read more
TORONTO – Hours after Toronto Blue Jays president and CEO Mark Shapiro blamed his team’s disappointing year on the bullpen, his relievers frittered away another outing. The Blue Jays (52-62) bullpen wasted a decent five-inning performance from Bowden Francis, allowing two runs in the seventh and three more in the eighth in a 7-3 Baltimore … Read more
TORONTO – Even though 35-year-old Chris Bassitt is approaching 1,100 career innings, the Toronto Blue Jays pitcher can still learn new tricks. A week after the Baltimore Orioles shelled Bassitt on the road, he bounced back to strike out nine in seven innings for some retribution in a 5-2 win against the Orioles on Tuesday … Read more
