Toronto Blue Jays baseball team

OAKLAND — There is a reason Roy Halladay's name has dominated the headlines in these weeks leading up to Friday's non-waiver Trade Deadline. Over his career, Halladay has established himself as one of baseball's true aces, and he is a rare innings-eater in an era of pitch counts. When the Blue Jays revealed earlier this [...]

SEATTLE — Roy Halladay did not want to answer more questions about trade rumors. A team official made that clear before reporters swarmed the pitcher's locker following the Blue Jays' 3-2 loss to the Mariners on Wednesday afternoon at Safeco Field. Those instructions hardly stopped anyone from asking about Halladay's uncertain future. As Halladay has [...]

SEATTLE– Closer Scott Downs continued his recent struggles, allowing a ninth-inning run that sent the Blue Jays to a 4-3 loss to the Mariners in walk-off fashion on Tuesday night at Safeco Field. Over his last five appearances, Downs has allowed six earned runs, blown two saves and picked up three losses. With the game [...]

SEATTLE — The Blue Jays knocked Seattle ace Felix Hernandez around for 11 hits on Monday as they beat the Mariners, 11-4, in front of 28,696 at Safeco Field. Amid fairly loud chants from a large pro-Toronto contingent at Safeco, the Jays jumped on Hernandez in the first inning with two singles and a sacrifice [...]

TORONTO — Before Sunday's game, Blue Jays manager Cito Gaston sat at his desk and mused on the events of the past few days. The Jays were wrapping up a homestand that wasn't a disaster, but wasn't what it should have been, as defensive miscues and bullpen letdowns squandered leads, and quiet bats laid lights-out [...]

TORONTO — Cito Gaston wasn't able to come up with a word to serve as a suitable summation of the game he witnessed on Saturday afternoon. The Toronto manager leaned back in his chair inside his office and shook his head, more in disbelief than anything else. There were plenty of ways for Gaston to [...]

TORONTO — The fans were on their feet and cheering loud, offering Roy Halladay a long standing ovation as he made his way off the field following the top of the ninth inning on Friday night at Rogers Centre. With his head down, Halladay walked to the dugout and didn't wave or tip his cap. [...]

TORONTO — At times this season, the Blue Jays' young pitching has faltered. On other nights, the bats have gone cold. But the Jays — whose everyday starting lineup boasts two multiple-time Gold Glovers in center fielder Vernon Wells and third baseman Scott Rolen — have typically been able to count on their defense. For [...]

TORONTO — Ricky Romero thought he'd have a little fun with Blue Jays shortstop Marco Scutaro prior to Wednesday night's game against the Indians. The rookie pitcher went over to the veteran infielder and gave him a hard time about his lack of power of late. After Scutaro launched two home runs to help propel [...]

TORONTO — It was the one jam the Blue Jays couldn't get out of. All game long, the Indians sent runner after runner jogging along the basepaths, until a pair of them finally crossed the plate in Cleveland's last turn to hit. A costly error by first baseman Lyle Overbay in the ninth inning and [...]