If his highly-anticipated big league debut on Wednesday night in Washington is any indication of what we can expect for the remainder of his burgeoning career, then the Toronto Blue Jays have something really special in Nate Pearson. The fresh-faced, fireballing phenom went toe-to-toe through five innings with future baseball hall of famer Max Scherzer […]
After tossing the ball around in the outfield, Blue Jays pitcher Nate Pearson took a few moments Tuesday to walk on the mound at Nationals Park in anticipation of his first big-league start. His debut will come Wednesday night against Washington’s Max Scherzer in Toronto’s so-called home opener. “I wanted to get out there on […]
WASHINGTON – PRELEDE FOR TUESDAY AM Hayden Bluth is just one of at least 41,313 Washington-area baseball fans who weren’t allowed inside the gates Monday at Nationals Park. But he’s the only one who showed up anyway. Bluth, a New York Mets fan from the nearby D.C. suburb of Arlington, Va., has been staging a […]
By Staff The Associated Press Posted July 27, 2020 7:25 pm Smaller font Descrease article font size –A Larger font Increase article font size A+ WASHINGTON – Toronto Blue Jays closer Ken Giles went on the 10-day injured list before Monday’s series opener at the Washington Nationals with a strained right forearm, a day after […]
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Brandon Lowe’s two-run triple snapped an eighth-inning tie and sent the Tampa Bay Rays over the Toronto Blue Jays 4-1 on Saturday. Lowe, a first-time AL All-Star in 2019, hit a drive into the gap in right-centre field off reliever Sam Gaviglio (0-1). The right-hander later balked, allowing Lowe to score […]
By Staff The Associated Press Posted July 26, 2020 3:34 am Smaller font Descrease article font size –A Larger font Increase article font size A+ Toronto Blue Jays (1-1, fifth in the AL East) vs. Tampa Bay Rays (1-1, fourth in the AL East) St. Petersburg, Florida; Sunday, 1:10 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Blue Jays: […]
Toronto sports fans aren’t the only ones cheering the return of the Blue Jays and Raptors, who both played their first games this week since the COVID-19 pandemic put the MLB and NBA seasons on hold. Sports bar owners say the Jays’ season opener against the Tampa Bay Rays on Friday and the Raptors’ scrimmage […]
Toronto sports fans aren’t the only ones cheering the return of the Blue Jays and Raptors, who both played their first games this week since the COVID-19 pandemic put the MLB and NBA seasons on hold. Sports bar owners say the Jays’ season opener against the Tampa Bay Rays on Friday and the Raptors’ scrimmage […]
By Staff The Associated Press Posted July 25, 2020 3:34 am Smaller font Descrease article font size –A Larger font Increase article font size A+ Toronto Blue Jays (1-0, second in the AL East) vs. Tampa Bay Rays (0-1, third in the AL East) St. Petersburg, Florida; Saturday, 3:10 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Blue Jays: […]
Big league ball in Buffalo, New York? Naturally. Not long after the nomadic Toronto Blue Jays announced the Triple-A city as their temporary home Friday, Michael Billoni began to wonder who could be the club’s Roy Hobbs. “Hopefully, it’s (Vladimir) Guerrero Jr. who will knock the ball on to Oak Street and win the World […]