Jose Bautista sure knows how to make an entrance at spring training. The Toronto Blue Jays slugger reportedly asked for a new contract worth either $150 million over five years or $164 million over six years. He’s denied those numbers.
With newly promoted pitching coach Don Cooper holding down the fort in the dugout the pitching of Mark Buehrle was the difference in the Chicago White Sox's 2-1 win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday night.
Edwin Encarnacion hit a walk-off home run off reliever Garrett Richards to lift the Toronto Blue Jays to a 4-3 win over the Los Angeles Angels in the bottom of the 12th.
If the race for the American League MVP award is a down-to-the-wire sprint, then Jose Bautista has already pulled up and is limping towards the finish line.
With just nine home runs since the All-Star break, one has to wonder if the Blue Jays single-season long ball record holder is still the front-runner for one of baseball’s highest honours.
The Toronto Blue Jays know how to spoil a party.
Red Sox starter Tim Wakefield, baseball’s oldest player, was a mere six outs away from picking up his 200th career victory, until a five-run, eight-inning implosion by Boston’s bullpen cost him the win Wednesday night.
Bautista is one of 15 Toronto players that are eligible for arbitration this winter. The process is one not desirable to most teams, and GM Alex Anthopoulos stated that he hopes to avoid going to any hearings