The transactions began with Marco Estrada coming to Toronto for Adam Lind, which gave a few extra depth to the Blue Jays pitching. Price arrived less than an hour before the Blue Jays’ game against the Kansas City Royals and was set to speak with reporters afterward. It was another back-and-forth game between teams that would love to do this all again in October.
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“He could pitch anywhere, seventh, eighth, ninth, depending on what’s going on, ” Gibbons said. “It’s way too early for that”. The speedster would be an upgrade for most teams at the top of the lineup. They provide the consumer with the right tools available to compare and purchase the best concert, sport, or theatre tickets in Canada or the USA. Those are the kinds of mistakes Buehrle knows he can’t make, especially against Kansas City.
On several different occasions, Anthopoulos made an allusion to the fallout from these trades, stating his curiosity in the impact they would have on ticket sales and attendance. He gave up four runs in 5 1-3 innings against the Blue Jays on July 12, but only run one was earned. Price, acquired from the Detroit Tigers on Thursday, will make his Blue Jays debut on Monday against the Minnesota Twins.
Lowe (0-2) was charged with three runs in one inning after allowing just four in 34 prior appearances this season.
The best team in the American League may have gotten even better this week with the acquisition of former Oakland A’s utility play Ben Zobrist, who hit two home runs at Rogers Centre and helped his new squad eek out a one-run win over the home team.
Lowe, a 32-year-old who revitalized his career this season, has a 1.00 ERA with 37 strikeouts and 11 walks in 36 innings and like Price can be a free agent after this season. “I had my up and downs with them, but it’s been a blessing. We’ve just got to get in the line”.
The Blue Jays obliged, tweeting a photo of Price’s locker stocked with popcorn and a card welcoming him to Toronto. After a shallow flyout to right field by shortstop Troy Tulowitzki, third baseman Josh Donaldson doubled in two runs to cut the Royals’ lead to 3-2.
“Hopefully someone can call me and tell me I’m a lucky dog”, Revere said. “I’m happy it happened”. “We believe in the talent, we believe we have a chance to get to the post-season”.
Edwin Encarnacion nearly made it two in a row against Davis with a shot that got to the warning track. Royals manager Ned Yost said RHP Chris Young will move to the bullpen and RHP Jeremy Guthrie will remain in the rotation after the addition of RHP Johnny Cueto….
These are fans that, until a week ago, would have been watching from their couches.
General manager Alex Anthopoulos has overhauled a fifth of his roster in a bid to put the Blue Jays in the postseason for the first time since consecutive World Series titles in 1992 and ’93. It was the sixth career multi-homer game for Zobrist. “You try and put good swings on the ball from both sides of the plate when you have to switch around during the game but it’s tough”. Left fielder Ben Revere forced Colabello with a grounder to second for the second out, leaving runners at the corners for Donaldson, who grounded out to third.NOTES: The Blue Jays designated INF/OF Danny Valencia and OF Ezequiel Carrera for assignment before Saturday’s game and optioned RHP Ryan Tepera to Triple-A Buffalo….
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