Hernandez did it from October 2005 to August 2006.
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On Tuesday, Josh Donaldson, Edwin Encarnacion and Marco Estrada were named to the MLB All-Star Game.
“It’s been as frustrating as anything I’ve experienced in my career from a performance standpoint”, said Young, who lasted 2 1/3 innings.
Health concerns aside, the all-star nod should confirm to the rest of the baseball world what the Jays already know: The Jays have a heck of a starter in Estrada.
“My back still doesn’t feel very good but it’s getting better”. “It’s a frustrating feeling”.
“I’m happy I made the All-Star team”, said Donaldson.
“At the beginning of the game, it looked like he was real sharp”, Yost said. “He just ran into severe trouble in the third”. The Tampa Bay Rays third baseman is one of five players in the Esurance MLB All-Star Game Final Vote to add one final player to the roster.
“Mentally it’s tough”, Young said. I don’t remember if I threw it in the bullpen or I just walked straight into it in a game, but I do remember getting swings and misses and going, ‘This could be it right here, this is what’s going to get me over this hump.’ Obviously it took some time to get used to it and even now I still struggle with it at times. The last was May 7, 2014 against Philadelphia.
Toronto’s R.A. Dickey (6-9) allowed two runs, none earned, and four hits in seven innings. The knuckleballer came in 0-6 with a 5.14 ERA at home.
“One thing Josh does, he’s got a plan when he goes to the plate”, Jays manager John Gibbons said.
On Tuesday, the bulk of the damage was done in the third inning, with Toronto spraying out five hits – three of them home runs – to end Young’s night early. Carlos Delgado had 76 in 2003.
Royals 1B Eric Hosmer and C Salvador Perez will start the All-Star Game for the AL.
Estrada signed a two-year, $26 million contract in the offseason, and has been worth the money while leading the Blue Jays with 99 strikeouts despite pitching through ongoing back trouble. RHP Brooks Pounders had his contract selected from Triple-A Omaha.
Saunders has 15 home runs and 38 RBI with the Blue Jays with a. 290 batting average this season.
Ezequiel Carrera and Troy Tulowitzki also homered for the Blue Jays, who won their fourth in a row and will go for a three-game sweep of the Royals on Wednesday.
“We still have a lot of games left to play and I need to be healthy for (the Blue Jays)”, said Estrada, who said his back wasn’t great but improving and that he was limited to walking at this point in his rehabilitation. Gibbons phoned Yost Wednesday afternoon to tell him the team was placing Estrada on the DL, and Yost told reporters later that day he had a shortlist of three or four pitchers in mind, one of them being Sanchez, the young Blue Jays starter.
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Toronto Blue Jays’ Kevin Pillar tries to steal second base but is tagged out by Kansas City Royals’ Alcides Escobar during the third inning of a baseball game in Toronto on Tuesday, July 5, 2016.
