The Philadelphia Phillies have traded outfielder Ben Revere to the Toronto Blue Jays, the teams announced Friday. “That was someone Dayton kept focusing on, somebody he would like to get when we got closer to the trade deadline”.
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The trade deadline has come and gone and the Minnesota Twins made one move to help the bullpen.
Mark Lowe came out of the pen to make his Blue Jays debut in the eighth inning and, after getting Escobar to fly out, had his day ruined by Zobrist’s second homer of the game that tied it at 5-5. “It feels like you’re nearly playing fantasy baseball”. To take his spot on the roster, the Phillies called up Jordan Danks, 29, from Triple A Lehigh Valley.
“I knew I needed to be aggressive”, Navarro said. According to MLB, the Blue Jays sit in third place in the American League East with a 51-51 record and are seven games behind the division-leading New York Yankees.
Lowe, obtained for a trio of minor league left-handers, has had a bounce-back year with the Mariners after appearing in just 18 games during the 2013-14 seasons.
“People talk about “all-in” and things like that – we’re trying to win each year”, Anthopoulos said Friday.
Zobrist became the first Royal to hit a home run left- and right-handed since Wilson Betemit in 2010. He had a 1.00 ERA with 47 strikeouts in 36 innings pitched. “He’s been very productive”, Gibbons said. “He’s got that ability”.
Suckage: Lowe (-.589), Revere (-.228) and Pillar (-.170, though he battled in his 9th inning at bat). 298 with 24 stolen bases in 2015. He finished the week by acquiring Revere from the Phillies to play left field and Lowe from the Mariners to bolster a vastly improved bullpen.
“I just want to try to get on base and let the big boys do the work”, Revere said before leaving Philadelphia.
A guy like Revere coming up before the likes of Donaldson, Bautista, Encarnacion and Tulowitzki will surely help the Jays to score early on in games and get off to quicker starts down the stretch.
“It kind of unfolded after that”, he said.
From an offensive perspective, Revere doesn’t pack a lot of power, but he’s quick and can hit for a high average. Speaking in the Detroit clubhouse before the Tigers’ 9-8 victory over the Orioles on Thursday in Baltimore, Price was excited about joining a contender – even if he did refer to the Blue Jays as “they” instead of “we”. The entire episode played out on Twitter, with Price providing the blow-by-blow. The left-hander said he was on Interstate 94 near Chesterfield, Michigan, when his right rear tire blew.
Chamberlain landed in the Toronto Blue Jays organization after the Tigers released the reliever in early July. It definitely shows you that they want to win right now. After Price raved about it on Twitter, the team had bags of it waiting at his locker Friday. “I relaxed after that and took better swings”. “This is the best popcorn I’ve ever had”.
Boston’s Mike Napoli, who surprisingly was not traded before the deadline, responded with a two-run homer to lift the Red Sox past Tampa Bay 7-5. It’s a business. It’s not my first time.
Royals: RHP Yordano Ventura (5-7, 4.86 ERA) seeks to win back-to-back starts for the first time since his opening two outings of the season when he faces the Blue Jays for the first time this year.
Johnny Cueto, obtained from Cincinnati, makes his Kansas City Royals’ debut when he starts at Toronto.
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Without a doubt, Price digs the long-ball potential Toronto has.
