The busy Blue Jays have made another deal, acquiring reliever Mark Lowe from the Seattle Mariners for three minor league pitchers.
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“I definitely wouldn’t rule this place out”, Price said.
Perhaps no two teams did more to improve their chances to make a deep postseason run in the week leading up to the trade deadline than the Toronto Blue Jays and Kansas City Royals.
Blue Jays 7, Royals 6: Josh Donaldson singled home recent addition Troy Tulowitzki in the 11th inning, and new-look Toronto spoiled Johnny Cueto’s Kansas City debut.
“People talk about “all-in” and things like that – we’re trying to win each year”, Anthopoulos said Friday. I think that’s an important factor to a lot of these guys. Relief pitchers are arguably the most common entity in the league, and Lowe knows he has to prove himself to earn a solid contract in the off season.
“At that point anything can happen”, Anthopoulos said. He has spent most of this season at Triple-A Buffalo, where he was 4-1 with one save and a 2.36 ERA with 40 strikeouts in 34 games including one start.
The Mariners traded Lowe, in part, because he is a pending free agent and because his value is at its peak.
The teams exchanged zeroes throughout the eighth and ninth innings, sending the game into extras. “He’s got that ability”.
The lefty-swinging Revere, 27, is batting. “300 hitter. Of course he’s limited in his power and his arm isn’t the best, but he can get on base and steal a few bases”, Mackanin said. “It’s just completely a new element for our offence”.
Texas also has Yu Darvish signed through 2017.
“I just want to try to get on base and let the big boys do the work”, Revere said.
“He left me a pitch over the middle of the plate, what I was kind of waiting for the entire time”, Donaldson said.
Revere is eligible for arbitration after the season. Russell helps control his pitcher’s game and manage it properly, this is an aspect the Blue Jays never really had pre-dominantly prior to Russell’s arrival. Price said the popcorn went “above and beyond his expectations”. The Jays can finally afford to rest Pillar or Bautista for a night knowing they have a capable backup in Revere. One fan cautioned “If you change the tire.RIGHT HAND ONLY!!!” His 1.00 ERA is the second-best in the majors among relievers behind Kansas City’s Wade Davis (0.41).
You’ve got to love late summer baseball.
A noted fan of the popcorn at Rogers Centre, Price already had a gift awaiting him: six bags of popcorn were placed inside his locker, along with a welcome note from the team. “I’m going to a good team, good pitching”.
“That’s not going to make or break his career in Toronto“, manager John Gibbons said of Lowe’s tough outing.
Yordano Ventura (6-7) gave up five runs and six hits in seven innings to win back-to-back starts for the first time since April. Price is being pushed back a day after being unable to throw his side session Thursday.
Right fielder Carlos Beltran (3-for-4) and infielder Brendan Ryan (3-for-6) also finished with three hits, while four other Yankees had multi-hit games.
Price joins a staff that has Mark Buehrle, Drew Hutchison, R.A. Dickey and Marco Estrada.
“We’ve been exploring and in touch with Cincinnati about Leake since Day 1”, general manager Bobby Evans said. Ezequiel Carrera grounded into a double play, which killed the Blue Jays’ rally.
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Baltimore cleared a roster spot by designating right-hander Bud Norris for assignment.
