Toronto Blue Jays reliever Aaron Sanchez was suspended for three games after throwing a pitch at Kansas City Royals infielder Alcides Escobar on Sunday.
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Blue Jays fans were ecstatic about saying hello to David Price on Monday.
Then he blew away the Minnesota Twins. “We took the scenic route”, Duffey said. “I wasn’t trying to do a Knute Rockne or anything”.
Sanchez will appeal the penalty, meaning that, for the interim, he is eligible to pitch. The Blue Jays were forced to include their top prospect, lefty Daniel Norris, in the deal, but Anthopolous felt that the time to act was now. “Those guys know how to hit over there”. “That’s what they do”. Among those in attendance for Price’s debut was National Basketball Association star Kevin Durant of the Oklahoma City Thunder.
That’s good for a 2.45 ERA and 2.99 FIP, and by FanGraphs’ version of Wins Above Replacement he’s been the sixth-best pitcher in the American League.
The lefty retired the last 15 batters he faced. He tipped his cap as he walked to the dugout after the eighth.
Price’s spectacular debut meant the Twins wasted a shaky-but-effective start by Santana, who fell behind numerous hitters, yet mostly worked out of trouble. In addition to Goins, Donaldson hit a two-run home run, his 27th of the season, and later heard chants of “M-V-P”.
Brian Dozier singled leading off the fourth and two Estrada walks loaded the bases.
Adeiny Hechavarria of the Marlins had the first walk-off hit of his career, a three-run homer in the bottom of the ninth.
“He’s always bearing down”, Hunter said. However, the Dodgers and Giants aren’t going anywhere atop the NL West, and the Cubs, Mets, and Pirates also look to be in the hunt for a wild card berth, so the Padres’ dreams, while they may sound possible, are not entirely probable.
“A decent game except for the fact that our offensive struggles continue”, manager Paul Molitor said. The Yanks are still a good team, but the reason they’re perhaps the team most negatively affected by the trade deadline movements is because the teams in their division, the Blue Jays and even the Orioles, improved while they stayed the same.
Not to be outdone, Tulowitzki stroked his second home run since joining Toronto seven games ago in the second inning to bring the score to 2-0. Last week, Stroman tweeted that he had been reprimanded by a professor for tweeting about the Price trade while attending class. OF Ezequiela Carrera, who was also cut by the Blue Jays on Saturday, cleared waivers and was sent to Triple-A Buffalo. The Blue Jays claimed right-handed pitcher Ben Rowen off waivers from the Chicago Cubs and assigned him to Buffalo…. He finished with a line of 6.2 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 5 K.
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Sportsnet reported that Saturday’s game against Kansas City was its second-most watched game this season with 1.08 million viewers, behind only the home opener. The only caveat with him is his propensity for injuries, but right now he’s healthy and making the Toronto lineup one of the most feared in recent history. The Blue Jays beat the Twins 3-1 at Rogers Center. The other hit Estrada allowed in the game was an infield single.
