According to Gregor Chisolm of MLB.com, The Toronto Blue Jays have designated Juan Rivera for assignment. This move was made to make room for Travis Snider who is going to be recalled tomorrow. Snider was sent down to AAA on April 29 to work on his swing. He hit .333/.403/.488 with2 home runs for AAA [...]
07/03/11
Blue Jays outfielder Travis Snider has been optioned to Triple-A Las Vegas reports Matthew Pouliot of NBCSports.com. Chris Woodward was out righted to Triple-A as well.
Snider has been struggling this season hitting just .184 including 23 SO in 87 AB’s. Rajai Davis is expected to come off the Disabled List so the team needs a [...]
04/28/11
The Toronto Blue Jays have optioned left handed pitcher Brad Mills to Triple-A Las Vegas reports Gregor Chisholm of MLB.com. The lefty took one of the two roster spots yesterday after the team designated David Purcey for assignment and placed Rajai Davis in the Disabled List.
Mills was 1-0 with a 5.64 ERA in 22.1 inning [...]
04/14/11
The Toronto Blue Jays have designated free agent David Purcey for assignment, according to Shi Davidi of Sportsnet.ca.
The team also placed Rajai Davis on the disabled list for a sprained right ankle that occurred over the weekend in Los Anglees. He had been hitting .156 with two RBIs in seven games.
The 28-year-old Purcey, was 0-0 [...]
04/12/11
Here’s a running list of injury updates for several Major league players:
– The Toronto Blue Jays have placed outfielder Rajai Davis on the 15-day Disabled List according to the team’s official Twitter account.
– According to Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle right handed pitcher Andrew Bailey threw 20 pitches off the mound today and [...]
04/12/11
Major League sources close to FOXSports’ Ken Rosenthal say that the Blue Jays would like to trade recently acquired Juan Rivera. Although it’s not likely they will move him before Spring Training starts.
Rosenthal says that Rivera projects to be a reserve if the Jays go with an outfield of Travis Snider, Rajai Davis and Jose [...]
02/09/11
The Toronto Blue Jays are continuing to look at leadoff solutions and they have free agents Scott Podsednik and Johnny Damon on their radar, according to a source close to Ken Rosenthal of FOXSports. Rosenthal speculates that likely leadoff candidate, Rajai Davis, may be more productive if he plays less regularly and hits lower in [...]
01/19/11
The Toronto Blue Jays have agreed on a two-year deal with outfielder Rajai Davis according to Jon Heyman of Sports Illustrated. Davis will make $2.5 million in 2011 and $2.75 million in 2012. Besides that the contract will include a club option for 2013 worth $3 million.
Davis played in 143 games in 2010 with the [...]
01/18/11
According to the team, the Toronto Blue Jays have announced the acquisition of outfielder Rajai Davis from the Oakland Athletics in exchange for right-handed pitcher Trystan Magnuson and right-handed pitcher Daniel Farquhar.
FOXSports Ken Rosenthal was the first to report that the Blue Jays were on the verge of acquiring Davis.
The San Francisco Chronicle’s Susan Slusser [...]
11/17/10
According to MLB.com’s Mark Bowman the Braves primary focus this off season will be to acquire an outfielder. The Braves have shown some interest in free agent outfielder Pat Burrell, who rejuvenated his career while helping the Giants win the World Series. But early indications are that the veteran, defensively-challenged outfielder might prove to [...]
11/11/10