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Jose Bautista, Blue Jays Postpone Arbitration Hearing to Work on Deal

PHOENIX (AP) -- Major league home run leader Jose Bautista and the Toronto Blue Jays have pushed back their salary arbitration in hopes of reaching an agreement. The sides had been set to argue their cases Monday, with Bautista asking for $10.5 million rather than the team's offer of $7.6 million. Bautista hit .260 with...

Angels Acquire Vernon Wells From Toronto for Mike Napoli, Juan Rivera

The Blue Jays still don't appear positioned to contend in the AL East in 2011, but general manager Alex Anthopoulos unshackled his team for upcoming seasons by finding a way to offload Vernon Wells' contract. Toronto traded Wells to the Angels Friday night for Mike Napoli and Juan Rivera in a deal that saw both teams rid...

John Farrell Named Blue Jays Manager

The worst-kept secret in two countries became official Monday when the Blue Jays announced they have hired John Farrell, most recently the pitching coach for the Red Sox, as their new manager. Farrell, 48, replaces the retiring Cito Gaston and becomes the 12th manager in Toronto history. Though he has not served as a...

Report: John Farrell Offered Toronto Job

The Blue Jays have known for some time know that they'd need a new manager to replace Cito Gaston this winter, and the search process has been exhaustive, by all accounts. General manager Alex Anthopoulos has talked to more than a dozen candidates for the position, some merely by phone and others more extensively, and it...

Overheard and Understood: Cito Gaston Getting Off Managerial Carousel

One could not blame Cito Gaston, with the Blue Jays not in contention for the playoffs, if his mind occasionally wandered to thoughts of the Irish countryside, South African safaris or Sydney harbor. But as the end of his managerial career approaches, Gaston claims no twinges of wistfulness nor sentimentality -- "So far I...

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05/17/12 Jays' Lawrie drops appeal, Lind demoted Source: The Chronicle Herald Brett Lawrie is sitting out so the Toronto Blue Jays can move on.
05/17/12 Newsmakers: May 11-17, 2012 Source: Macleans In the first major political casualty of Quebec's three-month standoff between students and the provincial government, education minister Line Beauchamp has resigned.
05/16/12 Homer-happy Jays beat up on Yankees Source: Ottawa Citizen - Ottawa - ON - Canada TORONTO Ã¢ On Tuesday night, Brett LawrieÃ¢s screaming fit and bouncing helmet overshadowed another gloomy defeat for the Toronto Blue Jays. Lawrie grabbed more attention for a while on Wednesday, but by the time darkness descended, the spotlight fell on other components of the clubÃ¢s kaleidoscope.
05/16/12 Homer-happy Jays beat up on Yankees Source: Canada.com - Canada TORONTO Ã¢ On Tuesday night, Brett LawrieÃ¢s screaming fit and bouncing helmet overshadowed another gloomy defeat for the Toronto Blue Jays. Lawrie grabbed more attention for a while on Wednesday, but by the time darkness descended, the spotlight fell on other components of the clubÃ¢s kaleidoscope.
05/16/12 It's time to make hay, Jays Source: Toronto Sun - Toronto ON - Canada Blue Jays' J.P. Arencibia slides around Yankees catcher Russell Martin to score a run during last night's game at Rogers Centre.