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Jays’ GM willing to give teams time to talk contract with Halladay before making trade

In an apparent departure from his predecessor, Toronto Blue Jays general manager Alex Anthopoulos will give teams interested in trading for ace right-hander Roy Halladay a window to discuss a contract extension with the pitcher.


The Blue Jays’ Web site reports Anthopoulos would allow teams to talk to Halladay about an extension if it means the interested team will improve its trade offer. Halladay is signed through next season.

Former GM J.P. Ricciardi opposed the idea of a contract window when he was shopping Halladay last summer.

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November 18, 2009 Posted by GameSetMatch | Blue Jays News, MLB, Toronto Blue Jays | , , , , , , , | No Comments Yet

Halladay: GM stood up for him

Roy Halladay wanted to set the record straight.

During those crazy days at the end of July when J.P. Ricciardi was testing the trade market for Halladay, it was presumed by many that the Blue Jays GM was unnecessarily embarrassing the franchise’s crown jewel.

Not true, says Halladay.

“J.P. always looked out for my best interests,” Halladay said yesterday. “That was lost in a lot of that. I think people blamed him for that. Knowing the situation, the team was in and my situation, he was looking out for my best interests.

“He took a lot of flak for that and he shouldn’t have. I’ll always appreciate that he did stand up and defend me. I always thought that he was in my corner. He is a tremendous man and somebody I enjoyed working with. He had a lot to do with my career.”


Click here to read the full article – By KEN FIDLIN of Slam.Canoe.ca


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October 5, 2009 Posted by rsanrel | Blue Jays Stuff | , , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments Yet

Purcey passes Jays’ audition

The Blue Jays have been waiting a long time for David Purcey to realize his potential. The big lefty showed flashes of his ability on the mound last season and was trusted with a spot in the club’s rotation when this year began.


On Monday night, Purcey helped lead the Blue Jays to a 9-2 victory over the Orioles at Rogers Centre, but it was a win that was a long time coming for the pitcher. The win was Purcey’s first in more than a year for Toronto — a drought that Blue Jays manager Cito Gaston did not expect.

“I didn’t think so,” Gaston said. “He’s still a kid, too, I guess.”

At 27 years old and with enough Major League service time to no longer be considered a rookie, Purcey is hardly a kid anymore. He was supposed to be a fixture in Toronto’s staff this year — rather that someone who needed another four months of seasoning on the farm with Triple-A Las Vegas.


Click here to read the full article – By Jordan Bastian of MLB.com


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September 22, 2009 Posted by GameSetMatch | Blue Jays News, MLB, Toronto Blue Jays | , , , , , , | No Comments Yet

Snider leads Jays’ homer charge

The field was littered with equipment. A handful of helmets and bats were scattered in the grass down the first-base line at Yankee Stadium, and in the dirt behind home plate, the chest protector belonging to Blue Jays catcher Rod Barajas was abandoned.


A few minutes earlier, New York’s Shelley Duncan was gripping the straps of that chest guard, pulling Barajas out from the bottom of a dogpile during a heated altercation between the Jays and Yankees during the eighth inning of Toronto’s 10-4 victory on Tuesday night.

The late-inning eruption — ignited when Yankees catcher Jorge Posada took exception to a very wild pitch from reliever Jesse Carlson — overshadowed a game filled with positives for the Blue Jays. Toronto matched a season high with five home runs, including two from rookie Travis Snider, and ace Roy Halladay was effective in earning his 15th win of the year.


Click here to read the full article – By Jordan Bastian of MLB.com


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September 16, 2009 Posted by GameSetMatch | Blue Jays News, MLB, Toronto Blue Jays, Travis Snider | , , , , , , , | No Comments Yet

Snider continues to make adjustments

The life of a rookie in the Major Leagues is about making adjustments — adjustments at the plate, in the outfield and on the mound. And sometimes being a rookie is about dressing up as a Toronto Argonauts cheerleader.


The Blue Jays have plenty of rookies going through this process. Outfielder Travis Snider is one of many. And those adjustments will extend beyond the end of this regular season. So while Snider’s attention on Tuesday will be focused on beating the Yankees in New York, his long-term view of how to improve at the big league level doesn’t stop in early October.

Click here to read the full article – By Mike Scott of MLB.com


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