Blue Jays get Lowe; Phils Amaro talks Hamels

Acquiring perhaps the best shortstop in baseball was not all the Blue Jays had in mind for this year’s trade deadline shakeup, as they also made a deal with the Detroit Tigers for ace David Price.

“These types of players, the great superstar players, rarely become available”, Toronto general manager Alex Anthopoulos said.

Price is scheduled to make his first start for the Blue Jays on Sunday in Toronto against the Royals, at 1:07 p.m. Edinson Volquez is Kansas City’s scheduled starter. “It’s as simple as that”.

The Toronto Blue Jays have a deal in place to acquire left-hander David Price from the Detroit Tigers.

While the official trade deadline is at 1pm Friday, the major pieces in this year’s market, David Price, Cole Hamels, Carlos Gomez, Johnny Cueto and Troy Tulowitzki have all already been dealt. The Astros have definitely turned themselves into a threat in the AL and they are a team that could go deep in October. You have to respect that. “It’s a must to prefer it and that is what you need to be part of”.

The teams officially announced the trade Thursday afternoon.

This story has been corrected to show that the Blue Jays started Friday six games back of the Yankees in the AL East, not two games. He should be able to score a ton of runs in front of the outstanding Blue Jays offense.

“Even in the first, I thought I made some decent pitches”, said Estrada, who then retired 15 batters in a row before allowing a single to Cain with two out in the sixth. “I know that”.

Winning this year is the priority, especially considering Price will be one of the most sought-after free agents in baseball, Hawkins is expected to retire and Lowe should be due for a significant raise. But I think also just his presence in the lineup and his presence on the team will raise the energy level – and I hope it raises the energy level in the dugout and in the stands. “Who would be?” he said.

Less than three hours later, Soria was packing his bags. Toronto’s playoff drought is the longest in the majors, with its last trip coming in 1993, when Joe Carter’s home run won the World Series.

Anthopoulos said was not yet dwelling on the possibility of re-signing Price, which could be a hard task.

The Blue Jays will pay the $7,122,151 remaining on Price’s $19.75 million salary this season. “We have a very talented group of guys in here and so do the Blue Jays“. Clayton Kershaw may be one of the game’s most dominating starting pitchers, but he’s only going to the mound every fifth day for the Dodgers.

Toronto has that to offer in Norris, a second-round pick in the 2011 draft.

Tirado, 20, has gone 4-3 with a 3.23 ERA while striking out 62 and walking 35 in 61 1/3 innings pitched in 31 games for Dunedin this season.