Tigers send Price to Blue Jays

“By adding these two”, Toronto manager John Gibbons said, “it gives me a shot in the arm”. “They capitalized excellently on every single one of my mistakes”. It will be a lot of fun to watch how this will play out. Lowe has allowed just four earned runs over 36 innings (1.00 ERA) for the Mariners this season.

“For the first time since they actually won things”, Kelly writes, “the Blue Jays have decided to live in the present, rather than a best-case-scenario future that is perpetually put off until next year”.

“Getting guys like Price, that type of impact, those (No.) 1 starters, they can make you a great team all by themselves”, Anthopoulos said at a news conference. Playing with Tampa Bay, Boston, Baltimore, and the New York Yankees in the same division has had something to do with the Blue Jays’ woes over the past two decades. “But he is really good”.

Toronto acquired all-star lefthander David Price from the Detroit Tigers, the second major move in less than a week by the Blue Jays as they chase their first postseason appearance since 1993. Though Tulowitzki is under contract through 2020, Price is an impending free agent and there is no telling if Toronto will be able to keep him when he hits the market this winter. He’s been doing it for a long time.

“I was nervous going into the game, no doubt about it. First time I wore a different uniform”.

The Toronto Blue Jays acquiring David Price is a very exciting move, but it is also a very big risk. Boyd is 9-2 with a 1.68 ERA in Class AA and AAA this season.

But then the Blue Jays, enthused by recent acquisitions of both Troy Tulowitzki and David Price, stepped up to the plate. “We think we’re a good team, and adding a guy like Price we think makes us that much stronger and will give us a chance to win”. Brett Cecil got a ground out from Eric Hosmer to end the frame.

LaTroy Hawkins pitched the seventh, Aaron Sanchez worked the eighth and Roberto Osuna finished for his sixth save.

Martin extended the lead with a one-out drive in the third and Donaldson made it 5-2 with a second-deck blast in the fourth, his team-high 25th.

He threw eight innings of four-hit ball in a 4-0 win in St. Louis on Tuesday, completing his sensational month of July. He’s batting. 298 with 24 stolen bases this season after a. 306 average and 49 stolen bases a year ago. He began the season in Toronto’s rotation and made five starts before being sent down.

Royals: OF Alex Gordon (left groin) hit off the tee one day ahead of schedule. “I relaxed after that and took better swings”. Blue Jays 2B Devon Travis (shoulder) sat out Wednesday and could be headed for the 15-day DL.2. The AL Central now contains three teams considered buyers at the trade deadline, the Kansas City Royals, Minnesota Twins and Chicago White Sox, the first of which is a virtual lock to make the playoffs.

Miami opened the scoring with a run in the second inning.

Fiers is 5-9 with a 3.89 ERA in 21 starts for Milwaukee this season.

Suzuki became just the eighth player in major league history to reach 2,900 hits and 500 steals, joining Ty Cobb, Rickey Henderson, Lou Brock, Barry Bonds, Honus Wagner, Paul Molitor and Eddie Collins.