The Bullpen: Jays' trade show they're writing 2012 off

Jameson Taillon will start this afternoon against the Red Sox. It could be his only big-league start this spring -- he isn't in competition for a big-league job, and those types of players tend to be early cuts. -P- Baseball Prospectus has a podcast prev

Al Messerschmidt/Getty Images The Toronto Blue Jays are poised to bring a winner back to a city that desperately needs one By Jonah Keri on February 28, 2013 R ecently, Rogers Sportsnet aired a major sporting event in Toronto. The reaction lit up the Int

Jose Bautista (pictured) and Andy LaRoche were briefly teammates with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Now they’re together again in Toronto, though LaRoche, signed to a minor-league deal, will be sent down in a few weeks while Bautista will lead the Blue Jays. (

Monday's spring training matchup between the Boston Red Sox and the Toronto Blue Jays was prefaced with more hype and speculation than any regular-season matchup the two teams have played in recent memory. It wasn't because reigning NL Cy Young winner R.

DUNEDIN, Fla. — You have a friend, someone in your family, or maybe Kim Kardashian is your only reference point, but you know a couple that thought they were in love, then got married and before too long they quickly realized what a mismatch they were. T

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Two years ago, the Pirates and Los Angeles Dodgers held discussions about a trade. One of the players involved in the talks, manager Clint Hurdle said, was Jerry Sands, then a 23-year-old corner outfielder and first baseman on his way