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Toronto Blue Jays Season Preview

Ray Kuhn — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 10:00:52 +0000

To say the Blue Jays made a big splash this off season would be an understatement. Not only was Toronto able to capitalize on the latest Marlins fire sale, they also added the reigning NL Cy Young award winner. But in reality that might not be the biggest addition the Blue Jays are making for this season. [...]

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Reviewing the Mega Deal with Toronto

Brian Hamilton — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 22:15:18 +0000

On July 20, Jeff Luhnow struck a deal with the Toronto Blue Jays in a huge ten player trade. The Astros agreed to trade RHP Brandon Lyon, LHP J.A. Happ and RHP David Carpenter to Toronto in exchange for RHP Francisco Cordero, OF Ben Francisco, RHP Joe Musgrove, RHP Asher Wojciechowski, LHP David Rollins, C Carlos Perez and a player to be named later, which ended up being RHP Kevin Comer. Cordero was later released and Francisco was traded to the Rays for a player to be named later, which ended up being Theron Geith. Let’s take a look at how everyone involved in the deal did during the stretch after the jump.

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Astros Complete Trade with Blue Jays

Brian Hamilton — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 22:31:06 +0000

In a trade that was agreed upon back on July 20, the Astros have officially received SP Kevin Comer as the player to be named later in the trade with the Toronto Blue Jays, officially completing the mega deal. Comer completes the ten player deal which sent J.A. Happ, Brandon Lyon and David Carpenter to Toronto for Francisco Cordero, Ben Francisco and minor leaguers Joe Musgrove, Asher Wojciechowski, David Rollins and Carlos Perez. Comer has reported to Greeneville to finish out the season.

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