http://www.bluejayslocker.com Toronto Blue Jays Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:15:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Blue Jays have designated 26-year old righty swinging outfielder Darin Mastroianni for assignment. Mastroianni played in 1 game for the Blue Jays last year and he was 0 for 2 (.000 avg) in his first taste of the majors. He also played in 123 games in AA+AAA-ball ... http://www.bluejayslocker.com/2012/02/02/the-toronto-blue-jays-dfa-darin-mastroianni/ The Toronto Blue Jays have had a hard time matching starting pitching with the Yankees, Red Sox and Rays in recent years. The hope is that a couple of the younger pitchers step up and take over the #4 and #5 spots in the starting rotation this year. ... http://www.bluejayslocker.com/2012/01/28/the-toronto-blue-jays-need-some-young-guys-to-step-up-in-the-starting-rotation-in-2012/ The Blue Jays have signed 30-year old lefty reliever/starter Bill Murphy to a minor league deal. Murphy pitched in 10 games (all starts) last year in Japan and he was 2-5 with a 3.98 ERA and a 1.46 WHIP. Murphy last pitched in the majors back in 2009 ... http://www.bluejayslocker.com/2012/01/27/the-toronto-blue-jays-bring-back-bill-murphy/ The Blue Jays have signed 33-year old righty starting pitcher Tim Redding to a minor league deal. Redding pitched in 18 games (17 starts) in AAA-ball last year and he was 2-10 with a 6.24 ERA and a 1.70 WHIP. Redding last pitched in the majors back in ... http://www.bluejayslocker.com/2012/01/27/the-toronto-blue-jays-sign-tim-redding/ The Blue Jays have signed 27-year old lefty swinging catcher Kyle Phillips to a minor league deal. Phillips played in 36 games for the Padres last year and he was 13 for 76 (.171 avg, .548 OPS) with 9 runs scored, 2 homers and 10 RBIs. He has ... http://www.bluejayslocker.com/2012/01/27/the-toronto-blue-jays-bring-back-kyle-phillips/ The Blue Jays have signed 36-year old righty reliever Francisco Cordero to a 1-year, $4.5 million dollar deal. Cordero pitched in 68 games (0 starts) for the Reds last year and he was 5-3 with 37 saves, a 2.45 ERA and a 1.02 WHIP. He has now pitched ... http://www.bluejayslocker.com/2012/01/25/the-toronto-blue-jays-sign-francisco-cordero/ The Blue Jays have signed 44-year old switch-hitting infielder Omar Vizquel to a minor league deal. Vizquel played in 58 games for the White Sox last year and he was 42 for 167 (.251 avg, .592 OPS) with 18 runs scored, 0 homers, 8 RBIs and 1 stolen base. ... http://www.bluejayslocker.com/2012/01/25/the-toronto-blue-jays-sign-omar-vizquel/ The Blue Jays have signed 37-year old righty reliever/starter Nelson Figueroa to a minor league deal. He pitched in 8 games (5 starts) for the Astros last year and he was 0-3 with a 8.69 ERA and a 2.10 WHIP. Figueroa has now pitched in 145 games (65 ... http://www.bluejayslocker.com/2012/01/24/the-toronto-blue-jays-sign-nelson-figueroa/ The Toronto Blue Jays have not been making a lot of big moves, but they are spreading the money around and are improving the team. Here is a look at the new guys for 2012 so far: In the field: As soon as Jose Molina bolted to sign with ... http://www.bluejayslocker.com/2012/01/16/the-toronto-blue-jays-have-been-busy-so-far-this-winter/ The Blue Jays have designated 30-year old lefty swinging 3B/OF Mark Teahan for assignment. Teahan played in 27 games for the Blue Jays last year and he was 8 for 42 (.190 avg, .547 OPS) with 3 runs scored, 1 homer and 3 RBIs. He has now played ... http://www.bluejayslocker.com/2012/01/09/the-toronto-blue-jays-dfa-mark-teahan/