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Oakland Athletics http://gty.im/1133899498 97-65 2nd Place AL West Manager: Bob Melvin Key Additions: P Joakim Soria (Free Agent/Milwaukee Brewers)IF Jurickson Profar (Trade/Texas Rangers)P Marco Estrada (Free Agent/Toronto Blue Jays)OF Robbie Grossman (Free Agent/Minnesota Twins) Key Losses: P Trevor Cayhill (Free…

Embed from Getty Images If you've heard about J.A. Happ of the Toronto Blue Jays being one of the strongest pitchers to open the baseball season, it's true. Despite a nightmare performance against the Tampa Bay Rays at home on May 16th (a game I attended), in which he only lasted two innings and gave up eight earned runs, Happ had entered the…

American League Championship Series Toronto Blue Jays at Kansas City Royals http://gty.im/493005146 Coming off of their Game 5 victories, the Toronto Blue Jays faced off against the Kansas City Royals in the ALCS. The Royals would take Game 1, winning 5-0. On the mound for the Royals would be Edinson Volquez. Coming into the game, Volquez was…

http://gty.im/479275808 Stuck at a .500 record, the enigmatic Toronto Blue Jays are on the verge of needing to make a trade for pitching to seriously contend this season. The fear in trading is that you lose too much to gain, where one step forward can become two steps back. Often, the best predictor of future swap success is to examine past trade…