John McDonald News

My email chimed at 6:15 on Wednesday night and I looked to see the following subject line -- Blue Jays Sign John McDonald .

Shortstop Miguel Tejada has drawn preliminary interest on the free-agent market this offseason from the Toronto Blue Jays, as well as other teams, but could be heading north of the border, especially with the Blue Jays in need of a starting shortstop in 2010.

Andruw Jones agreed Wednesday to a $500,000, one-year contract with the Chicago White Sox.

Marco Scutaro and John McDonald both filed for free agency on Friday, leaving the shortstop position vacant on the Blue Jays' depth chart.

After the All-Star break last season, A's center fielder Rajai Davis batted .325 with 24 doubles, 42 RBI and 30 stolen bases.

Alex Anthopoulos has a plan for the Toronto Blue Jays. The problem is that he can't reveal the full details just quite yet.

Having bolstered the increasingly young Toronto Blue Jays front office by naming Mel Didier and Mel Queen senior advisers of player development Monday, Alex Anthopoulos is now turning to some bigger points of business.

Whither goest free agents Marco Scutaro and Rod Barajas? Well, nowhere yet. Not until 15 days after the final pitch of the World Series.

He arrived with his new team as a much-heralded acquisition in time for the 2004 season.

After a night of frustration for the Toronto Blue Jays, it was the most improbable sort of ending.

Blue Jays manager Cito Gaston made his way around the visitors' clubhouse at Camden Yards on Sunday morning, shaking hands with his players and sharing a few words before everyone went their separate ways for the offseason.

Jesse Carlson thought he had negotiated a small measure of justice. He was wrong.

The Toronto Blue Jays put a dismal and turmoil-laced 2009 season to bed yesterday insisting that their simmering unrest is no longer boiling over and brighter days are ahead.

Fronting a lineup that looked more suited for a split-squad Spring Training game, Tim Wakefield, bad back and all, gamely took the mound opposite Roy Halladay and the Blue Jays on Wednesday night.

IGame called, it's official: Jays defeat Sox, 11-5, 10:36 The Jays wound up defeating the Sox, 11-5, tonight at Fenway Park before a crowd of 37.591. The game was called after a 1 hour 2 minute rain delay.

Toronto's John McDonald ducks under a high pitch in their game against the Boston Red Sox.

Well, that's that for the Blue Jays home sked. Six games remain until the curtain falls on the 2009 season.

Seattle Mariners' Mike Carp, right, coasts into second with a double as Toronto Blue Jays shortstop John McDonald waits for throw during second-inning AL baseball game action in Toronto, Friday, Sept.

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Edwin Encarnacion celebrates with Jose Bautista, who represented the winning run on an Aaron Hill game-winning walk-off RBI double against the Baltimore Orioles in Toronto on Tuesday.