Travis Snider News

It seems like a repeat of last year regarding the top free agents, especially the Scott Boras clients, who are waiting longer and longer to set the market.

CATCHER: Now that the Blue Jays have filled their hole at shortstop be signing veterans Alex Gonzalez and John McDonald, the team's primary need is behind the plate.

If you won your league last year, you likely did it because you invested wisely in the middle and late rounds, targeting players who ended up performing like early-rounders. So of course, heading into 2010, they now rate as early-rounders, losing all the value that made them so critical to your team's success in 2009.

With the Blue Jays' focus on scouting and making sure they find the best prospects, would Toronto be better off keeping Roy Halladay for one final season and then letting him go as a free agent next year? Let's be true, Doc will be a Type A free agent and that means two more early Draft picks.

The Toronto Blue Jays signed shortstop Alex Gonzalez to a one-year contract worth $2.75 million, with a team option to sign him for $2.5 million for the 2011 season.

Marco Scutaro's days with the Toronto Blue Jays are all but officially over and catcher Rod Barajas is pretty much set to follow the shortstop out the door.

Whether you've heard of him or not, Jason Heyward is good. Really good. I suppose those of you who are still uninformed need an explanation.

Readers write there is zero difference between J.P. Ricciardi, who tried to deal Roy Halladay, and Alex Anthopoulos, who may deal his best starter.

TORONTO - The Canadian Press Published on Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009 11:43AM EST T he Toronto Blue Jays and new general manager Alex Anthopoulos continued to remake their scouting department by hiring four new people and promoting three others on Thursday.

Alex Anthopoulos was faced with a choice. At 32, with the entire Toronto Blue Jays franchise on his plate -- albeit with still-CEO Paul Beeston sitting at the head of the table -- the rookie general manager was staring at a mighty big fork in the road.

Occasionally it's best not to know what's going on behind the scenes. During last season, the disarray and inner workings of the Blue Jays organization were revealed for all to see.

Blue Jays GM won't go on a free agent signing spree and is full speed ahead in finding the team's next manager JEFF BLAIR Published on Monday, Nov.

The Alex Anthopoulos era began yesterday. The first player move by the Blue Jays rookie general manager was to claim lefty Sean Henn from the Baltimore Orioles.

Vin Mazzaro, rhp, Sacramento 11. Bud Norris, rhp, Round Rock 12. Esmil Rogers, rhp, Colorado Springs 13.

Here is the Top 50 PRE-SEASON Hitting Prospects list from the 2009 book. Remember, this was the PRE-SEASON list.

Let me state first and for the record. I am not a statistician or a sabermatician.

New Toronto Blue Jays general manager Alex Anthopoulos announced the firings of three long-serving employees Friday and promised more changes.

Aside from getting to rock a World Series ring, the next best thing to take home at the end of the season is one of Major League Baseball's awards.

Three years ago, Travis Snider made his pro baseball debut with the Pulaski Blue Jays.

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.