Author | Jim Breen

Right-hander Francisco Cordero sat on the sideline as every other available closer on the free agent market found employment this winter. On Tuesday afternoon, however, it was reported that the 36-year-old native of the Dominican Republic agreed to a one-year, $4.5M deal with the Toronto Blue Jays. He is expected to serve as the set-up [...]

January 25, 2012, 11:00 am EST via fangraphs.com

When Alex Anthopoulos and the Toronto Blue Jays acquired center fielder Colby Rasmus for Edwin Jackson, Octavio Dotel, and Marc Rzepczynski just before the Trade Deadline last summer, the blogosphere and Twitterverse were exploding with praise for Toronto. Anthopoulos parted with relatively little to acquire a young center fielder who was worth 4.3 WAR in [...]

December 14, 2011, 11:00 am EST via fangraphs.com

In a Hot Stove season that generally focuses on organizational acquisitions, multiple league sources reported yesterday that Tony LaCava has turned down the general manager position with the Baltimore Orioles and will remain the assistant general manager with the Toronto Blue Jays. The intriguing aspect of this development, however, is not that LaCava turned down [...]

November 2, 2011, 10:53 am EDT via fangraphs.com