Author | Matt Eddy

The Blue Jays front office has kept its public relations department busy issuing press releases. That’s what happens when you make two dozen player acquisitions since October. Last offseason, Toronto [...]

April 24, 2013, 2:04 pm EDT via baseballamerica.com

Blue Jays minor league reliever Alan Farina missed half of the 2012 season while recovering from Tommy John surgery, and now the righthander will miss at least the first two months of this season after failing multiple drug tests administered by Major League Baseball. The 26-year-old Farina must serve a 50-game suspension without pay before [...]

January 16, 2013, 5:23 pm EST via baseballamerica.com

Less than a week after the commissioner's office announced the penalty for Rays prospect Ryan Brett's failed drug test, the league handed out three more 50-game suspensions, two of them to prospects selected in the first round of recent drafts. • Rays minor league left fielder Josh Sale, a teammate of Brett's with low Class [...]

August 28, 2012, 5:39 pm EDT via baseballamerica.com

Content: Justin (Toronto): On a performance basis, have the Lansing trio of Syndergaard, Nicolino, and Sanchez been the best trio of pitchers in the minors so far? Do any of them get promoted to Dunedin this season? Matthew Eddy: They may be the most dominant trio in the Midwest League, I'll grant you, but I'd take the Mobile Three, Bauer,...

April 20, 2012, 3:31 pm EDT via baseballamerica.com

A Major League Baseball press release identified two violators of the minor league drug prevention and treatment program. Both pitchers now face 50-game suspensions. Blue Jays minor league lefthander Mitchell Taylor failed a second test for a drug of abuse. The 2010 seventh-round pick went 4-2, 4.23 in 13 appearances for Rookie-level Bluefield last year, [...]

March 9, 2012, 5:26 pm EST via baseballamerica.com

Not to be outdone by 49-year-old Jamie Moyer signing a minor league pact with the Rockies last time, ageless infielder Omar Vizquel signed with the Blue Jays. If he's playing in the big leagues on April 24, Vizquel will be 45 years old and in his 24th season. Elsewhere, we see grizzled veteran lefty relievers [...]

February 6, 2012, 7:15 pm EST via baseballamerica.com

As always, keep tabs on your favorite organization's offseason activity with the Minor League Free Agent Tracker. The Blue Jays and Rays acquired useful role players at the Dec. 12 non-tender deadline simply for the willingness to tender ’12 contracts to Ben Francisco and Burke Badenhop. Two other players re-signed on minor league deals with [...]

December 18, 2011, 6:50 pm EST via baseballamerica.com