105.9 The Region

TORONTO (AP) — The Toronto Blue Jays traded catcher Danny Jansen to the Boston Red Sox on Saturday for three minor leaguers. Toronto received infielder Cutter Coffey, infielder Eddinson Paulino, and right-hander Gilberto Batista. Jansen saw news of the trade being reported on a clubhouse TV following Toronto’s 7-3 win over Texas. “It’s a whole […]

TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays traded catcher Danny Jansen to the Boston Red Sox for three prospects on Saturday. Jansen had played his entire MLB career in Toronto and was the longest-serving Blue Jay on the roster, making his debut with the club on Aug. 13, 2018. The 29-year-old has six home runs, 18 […]

TORONTO (AP) — Kevin Gausman pitched a four-hitter for his third complete game in 280 major league starts. Daulton Varsho had four RBIs that included three-run homer and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Texas Rangers 7-3 on Saturday. Gausman (9-8) won his third straight start and joined Atlanta’s Max Fried as the only pitchers […]

TORONTO — Kevin Gausman’s 118-pitch complete game and Daulton Varsho’s three-run first-inning homer spearheaded the Toronto Blue Jays to a 7-3 win against the Texas Rangers on Saturday. Gausman (9-8) gave up three runs on four hits and three walks with eight strikeouts before 35,917 at Rogers Centre. He didn’t allow a run after the […]

TORONTO (AP) — The Toronto Blue Jays traded right-hander Nate Pearson to the Chicago Cubs on Saturday in exchange for two minor leaguers. The Blue Jays received shortstop Josh Rivera and outfielder Yohendrick Pinango for the 27-year-old Pearson, Toronto’s first-round pick in 2017. Pearson has a career record of 7-4 and a 5.21 ERA in […]

TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays traded right-handed pitcher Nate Pearson to the Chicago Cubs for prospects Josh Rivera and Yohendrick Pinango on Saturday. The Blue Jays drafted Pearson in the first round, 28th overall, in the 2017 MLB draft. Once highly touted as Baseball America’s seventh-ranked prospect, Pearson made his Major League debut as […]

Police in northern Ontario have made two arrests linked to an alleged abduction on Manitoulin Island but are still on the hunt for two people, including the victim. Ontario provincial police allege 27-year-old William Paibomsai-Lesage was approached by two men on Wikwemikong Unceded Territory on Thursday morning, assaulted and forced into a black Chevrolet Silverado […]

TORONTO — The Vancouver Bandits have punched their ticket to next month’s Canadian Elite Basketball League’s Championship Weekend in Montreal. The Bandits (14-5), led by Marcus Carr’s 22 points, knocked off the Scarborough Shooting Stars 104-90 at Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre to ensure they’ll finish first in the five-team Western Conference. “It was definitely […]

TORONTO — Marian Barbu’s morning swim in the men’s 100-metre freestyle para multi-class on Friday broke a Canadian record that had stood since 1996. The start of Day 3 of the Speedo Canadian Swimming Championships brought some of the fastest swimming since the 20th century. Barbu, of the Club aquatique St-Eustache, was just looking to […]

TORONTO — Yusei Kikuchi failed to save his best for his last outing in a Toronto Blue Jays uniform, but he felt he went out a winner after receiving a standing ovation from the Rogers Centre crowd on Friday. Kikuchi departed after 4 2/3 innings, long before Ernie Clement’s first career walk-off single with the […]