ANTHONY KAY NEWS

Removed with leg injury Kay exited Saturday's spring game against the Yankees due to a lower right leg contusion.

Impact Kay started Saturday's Grapefruit League matchup and allowed two runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out one in 2.2 innings. The severity of Kay's injury isn't yet known, and it's unclear whether the issue will impact his availability to begin the regular season.

MARCH 27, 2021 • ROTOWIRE

Bruce, Sandoval on big league rosters, Maybin, Frazier cut

Jay Bruce returned to the major leagues, making the New York Yankees’ roster at the deadline for decisions on free agents who had gone to spring training with minor league contract...

MARCH 27, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Anthony Kay fans Tyler Wade | 03/21/2021 Anthony Kay sgets Tyler Wade to go down swinging for the second out in the top of the 8th inning

MARCH 21, 2021 • MLB.COM

Anthony Kay fans Tyler Wade | 03/21/2021 Anthony Kay sgets Tyler Wade to go down swinging for the second out in the top of the 8th inning

MARCH 21, 2021 • MLB.COM

Added velocity Kay threw two scoreless innings against the Yankees in Sunday's spring training opener, topping out at 97 mph in the process, Keegan Matheson of MLB.com reports. Last season his av...

Impact Kay is fighting for a rotation slot, but hemight have to begin the season as a swingman or even in the minors. As part of the haul for Marcus Stroman, the Jays are likely to want to see more from him. The other good news for Kay is that he's working on a cutter that he started developing with catcher Alejandro Kirk.

MARCH 2, 2021 • ROTOWIRE

Anthony Kay K's Gleyber Torres | 02/28/2021 Anthony Kay fans Gleyber Torres with a high fastball for his first strikeout of the spring in the Blue Jays' 6-4 win over the Yankees

FEBRUARY 28, 2021 • MLB.COM

Mets trade LHP Steven Matz to Blue Jays for 3 young arms

In a deal between two of baseball’s busiest teams this winter, the New York Mets have traded left-hander Steven Matz to the Toronto Blue Jays for three young pitchers

JANUARY 28, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Stroman, Gausman take $18.9M; Springer, LeMahieu reject

New York Mets pitcher Marcus Stroman and San Francisco starter Kevin Gausman have accepted $18.9 million qualifying offers and gotten one-year deals to stay with their teams rather...

NOVEMBER 11, 2020 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Stroman accepts Mets' $18.9 million qualifying offer

Starting pitcher Marcus Stroman accepted the New York Mets’ $18.9 million qualifying offer to stay with the team for 2021

NOVEMBER 11, 2020 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Mets: Betances, Brach stay, Stroman gets qualifying offer

Reliever Dellin Betances exercised his $6 million player option for next season with the New York Mets, deciding against taking a $3 million buyout and becoming a free agent

NOVEMBER 1, 2020 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Sent down by Blue Jays Kay was optioned to the Blue Jays' alternate training site Wednesday, Ben Nicholson-Smith of Sportsnet.ca reports.

Impact Kay was roughed up during his last two outings, as he allowed eight runs (seven earned) over 2.2 innings. He'll attempt to sort things out at the team's alternate training site after the Blue Jays' bullpen got several reinforcements Wednesday when Jacob Waguespack and Hector Perez were called up in corresponding moves.

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020 • ROTOWIRE

Yanks blow out Blue Jays 20-6, move into 2nd in AL East

Luke Voit and Aaron Hicks homered to key a seven-run second-inning burst made possible when right fielder Derek Fisher misplayed a pair of flyballs, and the New York Yankees rocket...

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Gregorius' 2-run homer helps Phillies beat Mets 4-1

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

DeGrom, in NYPD hat, backed by 10-run 4th, Mets rout Jays

Jacob deGrom, wearing an NYPD cap in honor of first responders on the 19th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, pitched six strong innings and the New York Mets backed him in...

SEPTEMBER 12, 2020 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Yanks fall to Blue Jays 2-1, have lost 5 in row and 15 of 20

Gary Sánchez and the slumping New York Yankees lost their fifth in a row and fell for the 15th time in 20 games, again failing to get clutch hits in a 2-1 loss to the Toronto Blue...

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Rangers snap 6-game losing streak, beat Angels 7-1

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Fleming wins big league debut, Rays beat Blue Jays 5-4

Josh Fleming pitched five innings of two-run ball to win his major league debut, and the AL East-leading Tampa Bay Rays beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4

AUGUST 23, 2020 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Blue Jays rally for 7 in 6th, beat Phillies 9-8 for DH sweep

Rowdy Tellez homered and hit a go-ahead two-run single in a seven-run sixth inning, and the Toronto Blue Jays rallied from a seven-run deficit to beat the Philadelphia Phillies 9-8...

AUGUST 20, 2020 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Toronto Blue Jays: It might be time to let Anthony Kay start a game Acquired at the trade deadline last season, Toronto Blue Jays prospect and starting pitcher Anthony Kay has been solid so far this season in...

AUGUST 11, 2020 • JAYSJOURNAL.COM

Anthony Kay nabs Kevin Pillar | 08/09/2020 Anthony Kay runs off the mound to field a slow grounder by Kevin Pillar and makes a strong throw to first in time for the out to end the 4th

AUGUST 9, 2020 • MLB.COM

Anthony Kay nabs Kevin Pillar | 08/09/2020 Anthony Kay runs off the mound to field a slow grounder by Kevin Pillar and makes a strong throw to first in time for the out to end the 4th

AUGUST 9, 2020 • MLB.COM

5 Blue Jays pitchers combine on 4-hitter, beat Red Sox 2-1

Five Toronto pitchers combined on a four-hitter and Lourdes Gurriel Jr. scored the tiebreaking run in the eighth inning on a groundout, lifting the Blue Jays over the Boston Red So...

AUGUST 9, 2020 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Semien hits leadoff HR, A's beat Astros to win 8th straight

AUGUST 8, 2020 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Riley's 3-run homer helps Fried, Braves beat Blue Jays 10-1

Max Fried boosted Atlanta’s depleted rotation by allowing only one run in six innings, Austin Riley hit a three-run homer and the Braves beat the Toronto Blue Jays 10-1

AUGUST 5, 2020 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Kiermaier's triple in 10th lifts Rays over Blue Jays, 6-5

Kevin Kiermaier’s first hit of the season, a two-run triple into the right field corner in the 10th inning, gave the Tampa Bay Rays a 6-5 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays

JULY 26, 2020 • ASSOCIATED PRESS