TORONTO (AP) — Marcus Stroman doesn’t like the idea of his season being cut short. Lingering blister issues might leave the Blue Jays right-hander no choice.

Stroman got roughed up early in his return from the disabled list, and manager John Gibbons said after a 7-1 loss to the Tampa Bay ...

TORONTO (AP) — Finally hitting his stride in the midst of a trying season, Marcus Stroman’s body has betrayed him in two straight starts.

Kevin Pillar scored the tiebreaking run on an infield grounder in the sixth inning, and the Toronto Blue Jays overcame another abbreviated start by ...

CHICAGO (AP) — Marcus Stroman might be watching the next emerging star in Toronto.

Lourdes Gurriel Jr. hit two of Toronto’s five home runs, Curtis Granderson led off the game with a homer and the Blue Jays beat the Chicago White Sox 10-5 on Friday night.

Gurriel followed Granderson’s ...

TORONTO (AP) — Blue Jays right-hander Marcus Stroman gave up hits to the first three Baltimore batters Saturday.

The Orioles got just two more hits the rest of the afternoon.

Stroman pitched seven sharp innings for his second win in three starts and Toronto beat Baltimore 4-1 for its ...

ATLANTA (AP) — A rejuvenated Marcus Stroman outlasted Julio Teheran by forcing the Braves to consistently hit grounders.

Toronto’s batters did their part in a decisive eighth inning.

Russell Martin’s sharp single in Toronto’s five-run eighth drove in the go-ahead run, Stroman pitched ...

TORONTO (AP) — After snapping the longest losing streak of his career in his previous start, Marcus Stroman went straight back to struggling.

Todd Frazier hit a two-run homer, Brandon Nimmo reached base three times and the New York Mets beat Marcus Stroman and the Toronto Blue Jays 6-3 on ...

TORONTO (AP) — Marcus Stroman ended his winless drought against a Detroit Tigers team struggling to snap out of their worst losing streak in nearly 15 years.

Stroman pitched seven innings to get his first victory this season, Justin Smoak hit a two-run home run and the Toronto Blue Jays ...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Some positive self-talk on the mound helped Ryan Tepera close out a much-needed win for the Blue Jays.

Justin Smoak homered, Sam Gaviglio struck out six over six innings and Tepera escaped a ninth-inning jam for his first save to lead Toronto to a 6-5 victory over the ...

TORONTO (AP) — Eleven games into his big league career, Ronald Guzman is displaying the poise of a veteran in pressure situations.

Guzman hit a tiebreaking, two-run single in the sixth inning, and the Texas Rangers beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-4 on Friday night, winning a series opener for ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Judge’s home runs are becoming the thing of legend to opposing pitchers. He can beat them in other ways, too.

Judge hit an early homer off respected Twitter rival Marcus Stroman, then scored on a disputed play during a seven-run burst in the sixth inning that sent the ...

DUNEDIN, Fla. (AP) — Marcus Stroman has his eyes on starting the Toronto Blue Jays’ fourth game of the regular season April 1 against the New York Yankees.

Stroman pitched two hitless innings against the Canadian Junior National Team in his first spring training start Saturday after being ...

DUNEDIN, Fla. (AP) — Toronto pitcher Marcus Stroman met with Blue Jays general manager Ross Atkins on Friday, a day after the 26-year old right-hander’s salary arbitration loss triggered him to vent on Twitter.

Stroman received a raise from $3.4 million to $6.5 million instead of his $6.9 ...

DUNEDIN, Fla. (AP) — Left-hander Jaime Garcia and the Toronto Blue Jays have agreed to a $10 million, one-year contract that includes a 2019 team option.

Garcia gets $8 million this year as part of the deal announced Thursday and Toronto has a $10 million option with a $2 million buyout. ...

PHOENIX (AP) — Toronto’s Marcus Stroman and Tampa Bay’s Jake Odorizzi went to hearings to begin the final week of what could be the busiest salary arbitration season since 1990.

Stroman asked for a raise from $3.4 million to $6.9 million on Monday in a hearing before arbitrators Edna ...

PHOENIX (AP) — Pitcher Mike Foltynewicz went to salary arbitration with the Atlanta Braves over a difference of $100,000, the smallest gap in a hearing since 1994.

The 26-year-old right-hander asked Gary Kendellen, Mark Burstein and Walt De Treux for a raise from $544,000 to $2.3 million ...

TORONTO (AP) — Marcus Stroman made sure he didn’t have to wait any longer for his career-high 12th victory.

Stroman pitched seven innings to win for the first time in six starts, Darwin Barney hit a two-run homer and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Kansas City Royals 5-2 on Tuesday ...

TORONTO (AP) — Marcus Stroman made sure Tampa Bay’s offensive awakening was short-lived.

Stroman pitched 6 1/3 innings, Steve Pearce homered and scored twice and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the struggling Rays 3-2 on Wednesday night.

Stroman (11-6) allowed two runs and six hits to ...

CHICAGO (AP) — The Toronto Blue Jays were sailing along after Justin Smoak and Josh Donaldson staked them to a commanding lead when tempers flared.

Bullpens emptied. And in a flash, it was over.

A heated exchange between Marcus Stroman and Chicago’s Tim Anderson was one of the few ...

BOSTON (AP) — Blue Jays reliever Ryan Tepera couldn’t believe his eyes when he looked up and saw that he was the winning pitcher — his fifth career victory.

Starter Marcus Stroman was the best pitcher of the game, taking a three-hit shutout into the seventh inning and leaving without ...

TORONTO (AP) — Marcus Stroman has another chip on his shoulder.

After pitching the Toronto Blue Jays to a 7-2 victory over the Houston Astros on Saturday, the right-hander said the next time he took the mound should have been at Tuesday’s All-Star Game.

“Absolutely,” he said. “I ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Marcus Stroman has an idea who’s to blame for all the nagging blisters bothering pitchers lately. He’s pointing a finger at Major League Baseball.

“I feel like it’s an epidemic that’s happening across the big leagues now, a bunch of pitchers getting blisters, guys who have ...

TORONTO (AP) — Mike Pelfrey picked up another road win and helped the Chicago White Sox secure another series win against the Toronto Blue Jays.

Pelfrey (3-5) earned his second road win of the season, limiting Toronto to one run and four hits in a season high-tying six innings. He retired ...

TORONTO (AP) — Up and down the lineup, every single Blue Jays batter did his part to help prolong Marcus Stroman’s unbeaten streak.

Troy Tulowitzki hit his fourth career grand slam, Stroman won his fifth straight decision and the Toronto Blue Jays set a season-high in runs, routing the ...

ATLANTA (AP) — John Gibbons thought Marcus Stroman might be the perfect choice to stop the Toronto Blue Jays’ skid after three straight losses to Atlanta.

The manager didn’t expect Stroman to provide such a lift with his bat, though.

Stroman threw 5 2/3 strong innings and hit the ...

TORONTO (AP) — Kevin Pillar is nicknamed Superman because of his penchant for all-out diving catches in the outfield.

His latest might be the best he’s ever made.

Marcus Stroman pitched six shutout innings, Pillar made a

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Toronto Blue Jays manager John Gibbons says Marcus Stroman will make his next scheduled start Monday night against Cleveland.

Stroman departed after three innings, his shortest start in three years, in the Blue Jays’ 8-6 loss to the New York Yankees on Wednesday ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Given a four-run first-inning lead, Toronto’s Marcus Stroman allowed his first two batters to reach base, then a three-run homer to Matt Holliday. Pitching two days after his 26th birthday, the right-hander kept trying to stretch his pitching arm.

Stroman was gone after ...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Toronto’s Chris Coghlan called it instinct. It was more like a leap of faith.

Coghlan made an acrobatic, run-scoring bound over St. Louis All-Star ...

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Although Marcus Stroman had no idea why he was called for an illegal quick-pitch, he refused to allow the unusual umpiring decision to stop him from carrying the Toronto Blue Jays to another win in their climb out of a huge early-season hole.

He pitched a ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Kendrys Morales gave the Blue Jays a much-needed lift after Toronto started the regular season with consecutive losses.

Morales hit his fourth career grand slam, Marcus Stroman pitched 6 1/3 effective innings and the Blue Jays beat the Tampa Bay Rays 5-2 on ...