Darren Oliver

MLB Team Report - Toronto Blue Jays - INSIDE PITCH On Thursday, Edwin Encarnacion hit the grand slam in the sixth inning that broke the game open for the Blue Jays in a 12-6 win over the Baltimore Orioles. On Wednesday, Jose Bautista hit two game-tying...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Toronto Blue Jays - INSIDE PITCH If you don't like the Blue Jays' lineup, check back tomorrow; you might find it more to your taste. It has been that way all season. It was not so long ago that manager John Gibbons...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Toronto Blue Jays - INSIDE PITCH The Blue Jays bullpen showed what it can do on Tuesday when it is not overworked. A pair of days off on the schedule did not hurt, nor did a rainout on Sunday. So when right-...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Toronto Blue Jays - INSIDE PITCH The more the Blue Jays play the more they expose themselves as pretenders. They keep making mistakes unbecoming to a team that was supposed to be a contender. The Blue Jays made...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Toronto Blue Jays - INSIDE PITCH Josh Johnson, who has lots of company as a major disappointment this season, began his rehabilitation assignment Monday with Class A Dunedin as he recovers from right triceps...

Last week's ranking in parentheses 1. Rangers (1): It's safe to say that Ron Washington's hitters enjoyed their weekend in Houston — 24 runs overall and three homers in every game. Their assault on Philip Humber Saturday was vicious. 2....

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Toronto Blue Jays - INSIDE PITCH Help can come from unexpected places. The Blue Jays rotation has taken a beating this season, with Mark Buehrle taking a loss in a 5-0 game vs. the New York Yankees on Friday as...

As if the pitching-thin Angels need another reminder of what might have been, there it is, on the cover of this week's Sports Illustrated, New York Mets ace Matt Harvey, the one who got away. The Angels picked Harvey in the third round in 2007 knowing...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Toronto Blue Jays - INSIDE PITCH The Blue Jays could look at the San Francisco Giants over the past two games at Rogers Centre and see themselves earlier this season, and not so long ago. It was not pretty. The...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Toronto Blue Jays - INSIDE PITCH The Blue Jays are finally starting to hit the way they were supposed to hit. They also have begun to catch the ball better than earlier in the season when the Blue Jays made the...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Boston Red Sox - INSIDE PITCH Turns out, there may be more to David Ortiz' slump than a negative newspaper column. After going 1-for-4 with a three-run homer Tuesday night in the Red Sox' 5-3 loss to the Tampa Bay...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Toronto Blue Jays - INSIDE PITCH Melky Cabrera received his 2012 World Series ring in private before Tuesday's game with the San Francisco Giants. Then, using some of his bats left over from last season when he...