Topic: Lyle Overbay
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Free-agent first baseman Lyle Overbay has signed a one-year contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates, the team said on Tuesday.Overbay, 33, spent the past five years with the Toronto Blue Jays. He hit .243 with 20 home runs and ...
Pirates reach 1-year deal with free agent 1B Lyle OverbayFree-agent first baseman Lyle Overbay reached a one-year deal with the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday, returning to the NL after five seasons with Toronto.Overbay, 34 next month, hit 20 home runs and 37 ...
If there is one thing that Toronto does have in overabundance is power. That is a very good question, because only Hill's power is the only thing that salvages his season is his 26 homers (.205/.271/.394). Brad Emaus is a possible second ...
Roy Halladay is gone and all the Toronto Blue Jays have to show for the blockbuster trade are some prospects, smaller payroll, little pitching and no hope for 2010. So Toronto is trying to start all over again by creating a pitching ...
It seems that every year since winning their last World Series the Toronto Blue Jays have been in rebuilding mode. There's no reason to sign a free agent for the sake of signing one. The Jays always seem to get hit by ...
Curtis Granderson, Brett Gardner lead Yankees past Blue Jays 7-3 for 7th straight winCurtis Granderson drove in three runs with a pair of doubles, Brett Gardner sparked the offense from his leadoff spot and the New York Yankees beat the Toronto Blue ...
Overbay's two homers and 7 RBIs lift Blue Jays to 16-2 rout of Red SoxLyle Overbay hit two homers and drove in a career-high seven runs as the Toronto Blue Jays battered Boston Red Sox starter Jon Lester en route to a ...
Lyle Overbay drives in go-ahead run, Brett Cecil gets win as Blue Jays beat Rays 2-1Lyle Overbay doubled home the go-ahead run in the seventh inning, Brett Cecil won for the first time in four starts and the Toronto Blue Jays handed ...
Jason Varitek has four RBIs as Red Sox hold off Blue Jays 13-12 in seesaw slugfestJason Varitek had four RBIs, Marco Scutaro scored a career-high four runs and the Boston Red Sox held off the Toronto Blue Jays for a wild, 13-12 ...
BOSTON (Reuters) - Closer Jonathan Papelbon halted a two-run ninth-inning rally by the Toronto Blue Jays to help the Boston Red Sox hold on for a 3-2 victory on Saturday.Papelbon replaced reliever Hideki Okajima, who had given up back-to-back run-scoring hits by ...