News is slow coming out of Toronto right now so if you have something you want me to talk about please send me an email. A couple pieces of news which have come out lately.

The Toronto Star is reporting Chris Woodward has elected to become a free agent as opposed to accepting an assignment to AAA. With the emergence of Russ Adams this is not a surprise. Woodward was given his shot and was never able to make it. Though I have to give the guy a lot of respect as he was a 54th-round pick. 54th-round picks just don't make it too the big show and Woodward did. Good for him. I think there is a pretty good chance he catches on somewhere else in a backup role. He's not a starter but he is good enough to be on a 25-man roster. At this point, I'd have to say Chris Gomez is the favorite to be signed as Adams' backup but we'll have too see who's available via non-tenders.

The Blue Jays have hired scout Takashi Ishikawa to cover the Pan Pacific area. Ricciardi no doubt sees an opportunity to get some cheap talent in this area and is putting resources behind this. I'm a big fan of scouting this area as much as possible. This hiring goes back to my thoughts that the Jays are trying to beat other teams to the punch in this part of the world. Good stuff.

Tonight's game in the Bronx is going to be something special. Regardless if you have any rooting interest in either team you really should try and catch the game. The last couple of games have been unreal.