July 21st, 1992

Nick O'Brian homered in the 13th inning to give the Angels a walk-off, 3-2 win over the Blue Jays.

WP - Dudley Sanders (1-0)
LP - Jeffrey Howard (0-1)

Record - 48-46

TRADE

To YANKEES

Jesus Martinez
Cisco Zumaya

To BLUE JAYS

Mark Mooney (NYY retain a small piece of his contract)
Tony Eusebio
Bayani Segal
Sixto Martinez

The players are happy. Martinez had a negative effect in the clubhouse.

Mooney joins the Jays.

Dan Mathis is sent to AAA.

Alex Arias is called up. He was drafted in 1991.

Santiago Canseco is Designated for Assignment.

July 22nd, 1992

One bad inning was all it took as the Angels beat the Blue Jays, 7-4.

Lawrence Leverett homered for Toronto.

That is five losses in a row for the Jays.

WP - German Matos (9-5)
LP - Ramon Martinez (4-6)

Record - 48-47

July 23rd, 1992

It was only earlier this month when it looked like the Jays might be able to get back in the race, but they have now lost 6 in a row and are at .500

Today the A's beat them, 5-2.

Dan Gates homered for Toronto.

WP - Francisco Baez (6-8)
Save - Jim Gore (19)
LP - Jason Grimsley (0-3)

Record - 48-48

July 24th, 1992

Ryan Ford had a pretty good day. David Cone had a better one.

The A's beat the Jays, 2-1.

That is seven losses in a row for Toronto and they have dropped below .500

WP - David Cone (11-5)
LP - Ryan Ford (0-2)

Record - 48-49

July 25th, 1992

That is now 8 losses in a row as some very sloppy play by Toronto led to a 6-1 loss to the A's.

WP - Jeff Sellers (3-0)
LP - Keith Foster (0-2)

Record - 48-50

July 26th, 1992

While it was a much closer game, the A's still beat the Jays, 3-2, and now Toronto has lost nine straight.

WP - Dwight Gooden (5-7)
LP - Jim Abbott (9-7)

Record - 48-51

The Jays activated Glenallen Hill from the IL and immediately did this:

TRADE

To ANGELS

Glenallen Hill

To BLUE JAYS

Jacob Morrison (CAL pays remaining salary)
Miguel Herrera
Pat Hentgen
Paul Davis

Morrison joins the Jays.

Vincent O'Duane is sent to AAA.

Players of the Week: Darrin Fletcher, Mariners & Tyrone Olson, Reds

The Jays have dropped to #22 on the Weekly Power Rankings.

TRADE

To TWINS

Lou Wilson
Javier Alaniz

To BLUE JAYS

Domingo Bruno (MIN retains remaining salary)
Fernando Guerrero
Juan Campos

Bruno joins the Jays.

Freddy Norton is called up from AAA.

Alberto Garcia is sent down.

Keith Cole is Designated for Assignment.

July 28th, 1992

The Blue Jays losing streak has reached double digits as the Royals beat them, 12-5.

Ricardo Gonzalez left the game with a foot injury but it sounds like it won't require IL time.

WP - Greg Windell (10-3)
LP - Ramon Martinez (4-7)

Record - 48-52

Julio Franco, after spending much of the season injured, has taken a pay cut to remain with the Jays through the 1993 season. He will make $1m next year.

This was a tough deal to do, but with the way the season is spiralling, it is the right thing to do.

TRADE

To EXPOS

Ramon Martinez

To BLUE JAYS

Howard Richmond
Antonio Saldana
Arnie Johnstone
Julio Fernandez
Jim Robison

Richmond joins the big club.

July 29th, 1992

The pain continues. The Royals beat the Blue Jays, 10-6. That is now eleven losses in a row for Toronto.

Alex Arias hit his first big league home run.

WP - Miguel Campos (14-4)
LP - Howard Richmond (0-1)

Record - 48-53

Ryne Sandberg of the Yankees collected career hit #2000 today.

July 30th, 1992

Before this losing streak started, the Jays were 6 games over .500. Now they are 6 games under after losing a dozen in a row.

The Royals destroyed them today, 9-0.

WP - Ray Morris (5-2)
LP - Jason Grimsley (0-4)

Record - 48-54

Sid Bream signed a 2 year contract extension for $5.7m

TRADE

To REDS

Jason Grimsley

To BLUE JAYS

Rafael Lopez
Sean Henry
Rodrigo Soto
Angel Carranza
Bruno Martin

All minor leaguers

Robert Clark is called up from AAA.

July 31st, 1992

The losing streak came to an end as Jim Abbott pitched the Jays to a 4-0 shut out of the Yankees!

WP - Jim Abbott (10-7)
LP - Kevin Appier (9-9)

Record - 49-54

TRADE

To REDS

Domingo Bruno

To BLUE JAYS

Kevin Bass
Josh Knight
Jorge Gonzalez


TRADE

To ANGELS

Keith Cole

To BLUE JAYS

Tom Henke (CAL pays remaining salary)

Henke joins the Jays.

Jeffrey Howard is placed on waivers.

Carlos Hernandez is called up.