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But aside from a hip injury in 2021, Kirk has been healthy throughout his career. Their backup catcher, Tyler Heineman, also had a short stint on the injured list because of a concussion. His numbers dipped once reaching the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons, slashing just .207/.295/.370 with three home runs in 105 plate appearances, but Valenzuela is better known for his defence, throwing out just over a third of would-be stealers last season.

One person is dead after a shooting in Scarborough, Toronto police say. Police say in a post on X, formerly Twitter, that a person was found with a gunshot wound just after 3:30 p.m. at Highland Creek Trail and Old Kingston Road, near the University of Toronto Scarborough campus (UTSC). UTSC has issued a safety alert advising anyone in a building to stay inside and anyone outdoors to leave the area. The homicide unit has been notified, police say.

Matias Maccelli suited up for the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday for the first time in nine games. With the team searching for a spark, the Leafs inserted Maccelli into the lineup in hopes that a change could generate some offence. Acquired by Brad Treliving in the offseason from the Utah Mammoth, Maccelli's first season in Toronto has been underwhelming so far.

A player selected in the Rule 5 draft must spend the entirety of the season on the 26-man roster, or else he has to be offered back to his former team (in this case, the San Francisco Giants and Boston Red Sox respectively). Now, I'm no mathematician, but the math isn't adding up. With six or seven spots locked down between Eric Lauer, José Berríos, Jeff Hoffman, Tyler Rogers, Yimi García, Louis Varland, Braydon Fisher, and Brendon Little, one of these two players will likely return to their original team, if not both.

One person has been shot by police after allegedly stabbing two people in Toronto's northwest on Monday, police say. The stabbing happened in the area of Jane Street and Shoreham Drive, north of Finch Avenue W. Police responded to reports of a person with a knife at about 3:30 p.m. When police arrived, they found two victims with stab wounds. One was taken to hospital. Police said an officer fired at a male armed with an edged weapon.

The victim was brought to the hospital in life-threatening condition and his condition is still serious but is no longer life-threatening, according to Insp. Jonathan Rose. The preliminary information we have is that this was a targeted event, Rose told reporters at a news conference later Monday morning. Rose said there is no threat to public safety at this time. However, Rose said he understands locals will be concerned about the violence.

Donovan won't fill the power void, but an Anthony Santander bounce-back could be the answer to increasing power production. Over Donovan's four-year career, he's hit 40 home runs and knocked in 202 runs. Donovan has averaged a .772 OPS, a 0.67 walk-to-strikeout ratio, and his lowest wRC+ is 115. The 28-year-old has been great at getting on base and has been relatively healthy, playing in at least 115 games in three of his four big league seasons.

Thankfully the emergence of Daulton Varsho as an elite defensive centre fielder and a power bat has temporarily put to rest the yearly referendum on whether trading for him made sense. On December 23, 2022, the Blue Jays pulled off a surprise move by dealing outfielder Lourdes Gurriel Jr. and catching prospect Gabriel Moreno for Varsho. This transaction was the first of many in an organizational shift towards acquiring or signing defensive-minded players in the vein of promoting run prevention over run creation.

After two straight games where the Caps gave up the first goal - and proceeded to lose by a large margin - it seemed important for them to get off to a stronger start last night against the visiting Leafs. Thanks to Justin Sourdif and Aliaksei Protas, they did just that, getting the Caps on the board with the eventual game-winning goal just a little over 14 minutes into the first period.

The Welland Hospital and schools in the area are in lockdown as Niagara police say they're investigating reports of a shooting. There's a heavy police presence on Second Street between Plymouth Road and Lincoln Street in Welland, say police. Residents are asked to shelter in place or avoid the area as of Friday morning "while our officers work to make the area safe," police said in a news release.

On this date last year, Major League Baseball teams had spent around $2.1 billion on free agents. So far this year, that number is shy of $1.4 billion. And as big as that difference seems, it's impossible not to notice the gap between the two numbers shares the same first digit as Juan Soto's $765 million megadeal with the New York Mets signed last December.

A man in his 30s has been taken to hospital in life-threatening condition after being injured at a Toronto construction site Thursday, said first responders. Officers responded around 10:10 a.m. to calls of an injured construction worker near Eglinton Avenue W. and Jane Street, said Toronto police in a post on social media. The man was taken to hospital via emergency run by paramedics, police said.

Prosecutors have withdrawn a second-degree murder charge against a man who spent 23 years in prison for the killing of a 10-year-old girl in 1989. Ontario's court of appeal set aside the conviction against Timothy Rees, 62, last month and ordered a new trial into the complex case, which includes recanted confessions, accusations of police conspiracy and mishandled evidence. It came after two former federal justice ministers said a miscarriage of justice had likely occurred during Rees's original trial more than 30 years ago.

It's funny that we're in this situation with the 31-year-old netminder depsite Berube saying, "I don't believe that's serious. I think he'll be fine," immediately following the injury on November 11th. Obviosuly things change and injuries can worsen but it's very annoying that something that looked day-to-day has turned into a month-to-month ordeal. The Stolarz news might be a reflection of the positive news out of Toronto today, as the Leafs reactivated Joseph Woll from the injury reserve,