TORONTO (AP) -- Right-hander Casey Janssen and the Toronto Blue Jays have avoided salary arbitration, agreeing on a $5.9 million, two-year contract.

The Toronto Blue Jays and right-hander Casey Janssen avoided salary arbitration, agreeing to a two-year, $5.9 million deal on Monday. An arbitration hearing had been scheduled for Tuesday. The 30-year-old will earn $2 million this upcoming season and $2.9 million next year. There is also a $4 million team option for 2014. Janssen posted a 6-0 record with a 2.26 ERA and a pair...

The Toronto Blue Jays signed pitcher Casey Janssen to a two-year contract on Monday.

Right-hander Casey Janssen and the Toronto Blue Jays have avoided salary arbitration, agreeing on a two-year contract worth at least $5.9 million.

Right-hander Casey Janssen and the Toronto Blue Jays have avoided salary arbitration, agreeing on a $5.9 million, two-year contract. Janssen gets $2 million this year and $2.9 million in 2013. Monday's agreement includes a $4 million team option for 2014. A hearing had been scheduled for Tuesday in St. Petersburg, Fla. Janssen was 6-0 with a 2.26 ERA and two saves in 55 relief...

The Blue Jays signed reliever Casey Janssen to a two-year deal worth $5.9 million on Monday, avoiding arbitration with the 30-year-old right-hander.

It took a little while longer than expected, but with spring training only days away for the Blue Jays, the team has finally come to terms with reliever Casey Janssen, signing the 30 year old to a two-year deal with a one year option. Janssen actually broke the news of the deal himself via Twitter earlier today; financial terms haven’t been released yet, it will keep the Blue...

It was only last week that the remote possibility surfaced of Brandon Morrow (along with Casey Janssen) being the first arbitration case to go to a meeting with the Blue Jays since 1997. That went out the window tonight, as the Blue Jays have announced that they’ve signed the 27-year old to a 3-year extension worth $20 million. Shi Davidi of Sportsnet first broke the news on...

Shi Davidi tweets that the Jays and Brandon Morrow are set to announce...... ......a 3 year, $20MM contract with a $10MM buyout. I would assume there are some team options in there. If true this would leave only Casey Janssen unsigned amont the arbitration eligible players.

The deadline to complete agreements prior to salary arbitration came and went yesterday afternoon, and the Blue Jays reached agreements with three of their five players who were headed down that route: Kelly Johnson ($6.375M), Ben Francisco ($1.537) and Carlos Villanueva ($2.227M) all received slight raises one-year deals. Nothing out of the ordinary here. That leaves just two pitchers...

The Toronto Blue Jays have avoided arbitration with Carlos Villaneuva by signing the right-hander to a one-year deal worth just over $2.2 million. Carlos Villaneuva won six of ten decisions with the Blue Jays in 2011 with a 4.04 earned run average. Over 33 appearancances, 11 of which were starts, he struck out 68 batters over 107 innings.The 28 year-old Villaneuva earned his...

Two weeks from now the deadline will have passed for players and teams to have submitted figures for arbitration. As we learned in 2011, Alex Anthopoulos does not negotiate one year deals after figures have been submitted, so one may safely assume a high likelihood that all Blue Jays arbitration eligible players will be signed by then and we will know within les than a million what...

Jason Frasor just can’t stay away from Toronto for very long. He was traded back to the Blue Jays for prospects Myles Jaye and Daniel Webb. The right hander will be a key component of the rebuilt bullpen, one that has to rank among the best in the AL. With Sergio Santos, Casey Janssen, Joel Carreno and Frasor there are plenty of arms capable of getting out right handers. The...

The Blue Jays have announced the acquisition of Jason Frasor for minor league pitchers Myles Jaye and Daniel Webb. Frasor returns to the Jays after being with the White Sox for less than half of a season. The Jays 40 man roster has one spot available for Frasor. It appears that the Jays bullpen picture is now reasonably complete. Sergio Santos, Frasor, Casey Janssen and Jesse...

Much ink was been spilled over the Jays struggles in the pen last season. Fans point to the excessive number of  blown saves as evidence that the closer tandem of Rauch and Fransisco was a failure, not realizing that blown saves can result from giving up the lead in the 7th or 8th innings. Still, the Jays pen wasn’t a strength last season, and it’s expected that they should...

Blue Jays reliever Casey Janssen has been on a run of late, entering Monday having allowed just one earned run over his last 22 1/3 innings, spanning a total of 19 games.

These things have really written themselves this year, no? Ricky Romero, the Blue Jays ace who has seldom needed help in shutting down his opponents this season, needed his bullpen to do exactly that against the Yankees this afternoon in the 7th inning of a game that the Jays were winning. The lefty had held the Yankees offense to 3 runs over than span on 8 hits, but was tiring after...

Casey Janssen insisted it wasn't the three-game layoff. Robinson Cano was the problem.

Robinson Cano gave the Yankees the lead for the second straight game against Toronto, this time hitting a two-run double in the seventh inning to exceed 100 RBI, and New York rallied to beat the Blue Jays 6-4 on Saturday. Cano lined a 2-2 pitch from reliever Casey Janssen to the wall in center field to score Curtis Granderson and Alex Rodriguez, back in the lineup after missing...

NEW YORK (AP) — Robinson Cano gave the Yankees the lead for the second straight game against Toronto, this time hitting a two-run double in the seventh inning to exceed 100 RBIs, and New York rallied to beat the Blue Jays 6-4 on Saturday. Cano lined a 2-2 pitch from reliever Casey Janssen to the wall in center field to score Curtis Granderson and Alex Rodriguez, back in the...

Robinson Cano gave the Yankees the lead for the second straight game against Toronto, this time hitting a two-run double in the seventh inning to exceed 100 RBIs, and New York rallied to beat the Blue Jays 6-4 on Saturday. Cano lined a 2-2 pitch from reliever Casey Janssen to the wall in center field to score Curtis Granderson and Alex Rodriguez, back in the lineup after missing...

Robinson Cano gave the Yankees the lead for the second straight game against Toronto, this time hitting a two-run double in the seventh inning to exceed 100 RBIs, and New York rallied to beat the Blue Jays 6-4 on Saturday. Cano lined a 2-2 pitch from reliever Casey Janssen to the wall in center field to score Curtis Granderson and Alex Rodriguez, back in the lineup after missing a week with a...

Casey Janssen surrendered a two-run double in the bottom of the seventh inning to offset a solid performance by left-hander Ricky Romero in Toronto's 6-4 loss to the Yankees on Saturday afternoon at Yankee Stadium.

Reliever Casey Janssen will be shut down for a few days after experiencing some tightness in the back of shoulder during Tuesday's 6-5 loss against Baltimore

Reliever Casey Janssen will be evaluated Wednesday after experiencing some tightness in his latissimus (back of shoulder) during Tuesday's 6-5 loss against Baltimore.