Blue Jays Announce Disappointing Anthony Santander Update on Friday originally appeared on Athlon Sports.

A rash of Blue Jays injury updates coming out of the All-Star break pushed a likely need into a glaring necessity.

The Toronto Blue Jays used a speculative 12th-round pick on a high school shortstop with concerns about signability. They signed him. It just took an MLB record to do so. The bonus the Blue Jays paid to Blaine Bullard is the highest for any 12th-round pick in league history. Bullard will get $1,697,500 to sign with Toronto.

The Toronto Blue Jays are proving to be the team to beat in the American League right now. Heading into Sunday, the team has a 57-41 record, and they lead the AL East division by a healthy 3.0 games.

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The Giants’ series finale against the Blue Jays won’t be available on Bay Area television, so fans can only stream the action online. Sunday’s interleague matchup in Toronto is this week’s Roku MLB Sunday Leadoff game, just like the Giants’ loss last week to the Dodgers before the All-Star break.