Big winners at last week's trade deadline, the Toronto Blue Jays fashion themselves as American League contenders. The Blue Jays took perhaps their first step in that direction over the weekend, taking three of four games from the Kansas City Royals despite the AL leader firing shots—figuratively and literally—in their direction.
"He's a little baby," Royals starter Edinson Volquez told reporters of Blue Jays third baseman Josh Donaldson after Sunday's 5-2 loss. "He was crying like a baby."
Volquez's words came after a series finale overrun with tension. Pitchers from each side had multiple instances of throwing inside, all culminating when Toronto's Aaron Sanchez caused benches to clear by plunking Kansas City's Alcides Escobar in the eighth inning.