The Twitter rumour mill is reporting that the Jays will announce on Friday that Vancouver will be the new home of their short season A team, replacing Auburn.

With Kyle Drabek set to make his major league debut Wednesday night comes word that the man he was traded for will get to return to his old stomping grounds next season.   According to bluejays.com, Roy Halladay and the Philadelphia Phillies will be in town for the Canada Day weekend.

Kyle Drabek, the centerpiece of Toronto's return in the Roy Halladay trade and the 2010 Eastern League leader in wins, has been promoted from Double-A New Hampshire. The son of Doug Drabek will make his major league debut on Wednesday, in Baltimore. Brett Cecil, the scheduled starter, has been pushed back a couple of days.

The Blue Jays have purchased the contract of Shawn Hill from Triple-A Las Vegas and have recalled Robert Ray, as well.

Thanks to erstwhile Bauxites TJ Caino and jgadfly for the tip in another thread. (But you know, this definitely deserves its own space!)

Toronto Blue Jays' catching prospect J.P. Arencibia of the Las Vegas 51s (pictured, left) has been named the Pacific Coast League's MVP for the 2010 season.

Sportsnet.ca has the story here and there's a PDF announcement from minorleaguebaseball.com here.

Congratulations, JPA. Now let's see you do it again next year, only this time in Baseball North!

Per Friend of Batter's Box (FOBB) Jamey Newberg ...

Texas has officially traded Joaquin Arias for Jeff Francouer, receiving cash in the deal from the Mets (reportedly so that Texas pays Francouer what it would have paid Arias the rest of the way), and have designated outfielder Brandon Boggs for assignment to make room on the 40-man roster for Francouer. The Rangers have 10 days to trade Boggs, release him, or outright him to the minor leagues.

Any other rumblings this final-deadline-for-playoff-eligibility evening? Any interest in Boggs? 

Or is it Mc on the way Bc (to Toronto).  The league Transactions for 8/29 show Mike McCoy has been recalled to Toronto.

The TDIB for tomorrow is something completely different, but there's a lot of Very Important Very Current Blue Jays news, and there needs to be a thread for this news. But you must click through to find out what exactly that news is!

Reportedly, the Blue Jays have locked up Ricky Romero to a five-year contract extension that will be worth $30.1 million. It will cover all of Romero’s years of arbitration eligibility and his first year of free agency.

No, it doesn't involve the Jays, calm down ... but August (post-"deadline" deals) can and do happen.

Jose Guillen, sporting a surprisingly robust slash line of .255/16/62, heads from Kansas City to San Francisco today, in exchange for a player to be named later and cash considerations. This is Guillen's TENTH big league home, which has to be at least close to a record of some sort. He not only switches teams and leagues, but also catapults from the um, not-contending Royals place of business to a real live Bayside pennant race. (SF trails the Padres by just 2.5 games and currently leads the NL Wild Card mess.)

The extremely sparse ESPN.com report of the deal is here. Any thoughts, Box Nation?