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Scott Downs

1/16/2006

Downs avoided salary arbitration by signing a one-year deal for $705,000 with the Blue Jays. The left-hander went 4-3 with a 4.31 ERA in 26 games for Toronto last season, including 13 starts.

7/27/2005

Blue Jays manager John Gibbons says he will move Downs into the starting rotation, replacing Pete Walker, who will be relegated to the bullpen.

5/12/2005

The Toronto Blue Jays recalled Downs from Triple-A Syracuse on Tuesday. The 29-year-old lefthander, who was 2-3 with a 4.12 ERA in seven starts for Syracuse, will work in long relief for the Jays.

The Jays outrighted Matt Whiteside to Syracuse to make room for Downs. Toronto manager John Gibbons believes Downs is better suited than Whiteside for long-relief work. Downs was 3-6 with a 5.14 ERA in 12 starts with Montreal in 2004.