Brett Lawrie RUMORS & NEWS

Toronto Sun "With shortstop Jose Reyes expected to be out for another two months at minimum because of a left ankle sprain, Blue Jays manager John Gibbons has decided to stick with Brett Lawrie in the leadoff spot. Hitting leadoff is something to which Lawrie is accustomed. He had 252 at-bats (61 games)..." May 01

Toronto Sun "Blue Jays third baseman Brett Lawrie made his way through the clubhouse hugging his teammates after being called up from his rehab assignment in Dunedin, exuding a level of enthusiasm only he can reach. When he spotted Edwin Encarnacion, the Jays designated hitter stuck out his hand. Lawrie..." April 17

SportingNews.com "The Toronto Blue Jays have activated third baseman Brett Lawrie from the 15-day disabled list, according to The Toronto Sun. Lawrie has yet to play this season because of a rib cage injury that he suffered in early March while playing in a tune-up game for Canada in the World Baseball..." April 16

Toronto Sun "Jose Bautista may have made it back into the Blue Jays lineup but it looks like it's going to be a while before you see the return of third baseman Brett Lawrie or left-handed pitcher Ricky Romero. Both players are back in Dunedin -- Lawrie with a left rib injury and Romero working on his..." April 10

MLB.com "Brett Lawrie took part in some light drills Saturday, but the Blue Jays still don't have a timetable for the third baseman's return. Lawrie injured the left side of his ribs while preparing for the World Baseball Classic with Canada and hasn't seen game action since early March. The Blue..." April 08

Toronto Sun "Brett Lawrie’s last tweet during the Blue Jays home opener on Tuesday night was: “Boys r lookin sharp tonight !!” Clearly the injured Jays’ third baseman was not keeping a close eye on his own position. Did the Jays miss Lawrie in the 4-1 home opening loss to the Cleveland Indians? Did they..." April 03

Toronto Star "For one of the few times in his young life, Blue Jays third baseman Brett Lawrie is being cautious with his words. The normally brash, combative 23-year-old from Langley, B.C., has been notified he will be placed on the 15-day disabled list when the team heads north. Lawrie is nursing an injury..." March 26

TSN.ca "When the Toronto Blue Jays open their season on April 2, they will do so without third baseman Brett Lawrie. On Monday, the club placed Lawrie on the disabled list due to a strained muscle he suffered on March 6 during Canada's World Baseball Classic tune-up game against the Cincinnati..." March 25

Toronto Star "Brett Lawrie insists there’s no reason to worry. Blue Jays fans, of course, will worry anyway. The injured third baseman returned to the Jays spring training complex on Tuesday morning to see team doctors and training staff after participating in a non-active role with Team Canada at the World..." March 13

Toronto Star "Brett Lawrie insists there’s no reason to worry. Blue Jays fans, of course, will worry anyway. The injured third baseman returned to the Jays spring training complex on Tuesday morning to see team doctors and training staff after participating in a non-active role with Team Canada at the World..." March 12

Toronto Sun "The naysayers and prognosticators of doom are no doubt dancing with delight what with the tweaked rib cage suffered by Brett Lawrie on Wednesday. The Blue Jays young third baseman will be lost for two to three weeks the Jays predicts but as any ‘nattering nabob of negativism’ can tell you,..." March 09

Toronto Sun "As a general manager who has absorbed more than his share of bad injury news during his tenure, the bulletin from Arizona bearing ominous tidings about Brett Lawrie’s latest medical setback turned out about as good as it could be. Lawrie felt something in his rib cage during Wednesday’s pre-WBC..." March 08

Toronto Star "In a huge blow to Canada’s hopes to advance, Brett Lawrie says he is officially out of the World Baseball Classic after suffering a strained muscle in his side in an exhibition game on Wednesday. Last season the Blue Jays' Canadian-born third baseman missed almost a month with another side..." March 07

Bluebird Banter "The Cincinnati Reds were in the middle of destroying Team Canada in an exhibition game in Goodyear, Arizona when the Toronto Blue Jays' and Canada's third baseman Brett Lawrie was unexpectedly pinch hit for by Taylor Green in the top of the third inning. I was listening to the Reds' broadcast of..." March 07

Toronto Sun "With his driver behaving rather recklessly years ago, the car owner Roger Penske said this about Paul Tracy, “I can teach him to slow down. But I can’t teach someone to speed up.” John Gibbons laughed when he heard the anecdote, knowing the Penske logic can apply to his dealing with third..." March 03

Toronto Sun "Brett Lawrie clobbered his first springtime home run and figures his timing is impeccable for the World Baseball Classic. Lawrie will be in the starting lineup again today against the Phillies and then head to Arizona on Sunday to join Team Canada. “I’m on time,” said Lawrie. “Those games..." March 02

Toronto Sun "It’s music to Brett Lawrie’s ears. John Gibbons doesn’t want to change him. Not a thing. Gibbons has a soft spot for Lawrie’s hell-bent-for-election attitude. He knows it’s a gift that only a handful of players have. “I’m not going to tell him to back off because that’s what got him here,”..." February 13

Toronto Sun "Canadians playing for the Toronto Blue Jays have been rare. A blossoming superstar expected to play a major role for a squad contending for a World Series is unheard of. That's the position Langley's Brett Lawrie finds himself. The Canadian third baseman, who was in town to launch a Jays Care..." December 12

Toronto Sun "He knows John Gibbons well. He knows Brett Lawrie even better. "There's no betting in baseball, but my guess for an over/under is Aug. 1, the two are on a collision course," predicted one man at the 111th annual winter meetings at the Opryland Hotel on Tuesday. Under manager John Farrell,..." December 05

Bluebird Banter "After a 2011 season where he lost time to a couple of hand injuries and to a cautious management, who didn't want to call him up from the minors too soon, we all had pretty high hopes for Brett Lawrie. He hit .347/.414/.647 in Vegas and then .293/.373/.570, with 9 home runs and 7 stolen bases in..." November 04

Bluebird Banter ""He's going to be great, right?" When Brett Lawrie was called up last season at 21, his 171 plate appearances in 43 games confirmed a lot of assumptions about him as a player. He's gritty and aggressive, can cover the whole plate, and has quick bat speed. The small sample also suggested that he..." October 17

Toronto Star "It appears there's common ground between Blue Jays third baseman Brett Lawrie and manager John Farrell. The skipper conducted his exit meeting with Lawrie before Sunday's game against the New York Yankees, and in speaking with the media afterwards, both parties seemed to agree the pivotal..." October 01

Toronto Star "Brett Lawrie, one of the Blue Jays' most prolific tweeters, threatened to sign off the social medium forever only to change his mind less than 12 hours later. The 22-year-old third baseman, who was one of the first people to tweet about the Eaton Centre shooting in June, deleted his Twitter..." September 26

Toronto Sun "Brett Lawrie is a high risk/high reward type of player who brings a lot of fire and energy and passion to the game. However, there are times where those same qualities work against him and his desire to succeed, to push the envelope, backfires on him and the team. In Friday's loss to Boston,..." September 16

SB Nation "Toronto Blue Jays third baseman Brett Lawrie has spent over a month on the disabled list after suffering an oblique injury in a game against the Oakland Athletics August 3. He completed a three-game rehab assignment Thursday by playing in the Midwest League Lansing Lugnuts' playoff game against..." September 07

Toronto Sun "Third baseman Brett Lawrie wasn't at Comerica Park on Tuesday night as expected. Catcher Yorvit Torrealba was. In the Blue Jays' season of injuries even players on injury rehab are getting re-injured or aggravating their injuries. Lawrie had one at-bat lifted Saturday for the rookie-class..." August 22

National Post "Brett Lawrie may have pushed his gladiator act too far this time. That was the clear message from Toronto Blue Jays manager John Farrell on Tuesday when he announced that his hard-driving third baseman suffered a significant setback in his recovery from a rib-cage injury. Last..." August 21

Toronto Sun "Third baseman Brett Lawrie began his rehab assignment with the Gulf Coast Jays Saturday afternoon. But he left after one at-bat — a fly ball to right — in a 4-0 loss to the Yankees' GCL team. Gabriel Cenas took over for Lawrie in the third inning. Lawrie had been scheduled to join class-A..." August 19

National Post "Three lost stars may find their way back to the Toronto Blue Jays within the next week or 10 days. Brett Lawrie could rejoin the team in Detroit on Tuesday. Brandon Morrow is on track start in Baltimore on Friday, Aug. 24. And Jose Bautista is slated to start a minor-league rehab assignment..." August 16

CBSSports.com "Blue Jays third baseman Brett Lawrie has been placed on the disabled list, reports Gregor Chisholm of MLB.com. He has missed the last four games with a rib injury, so evidently it hadn't progressed enough for the Blue Jays to believe he can return within the next few days. Lawrie joins Jose..." August 09

Toronto Sun "Toronto Blue Jays third baseman Brett Lawrie was not in the lineup for the fourth straight game on Wednesday, and may not play Thursday afternoon. Blue Jays manager John Farrell says Lawrie injured his rib when he flipped over the railing into the photographer's well at Yankee Stadium last..." August 09

Bluebird Banter "First, Brett Lawrie did some throwing today, after which the team was to decide whether to put him on the DL or not. After throwing Brett said this: Barry Davis @SNBarryDavis More Lawrie: "it feels like it's getting a lot better. From where it was to now, I can move and stuff without..." August 08

CBC Sports "The Toronto Blue Jays' injury situation might not improve until they open or get well into a 10-game homestand, starting Friday against the New York Yankees. Brett Lawrie was not in the lineup Wednesday against the hometown Tampa Bay Rays, the fourth consecutive game the third baseman has..." August 08

Toronto Sun "Blue Jays third baseman Brett Lawrie fully expects to be in the lineup Friday in Boston, after taking a nasty spill trying to catch a foul ball Wednesday at Yankee Stadium, but just in case, the Blue Jays called up utilityman Yan Gomes Thursday. To make room for Gomes, who appeared in 14 games..." July 20

Toronto Star "Brett Lawrie's tumble could have been much worse. The Toronto Blue Jays third baseman left Wednesday afternoon's game with the New York Yankees after he fell into a camera bay while going after a foul ball. Lawrie was chasing a shallow Mark Teixeira popup in the bottom of the third inning..." July 19

Toronto Sun "Fresh off the loss of Jose Bautista on Monday, Blue Jay third baseman Brett Lawrie was removed from Wednesday afternoon's game against the New York Yankees after slamming the back of his lower right leg on the top of a metal fence at Yankee Stadium while attempting to catch a foul ball. Though..." July 18

Toronto Sun "Since moving into the leadoff spot for 31 of the Blue Jays' past 32 games entering play last night, third baseman Brett Lawrie has been a spark plug for the offence. In that time, Lawrie has batted .299 (40-for-134) with nine doubles, one triple, three home runs, 12 RBIs and 25 runs..." July 14

Toronto Sun "Blue Jays third baseman Brett Lawrie did not play Sunday against the Chicago White Sox due to lower back soreness which knocked him out of the Jays-White Sox game Saturday in the sixth inning. The four days of rest, however, have done wonders and Lawrie declared himself fit and ready to go..." July 13

MLB.com "Blue Jays third baseman Brett Lawrie left Wednesday's game against the Brewers at Miller Park with right knee soreness. Lawrie aggravated the knee when sliding into third base in the seventh inning. When his next at-bat came in the top of the eighth, Yunel Escobar pinch-hit in his place. On the..." June 21

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel "From the day the Milwaukee Brewers selected Brett Lawrie in the first round of the 2008 draft, his goal was to get to the major leagues on the bullet train. "He wanted to be on the fast track to the big leagues," said Brewers general manager Doug Melvin. "Every player would like to do..." June 19

Toronto Sun "It was Brett Lawrie night at Miller Park. Not officially, of course. No bobbleheads of the Toronto Blue Jays third baseman were handed out to an adoring crowd or anything like that. After being drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the first round of the 2008 draft, the 16th player selected,..." June 19

Toronto Star "In his first full season in the major leagues, Brett Lawrie has not always been a player in control of his own situation. He tried to steal home with two strikes on the Jays' top hitter. He tried to steal third with two out in the eighth inning, representing the tying run. He has had two..." June 06

Toronto Sun "An early evening of shopping for sun glasses at the Eaton Centre turned into a mad dash for Toronto Blue Jays third baseman Brett Lawrie on Saturday. "We were walking by the food court near Sears, went up the stairs and all of sudden we hear gunfire," said Lawrie after Sunday's win over the..." June 04

Toronto Star "Jays starter Kyle Drabek allowed four runs on four straight hits in the second inning of Saturday's game against the Boston Red Sox, which proved to be the difference. Afterwards, third baseman Brett Lawrie was critical of Drabek's approach. "I can't emphasize enough getting strike one over,..." June 03