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.

Following the Blue Jays’ historic announcement, Guerrero took to Instagram with a three-word post. “CAN’T RUSH GREATNESS,” he wrote.

The Toronto Blue Jays were one of the bigger surprises in baseball heading into the All-Star break and wasted no time building momentum following it. They have

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Toronto got home runs from Vladimir Guerrero (No. 13), George Springer (No. 17) and Addison Barger (No. 14). Matt Chapman homered for the Giants in the sixth, his 13th of the season.

The Toronto Blue Jays have now signed the fastest player in the Major League Baseball draft. The Blue Jays signed third-round pick Jake Cook on Saturday.

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