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Posted: **Fri Apr 13, 2007 4:55 pm**

TORONTO (AP) -- The Toronto Blue Jays plan to place reliever Brandon League on the 15-day disabled list within a few days.

"He's not ready to pitch so we're just going to back him up, put him on the DL and let him work his way back," Blue Jays general manager J.P. Ricciardi said after Thursday night's 5-4 loss to Detroit.

The 24-year-old right-hander was unavailable through much of spring training because of pain in his shoulder. When League finally resumed throwing, he had lost more than 10 mph off his fastball. He was assigned to Triple-A Syracuse but remained at extended spring training in Dunedin, Fla., to work on his mechanics.

League went 1-2 with a 2.53 ERA in 33 games last season and had been expected to work as the eighth-inning setup man this year.

Jason Frasor has become the eighth-inning setup man in League's absence and has allowed just one hit and struck out seven in five appearances.

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Posted: **Fri Apr 13, 2007 10:39 pm**

Honestly, enough is enough with this guy....

every spring he comes in and just has to completely learn how to pitch all over again! he forgets his arm slot, his mechanics, and whatever it is that allowed him to make a splash at the end of last year.

he came back and hid his injuries from the team (which was very hard to do considering he could throw maybe 80% of his normal velocity), and beyond his injury problems completely forgot his arm slot, as per usual.

A guy who needs to be re-taught how to pitch effectively at the beginning of every season is not the sort of clutch pitcher we need - i know his stuff is tantalizing, but the stage presence and smarts just dont seem to be there

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Blue Jays' League To Go On 15-Day DL

Blue Jays' League To Go On 15-Day DL