TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays are taking it slowly with ailing closer Casey Janssen. The 32-year-old right-hander has been dealing with a strain in his lower back and abdominal muscle. He was officially placed on the disabled list March 30 but has been essentially hampered by the injury since spring training. Manager John Gibbon said Janssen is going to throw a bullpen session "very soon." "Hes feeling better but something is still nagging him a little bit," Gibbons said before Friday nights game against the Boston Red Sox. Janssen will likely throw at least two bullpen sessions before another rehab assignment in the minors. "I dont see him back here in the next couple of weeks, to be honest with you," said Gibbons. The manager said while there has been no physical setback, Janssen is still not feeling 100 per cent. "Theres still something there thats holding him back a little bit," Gibbons said. "Psychologically he doesnt feel quite ready to cut loose because something is just nagging at him there, in his oblique." Janssen has seen action in just three games this season, working three innings with a 3.00 earned-run average. The hard-throwing reliever has already had one rehab assignment in the minors cut short after being told to take more time off. Sergio Santos has been operating as the Jays closer in Janssens absence, converting five-of-six save opportunities heading into play Friday. NOTES — First baseman Adam Lind is making progress with his lower-back tightness. Gibbons said Lind, who is on the disabled list, had started swinging the bat ... Gibbons also said the club is having Chad Jenkins operate as a reliever at triple-A Buffalo because thats where it believes he can best serve the major league club ... Reliever Aaron Loup has been dealing with a bug that has laid him low. Dante Bichette Jersey . He made another correct read. The Browns, who have been shuttling quarterbacks on and off the field all season, finally got some good news on that front: Campbells ribs are only bruised. Colorado Rockies Store . The International Ice Hockey Federation says Pavlovs avoided a two-year sanction because he acted "without significant negligence in failing to verify the safety of the supplements he was taking. https://www.cheaprockiesjerseys.us/144t-...ey-rockies.html. Listen to the Rangers vs. Kings live on TSN Radio starting at 7pm et/4pm pt. You can also stream the post-game press conferences live on TSN. Ryan Castellani Jersey . Berdych and Stepanek played all five matches when the Czechs beat Spain 3-2 in the final last November in Prague to win the countrys first title as an independent nation. Chris Iannetta Jersey . A better question yet may be this: How many times has the same player been involved in both? Morneau hit a two-run homer in the 10th inning and helped the Colorado Rockies turn the third triple play in team history as they beat the San Diego Padres 8-6 on Sunday.SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. -- Kazuki Ishida homered to centre field in the bottom of the fifth inning to snap a 2-all tie and spark a game-changing rally, and Japan beat Mexico 5-2 on Wednesday to earn a berth in the international championship game of the Little League World Series. Ishidas blast came off Tijuana starter Ramon Mendoza. Kouyou Mizushima followed with an RBI single and pinch-hitter Kyousuke Kobayashi capped Tokyos winning rally with an RBI double off the left-centre field wall. Mexico (2-1) will play Aguadulce, Panama, on Thursday in a rematch. Mendoza hit two of Tijuanas five home runs in a 13-0 four-inning win over Panama on Sunday in the winners bracket. That game was stoppped because of Little Leagues 10-run rule.dddddddddddd Westport, Conn., faced powerful Chula Vista, Calif., under the lights in Wednesdays other game in the double-elimination tournament. Jorge Rodriguez doubled down the left-field line over the outstretched glove of Kobayashi to score Romero from first and give Mexico a 1-0 lead in the second. Mizushima had a hustling double to right centre and scored on a two-out single up the middle by Ryusei Hirooka to tie it in the bottom of the inning. Brandon Montes put Mexico back up with a homer to left-centre in the third and Japan tied it when pinch-hitter Seiya Nishino crushed a 1-0 pitch from Mendoza to left in the fourth. ' ' '