Koji Uehara Rejects Trade To Blue Jays

Before signing reliever Francisco Cordero to a one-year deal earlier today, the Toronto Blue Jays and the Texas Rangers had been discussing a deal involving right-handed reliever Koji Uehara. The discussions between the clubs never advanced, obviously, and that was because Uehara rejected a trade to Toronto, according to Richard Durrett of ESPN Dallas.

"Rangers reliever Koji Uehara refused a trade to the Toronto Blue Jays, according to a source. Uehara has a limited no-trade clause that includes six teams and Toronto is one of those.