Blue Jays trade reliever Payamps to Royals for cash

In the middle of a long season, the Toronto Blue Jays parted ways with reliever Joel Payamps, sending him to the Kansas City Royals for cash — a transaction quiet in its mechanics but telling in what it reveals about the relentless arithmetic of roster management. Payamps, 27, had pitched well enough by any reasonable measure, but baseball's calculus is rarely about merit alone; when Ryan Borucki returned from injury, space collapsed and a decision had to be made. What looks like a footnote in the standings is, for Payamps, another crossing — his fourth organization in three years — a reminder