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The Toronto Blue Jays agreed to a trade for ace David Price on Thursday afternoon, sources with knowledge of the deal told Yahoo Sports, betting on themselves despite a .500 record and sending three left-handed pitching prospects to the Detroit Tigers, who are only 1½ games behind the Blue Jays in the standings. Toronto's emergence Thursday shoved the Los Angeles Dodgers, favored to land Price, to the side and thrust the Blue Jays – who have outscored opponents by 100 runs this season but have little to show for it – back into a marquee position as they try to chase down the Yankees in the American League East. Pitcher Daniel Norris is the prized return for Detroit, which sought pitching depth for its organization and also will receive Matt Boyd and Jairo Labourt.