J.P. Arencibia hit a solo home run in Sunday's 10-6 loss to the Angels.

He took Jason Isringhausen deep in the seventh. Arencibia's 11th home run of the season was only his second since May 27. Thanks in large part to a .189/.247/.284 June, Arencibia is hitting a rough .224/.263/.414 on the year.

J.P. Arencibia is out of the starting lineup Wednesday against the Brewers.

He's taking a seat with the day game after the night game. Jeff Mathis will start behind the dish and bat sixth.

J.P. Arencibia hit a pair of solo home runs in Sunday's 12-6 loss to the Rangers.

Colby Rasmus also went deep for the Jays. The two-homer day was Arencibia's second of the season, and gives him nine bombs through his first 40 games. He's still not drawing any walks, but his .245/.273/.476 line should be more than getting it done for owners in two-catcher mixed leagues.

J.P. Arencibia blasted his fourth homer as part of a 3-for-4 effort Wednesday against the Yankees.

He fanned in the eighth inning to fall a triple short of the cycle. Arencibia has rebounded nicely from a dismal April, batting 13-for-39 (.333) with three dingers this month to place his batting line at a more respectable .243/.282/.417.

J.P. Arencibia hit a three-run homer off the Angels' Dan Haren in Thursday's win.

The homer was Arencibia's first since his walkoff blast in the 16th inning against the Indians on Opening Day. It's a safe bet that better power numbers are on the way. As for his batting average, well, that'll likely remain a problem.

J.P. Arencibia is not in Sunday's lineup against the Orioles.

Arencibia is coming off an 0-for-4 performance and hasn't done much offensively outside of his game-winning home run on Opening Day. Jeff Mathis will catch Kyle Drabek and bat ninth.

J.P. Arencibia went 0-for-3 with two strikeouts in Wednesday's 3-1 victory over Boston.

The young catcher played the hero with a game-winning homer on Opening Day. But he is now batting 2-for-22 (.091) with 11 strikeouts. Arencibia fanned 27.4 percent of the time last season and shows no signs of improvement thus far.

J.P. Arencibia hit a three-run homer in the top of the 16th Thursday to power the Indians past the Blue Jays in the longest Opening Day game on record.

It looked like it'd be a quiet enough game before the Jays roared back with three runs in the ninth. After that, we got to see a five-man infield that worked out (Michael Brantley grounded into an inning-ending double play with the bases loaded in the 12th) and a benches clearing incident after Luis Perez nearly beaned Shin-Soo Choo in the 15th. It finally ended in the 16th, with Perez getting the win for four scoreless innings of work.

J.P. Arencibia went 2-for-5 and hit his third spring homer Saturday against the Phillies.

Arencibia started the spring 0-for-8, but he's 7-for-19 since. He'll get another year to attempt to establish himself as Toronto's long-term catcher. With Travis d'Arnaud on the way, Arencibia needs to improve both offensively and defensively if he's going to have a future with the Blue Jays.

J.P. Arencibia belted a three-run homer in Thursday's win over the Red Sox.

In a typical Arencibia performance, he didn't get any other hits and struck out twice. The young backstop has had no trouble hitting for power in his first full season, ranking third among catchers with his 22 bombs, but he's sporting just a .221 batting mark.

J.P. Arencibia reached the 20-homer mark with a two-run blast in Thursday's loss to the Royals.

Arencibia took Jeff Francis deep in the seventh inning and then added a sacrifice fly in the eighth. The rookie has tied the Blue Jays' single-season record for home runs by a catcher, and only Mike Napoli and Brian McCann have more longballs at the catcher position this season.

J.P. Arencibia's third inning solo homer would be all the offense the Blue Jays could muster in a lopsided loss to the Rays on Wednesday.

Arencibia took James Shields deep. His 18th bomb of the season was his sixth in 10 games. He appears to be over the funk he was in for all of June and the first half of July.

J.P. Arencibia finished 2-for-3 with two RBI in Thursday's win over the Orioles.

Arencibia has put together a nice string of games over the past week, hitting 6-for-17 (.353) with four homers and six RBI in his last five contests. His average remains anemic at .218, but his 16 homers and .451 slugging percentage are very strong for a catcher in his first full major league season.

J.P. Arencibia was the only Blue Jays hitter to show up Friday in Arlington, as he belted a pair of solo homers in the blowout loss.

An Adam Lind single was the only other base knock the Jays could muster in the 12-2 laugher. They were Arencibia's first two bombs of July, but he now has 14 on the year to go along with 41 RBI. You'll take that from a catcher even though he's batting just .215.

J.P. Arencibia picked up two hits and an RBI in Thursday's loss to the Indians.

Arencibia gave the Blue Jays a scare when he left Wednesday's game after being hit in the wrist by a pitch, but he's obviously just fine. He's now batting just .217 but with 12 homers and 37 RBI on the season.

Blue Jays manager John Farrell said J.P. Arencibia's left wrist responded well to initial tests and the feeling is that the injury is not serious.

He was injured when a Jonathan Papelbon fastball hit him on the wrist in the ninth inning of Wednesday's game. Arencibia is not out of the woods yet, as fractures can often show up the next day, but for now the news is promising. He will be reevaluated on Thursday.

J.P. Arencibia left Wednesday's game in the ninth inning after getting hit on the left wrist by a Jonathan Papelbon fastball.

There's no early word on the severity, but it's always worrisome when a player gets hit on the hand/wrist area. Arencibia is likely headed for X-rays. We'll update his condition when more information becomes available.

J.P. Arencibia blasted his 12th home run in Thursday's loss to the Pirates.

He and Yunel Escobar both took Jeff Karstens deep in the fifth, but those solo shots are the only runs the Jays could put together. Arencibia finishes June with a .159 average, but he's been consistent in the power department, belting four longballs each month so far.

J.P. Arencibia homered and scored twice in Toronto's 5-0 win over the Cardinals on Sunday.

Arencibia's 11th bomb of the season put the Blue Jays ahead to stay in the second inning. Toronto's excellent rookie catcher is currently mired in a rough June, however, batting just .156 with three home runs and nine RBI.

J.P. Arencibia picked up one of just two Blue Jays hits in a 2-0 loss to the Braves on Monday.

He singled off Tim Hudson in the second, who would then not allow another hit until the ninth. Through his first 53 at-bats this month, Arencibia is batting just .153. His sore left thumb is clearly affecting him.