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OAKLAND, Calif. -- First baseman Justin Smoak has agreed to a two-year contract extension worth $8.25 million with the Toronto Blue Jays.The contract announced by the team on Saturday will pay the 29-year-old Smoak $4.125 million per season in the first two years of the deal, with a $6 million option in 2019.Smoak would have been a free agent after this season in a thin market but said he wanted to stay in the American League East.We love Toronto, me and my family, and we wanted to stay here as long as we can, Smoak said. So we just wanted to get something done.Smoak is in his seventh season in the majors with his third team. He was the 11th overall selection in the first round of the 2008 draft by the Texas Rangers.He batting .234 with nine home runs and 23 runs batted in this season. In seven major league seasons, hes had a .225 batting average with 101 home runs, 316 RBI and a .310 on-base percentage.Smoak, by his own admission, says he hasnt lived up to the expectations of his elite pre-draft status.No, not even close, Smoak said Saturday before the game against Oakland. I know I can be a better player. Its all about staying consistent. Thats what you strive for every day and thats the goal to keep working on ... to be a more consistent player.Smoak, an everyday player with the Seattle Mariners for four seasons, has accepted being a role player with the Blue Jays.I know what it takes to play every day for a full season, and I also know what it takes to be a guy off the bench and be ready to help this team out, Smoak said. I want to play every day, thats always the goal. But if thats not the case, thats not the case.Whatever it takes to help this team win ballgames.Jodie Meeks Raptors Jersey . The mixed zone is not a place to make friends. Stanley Johnson Jersey . It is a cliché dragged out by fans and pundits regularly when discussions take place around which teams are better than others. https://www.raptorsrookiesshop.com/Kawhi-Leonard-City-Edition-Jersey/ . -- The Magic have their first victory of the new year. Jeremy Lin Jersey . LUCIE, Fla. Lucas Nogueira Raptors Jersey .J. -- Josh Cribbs was in the Pro Bowl in February and out of a job six months later.Russian side Enisei-STM recorded the shock of the round as they defeated Aviva Premiership side Worcester Warriors 19-12.?Tries from Josh Adams and Derrick Appiah werent enough for Worcester as Enisei-STM fly half Yury Kushnarev slotted three penalties and a conversion to earn his side an historic win.?Edinburgh got their Challenge Cup campaign off to a perfect start with a 59-17 win over Romanian side Timisoara Saracens.?Stuart McInally and Nasi Manu each bagged themselves a hat-trick, while Viliame Mata crossed for brace with Michael Allen rounding off the scoring.Meanwhile in pool 1, La Rochelle blew away Italian outfit Benetton Treviso 41-10 notching up five tries in the process.The Ospreys kicked off their European Challenge Cup campaign with a 45-0 defeat of Newcastle at the Liberty Stadium.Newcastle have made an encouraging start to the Aviva Premiership season but they had no answer to the Welsh region, who ran in seven tries in all.Fly-half Dan Biggar ended with 15 points, via a try and five conversions, while Rhys Webb, Ashley Beck, Scott Baldwin, Justin Tipuric and Keelan Giles (2) also scoreed.ddddddddddddlsewhere in Pool 2, visitors Lyon also secured a bonus-point win as they secured a 39-13 win in their all-French clash at Grenoble.Cameron Mapusua, Thibault Regard, Deon Fourie and Henry Clunies-Ross scored the visitors tries while?Jacques-Louis Potgieter added 19 points with his boot.Grenoble opened the scoring thanks to?Loick Jammes converted try. Gilles Bosch kicked eight points for the hosts.Newport Gwent Dragons, meanwhile, opened their Pool 3 campaign with a bonus-point 37-16 defeat of Brive at Rodney Parade.Rynard Landman, Lewis Evans, Cory Hill, Hallam Amos and Adam Warren all touched down as the hosts scored five tries to Brives one.In Pool 4 Cardiff Blues continued a good night for Welsh clubs as they beat Bristol 33-20.Reynold Lee-Lo, Josh Turnbull, Alex Cuthbert and Tom James scored tries as the Blues secured a bonus point. Gareth Anscombe added 13 points with his boot.Max Crumpton and Joe Joyce scored for the hosts, who are yet to win this season. ' ' '