Hernandez smoked pot before killing

FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) — A witness in the murder trial of former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez has testified that she saw him smoking marijuana outside a bar hours before the killing.

Hernandez is charged with killing Odin Lloyd in the early morning hours of June 17, 2013. Lloyd was dating the sister of Hernandez’s fiancee.

Kelly Rose Belanger testified Thursday that Hernandez was with a group of people at the bar she managed on the night of June 16.

She says he went in and out several times with another man. She smelled marijuana and went outside to see them smoking pot. She asked him to stop, and he did.

Hernandez paid the $243 bill and left a $30 tip at around 12:15 a.m. Lloyd was dead around three hours later.

Jays sign Santana to minor league deal

DUNEDIN, Fla. (AP) — The Toronto Blue Jays have signed two-time Cy Young winner Johan Santana to a minor league contract, hoping the former ace can make it back to the majors.

The Blue Jays announced the deal Thursday and invited him to big league spring training.

Santana turns 36 in March. He last pitched in the majors in 2012 with the New York Mets and has undergone two operations on his left shoulder in recent years.

Santana was in Baltimore’s minor league system last year and tore his left Achilles tendon in June. He’s made just one appearance since then, retiring six straight batters in January in the Venezuelan Winter League.

The four-time All-Star won AL Cy Young Awards with Minnesota in 2004 and 2006.