Gathright signs a minor league deal, Chavez/Bautista return

Post #1 » by **Schad** » Sun Dec 13, 2009 6:42 pm

Per Bastian, Gathright and Chavez have signed minor-league deals, and Bautista and McGowan have been re-signed for $2.4m and $500k, respectively.

I don't mind any of the deals...Gathright will compete for a bench spot, but there's a decent chance he'll be the CF in Las Vegas to begin the year. Bautista probably isn't worth $2.4m, but there are worse ways to spend the money.

Post #2 » by **OldNo7** » Sun Dec 13, 2009 6:46 pm

Bautista just a 1 year deal? Decent role player for one year where this year is not on our goals list.

MGD24 · Post #3 » by **MGD24** » Sun Dec 13, 2009 7:35 pm

he is actually only making 1.4 million this year....his beard will be making the other 1 million.

youngLion · Post #4 » by **youngLion** » Sun Dec 13, 2009 7:38 pm

Solid signings. Bautista is a great utility guy with 15 homer pop, and, he had a career high OBP of .349. I'd say he earned that 2.4m. Chavez is a great defensive catcher which you really need in a backup.

Post #5 » by **Schad** » Sun Dec 13, 2009 8:50 pm

I'd love for the Jays to sign Ryan Church to platoon with Bautista...he might cost ~$3m, but he's the type of guy that could be spun off at the trade deadline for a little value.

youngLion · Post #6 » by **youngLion** » Sun Dec 13, 2009 9:27 pm

I was just thinking that they should make a run at Jack Cust, who was non-tendered by Oakland. He'd bring some power and he draws a lot of walks, which would be a big help. Because he bounced around a lot before finding a spot with the A's his price should be fairly reasonable too.

zilby · Post #7 » by **zilby** » Sun Dec 13, 2009 9:31 pm

Lets see if bumtista can pull through this year.

btw YL, i agree Jack Cust to the Jays.

rarefind · Post #8 » by **rarefind** » Mon Dec 14, 2009 6:39 am

no thanks to jack cust, you'll appreciate this much more once you consider how much vernon wells and travis snider will strike out already.

youngLion · Post #9 » by **youngLion** » Mon Dec 14, 2009 1:08 pm

rarefind wrote:no thanks to jack cust, you'll appreciate this much more once you consider how much vernon wells and travis snider will strike out already.

That's presumptuous. I don't particularly care how much he strikes out if he's going to walk 100 times, which is something no one on the team currently will do.

LieCheatSteal · Post #10 » by **LieCheatSteal** » Mon Dec 14, 2009 5:53 pm

Cust as DH ain't bad. Bautista as OF/3rd base is decent. If the Jays don't pick up anyone for Halladay to play 3rd, he could be a full timer there.

So, I guess we'll see McGowan in September if we're lucky. I'm thinking more Spring Training 2015 at this rate.