Julio Izturis Signs; Izturis Trifecta in Play

[Redeemer]

http://www2.pictures.gi.zimbio.com/Balt ... nWJsml.jpg

signed to a minor league contract. hopefully he sticks as a utility guy.

[LittleOzzy]

Who?

[Randle McMurphy]

Cesar Izturis. A John McDonald type who wasn't even good when he was good (an All-Star in 2005 when he had an OPS+ of 66) and played 46 games for the organization as a rookie in 2001. I doubt he'll be on the MLB roster considering the presence of M. Izturis and Bonifacio.

[Redeemer]

Who?

you don't remember the great izzy? brother of macier

[NeverGoingToWin]

I had high hopes for that guy when he was younger.

[Redeemer]

I had high hopes for that guy when he was younger.

I had greater hopes for Felipe Lopez. But JP had to come and get rid of all of Gord Ash's guys.

[evilRyu]

man.. what a flashback.. i remember him being traded to the Dodgers for......... Luke Prokopec!!

[zong]

After all these years he's still 32?

He's to born in the same year as Maicer, interesting.

[Boxxy]

Mods lock 'er up! False rumor. From Ken Rosenthals twitter account:

OK everyone, I hear you that the Izturis guy is a fake. You can relax now and Happy Thanksgiving to all.

One of the game's nice guys. RT @CesarIzturis: Can you tell the fans that i have signed with Toronto.

Source: https://twitter.com/ken_rosenthal/statu ... 1368720385

[Randle McMurphy]

No, he actually signed. The account was fake, though.

[Boxxy]

No, he actually signed. The account was fake, though.

Oh I didn't know that. After seeing the tweet and no verification on bluejays.com I just assumed.

[UN-Owen]

man.. what a flashback.. i remember him being traded to the Dodgers for......... Luke Prokopec!!

I remember that deal. It had been rumoured the Jays were interested in either Prokopec or Eric Gagne

[Ado05]

Blue Jays sign Julio not Cesar

http://www.sportsnet.ca/iphone/baseball ... on=ONTARIO

lol.

[Schad]

You can never have too many Izturii.

[evilRyu]

why not, just bring in Cesar as well

[Randle McMurphy]

You can never have too many Izturii.

Isn't that what the wizards are called in the Tolkien LOTR books?

[Schad]

Not sure, but if the three of them don't arrive at an introductory press conference on the backs of some sort of flying hellbeast, I'll now be disappointed.

[Ado05]

No, he actually signed. The account was fake, though.

On Thursday a Blue Jays official told Sportsnet 590 The Fan the team has not signed Cesar Izturis. A short while later, Sportsnet's Shi Davidi learned the truth was the Blue Jays had actually signed another Izturis brother, in this case 23-year-old Julio.

http://www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/2012/1 ... r_izturis/

[Randle McMurphy]

No, he actually signed. The account was fake, though.

On Thursday a Blue Jays official told Sportsnet 590 The Fan the team has not signed Cesar Izturis. A short while later, Sportsnet's Shi Davidi learned the truth was the Blue Jays had actually signed another Izturis brother, in this case 23-year-old Julio.

http://www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/2012/1 ... r_izturis/

From the same article:

The source of the Cesar report -- Matt Eddy of Baseball America -- and the rationale behind the signing, both seemed credible, especially given the Blue Jays' lack of organizational depth in the middle infield.

As a result, several media outlets -- including Sportsnet.ca -- ran with the story.

Then things simply got weird.

I guess it's impossible to tell the difference between the Izturii.

[engageTHEmasses]

You can never have too many Izturii.

Isn't that what the wizards are called in the Tolkien LOTR books?

here, perhaps, i'm showing i belong on a RealGM Tolkien board... but it's actually "Istari"

sigh.