OT: Kelly Johnson signs with Rays

TreyTone · Post #1 » by **TreyTone** » Mon Jan 28, 2013 4:35 pm

Two ex jays on the Rays roster now.

https://twitter.com/ken_rosenthal/statu ... 0838672384

RyderMike · Post #2 » by **RyderMike** » Mon Jan 28, 2013 4:42 pm

So the Rays have re-united half of our infield from last year. Ship Lind there to make it 3/4?

Relentless88 · Post #3 » by **Relentless88** » Mon Jan 28, 2013 4:48 pm

Does this mean Zobrist is available? :pray:

The_Hater · Post #4 » by **The_Hater** » Mon Jan 28, 2013 4:55 pm

Relentless88 wrote:Does this mean Zobrist is available?

Nope. He's in RF.

Zobrist has 3 years left on one of bests contract in all of baseball, the Rays won't be moving him anytime soon.

hyper316 · Post #5 » by **hyper316** » Mon Jan 28, 2013 5:54 pm

RyderMike wrote:So the Rays have re-united half of our infield from last year. Ship Lind there to make it 3/4?

The Tampa Bay Jays! Escobar and Johnson are decent players, but we also know their weaknesses. Going to be interesting going against them this season

sideshow · Post #6 » by **sideshow** » Mon Jan 28, 2013 7:39 pm

From what I can tell Jose Molina is still with them, so the former jay's club is even bigger.

Ado05 · Post #7 » by **Ado05** » Mon Jan 28, 2013 8:22 pm

Atlanta, Toronto and now Tampa.

Johnson and Escobar just wont stay away from each other :lol:

The_Hater · Post #8 » by **The_Hater** » Mon Jan 28, 2013 8:47 pm

At the end of the day, that's not a bad, cheap middle infield. I would imagine they might platoon KJ with Zobrist (when he's not in RF) which would make him far more valuable. He was a monster is 2010 and a pretty solid player with the Braves prior to that. It's not out of the question that he could bounce back.

RyderMike · Post #9 » by **RyderMike** » Mon Jan 28, 2013 11:17 pm

Escobar now has the chance to maybe see this again

Redeemer · Post #10 » by **Redeemer** » Tue Jan 29, 2013 1:47 am

i'd anticipate we'd see more of this..

yunel and kj played a season together in Atlanta, Toronto and now Tampa. They are a packaged deal.

Randle McMurphy · Post #11 » by **Randle McMurphy** » Tue Jan 29, 2013 4:50 am

Damn the Rays, another smart signing. Always finding ways to maximize value for cheap. I wouldn't be surprised if KJ had a bounce back season if healthy at all. You always know he's good for the walks, anyway.

TorontoRaptures · Post #12 » by **TorontoRaptures** » Tue Jan 29, 2013 6:56 pm

Redeemer wrote:yunel and kj played a season together in Atlanta, Toronto and now Tampa. They are a packaged deal.

It shows. Their chemistry in turning the double play was impressive.

There There · Post #13 » by **There There** » Tue Jan 29, 2013 7:37 pm

Randle McMurphy wrote:Damn the Rays, another smart signing. Always finding ways to maximize value for cheap. I wouldn't be surprised if KJ had a bounce back season if healthy at all. You always know he's good for the walks, anyway.

It's possible he could have a bounce back season, but I would be surprised.
His sky rocketing K% and his plummeting contact % over the past three seasons is pretty telling of what to expect.

The guy has been missing on a lot of swings over the past couple of years and it's trending downward.