Jays Claim 1B/OF Chris Colabello of Waivers

[SantosLHalper21]

Not really liking this move at all. Started out hot with the Twins but cooled off dramatically throughout the year. Re-signing Colby makes more sense.

 

Colabello, 31, owns a .214/.284/.364 slash over 401 plate appearances across the last two seasons with Minnesota.

 

Source: http://www.MLBTradeRumors.com

[jaysfan2014]

Buffalo depth more than anything.

[King]

Nice, I like this.

[vdartanian]

More of AA's revolving door of waiver claims. Don't care too much, will either end up released by spring training or will agree to a minor league deal. Chances of him occupying a 40 man roster spot by spring are minimal.

[KingKat]

He's 31. The definition of journeyman. Plan A is that he never sees a day in a Jays uniform.

[G-Snarls]

April MVP

 

May goat/DFA

[NorthOf49]

Collabello is REALLY bad lol. It's hard to produce much as a first base type with a 30.9% K% and 57.3% GB%. You'd have to hit pretty much every fly ball out and Collabello doesn't.

[King]

AA gearing up for a Buffalo championship season

[SantosLHalper21]

Collabello is REALLY bad lol. It's hard to produce much as a first base type with a 30.9% K% and 57.3% GB%. You'd have to hit pretty much every fly ball out and Collabello doesn't.

 

Yeah those were my thoughts too. You can only blame the home ball park so much for power numbers...but fact is...those numbers will get you out regardless of where you play. Target Field, Yankee Stadium...the moon.

[Deadpool]

We've got a bunch of 40 man spots, still room for the rule 5 and some bullpen arms, nothing important here, as long as he's got options (does he?)

[NorthOf49]

He was crushing everything in the gaps in April wonder what happend. Pretty sure he was among the league leaders in RBI and Doubles early on. He had a big series against us.

He was the Twins team leader in RBIs when they sent him down, I remember it being a story. "How could they demote their RBI King?!"

[BTS]

Not a MLB player.

[TDotttt2005]

Not a MLB player.

 

Has he been DFA'd yet?

[TwistedLogic]

It's appropriate that the Bisons are the ones most most excited about this move.

 

[LongTimeReader]

Not a MLB player.

 

I like your conviction, you remind me of Paul Beeston.

 

"in the next five years, I’d expect that we would be (in the playoffs) two-to-three times."

[Orgfiller]

This definitely needed its own thread.

[Spanky99]

This definitely needed its own thread.

 

lol...Orgfiller...oh wait!

[TwistedLogic]

Latest un-news in this un-newsworthy signing:

 

[JaysRap]

Latest un-news in this un-newsworthy signing:

 

 

Hopefully Donaldson has been speaking with Shields recently too.

[Orgfiller]

Latest un-news in this un-newsworthy signing:

 

 

The definition of teammate may be getting stretched here. That's like saying the 9th grader and the 12th grader are classmates.

[GD]

The definition of teammate may be getting stretched here. That's like saying the 9th grader and the 12th grader are classmates.

 

[LongTimeReader]

Hopefully Donaldson has been speaking with Shields recently too.

 

Why Chris Colabello and Josh Donaldson are having a "con call" in the first place is what I don't understand.

[gruber92]

Depth move. Will hit in the middle of the Bison's order. I like the fact AA is conscious of keeping the Buffalo people happy while adding depth. Having our AAA affiliate in Buffalo is more important than some may think.

[TheHurl]

He's a great story though. 7 years dominating the Can-Am League with his hometown team before getting a chance to play in AA and he hit there too (and even better in AAA)

 

The good news for the Jays is that he plays LF, RF, 1B and even 3B...the bad is that he plays them all poorly.

[TheHurl]

Why Chris Colabello and Josh Donaldson are having a "con call" in the first place is what I don't understand.

 

Planning Donaldson's birthday of course

[John_Havok]

He'll be DFAd at some point and snuck through waivers to Buffalo. Nothing to see here.

[o2cui2i]

He's a great story though. 7 years dominating the Can-Am League with his hometown team before getting a chance to play in AA and he hit there too (and even better in AAA)

 

The good news for the Jays is that he plays LF, RF, 1B and even 3B...the bad is that he plays them all poorly.

 

do you think he a viable bench option?

[Boxcar]

He was crushing everything in the gaps in April wonder what happend. Pretty sure he was among the league leaders in RBI and Doubles early on. He had a big series against us.

 

do you know what "small sample size" means?

 

It would be like if you made a really good post out of the blue and then people expected it in the future. Not reasonable.

[GD]

do you know what "small sample size" means?

 

It would be like if you made a really good post out of the blue and then people expected it in the future. Not reasonable.

 

http://i3.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/276/747/bf9.gif

[baseballsss]

do you know what "small sample size" means?

 

It would be like if you made a really good post out of the blue and then people expected it in the future. Not reasonable.

 

lol