Jays Sign Michael Saunders to Minor League Deal

[jerb]

 

Keegan Matheson‏

@KeeganMatheson

 

#BlueJays sign Michael Saunders to a MiLB deal. He's off to Buffalo.

[bones10]

That cool I guess

[Dr. Dinger]

Makes sense. There's no such thing as a bad minor league deal.

[guylaroche5]

Hopefully he can mash in AAA and be called up relatively soon. He's actually a very nice piece for us when he's hitting. He can simultaneously keep Carrera off the field while giving Joey some rest from the outfield.

[HERPDERP]

he won't see the big league club unless Carrera gets injured again

[G-Snarls]

Good depth signing

 

We need more to impact the big league club though

[Dr. Dinger]

LOL, I love how this signing was broken by... Bob McCown? wat

 

[MunenoriKawasakiMVP]

Why no Saunders in Toronto now? He is a O's killer (,998 OPS in career vs them)

[jays4life19]

Nice! Good news.

[Abomination]

This is excellent. And for crying out loud, can we please get rid of Carrera asap??? He's been in the league for parts of seven seasons, and still doesn't know which f***ing base to throw to.

[TholesWeirdEye]

Hopefully he'll just hit dingers so we won't have to watch his terrible base running.

[LGBJ29]

This is excellent. And for crying out loud, can we please get rid of Carrera asap??? He's been in the league for parts of seven seasons, and still doesn't know which f***ing base to throw to.

 

Despite his bone headed gaffs, Carerra has been much more productive than Saunders over the last Calendar year.

[Slade]

Despite me not liking Zeke he was still one of our better hitters in the post season last year.

[Jonn]

Seems like a no brainer. If finds himself. He would make a real nice platoon with Pearce and we can blast Zeke to the moon.

[bones10]

Why no Saunders in Toronto now? He is a O's killer (,998 OPS in career vs them)

 

cuz he got cut from the f***ing phillies and is likely awful, just like he was for the second half of last year.

[reedjohnsonfan]

Hopefully this means Pearce does not see a RH ever.

[Gary]

Solid signing.

[Spanky99]

Hopefully this means Pearce does not see a RH ever.

 

[Ray]

Hopefully this means Pearce does not see a RH ever.

 

He's hitting better against righties than lefties....

 

.274/.316/.438 against RHP

.212/.297/.455 against LHP

[reedjohnsonfan]

He's hitting better against righties than lefties....

 

.274/.316/.438 against RHP

.212/.297/.455 against LHP

 

Career numbers

[glory]

Career numbers

 

Since 2013, he has a 121 wRC+ against rhp (.265-.341-.461).

 

He should be playing everyday. Kind of wish he was the everyday 1B with Smoak at DH rather than having Kendrys around, but can't do anything about that.

[reedjohnsonfan]

Since 2013, he has a 121 wRC+ against rhp (.265-.341-.461).

 

He should be playing everyday. Kind of wish he was the everyday 1B with Smoak at DH rather than having Kendrys around, but can't do anything about that.

 

I don't know. He seems a bit washed up to me...career high K rate and career low walk rate and clearly he is a little bit prone to injury and is 34. Is this the guy we should be relying on? I guess if we're tanking, he could be a plug while he's under contract.

[Ray]

I don't know. He seems a bit washed up to me...career high K rate and career low walk rate and clearly he is a little bit prone to injury and is 34. Is this the guy we should be relying on? I guess if we're tanking, he could be a plug while he's under contract.

 

He's slashing .381/.435/.745 with an OPS of 1.180 and 5HR since May. You have a weird definition of washed up.